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Tuesday 17 February 2015 6:01pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : New Zealand will release about NZ$10.5 million in New Zealand aid grant to Tonga that has been withheld since 2013, the New Zealand Foreign Minister, Hon. Murray McCully announced in Nuku'alofa yesterday, 16 February, after the government had grounded its controversial MA60 aircraft.2 comments -
Tuesday 17 February 2015 5:28pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : In two important engagements in Rome, Tonga's King Tupou VI addressed delegates at the opening of the 38th Session of the Governing Council of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), on Monday February 16, and later in the day had an audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican.
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Tuesday 17 February 2015 5:04pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Four men were arrested on Monday, February 16 for an armed robbery at a Chinese Shop on Tu’i Road in Neiafu, after they fled with more than $5,000 cash. Premium content -
Tuesday 17 February 2015 5:02pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 38-year-old woman died on Saturday, February 14 at Vaiola Hospital after sustaining severe injuries from a road crash in Lapaha. Premium content -
Monday 16 February 2015 5:53pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Mate Ma'a Tonga will play Toa Samoa at Gold Coast Stadium on May 2. Fiji will play Papua New Guinea on the same night. Premium content -
Monday 16 February 2015 5:47pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : His Eminence Cardinal Mafi (53) has become Tonga's first cardinal following his appointment by Pope Francis during a consistory, on February 14 at St Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City. Premium content -
Monday 16 February 2015 4:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Church of Jesus Christ and Latter Day Saints (LDS) will be hosting a feature length film documentary tomorrow February 17 at the Fa’onelua Convention Centre. Premium content -
Monday 16 February 2015 1:51pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : New Zealand Foreign Minister, Hon Murray McCully is expected to arrive in Tonga today to visit Tonga’s newly elected government. Premium content -
Friday 13 February 2015 6:40pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The capacity of Tonga's inter-islands sea and air transport system has been reduced dramatically during the past weeks because government has tightened up on public transportation safety requirements. Premium content -
Friday 13 February 2015 5:51pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga is 18 months late in its preparations for the 2019 Pacific Games, the visiting Pacific Games Council President Vidhya Lakhan noted today in endorsing the 2019 Pacific Games Master Plan in Nuku’alofa. Premium content -
Friday 13 February 2015 5:04pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Ministry of Commerce, Tourism & Labour has announced further cuts to fuel prices in addition to the cuts that occurred last month. Premium content -
Friday 13 February 2015 5:02pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Mo’ale Finau (55) was appointed the Governor of Ha’apai during a ceremony at an LDS Church in Hihifo on Thursday, February 12. Premium content -
Thursday 12 February 2015 9:19pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A desperate move by the Tongan Government to address demands by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) for Tonga to upgrade its Aviation Safety Regulations resulted in the grounding of the MA60 aircraft and a restriction on the size of aircraft for its outer islands domestic air services. Premium content -
Thursday 12 February 2015 9:09pm
Auckland, New Zealand : Now is the time with a new government in place, to go cap in hand and approach Air New Zealand with a famous Tongan phrase: “Fakamolemole, can you help us”. – Dieter Dyck. -
Thursday 12 February 2015 7:05pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga Power Ltd's multi-million acquisition of Tonga Gas Ltd. was marked today with a reduction in LPG price announced during a ceremony at the Touliki Terminal in Ma’ufanga. Premium content -
Thursday 12 February 2015 4:44pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga and China further strengthened ties during a Friendship Night on Wednesday, February 11 held at the Kahana Lagoon in Nuku’alofa. Premium content -
Thursday 12 February 2015 4:36pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The recently enacted Food Act 2014 was reviewed last night under a theme “Food safety is your business”, at a Tonga Chamber of Commerce and Industry meeting, and was met with concern among some business owners. By Finau Fonua. -
Wednesday 11 February 2015 5:16pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A former travel consultant, Sera Polata, who changed her plea to guilty in relation to 39 charges of forgery and knowingly dealing with forged documents for visa applications was remanded in custody for sentencing on March 6. Premium content -
Wednesday 11 February 2015 5:13pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Volcanic activity with white steam coming out of an area about 20km southwest of Late Island in Vava'u was spotted by a Real Tonga Airline pilot on Monday, February 9. Premium content -
Wednesday 11 February 2015 11:17am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Office of the Prime Minister is obligated to respond in brief to questions and criticisms raised by the liberal news media, and is dubbed to be the wider views of the public at large, as to why the New Government has been slow in instigating the changes they proposed to the constituents and the people of Tonga, prior to election. - Prime Minister's Office, Government of Tonga.1 comment
