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Thursday 6 February 2014 7:40pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's team, supporting its first winter Olympian Luger Bruno Banani, will march on Friday night in the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics, officially the XXII Olympic Winter Games (or the 22nd Winter Olympics) at 8:00pm in Sochi, Russia, (Tongan time 5:14am -8:14am Saturday February 8) at the Fisht Olympic Stadium.
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Thursday 6 February 2014 6:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Wellington Sevens 2014 will kick-off tomorrow. Tonga is lined-up to play against Australia, Samoa and Kenya. Premium content -
Thursday 6 February 2014 6:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A Magistrate in Nuku’alofa is expected to decide on February 18 whether there is a case for committal to the Supreme Court against two Chinese nationals charged in relation to the forgery of Tongan passports. Police reported that the woman accused had tried to leave Tonga allegedly on a forged Tongan passport after they both entered on Chinese passports on October 11, 2013. Premium content -
Thursday 6 February 2014 6:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Stuart Perry from New Zealand is the first General Manager of the newly established Tonga Tourism Authority. Premium content -
Thursday 6 February 2014 5:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Thirty young girls aged 11-19 years from Tongatapu villages have taken part in a three-day “Eliminating Violence against Girls” Camp 2014. Premium content -
Thursday 6 February 2014 5:30am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A shallow M5.3 earthquake with an epicenter located 72km east of ‘Ohonua, ‘Eua was recorded at 4:04am this morning, February 6, according to the USGS. Premium content -
Wednesday 5 February 2014 3:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Fafa Island Resort yesterday, February 4, celebrated the declaration of about 485 hectares of reef and sea area around the Island as a Special Management Area. The special protected status means that only a person or a fishing vessel that has been approved by the Coastal Community Management Committee may enter the area. Premium content -
Tuesday 4 February 2014 7:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Twenty-four Tupou College students and two adults have been charged with serious criminal offences, including attempted murder, attempted arson, grievous bodily harm, and bodily harm, in relation to a violent attack at a home in Tofoa last year. 123 others were sentenced on February 3, after pleading guilty to lesser charges. Premium content -
Tuesday 4 February 2014 5:59pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The ability of the domestic industry to compete in the southern long-line albacore fishery has hit the point of no return. Tying-up vessels and sending employees home is now the reality that is faced by the Pacific Islands Tuna Industry Association members that have an interest in this fishery. Tonga has one domestic vessel left – down from a high of 26. - PITIA Premium content -
Tuesday 4 February 2014 5:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : All classrooms at Tupou High School's Nukunuku Campus are being renovated by the Government of Japan. Premium content -
Tuesday 4 February 2014 5:11pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga Power Limited announced that it has increased electricity tariffs by a fraction of a seniti (0.39 seniti). New electricity tariffs for all Island groups are now 93.21 seniti per kilowatt (up from 92.82 seniti). Premium content -
Tuesday 4 February 2014 11:18am
Nuku‘alofa, Tonga : The Sea Mercy charity – a floating health care service that routinely visits remote islands throughout the Pacific will visit Tonga’s Ha’apai Group to offer medical support earlier than usual this year. Premium content -
Tuesday 4 February 2014 10:45am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Counterfeit $50 and $10 pa'anga notes found in Tonga lack watermarks and security threads, the National Reserve Bank of Tonga warns. Premium content -
Tuesday 4 February 2014 9:30am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s third solar farm is being constructed at Vaini on Tongatapu, at a cost of $14 million (USD) under Japanese aid funding. The project will introduce a special micro-grid system to coordinate electricity generated from a variety of renewable sources in the future. Premium content -
Monday 3 February 2014 6:57pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Bruno Banani, Tonga's first ever winter Olympian, to compete in Luge in Sochi, Russia, next week will wear a flamboyant snow proof uniform, sponsored by German firm Bogner.1 comment Premium content -
Monday 3 February 2014 6:35pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Police are warning traders and the public to be aware and to look carefully at Tongan pa‘anga notes, after three counterfeit $50 pa'anga notes were discovered in Nuku‘alofa last week. Premium content -
Monday 3 February 2014 6:23pm
Canberra, Australia : Nauru has donated $25,000 (AUD) toward recovery efforts in Ha‘apai following the devastation caused by Tropical Cyclone Ian on January 11. Premium content -
Monday 3 February 2014 6:30am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga is seeking an estimated $56 million for reconstructing homes in Ha‘apai after Cyclone Ian, Tonga’s Deputy Prime Minister Samiu Vaipulu said on Friday at a press conference, held jointly with the visiting New Zealand Foreign Minister. Hon. Murray McCully said there was an enormous challenge ahead for Tonga’s government and the figures given by the Deputy Prime Minister were “frightening”.1 comment Premium content -
Sunday 2 February 2014 5:38pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A grant funding of NZ$1.7 million from the New Zealand Government was signed in Nuku'alofa on January 29 as part of a package to rebuild the electricity network in Ha’apai destroyed by Tropical Cyclone Ian. Premium content -
Saturday 1 February 2014 5:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Police have arrested and charged a 17-year-old man after 41 cannabis plants and seeds worth an estimated street value of around $10,000 pa’anga were seized from a tax allotment in Fua‘amotu this week. Premium content
