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Tuesday 3 December 2024 4:28pm
Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand : Joe Mataele, a Leading Marine Technician (LMT) who grew up in Kolomotu'a Tongatapu, was named the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) 2024 Sailor of the Year. He is a son of the late Joe Tu'ilatai Mataele and Aiona Saluni Mataele, and has family ties to Fo'ui and Kolomotu'a, Tongatapu; Leimatu'a, Vava'u; and Koulo, Ha'apai.
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Monday 2 December 2024 10:04pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Harris Satini (49) was found guilty on three counts including possession of 0.55 grams of methamphetamine and 2.85 grams of cannabis seized at his residence in Vaini. He was arrested after he breached his curfew. Premium content -
Monday 2 December 2024 9:54pm
Brisbane, Australia : 'Unaloto Va'inga from Navutoka was one of the first Tongan women to work in meat processing through the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme – now she’s paving the way for more women to sign up and succeed. -
Monday 2 December 2024 11:58am
Port Vila, Vanuatu : Today, December 2, 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will begin hearings from an unprecedented 110 nations and international nongovernmental organizations. The ICJ case will consider international legal consequences faced by States for climate change harms. The first State to present will be Vanuatu, the Pacific Island nation that initiated the request for the advisory opinion from the ICJ, along with the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG). Premium content -
Monday 2 December 2024 11:22am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Manly Palu (25), a drunk driver who injured a family in a collision, had his three years prison sentence reduced by one year, in a successful appeal against the sentence recently. The Court of Appeal in Nuku'alofa reduced his sentence to two years imprisonment with the last 18 months suspended on conditions. Premium content -
Friday 29 November 2024 9:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The tabling of a Motion for a Vote of No Confidence in the Prime Minister Hon. Siaosi Sovaleni (Hu'akavameiliku) has been postponed to Monday 9 December, after the Prime Minister requested more time to file a response, the Chief Clerk of the Legislative Assembly stated tonight. Premium content -
Friday 29 November 2024 8:49pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Head Boy, Sione Mahe Paea I Alaska Tokotaha was named Dux for this academic year at, the prize giving ceremony held at the THS Stadium today, 29 November 2024. Premium content -
Friday 29 November 2024 8:41pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Heavy machinery, including trucks, excavators and tractors, were handed over to Waste Authority Ltd. and Tonga Water Board, from Japan under its Non-project grant aid (NPGA) worth about USD$6 million. Premium content -
Friday 29 November 2024 8:33pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Queen Sālote College Dux for 2024 was awarded to the Head Girl, Rachel Mele Tupou Tatafu who achieved 90.9% in her overall academic performance. Premium content -
Thursday 28 November 2024 9:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Taulanga Nonu was jailed for five and a half years for serious housebreaking, theft and serious arson of the Teta Tours building in the Central Business District. His co-accused, Molitoni Moimoi was sentenced to three years and two months in jail. The Lord Chief Justice considered that Nonu had destroyed property worth no less than $1 million, while Moimoi had a deplorable history of previous offending. Premium content -
Thursday 28 November 2024 7:13pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : To enhance multi-hazard early warning systems, disaster preparedness and response, Tonga Meteorological Services (Tonga Met) is revising its Meteorology Act for the first time since it was established in 2017, in consultation with interested sectors of the community. Premium content -
Wednesday 27 November 2024 7:48pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tupou College Toloa named two Duces, Filimone Jr Matakaiongo and Timote Fonokalafia, at the annual graduation and prize giving ceremony, held at Saione (FWCT) in Tongatapu today, 27 November 2024. Premium content -
Wednesday 27 November 2024 7:22pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two men were jailed for charges including possession of 0.60 grams of methamphetamine and utensils, after they were busted during a ping pong game in June this year. Two other co-accused received suspended sentences. Premium content -
Wednesday 27 November 2024 7:16pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An appeal by Kepueli Mafi, against his conviction on dangerous driving causing the death of ‘Ahotau Taufu’i, was dismissed by the Court of Appeal, who found that his driving speed and manner was indeed dangerous when he slept on the wheel. Premium content -
Tuesday 26 November 2024 10:05pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A captain of Tonga's inter-island domestic ferry, the MV ‘Otuanga’ofa, who was found guilty of proceeding to sea improperly by taking excess passengers on the vessel and serving knowing his Certificate of Competency had expired, was sentenced to two years imprisonment. Premium content -
Tuesday 26 November 2024 12:10pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Lord Tu'i'afitu, is under pressure to resign. The Prime Minister Hon. Hu'akavameiliku revealed yesterday in a media briefing that he is “having conversations” with the noble regarding his resignation from his ministerial portfolio. Although the PM did not state it directly, his comments suggested that the King in Privy Council has allegedly lost confidence in the minister. Premium content -
Tuesday 26 November 2024 6:54am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A Motion for a Vote of No Confidence against the Prime Minister, Hon. Siaosi Sovaleni (Hon. Hu'akavameiliku) and the Prime Minister’s response, will be tabled in the Legislative Assembly of Tonga next week on Tuesday, 3 December, 2024, the Office of the Legislative Assembly confirmed in a statement last night. Premium content -
Monday 25 November 2024 2:13pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Prime Minister and his Cabinet must respond to a Motion for a Vote of No Confidence before midday on Friday - a deadline set by the Speaker when the House reopened this morning. Instead of proceeding with its work today, the House has adjourned until Tuesday 3 December. The Prime Minister said that no one would pay attention to the agenda while there was a submission “on the intention to bring down this Government.” Premium content -
Monday 25 November 2024 12:26pm
Port Vila, Vanuatu : With COP29’s conclusion, the stage shifts to the Hague, where Vanuatu’s landmark International Court of Justice climate change case, will start on 2 December - with 110 UN member states and intergovernmental organisations testifying. Vanuatu's Special Envoy for Climate Change and Environment, stated yesterday that: “The commitments made in Baku — the dollar amounts pledged and the emissions reductions promised — are not enough. They were never going to be enough. And even then, based on our experience with such pledges in the past, we know they will not be fulfilled.” -
Monday 25 November 2024 9:53am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An intention to move a Motion for a Vote of No Confidence in the Prime Minister, Hon. Hu'akavameiliku (Hon. Siaosi Sovaleni) was submitted by Hon. Dr ‘Aisake Eke in a group of 10 members of parliament, on Saturday, 23 November, the Lord Speaker's office confirmed this morning. Premium content
