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  • Saturday 11 August 2018 5:26pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : An $NZD2.3 million project to upgrade the Teufaiva Stadium in Nuku'alofa to an international standard is expected to be completed by 20 December 2018.
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  • Saturday 11 August 2018 5:13pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A search warrant carried out by police was found inadmissible and excluded from evidence to be called in an illicit drug trial at the Supreme Court in Nuku'alofa, because the search was carried out in an unlawful manner.
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  • Friday 10 August 2018 5:55pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A three-days Tonga Secondary Schools Brass Band Music Festival concluded with a brass band marching contest in Nuku'alofa on Friday, August 10. The winners will be announced tonight at the Queen Salote Memorial Hall.
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  • Friday 10 August 2018 5:05pm


    Apia, Samoa
    : A draft regional security declaration to reflect the region’s collective security arrangements is being discussed by Pacific Island Forum Foreign Ministers on August 10, in Samoa.
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  • Friday 10 August 2018 5:03pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : John Thorn Ngaue (29) was sentenced to three-years and six-months imprisonment for possession of methamphetamine and cannabis, seized at a home in Kolomotu'a in 2017.
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  • Friday 10 August 2018 4:58pm


    Honiara, Solomon Islands
    : No illegal fishing activities in the Pacific Islands region were discovered during a massive ten day operation called Operation Island Chief 2018 (OPIC18) covering more than 16.5 million square kilometres of the Pacific Ocean and involving hundreds of personnel from the ten Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) member nations.
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  • Thursday 9 August 2018 10:39pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : 'Peace Ark’, a Naval Hospital Ship from China, will visit Nuku’alofa for the second time to provide free medical services from August 13-20.
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  • Thursday 9 August 2018 10:38pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A total of 110 water tanks were donated to the Government of Tonga by the local government of Dongguan, a city in the Guangdong Province of China.
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  • Thursday 9 August 2018 10:35pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tongan noble and former Prime Minister, Lord Tu’ivakano had his case adjourned yet again to August 14.
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  • Wednesday 8 August 2018 11:37pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A new biochemistry analyser that will allow medical tests to be done in Tonga instead of being sent overseas was received at the laboratory in Vaiola Hospital, on Monday August 6.
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  • Wednesday 8 August 2018 11:33pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Vilitali Kiteau is the male pedestrian who died on Friday night, August 3 after being hit by a vehicle, whose driver was allegedly under the influence of alcohol, on Vuna Road in Popua.
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  • Tuesday 7 August 2018 10:33pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Two teenage boys charged with murder in relation to the death of a Chinese couple, Mr Feng Sheng Pei and Mrs Su Jie Wen, in February pleaded not guilty on August 7, during arraignment at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court.
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  • Tuesday 7 August 2018 10:28pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A volunteer group from the South Pacific Animal Welfare (SPAW) is offering free veterinary services on Tongatapu at the end of this month from August 27-31, 2018.
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  • Tuesday 7 August 2018 12:36pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A male pedestrian from Patangata died on Friday night, August 3 after being hit by a vehicle, whose driver was allegedly under the influence of alcohol , on Vuna Road in Popua.
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  • Tuesday 7 August 2018 12:07pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : ‘Epuefi Laimani (34) appeared at the Fasi Magistrate’s Court on Monday, August 6 charged with possession of the illicit drug methamphetamine valued at around $10,000 pa’anga in street value.
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  • Tuesday 7 August 2018 12:03pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Student nurses from the University of Sydney and the University of Canberra are undertaking professional placements at Vaiola Hospital and village clinics in Tonga as part of Australia’s New Colombo Plan.
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  • Tuesday 7 August 2018 12:01pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga's Prime Minister Hon ‘Akilisi Pohiva has requested the Japanese Government for assistance to extend Fua’amotu International Airport's runway by 400 metres, estimated at to cost around $40 million pa’anga.
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  • Tuesday 7 August 2018 11:53am


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Setitaia Pasivaka Chen has been appointed as the Acting Chief Executive Officer for Tonga Power Ltd, starting on August 1.
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  • Tuesday 7 August 2018 11:47am


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Ringo Fa’oliu has returned as the new CEO for the Ministry of Infrastructure for four-years, starting on August 6.
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  • Thursday 2 August 2018 6:00pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Fifty-eight students in vocational and tertiary training will receive scholarships worth more than $30,000 pa'anga for their tuition fees this year, from the Tonga Development Bank.
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