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Wednesday 9 May 2018 5:35pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Methamphetamine with an estimated street value of around $2 million pa’anga, was seized last night, May 8 in the departure lounge at Fua'amotu International Airport. The meth was in the possession of a 59-year-old Tongan national.
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Wednesday 9 May 2018 5:08pm
New Plymouth, New Zealand : The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia has paved the way for the blessing of same sex relationships - but Anglican churches in Polynesia will all opt out - the Anglican Synod said in a statement today. Premium content -
Wednesday 9 May 2018 3:32pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 46-year-old man was found dead this morning, squashed between two cargo containers at the Queen Salote International Wharf. Premium content -
Wednesday 9 May 2018 12:39pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Meter, an organisation fighting child pornography on the internet has agreed to work closely with Tonga's domain registry, Tonic, after the domain administrator asserted that Tonga was unfairly vilified in the '2017 Meter Report on Pedophilia and Child Pornography' released in March. The report revealed that criminal pedophiles have secretly exploited a file-sharing website registered under Tonga's national domain name .TO. Tonic has revoked the domain name of a major offender. Premium content -
Tuesday 8 May 2018 6:07pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Prime Minister Hon ‘Akilisi Pohiva said today that he did not give away the Polata'ane royal residence and land to the British Government. Premium content -
Tuesday 8 May 2018 5:51pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Losaline Ma'asi has been nominated by the Prime Minister to become the new Minister of Internal Affairs and replace an ousted Minister whom he fired in April, after fraud charges were laid against her. Premium content -
Tuesday 8 May 2018 5:27pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Children were beautifully dressed to celebrate Fakame or Children’s Sunday at Free Wesleyan Churches throughout Tonga on 6 May. Premium content -
Tuesday 8 May 2018 5:12pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 35-year-old man was arrested by the Police Drug Taskforce when he was found to be in possession of one pack of methamphetamine and 14 packs of cannabis that were ready to be distributed in Nuku’alofa yesterday, 7 May. A 27-year-old man was also arrested with a pack of cannabis. Premium content -
Tuesday 8 May 2018 5:09pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The New Zealand High Commissioner Tiffany Babington presented a NZ$7 million grant contribution to Kilisitina Tuaimei'api, the Acting Chief Executive Officer for the Ministry of Finance and National Planning last week, 4 May. Premium content -
Tuesday 8 May 2018 5:06pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga Police today confirmed that the 23-year-old man found dead at a home in Kolofo’ou last Wednesday night, May 2, committed suicide. Premium content -
Monday 7 May 2018 7:10pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : There are signs of improvement in the protection of Pacific seasonal workers from exploitation and neglect in Australia, said the President of the Pacific Australia Seasonal Workers Association (PASWA) in Sydney, Falepaini Maile. Six Tongans were among 14 Pacific Islander seasonal workers who have died from ill health since the working programme started in 2012. By Finau Fonua1 comment -
Monday 7 May 2018 6:56pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The annual Conference of the Church of Tonga (Hou’eiki) is currently being held this week, bringing hundreds of church members to Nuku’alofa. Photos by Linny Folau. Premium content -
Monday 7 May 2018 6:54pm
Gold Coast, Australia : The Fiji Under-20s ran in nine tries to demolish the Tonga Under-20s in the final round of the 2018 Oceania Rugby U20s Championship on Saturday 5 May in Gold Coast, Australia. Premium content -
Monday 7 May 2018 6:51pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 67-year-old man in Ha’apai was sentenced to three-years and nine-months imprisonment after pleading guilty to attempted carnal knowledge on a child, on May 3. Premium content -
Monday 7 May 2018 6:27pm
: From 1949, when Mao Zedong’s communists triumphed in China’s civil war, until the collapse of the Berlin Wall 40 years later, Karl Marx’s historical significance was unsurpassed. Nearly four of every ten people on earth lived under governments that claimed to be Marxist.... On the 200th anniversary of Marx’s birth on May 5, 1818, it isn’t far-fetched to suggest that his predictions have been falsified, his theories discredited, and his ideas rendered obsolete. So why should we care about his legacy in the twenty-first century? By Peter Singer -
Friday 4 May 2018 9:01pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : HRH Princess Pilolevu unveiled a plaque to mark the 30th anniversary of Tonga’s National Cultural Centre on May 4 at Tofoa. Premium content -
Friday 4 May 2018 7:05pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A pioneer of horticultural enterprise in Tonga, Setaleki Tu’iniua Tavake Vailahi Soakai, better known as Masao Soakai, passed away at his home, at Popua, Nuku’alofa at the age of 95 on 24 April 2018. Premium content -
Friday 4 May 2018 6:56pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga Supreme Court has set aside a default judgment in a $2.1 million civil lawsuit against a Tongan business woman Lucy Anna ‘Ilaiu, stating that the case should be heard in New Zealand and not in Tonga. Premium content -
Friday 4 May 2018 10:16am
Suva, Fiji : South Pacific Tourism Organisation CEO Christopher Cocker, who led the Pacific Islands delegation at the 3rd World Indigenous Tourism Alliance (WITS) and Research Symposium in New Zealand recently, said the forum provided a space for indigenous peoples to learn about the challenges faced by their communities and the value of cultural heritage in providing authentic tourism experiences. Premium content -
Thursday 3 May 2018 11:25pm
Accra, Ghana : Every year on May 3 – World Press Freedom Day – news producers and consumers pause to reflect on the state of global media. This year, as journalists and government officials gather in Ghana for the event’s 25th observance, attention will turn to the myriad pressures and challenges confronting the profession worldwide, and how official and state-sponsored hostility toward the press is threatening democracy. By Leon Willems
