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Tuesday 15 May 2018 8:58pm
Bonn, Germany : International observer organizations, concerned with the environment, are urging rich countries to stop holding back their climate change financial support to developing countries, after the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meeting on the Paris Agreement Work Program, attended by Tonga and other parties, was held between 30 April – 10 May, in Bonn, Germany.
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Tuesday 15 May 2018 8:53pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga is among 14 Pacific nations that are members of a new Pacific Cyber Security Operational Network created in April this year. -
Tuesday 15 May 2018 8:51pm
Perth, Australia : An invitational Tongan team were outclassed by Australia’s Western Force in Perth on Sunday 13 May. The game was competitive in the first half with Tonga scoring two late tries to trail the Western Force 21 – 17. Premium content -
Tuesday 15 May 2018 8:50pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Forty winners in a Mother’s Day draw by Western Union/Fexco Tonga received hampers full of food goodies worth $250 pa’anga, when the results were announced today. Premium content -
Monday 14 May 2018 7:49pm
New York, USA : For decades, the global health community has paid lip service to the critical role of unequal power relations, particularly relating to gender, in determining health outcomes. A recent report by the advocacy and accountability group Global Health 50/50 which reviewed 140 organizations working in the global health sector, makes for disturbing reading....The situation is even worse for men and boys, who, regardless of country, can expect to live shorter, unhealthier lives than their female peers. According to the report, only a third of organizations take a gendered approach to the health needs of the whole population, and no organizations target men and boys specifically. By Helen Clark and Sania Nishtar -
Monday 14 May 2018 7:24pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 38-year-old man died on Saturday night, May 12 when he crashed his car into a coconut tree at Kolonga. Premium content -
Monday 14 May 2018 7:18pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Over three hundred undrafted rookie free agents were signed with NFL teams following last month’s NFL Drafts. Among the enlisted are at least five players of Tongan descent. Premium content -
Monday 14 May 2018 7:14pm
Auckland, New Zealand : The New Zealand Government has announced a $714 million budget increase in its development assistance with the Pacific, a key focus on May 8. Premium content -
Monday 14 May 2018 7:12pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A former Minister of Health Dr Sione Tapa (94) was laid to rest at Takaunove cemetery today, May 14 after passing away last week. Premium content -
Monday 14 May 2018 5:50pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Netball New Zealand and the Tonga Netball Association initiated the “NetGo Netball Program” with a launching ceremony at the Tokomololo Government Primary School last Wednesday 9 May 2018. Premium content -
Monday 14 May 2018 5:48pm
London, England : ‘Ikale Tahi fullback Telusa Veainu was awarded Player of the Year by England’s Rugby Players’ Association (RPA) at a ceremony in London on 9 May. Premium content -
Monday 14 May 2018 5:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Mu’a Saints Rugby League team have won the Jason Taumalolo Cup after winning by a point in the last seconds in what was an intense match, 24-23 against Ha’ateiho Spartans at Toloa, Tongatapu, on Saturday, 12 May 2018. Premium content -
Friday 11 May 2018 4:53pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A classroom building for Takuilau College is being constructed with a USD$84,331 Japanese grant at Lapaha, after the old building was severely damaged by Tropical Gita in February. -
Friday 11 May 2018 4:51pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 42-year-old man has been arrested after firing shots at occupants of a parked vehicle in Kolonga on May 10. Premium content -
Friday 11 May 2018 4:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A fifth biogas system for homes in Vava’u was launched in Longomapu on May 9 under a China Agricultural Assistance and Technical Cooperation Project between the Governments of China and Tonga. Premium content -
Friday 11 May 2018 4:41pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Digicel Tonga celebrated the 10th anniversary of its operation in Tonga, with a dinner at the Seaview Restaurant on Tuesday night, 8 May 2018 attended by Hon. Fanetupouvava’u Tu’ivakano. Premium content -
Friday 11 May 2018 4:39pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Swimmers from the Malolo Swim Club have won a total of 48 medals; 14 Gold, 10 Silver, and 14 Bronze, the highest amount to date at the Fiji LC Age Group National Swimming Championships in Suva, May 4 – 6. Premium content -
Thursday 10 May 2018 6:01pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : HM King Tupou VI bestowed honours of the Royal Military Order of Saint George to members of His Majesty’s Armed Forces and Tonga Police on May 4. Premium content -
Thursday 10 May 2018 5:55pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two tourism operators in Vava'u, who are embroiled in a bitter lawsuit had their civil cases adjourned again to May 16, at the Magistrate’s Court in Neiafu. Premium content -
Thursday 10 May 2018 5:51pm
Queensland, Australia : Tyron Senituli of Brisbane, broke the Australian powerlifting records for bench press and squat at the North Queensland Games last Saturday 5 May. Premium content
