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Saturday 3 March 2018 4:05pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga Police today 3 March arrested the Minister of Internal Affairs Hon. Mrs. ‘Akosita Lavulavu and her husband former Cabinet member ‘Etuate Lavulavu on various fraud charges. They are currently being held in custody at the Central Nuku’alofa Police Station.1 comment
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Saturday 3 March 2018 4:01pm
Beijing, China : HM. King Tupou VI was greeted by China’s President HE. Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang on Thursday 1 March at China’s political hub – the Great Hall of the People – in Beijing, China. The state visit marks the 20th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the Kingdom of Tonga and the People’s Republic of China. Premium content -
Saturday 3 March 2018 2:53pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Sports equipment valued at $1.4 million pa’anga was handed over by the Government of Japan to the Government of Tonga on Friday, March 2. Premium content -
Saturday 3 March 2018 2:25pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Cyclone relief goods are being stored for free by a local company, Dateline Transam Shipping and their partner Pacific Direct Line, valued at more than TOP$20,000 in support of Tonga Red Cross. Premium content -
Saturday 3 March 2018 12:24pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two teenage boys aged 17 and 15, have been charged with the murder of a Chinese couple who were found dead with stab wounds in a bush allotment at Matafonua on Sunday 25 February. Tonga Police confirmed that the boys were arrested on Thursday 1 March. Premium content -
Friday 2 March 2018 10:51pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Lord Tu'ivakano was released on bail this morning after he appeared at the Tonga Magistrate's Court in Nuku'alofa. He was represented by Clive Edwards. Premium content -
Friday 2 March 2018 6:05pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Lord Ma’afu Tukui’aulahi resigned as Tonga’s Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, as well as the Minister responsible for His Majesty’s Armed Forces this afternoon, 2 March. Premium content -
Friday 2 March 2018 4:15pm
Suva, Fiji : Shipping containers leaving Fiji for Australia and New Zealand will undergo the Sea Container Hygiene System (SCHS) starting in April to ensure they arrive pest free. This means both countries won’t have to store containers to perform onshore inspections and cleaning, resulting in costs savings for the industry valued at around AUD$6-9 million per year. Premium content -
Friday 2 March 2018 9:50am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongan noble and former Prime Minister, Lord Tu’ivakano (66) has been arrested and charged with numerous crimes, including allegedly making a false statement to obtain a Tongan passport, and money laundering. He remains in police custody, in Nuku'alofa today. Premium content -
Thursday 1 March 2018 9:22pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Legislative Assembly of Tonga will temporarily relocate and resume its session on Monday, March 5 at the Tonga National Center in Tofoa. However, this area of Tofoa underwent a zone change in order for the parliament to meet there. Premium content -
Thursday 1 March 2018 6:36pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 19-year-old boy has been arrested and charged with carnal knowledge of a 14-year-old girl and remains in custody. Premium content -
Thursday 1 March 2018 6:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : First prize has been awarded jointly to Tonga, Samoa and Fiji Airways for the Best of Show/Best New International Exhibitor at the 2018 LA Travel & Adventure Show on 24 February in Los Angeles, USA. Premium content -
Thursday 1 March 2018 4:16pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : French Navy Ship, D’Entrecasteaux, delivered cyclone relief items to Tonga after detouring from its normal navigation trip in the Pacific soon after Cyclone Gita struck Tongatapu and ‘Eua on the evening of 12 February. The ship brought 46 cubic meters of items from Suva, Fiji, including tents, medical equipment, water and food parcels. Premium content -
Wednesday 28 February 2018 11:55pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Prime Minister Hon. 'Akilisi Pohiva wants his son-in-law, Mateni Tapueluelu, to remain in Cabinet, and today refused to accept his resignation from two key government ministerial portfolios. The Prime Minister's Office revealed in a statement that Mateni was frustrated in his bid for greater authority over the Tonga Police and did not have the support of his Cabinet colleagues. Premium content -
Wednesday 28 February 2018 10:17pm
Florida, USA : NASA will launch a powerful and advanced weather satellite named GOES-S on Thursday 1 March from Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, enabling more accurate and reliable weather forecasts and severe weather outlooks over most of the Western Hemisphere, including the Pacific. Premium content -
Wednesday 28 February 2018 10:12pm
Victoria, Australia : A donation of computer equipment including laptops to the Tonga Parliament was announced by the Parliament of the State of Victoria in Australia, today as part of a coordinated effort with the United Nations Development Programme to assist Tonga in the wake of Cyclone Gita. Premium content -
Wednesday 28 February 2018 10:10pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : No arrest has been made in relation to the homicide death of a couple in their early 50s who were found dead with stab wounds to their heads and necks on Sunday afternoon, February 25, at a bush allotment in Lakepa, Tongatapu. Premium content -
Wednesday 28 February 2018 10:08pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Lotu Tu’itufu is the 18-year-old who has been charged with the murder of an 18-year-old woman, he allegedly assaulted with a machete on a road leading from Vuna Road to ‘Umusi, on February 13. Premium content -
Wednesday 28 February 2018 10:05pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Siaki Guttenbeil (22) and Mickey Lomu (19) both from Neiafu were named as the two men who died in a fatal crash on a road in Leimatu’a, Vava’u on February 27. Premium content -
Wednesday 28 February 2018 11:48am
Massachusetts, United States : The speculation spreads every time an older politician of either party blunders verbally or seems to lose the thread: Is it Alzheimer's? Early dementia? Impaired judgment? At a recent Harvard Law School Petrie-Flom Center forum called "Dementia and Democracy" Professor Francis Shen of the Center for Law, Brain and Behavior made a point: Politicians, who have huge advantages as incumbents, and federal judges, who serve for life, tend to stay on the job well past typical retirement ages. But their cognitive failings can often be very difficult to pin down. So what is to be done? By Carey Goldberg.
