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Thursday 5 October 2017 7:50pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Cardinal Mafi of Tonga this week has emphasized that religious leaders should not get involved in politics. He was speaking at a a National Dialogue to ‘Identify Leadership Contribution to Tonga’s Journey to a Democratic Society.’
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Thursday 5 October 2017 6:22pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's sole domestic carrier, Real Tonga Airline is expected to start a new international service to Samoa, in early November this year. Premium content -
Thursday 5 October 2017 6:13pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : More than 3,000 Class Six students from 115 primary schools throughout Tonga completed this year’s Tonga Secondary School Entrance Examination yesterday Wednesday, 4 October. Premium content -
Thursday 5 October 2017 4:58pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongan Rugby League star Jason Taumalolo decided to play for Tonga because he felt a duty to “give back”, he said yesterday. His statement comes in the wake of media reports accusing Taumalolo of snubbing the New Zealand Rugby League team because of a rumoured disagreement with the team’s coach David Kidwell. Premium content -
Thursday 5 October 2017 4:55pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : 'Aho Ta'e'iloa Ma'ulu'ulu (36), who was missing at sea for two days in Ha’apai has been rescued after being located by an RNZAF Orion, three miles north west of Ha'afeva this afternoon. Premium content -
Thursday 5 October 2017 3:42pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Mate Ma’a Tonga team list for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup, was officially announced today. It includes Jason Taumalolo, Andrew Fifita and Michael Jennings. Premium content -
Thursday 5 October 2017 2:02pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Andrew Fifita has withdrawn from the Australian Rugby League team and will join the Mate Ma'a Tonga, it was confirmed today. Premium content -
Wednesday 4 October 2017 8:34pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Police Remembrance Day honouring police officers who passed away over the past year was held at the Tonga Police Headquarters in Longolongo on September 29. Premium content -
Wednesday 4 October 2017 8:26pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : ‘Aho Ta’e’iloa Ma’ulu’ulu (36) remains missing at sea in Ha’apai after he rang police last night, October 3 to report that his boat engine died between Mo’unga’one and Nukupule Island, in Ha’apai. Premium content -
Wednesday 4 October 2017 8:20pm
Palmerston North, New Zealand : The Tonga Schools were defeated 33 – 19 by the New Zealand Schools Barbarians in physical encounter in Palmerston North, New Zealand. The game was played last Friday, 28 September. Premium content -
Wednesday 4 October 2017 8:19pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Australian Rugby League team has been announced for the upcoming 2017 Rugby League World Cup. The team includes two former Mate Ma’a Tonga players, Andrew Fifita (Cronulla Sharks) and Felise Kaufusi (Melbourne Storm). A third player of Tongan descent in the squad is Tyson Lomano Frizell (St. George Illawarra Dragons). Premium content -
Wednesday 4 October 2017 8:16pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new classroom building for Tonga College Technical Course was handed over on October 3 from the Government of Japan. Premium content -
Wednesday 4 October 2017 8:13pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The owner of Super Cheap, a car dealer in Tokomolo has been charged with obtaining money, reportedly $15,400 pa’anga by false pretense from a client. Premium content -
Wednesday 4 October 2017 8:08pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The United States Peace Corps marked its 50th anniversary of service in Tonga, on October 2 with the unveiling of a plaque by Princess Pilolevu Tuita and parade in Nuku’alofa. Premium content -
Wednesday 4 October 2017 12:58pm
London, United Kingdom : This weekend, Stephen Paddock opened fire on a country music festival in Las Vegas, Nevada, from an overlooking hotel, killing at least 59 people and injuring more than 500 others. Paddock, a 64-year-old former accountant with no criminal record, was ultimately found in his hotel room, dead, with some 23 guns, including more than ten assault weapons. Police later found an additional 19 firearms, explosives, and several thousands of rounds of ammunition in Paddock’s home. What the authorities have not yet found, however, is a motive. -
Tuesday 3 October 2017 4:50pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Breast cancer remains the number one cancer affecting women in Tonga with 12 cases so far from January-July this year, said Dr ‘Ana ‘Akau’ola today at the launch of the Pink October breast cancer awareness campaign. Only two of those cases were detected early through mammogram. "It's only when your cancer is detected early, that we can help you beat this killer disease” Premium content -
Monday 2 October 2017 11:11pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s public debt at the end of the current 2017 fiscal year is estimated to be equivalent to half of our Gross Domestic Product GDP (about TOP$444.7m), according to an updated version of the Asian Development Outlook ADO 2017, published by the Asian Development Bank at the end of September. Premium content -
Monday 2 October 2017 11:09pm
Wollongong, Australia : A Tongan man in Australia, Tevi Koloamatangi (47), has been found guilty of murder in relation to the shooting of a man outside a nightclub in the city of Wollongong in 2007. A Serbian man, Zlatan Popovic (45), was also found guilty of hiring Tevi as a hitman to conduct the shooting. The pair are expected to be sentenced sometime in October. Premium content -
Monday 2 October 2017 11:07pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 60-year-old male tourist from Poland who was swept out at sea while out swimming at the White Sands Beach Resort in Fo’ui yesterday, was rescued by a local fishing boat in the area. Premium content -
Monday 2 October 2017 11:05pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 42-year-old man who was found floating at sea near ‘Atata Island in Tongatapu was declared dead on arrival at Vaiola Hospital, on Saturday September 30. Premium content
