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Wednesday 12 February 2014 5:35pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : ‘Ata'ata Finau (61) the driver charged with reckless driving in relation to the death of a 62-year-old man in Hoi last week was released on bail on February 12.
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Wednesday 12 February 2014 5:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : ‘Ikale Tahi Captain, Nili Latu has been voted Pacific Rugby Player of the year by the Pacific Islands Players Association (PIPA) for his achievements during 2013. Premium content -
Wednesday 12 February 2014 9:30am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Essential food items were distributed to the people on ‘Uiha Island in Ha’apai on February 5 by the Tonga Red Cross Society. The food was donated by the 'Uiha Community in Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Tuesday 11 February 2014 9:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga Communications Corporation (TCC) is offering 50% internet connection discount to all primary and secondary schools in Tonga, and to the Vaiola Hospital, effective from 1 January, under a special offer supported by the government and Tonga Cable Ltd. Premium content -
Tuesday 11 February 2014 4:45pm
Sochi, Russia : Australia may have won the Rugby League World Cup but Tonga has a faster Luger. Tonga’s first winter Olympian, Bruno Banani beat Australia’s Alexander Ferlazzo to 32nd place in the Luge Men’s Singles at the Sochi Winter Olympic Games and was ahead of Ferlazzo by only less than half a second. Premium content -
Monday 10 February 2014 7:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Police seized 98 cannabis plants and seven .22 bullets in a raid on a Kolomotu'a tax allotment last week. A 51-year-old Kolomotu'a man has been charged with possession of cannabis and bullets. Premium content -
Monday 10 February 2014 6:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga has come out empty handed in this year’s Wellington Sevens, losing all of its five games.1 comment Premium content -
Monday 10 February 2014 2:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Futa Helu Library at the ‘Atenisi Institute, Kolomotu’a was officially opened by Princess Pilolevu on February 7. Premium content -
Sunday 9 February 2014 2:43pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 61-year-old man from Afa has been charged with manslaughter by negligence after a 62-year-old cyclist died after he was allegedly hit by a vehicle on the evening of February 6 in Hoi, Tongatapu. It was the second road death in Tonga this year. Premium content -
Sunday 9 February 2014 2:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga Police fleet of patol vehicles will be better managed with a new maintenance workshop that is to be constructed with a $192,174 (TOP) grant from the Government of Japan. Premium content -
Friday 7 February 2014 4:30pm
Sochi, Russia : The Tonga team to the XXII Winter Olympic Games was welcomed to the Mountains Games Village by the Vice-Mayor of Sochi on Wednesday, 5 February. Premium content -
Friday 7 February 2014 6:00am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Archers, Lusitania Tatafu and Arne Jensen, are Tonga's hope for qualified athletes to represent the country at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games (YOG), in Nanjing, China in August. Premium content -
Thursday 6 February 2014 7:40pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's team, supporting its first winter Olympian Luger Bruno Banani, will march on Friday night in the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics, officially the XXII Olympic Winter Games (or the 22nd Winter Olympics) at 8:00pm in Sochi, Russia, (Tongan time 5:14am -8:14am Saturday February 8) at the Fisht Olympic Stadium. Premium content -
Thursday 6 February 2014 6:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Wellington Sevens 2014 will kick-off tomorrow. Tonga is lined-up to play against Australia, Samoa and Kenya. Premium content -
Thursday 6 February 2014 6:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A Magistrate in Nuku’alofa is expected to decide on February 18 whether there is a case for committal to the Supreme Court against two Chinese nationals charged in relation to the forgery of Tongan passports. Police reported that the woman accused had tried to leave Tonga allegedly on a forged Tongan passport after they both entered on Chinese passports on October 11, 2013. Premium content -
Thursday 6 February 2014 6:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Stuart Perry from New Zealand is the first General Manager of the newly established Tonga Tourism Authority. Premium content -
Thursday 6 February 2014 5:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Thirty young girls aged 11-19 years from Tongatapu villages have taken part in a three-day “Eliminating Violence against Girls” Camp 2014. Premium content -
Thursday 6 February 2014 5:30am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A shallow M5.3 earthquake with an epicenter located 72km east of ‘Ohonua, ‘Eua was recorded at 4:04am this morning, February 6, according to the USGS. Premium content -
Wednesday 5 February 2014 3:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Fafa Island Resort yesterday, February 4, celebrated the declaration of about 485 hectares of reef and sea area around the Island as a Special Management Area. The special protected status means that only a person or a fishing vessel that has been approved by the Coastal Community Management Committee may enter the area. Premium content -
Tuesday 4 February 2014 7:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Twenty-four Tupou College students and two adults have been charged with serious criminal offences, including attempted murder, attempted arson, grievous bodily harm, and bodily harm, in relation to a violent attack at a home in Tofoa last year. 123 others were sentenced on February 3, after pleading guilty to lesser charges. Premium content
