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Friday 23 September 2016 4:25pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Anna Jane Vea, a Tonga High School student was one of four Pacific Island students who attended commemorations of the Somme Centenary in France last week.
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Friday 23 September 2016 10:16am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The $66 million pa'anga upgrading of Faua (42) Wharf, Tonga’s main wharf for domestic transport, is on schedule to be completed by the end of January 2018, representatives of the contractors TOA Corporation, confirmed during a tour of the project yesterday, 22 September. -
Thursday 22 September 2016 8:22pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An application by the Public Service Association, for an Injunction and a Judicial Review of a Cabinet decision to implement a new salary structure for Civil Servants that was structured by the Remuneration Authority, was rejected by Lord Chief Justice O. G. Paulsen on 13 September 2016. Premium content -
Thursday 22 September 2016 8:16pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Australian Government is providing an additional funding of AUD$3.2 million dollars to support health services in Tonga, to be more inclusive of people with disabilities, Australia's visiting Minister of International Development and the Pacific, Senator Hon Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, announced today at Vaiola Hospital, Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Thursday 22 September 2016 5:38pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An American citizen, who remains detained in custody on charges relating to the death of his Canadian wife on a yacht in Neiafu, Vava'u, this year has been charged with murder. He is set to appear in October for arraignment. Premium content -
Thursday 22 September 2016 3:54pm
Suva, Fiji : A device to use ocean waves as an energy source in the Pacific Islands has been invented by staff and a student at the University of the South Pacific and was recently patented by Intellectual Property Australia. Premium content -
Thursday 22 September 2016 9:50am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The New Zealand Government is investing to improve aviation safety in eight Pacific Countries, including Tonga. Land users around airports are urged to attend consultations to be carried out before a national project commences in October 2016 focusing on Fua'amotu Airport (Tongatapu), Lupepau'u Airport (Vava'u), Salote Mafile’o Pilolevu Airport (Ha'apai) and Kuini Mata'aho Airport (Niuatoputapu). Satellite technology will be used to develop new flight approaches, which will improve the ability of aircraft to land safely. -
Wednesday 21 September 2016 6:18pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Forty Tongan students received their certificates in specialized technical and vocational training from the Australia-Pacific Technical College during a graduation ceremony in Nuku’alofa on Wednesday, September 21. Premium content -
Wednesday 21 September 2016 6:11pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Women of the Free Church of Tonga (Siasi Tonga Tau’ataina) dressed in their finest white outfits complete with fantastic hats, gathered in Nuku'alofa on Wednesday, September 21 for their annual 'Faka-Sepitema' roll call. Photos by Linny Folau. Premium content -
Tuesday 20 September 2016 8:49pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's MA60 aircraft was scheduled to fly Vava'u at 3:00pm, today Tevita Palu, the CEO for Palu Aviation announced this morning at Fua’amotu Airport. Premium content -
Tuesday 20 September 2016 8:39pm
New York, USA : Ministers and parliamentarians from the Commonwealth, including Tonga, spoke at a panel on Migration in the Commonwealth: International Movement and Human Rights Challenges and Opportunities, at the United Nations General Assembly on 18 September in New York. Premium content -
Tuesday 20 September 2016 8:31pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Six swimmers stepped up to taking part in the inaugural 6km open water swim to Fafa Island on Saturday 17 September, initiated by the Malolo Swim Club. Supporters including Tonga’s famous Olympic flag bearer, Pita Taufatofua, wished them well at Faua Wharf as they prepared for the challenge. Premium content -
Tuesday 20 September 2016 8:28pm
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil : Tonga’s Ana Talakai (31) and Sione Manu (37) achieved their personal bests at the Rio Paralympics in Rio in the Javelin Throw and Shot Put events. Premium content -
Tuesday 20 September 2016 8:13pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : One of the two men who was arrested and charged for attacking a 56-year-old American woman, the United States Peace Corps Director, in July was released on bail on Monday, 19 September, while his co-accused was denied bail by a Magistrate in Nuku’alofa. Premium content -
Tuesday 20 September 2016 7:01pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : ‘Iteni Maile (38) died when the Pajero vehicle he was driving crashed into a container on the side of By-Pass Road at Pahu early Sunday morning, September 18. Premium content -
Tuesday 20 September 2016 3:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The latest Asian Development Bank Report on our country shows that twenty-two and one-half percent (22.5%) of our people in Tonga live below the poverty line!! That is a national shame! Shame on our government! Shame on our rulers! Shame on us as people! – Peni Katoa.1 comment -
Monday 19 September 2016 7:05pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Police are looking for a masked intruder who broke into a shop at Kolofo’ou and tied up a 24-year-old Chinese man before stealing goods and $3,000 pa'anga cash on Sunday morning, 18 September. Premium content -
Monday 19 September 2016 6:53pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An application by the former Tonga Tourism Authority Board Chairman, Tomifa Paea, and a Director, Simana Kami, for an Injunction to restrain the Minister of Tourism, Hon. Semisi Sika from removing them from their positions was turned down by Lord Chief Justice O. G. Paulsen at the Nuku’alofa Supreme Court on 13 September. Premium content -
Monday 19 September 2016 6:06pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A man and a woman are being hospitalised for injuries, after the man was allegedly stabbed by the woman when he attempted to rape her during an alcohol drink up at Tatakamotonga on Sunday, 18 September. Premium content -
Monday 19 September 2016 5:37pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A $10 million pa'anga project to build the largest solar energy plant in Tongatapu, follows the signing of a long term Power Purchase Agreement between Tonga Power Ltd. and a Chinese power producer on September 12, 2016, for the construction and commissioning of a 2 Megawatt solar facility at at Mata-ki-‘Eua, which is expected to be fully operational by mid-2017.
