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Wednesday 27 April 2022 10:33pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 68-year-old man was sentenced to three-years imprisonment for three counts of serious indecent assault committed on a minor in 2021. The judge said young girls must be protected from sexual assaults and indecencies. He ordered that there should be no publication of any particulars relating to the victim, whereby her name or identity may be revealed.
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Wednesday 27 April 2022 4:52am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : 'Alamoni Makafilia Ika who is currently serving a 16-years prison sentence for various serious offences, including the shooting at the Veitongo petrol station and armed robberies, was sentenced to 11-months for a 2007 offence. Premium content -
Wednesday 27 April 2022 4:47am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Siaosi Faingata’a (24) of Navutoka was fined by the Court $500 for fishing in the Manuka Special Management Area, in a neighbouring village where he was not a resident, in the eastern district of Tongatapu. Premium content -
Wednesday 27 April 2022 4:37am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Three youths aged 19, 21 and 22 years have been sentenced to imprisonment by the Supreme Court in Nuku'alofa for raping a young woman in 2020. Premium content -
Wednesday 27 April 2022 4:16am
Canberra, Australia : Tonga's High Commissioner to Australia, Princess Angelika Lātūfuipeka Tuku‘aho launched her first book, a cultural manual for Tongans, at a special event held at Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre in Canberra, on 14 April. Premium content -
Friday 22 April 2022 9:58pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Lockdown restrictions for Tongatapu, Vava’u and Ha’apai will ease further over the next two-weeks starting at 5:01am on Saturday, 23 April. Premium content -
Friday 22 April 2022 9:53pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The possibility of opening Tonga’s border mid-year is currently under discussion, the Minister for Health, Hon. Dr Saia Piukala confirmed today. Premium content -
Friday 22 April 2022 9:50pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tupou Tafuna (39) was acquitted on four counts that included possession of 6.78 grams of methamphetamine and permitting the use of his house in Sopu for drug dealing, after it was not proven beyond reasonable doubt at the Supreme Court. Premium content -
Friday 22 April 2022 9:49pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Police have arrested a 30-year-old woman from Pili in relation to the death of a 40-year old-male pedestrian, in a hit and run incident at Fasi on Tuesday, 19 April. Premium content -
Friday 22 April 2022 9:46pm
Auckland, New Zealand : Prime Minister Hon. Hu’akavameiliku met Matson shipping key staff in Auckland and acknowledged the company’s donation of relief goods and free shipping of community-donated goods from families and other donors in New Zealand to Nuku’alofa. Premium content -
Friday 22 April 2022 9:42pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Relief kits and cash were donated to members of the South Pacific Business Development (SPBD Tonga) Microfinance today to aid in recovery efforts from the volcano eruption and tsunami that impacted Tonga in January. Premium content -
Thursday 21 April 2022 7:04pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Pita Vakalahi (28) will be sentenced on 1 June, after he was found guilty of demanding a bribe of $640 pa'anga from a driver in a traffic offence case he worked on in 2019. Premium content -
Thursday 21 April 2022 6:48pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : ‘Alaki Fonua Tupou (56) was sentenced to 18-months imprisonment for causing seriously bodily harm, when he punched a man on the mouth smashing five of his teeth at a rugby match in Kelana, Vava'u. The sentence was fully suspended on conditions. Premium content -
Thursday 21 April 2022 6:37pm
Auckland, New Zealand : Tonga’s Prime Minister Hon. Hu’akavameiliku visited the Moana Pasifika rugby players in Auckland yesterday to thank them and their supporters for “for helping Tonga in our time of need”, in the aftermath of the volcanic eruption and tsunamis on January 15. Premium content -
Wednesday 20 April 2022 11:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An election petition filed against Tongatapu No. 2 People’s Representative to Parliament, Dr ‘Uhilamoelangi Fasi, for alleged bribery, during the 2021 General Election campaign was dismissed by the Supreme Court. The petition was filed by a rival candidate Semisi Sika, who has been ordered by the court to pay the Dr Fasi's costs of the proceedings. Premium content -
Wednesday 20 April 2022 9:59pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A couple were arrested in Ma’ufanga with nine packs containing 0.29 grams of methamphetamine and $300 cash on Thursday, 14 April. Four others were arrested with drugs utensils, at different locations on Tongatapu. Premium content -
Wednesday 20 April 2022 9:52pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two 20ft containers filled with donations of relief items are being sent to Tonga’s National Emergency Management Office (NEMO) to distribute to those impacted by the January volcano and tsunami event. Premium content -
Tuesday 19 April 2022 8:01pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The new Ma’ufanga Health Clinic, funded by Japan, was officially opened last Thursday, April 14, by Lord Fakafanua and the Japanese Ambassador HE Mr Kensaku Munenaga. Premium content -
Tuesday 19 April 2022 7:59pm
: The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine program for children aged 5 to 11 years started rolling out across primary schools in Tongatapu today, April 19. Premium content -
Tuesday 19 April 2022 7:57pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Eleven people were arrested and charged in the seizure of illicit drugs, cash and drug utensils at different locations in Tongatapu from April 8-11. Premium content
