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Tuesday 23 November 2021 10:36pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's next Prime Minister will be found from among the 26 new Members of Parliament, and a new government determined before Christmas. King Tupou VI has appointed Rt. Hon. Lord Tangi as the Interim Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga, to lead the constitutional process to elect the Prime Minister Designate. By Pesi Fonua
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Tuesday 23 November 2021 7:09pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 49-year-old man was arrested in Neiafu, Vava'u, as Tonga Police seized 254.72 grams of cocaine. Another man was arrested with a .22 long rifle and ammunition in Longomapu. Premium content -
Tuesday 23 November 2021 6:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s Health State of Emergency has been renewed for another month to prevent the spread of COVID-19, starting from 8:00pm on 22 November until 8:00pm 20 December.1 comment Premium content -
Monday 22 November 2021 6:12pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The ‘Ikale Tahi ended its tour of the northern hemisphere with a loss against Romania, 32 – 20, in Bucharest on November 20. -
Monday 22 November 2021 6:09pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Siu 'i Vahanoa Tu’ipulotu (49) was sentenced to two and a half-years imprisonment for serious housebreaking and robbery at a store in Ma'ufanga, where he punched the complainant several times, before stealing goods. The judge said that the accused's own alcoholic self-destruction was becoming more dangerous not only to himself and his family, but also to the community because he was repeatedly demonstrating dark, violent behaviour. Premium content -
Friday 19 November 2021 11:49pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A stunning and unusual moon rising high to the north of Nuku'alofa was clearly observable tonight in Tongatapu. The partial eclipse of the moon, ko e mate ʻa e māhina, began at 7:02pm, Friday 19 November, and ends at 01:03 Saturday morning Tonga time - a duration of 6 hours and 2 minutes. -
Friday 19 November 2021 4:13pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A soroban team from the Tongatapu eastern district (Vahe Hahake) schools won the Tonga National Soroban competition on November 16, at the 'Atele Indoor Stadium. “With soroban, the power of concentration will be strengthened,” said the Japanese Ambassador. Premium content -
Friday 19 November 2021 2:06pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The ‘Ikale Tahi will take on Romania on Saturday November 20 in their last match of a challenging tour of the Northern Hemisphere. By Eleanor Gee. Premium content -
Friday 19 November 2021 1:15am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga elected an all-male parliament today, with nine new faces coming into 17 People's Representative seats. No women were returned or elected. The Prime Minister, Hon. Rev. Dr Pohiva Tu'i'onetoa retained his Tongatapu 10 constituency. Eight Cabinet Ministers, including two Nobles serving as Ministers, were returned. Preliminary results were announced by the Supervisor of Elections Pita Vuki on national radio (TBC) just before 11:00pm Thursday. Tonga has a midnight curfew under its Health Emergency, so after a few minutes of tooting car horns and a handful of fireworks on the Touliki seafront, let off by jubilant supporters of successful candidates, most people went home. UPDATED.1 comment Premium content -
Thursday 18 November 2021 6:16pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's nobles have elected three new representatives (Vaea, Fohe and Fotofili) and returned six incumbents to the Legislative Assembly this afternoon. The results were announced at the Palace Office in Nuku'alofa by the Supervisor of Elections, Pita Vuki, this afternoon. By Linny Folau. Premium content -
Thursday 18 November 2021 1:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Polling opened at 9:00am this morning, at 200 polling stations throughout Tonga, in the General Election held every four years. It's a fine day for voting and in the capital, traffic is lively. After polls close at 4:00pm the preliminary running results will be announced by the Election Commission and by around 8:00-10:00pm tonight we'll know the leading candidates. Election Supervisor, Pita Vuki, hopes that more voters than ever will turnout today and reverse a trend of growing voter disaffection that saw the last turnout drop to about half of registered electors. By Mary Lyn Fonua. Premium content -
Wednesday 17 November 2021 8:41pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The repatriation flights that were scheduled to arrive in Tonga at the end of this year have been "all deferred to next year", MEIDECC confirmed today. Meanwhile, all of the 215 repatriates from Christchurch, including the COVID-19 case who was later confirmed as a historical case, were released from quarantine yesterday, after testing negative to COVID-19 in their last round of tests. Premium content -
Wednesday 17 November 2021 8:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The prices for petrol, diesel and kerosene will increase starting on November 18. Due to a high price increase this month of between .21 and .25 seniti per litre, the Tonga Competent Authority advised the public to wisely manage its petrol consumption. Premium content -
Monday 15 November 2021 6:26pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Around 57% of Tonga’s eligible population is now fully vaccinated for COVID-19, while nearly 94% of those eligible have received their first dose, the Ministry of Health reported today. Among the 12-17 years age group there has been a high uptake of vaccinations, with 92 percent receiving their first dose. Premium content -
Monday 15 November 2021 5:52pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tevita 'Osaiasi Matangi was sentenced to nine-months imprisonment for possession of 1.22 grams of methamphetamine, found with him inside a taxi at Longolongo. This was fully suspended. Premium content -
Monday 15 November 2021 5:47pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : ‘Ioane Tavo (63) received a suspended sentence for possession of 0.04 gram of methamphetamine, after his vehicle was searched by Tonga Police at Hala'ovave. Premium content -
Monday 15 November 2021 5:42pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : $50,000 worth of cash grants are available for community projects around Tonga under Digicel's One Tonga Kiai initiative, and a Christmas grand prize of $30,000 is also up for grabs, announced Digicel Tonga today. Premium content -
Sunday 14 November 2021 9:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new multi-million Tonga parliament complex will be constructed on the Nuku'alofa waterfront - where project coordinators say the ground level for the building will have to be raised by about three meters to protect the national infrastructure from the effects of climate change and future sea level rise.1 comment Premium content -
Friday 12 November 2021 9:34pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The ‘Ikale Tahi team to play the French Barbarians at Twickenham, at 4:00pm UK Time on Saturday 13 November, was confirmed by the Tonga Rugby Union, CEO Peter Harding, who is with the team. -
Friday 12 November 2021 6:29pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : ‘Ana Katokakala Siale (38) who is currently serving six-months in Hu'atolitoli Prison was sentenced to serve another two-years for housebreaking and theft of $22,980 pa'anga worth of Tongan artefacts from several homes in Vaini, Ha'asini, Tatakamotonga, Fanga and Pili from 2020 to early 2021.. Premium content
