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Thursday 5 August 2021 6:11pm
Neiafu, Vava'u : Tonga’s first Life Vest Loaner Station was opened at Houmelei Wharf in Vava'u last week.
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Thursday 5 August 2021 6:09pm
Canberrra, Australia : Ms Rachael Moore has been announced as Australia’s next High Commissioner to Tonga. Premium content -
Thursday 5 August 2021 4:36pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A training program encouraging qualified and experienced electricians to do business legally and get licensed, as well as understand the laws and regulations governing electrical contractor work, is underway this week in Nuku’alofa. Currently, only 28 electrical contractors are properly registered to service Tonga Power Ltd’s 25,000 customers on Tongatapu, with only one for the whole of Vava'u and none in Ha'apai. Premium content -
Thursday 5 August 2021 12:59pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Three people have been arrested in Neiafu and 2kg of cocaine seized by the Police Drugs Enforcement Taskforce, in relation to the cocaine that washed up on Vava'u beaches recently. Premium content -
Thursday 5 August 2021 11:28am
Melbourne, Australia : Laws requiring people to be vaccinated if they are going to be in places where they could infect other people are restricting one kind of freedom in order to protect the freedom of others to go about their business safely. Car crash survivors who were injured because they were not wearing seat belts recognize and regret their irrationality – but only when it is too late. We are now seeing a very similar situation with vaccination ...too many people make decisions that they later regret. They cry. And they say they didn't know. By Peter Singer. -
Wednesday 4 August 2021 6:10pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : More arrests have been made in relation to the cocaine haul in Vava'u last week. Matangi Tonga understands today the latest arrests included that of a foreign national in Tonga. Premium content -
Wednesday 4 August 2021 6:05pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The trial of a former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice Sione Vuna Fa’otusia is now set for September 16 on two charges, relating to interference with the course of justice and use of threatening language to a government servant, during a cow row in 2019. Premium content -
Wednesday 4 August 2021 5:59pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tipiloma Funaki (52) from Fua’amotu has been jailed for possession of 0.25 grams of methamphetamine and 108.33 grams of cannabis, seized at a house in Hauloto. Premium content -
Wednesday 4 August 2021 5:50pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongan kava clubs in Mangere, New Zealand, donated $2,000 pa’anga to the ‘Ofa Tui mo ‘Amanaki (OTA) centre in Tongatapu today, 4 August. Premium content -
Wednesday 4 August 2021 5:36pm
: The 2019-20 Annual Report of Foreign Affairs division sparked comments in Parliament yesterday, 3 August, when it was reported Tonga's overseas offices faced many problems. From the House by Pesi Fonua. Premium content -
Wednesday 4 August 2021 3:07pm
New York, USA : New York Times reporting: The rise of the highly infectious Delta variant of the coronavirus has raised new questions about how the vaccinated can stay safe and avoid breakthrough infections. We asked the experts for advice. As long as large numbers of people remain unvaccinated, vaccinated people will be exposed to the Delta variant. “Vaccinations give you that extra protection you wouldn’t normally have,” says Dr. Erin Bromage. “But when you hit a big challenge, like getting near an unvaccinated person who has a high viral load, that wall is not always going to hold.” -
Wednesday 4 August 2021 12:04pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga is set to introduce compulsory inoculation against coronavirus disease. A Bill to amend the Public Health Act to enforce inoculation of the public against COVID-19, was among seven Bills that government tabled into parliament yesterday, 3 August. The Bill was carried unanimously on its first reading and passed on to a Standing committee. Full details of the amendment have not been released to the public. From the House by Pesi Fonua. Premium content -
Tuesday 3 August 2021 5:53pm
Tokyo, Japan : Kuinini Manumu’a, Tonga’s first female Olympic weightlifter finished in eighth place last night in the +87kg category event at the Tokyo Olympics. Premium content -
Tuesday 3 August 2021 5:50pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Siueli Angilau (42) was today found guilty of possession of 0.55 grams of methamphetamine seized by Tonga Police after received they information that illicit drugs were being sold from a little house in Fanga. Premium content -
Tuesday 3 August 2021 5:37pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Filo ‘Aholelei Vaiangina (55) was sentenced to 46-months imprisonment for possession of 19.31 grams of methamphetamine, seized inside his van at Pahu. Premium content -
Tuesday 3 August 2021 5:32pm
Tokyo, Japan : New Zealand’s Dame Valerie Adams, who is of Tongan heritage, won a bronze medal in Shot Put at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday, August 1. Premium content -
Monday 2 August 2021 8:21pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The mother of Queen Nanasipau'u, Baroness Tuputupu 'o Pulotu Vaea of Houma, was laid to rest at the Kolomanatau Cemetery, Houma, Tongatapu, this morning, 2 August 2021. Photos by Pesi Fonua and Peter Poulsen. Premium content -
Monday 2 August 2021 5:08pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s State of Emergency has been renewed for another month to prevent the spread of COVID-19, starting from 8:00pm today, August 2 until 8:00pm August 30.1 comment Premium content -
Monday 2 August 2021 4:55pm
Tokyo, Japan : Tongan sprinter, Ronald Fotofili finished in eighth place in the 100m preliminary heat 2, at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday, 31 July. Ronald said today he was happy competing in the 100m, his first time for him to go to the Olympics and compete with the world’s best athletes. By Eleanor Gee. Premium content -
Monday 2 August 2021 4:49pm
Tokyo, Japan : Tongan swimmer Noelani Day (18) finished seventh in the 50m freestyle, heat 4, on Friday, 30 July, with a time of 29.06 at the Tokyo Olympics. She plans to continue swimming and has her eyes on the Paris Olympics in 2024. By Eleanor Gee Premium content
