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Friday 11 June 2021 6:57pm
Suva, Fiji : Fiji has recorded 656 COVID-19 active cases currently in isolation as of 10 June, according to its Ministry of Health and Medical services.
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Friday 11 June 2021 10:45am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Youngsters from the Lapaha Government Middle School won the eastern district's soroban competition held on June 10, at Tatakamotonga in Tongatapu. Premium content -
Friday 11 June 2021 10:38am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s Marine Atlas was launched to commemorate World Ocean’s Day under the theme ‘The Ocean: Life and Livelihoods” (Ko e Oseni- hono ngaahi me’a mo’ui pea koe ma’u’anga mo’ui) by Minister for Environment (MEIDECC), Hon Poasi Tei, at an official event on June 8 at Davina House in Ma’ufanga. Premium content -
Friday 11 June 2021 10:29am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Soape Ta’e’iloa Koka (52) was sentenced to two-years nine-months imprisonment for discharging a firearm with the intent to intimidate a woman, who was in her car with her 14-year-old daughter at Vaini. The judge then recommended that the defendant's gun be seized and destroyed, and that he never be allowed to hold a certificate for ammunition or firearms ever again. Premium content -
Thursday 10 June 2021 6:10pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tevita Malolo (45) was sentenced to eight-months imprisonment for possessing 62.05 grams of cannabis and utensils seized at his home in Tatakamotonga, in 2020. Under an amendment to the Illicit Drugs Act, now drugs over seven grams must be sentenced as supply. Premium content -
Thursday 10 June 2021 6:03pm
Suva, Fiji : The reinstatement of Professor Pal Ahluwalia by the University of the South Pacific Council is ‘illegal’ Fiji’s Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum told Fiji's parliament last week. Premium content -
Wednesday 9 June 2021 7:25pm
Annapolis-MD, USA : Maps of all the coral reefs in the world will be created quickly with new technology by NASA through a partnership with the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation (KSLOF), announced on World Ocean’s Day, 8 June. The maps will give researchers and environmental managers better information about what’s happening to coral reefs. Premium content -
Wednesday 9 June 2021 4:35pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 29-year-old woman is in stable condition at the hospital in Neiafu, after she was seriously injured in a home invasion on Sunday morning, June 6. A man has been arrested and charged with grievous bodily harm. Premium content -
Wednesday 9 June 2021 4:27pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A search has been suspended for missing fisherman, ‘Isime’eli Loloma (48) of Kameli, Neiafu, who was lost when he went out diving for sea cucumbers in Vava'u on June 1. Premium content -
Wednesday 9 June 2021 3:58pm
Sydney, Australia : Australia is supporting over 170 athletes from 11 Pacific nations, including Tonga, to prepare for the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Games to be held in Tokyo from 23 July to 8 August. Premium content -
Wednesday 9 June 2021 3:21pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The 248 passengers repatriated from New Zealand and Australia on 2 and 3 June respectively, tested negative for COVID-19, confirmed Ministry of Health CEO, Dr Siale ‘Akau’ola. Premium content -
Wednesday 9 June 2021 8:07am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Sefo Moala (52) was sentenced to eight years imprisonment for nine counts of possession of illicit drugs, including 41.82 grams of cocaine and 139.3 grams of methamphetamine. “The defendant has been a long-term menace to society," said the judge. Premium content -
Tuesday 8 June 2021 10:27pm
Christchurch, New Zealand : Former Tonga High School teacher, Siale Faitotonu, has been awarded the prestigious New Zealand Order of Merit for more than 30 years of service to Pacific education. Premium content -
Tuesday 8 June 2021 10:11pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s State of Emergency has been renewed to prevent the spread of COVID-19 within Tonga, starting from 8:00pm June 7 until 8:00pm July 5. Premium content -
Tuesday 8 June 2021 10:08pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The police seized 4.69 grams of methamphetamine and arrested 13 men and two women aged 22 to 46-years -old at Kolofo’ou, Ha’ateiho, Tofoa and Ma’ufanga in Tongatapu between May 24-31. Premium content -
Sunday 6 June 2021 8:57pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A public holiday will be observed on Monday, June 7, to commemorate Emancipation Day, when Tonga’s first Christian King, Siaosi Tupou I officially abolished serfdom in Tonga in 1862. Premium content -
Sunday 6 June 2021 8:56pm
Honiara, Solomon Islands : Operation Tui Moana, a regional fisheries surveillance operation, celebrates 20 years of fighting illegal fishing in the Pacific waters of Tonga, Cook Islands, Fiji, Niue, Samoa, Tokelau, and Tuvalu. -
Sunday 6 June 2021 8:54pm
Honolulu, Hawaii : Leaders of 11 Pacific Island countries and territories elected Federated States of Micronesia President David Panuelo as the Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders (PICL) new chairperson during a two-day virtual meeting held on June 2 and 3. Premium content -
Sunday 6 June 2021 3:49pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The first Budget allocation of $509,300 for an Anti-Corruption Commission was among nine allocations passed by the Whole House Committee of the Tongan Legislature on June 2-3. Premium content -
Friday 4 June 2021 11:04pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongan Cabinet Minister 'Akosita Lavulavu (36) and her husband 'Etuate Lavulavu (62) plundered TVET grant funds for themselves in a systemic fraud that a Nuku'alofa Supreme Court judge today called, “an example of the worst sort of dishonesty.” Premium content
