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Monday 15 March 2021 4:44pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Samiu Fifita (39) was today sentenced at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court, to nine-months imprisonment for possession of 0.16 gram of methamphetamine. The sentence was fully suspended, on conditions, due to his clean record,
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Friday 12 March 2021 4:55pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : It was a sunny day for enthusiastic students of Ma’ufanga Government Primary School, who held their Inter-House Sports Competition today, cheered on by teachers and families. The event was cancelled last year. Premium content -
Friday 12 March 2021 4:52pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga needs to pay attention to our sanitation - a main source of pollutants, says a survey. Compost toilets are an environmentally friendly solution and pilot projects at Kanokupolu and Kolovai Government Primary Schools under the Tonga Integrated Water and Coastal Management Project were launched at an event attended by Prince Ata on March 10.2 comments Premium content -
Friday 12 March 2021 4:36pm
Nuku'alofa,Tonga : In the Pacific Islands, evidence of climate change is all around us, but when dozens of images showing its impact across the Pacific come together in one room, it is sobering and challenging to the viewer. Photographs submitted by amateur photographers of all ages capture the immediacy of of the harmful effects of climate change, in a competition organised by the UK Government, on display in Nuku'alofa. -
Thursday 11 March 2021 7:17pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Dr. Alika Tongamatamoa Siaosi Lafontaine (39), an anaesthesiologist who advocates to improve indigenous health care in Canada was elected President of the Canadian Medical Association, the first person of indigenous descent to do so. He also has Tongan heritage through his mother from Vava'u. Premium content -
Thursday 11 March 2021 6:13pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Malia Selupe (32) will be sentenced on April 9 at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court on five counts of obtaining by false pretences around $59,000 pa’anga from customers at her car dealer company in Longolongo. Premium content -
Wednesday 10 March 2021 7:46pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : There is a 45% chance for at least one Tropical Cyclone to occur for the remainder Tonga's 2020/21 cyclone season, which ends on April 30. If this happens, there is a 25% chance it could be a severe one, says Tonga Met in its updated outlook for the season. -
Wednesday 10 March 2021 7:12pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Lafitani Mahe (32) is serving five-years and six-months imprisonment for serious housebreaking and theft of goods, including Tongan valuables valued at $34,000. He is also serving time for possession of 1.4 grams of methamphatamine. Premium content -
Wednesday 10 March 2021 3:16pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga‘s CoViD-19 travel restrictions have disrupted national renewable energy targets for the next two years. Getting technical experts into the country to design and commission urgent work is a major problem. It is critical for Tongatapu’s Stablising Battery to be commissioned this month, says a key administrator. Premium content -
Tuesday 9 March 2021 6:07pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Thirteen Tongan women leaders were named by the Fi-e-Fi-a ‘a Fafine Tonga (FFFT) to celebrate 2021 International Women’s Day and its theme,'Women in Leadership: achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world'. Premium content -
Tuesday 9 March 2021 5:35pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The repatriation flight that was scheduled to arrive tomorrow, March 10, with passengers from Auckland, will now only carry cargo, confirmed MEIDECC CEO Paula Ma’u this morning. Premium content -
Tuesday 9 March 2021 5:31pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : ‘Inivenesi Helu (39) is serving one-year imprisonment for causing grievous bodily harm to a 17-year-old teenager by using a machete during an altercation, in Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Tuesday 9 March 2021 5:20pm
Auckland, New Zealand : Early warning systems on Raoul Island, one of New Zealand’s most integral sites for monitoring earthquakes and tsunami, will undergo critical repairs after an earthquake occurred in the area last Friday. The tidal gauge at Raoul provides critical early warning for the Pacific Islands. On March 5 a tsunami wave took about 44 minutes to travel between the Fishrock gauge and the Nuku'alofa gauge. Premium content -
Monday 8 March 2021 6:01pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Women leaders and women’s organizations were recognized at an event celebrating International Women’s Day under the theme ‘Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a CoViD-19 world”, today in Nuku’alofa. Premium content -
Monday 8 March 2021 5:51pm
New York, USA : New York Times reporting: In a bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey, the Duchess of Sussex said she had asked officials at Buckingham Palace for medical help but was told it would damage the institution -
Monday 8 March 2021 5:20pm
Nadi, Fiji : UPDATED: Fiji has received 12,000 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, making it the first Pacific Island country to receive a rollout under the COVAX facility. Around 6,000 frontline workers are expected to receive the first doses. Premium content -
Monday 8 March 2021 4:56pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Women's rugby in Tonga reached a historic milestone after the Tonga Women’s Rugby Union (TWRU) elected its President, Hon Fanetupouvava’u Tuita Tu’ivakano, as a non-voting representative on the Tonga Rugby Union (TRU) board for the first time. The announcement was made today as part of celebrating International Women's Day. Premium content -
Monday 8 March 2021 4:01pm
Suva, Fiji : On International Women's Day today, Oceania Rugby is celebrating the milestones for Pacific women in rugby, in particular the achievements of its first women's director and the first Pasifika woman appointed to the World Rugby Council, Cathy Wong. Premium content -
Friday 5 March 2021 6:41pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An entertaining new book of historical fiction was launched this morning by Sam Lala, a Fijian writer and adventurer who has been living in Tonga for many years. The 183 pages volume, titled “They Said”, is his second book. Premium content -
Friday 5 March 2021 5:53pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Students at Nuku’alofa Government Primary School took part in sporting activities launched under the Australian Government’s Team Up sports development program today. Premium content
