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Friday 29 November 2024 8:41pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Heavy machinery, including trucks, excavators and tractors, were handed over to Waste Authority Ltd. and Tonga Water Board, from Japan under its Non-project grant aid (NPGA) worth about USD$6 million.
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Friday 29 November 2024 8:33pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Queen Sālote College Dux for 2024 was awarded to the Head Girl, Rachel Mele Tupou Tatafu who achieved 90.9% in her overall academic performance. Premium content -
Thursday 28 November 2024 9:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Taulanga Nonu was jailed for five and a half years for serious housebreaking, theft and serious arson of the Teta Tours building in the Central Business District. His co-accused, Molitoni Moimoi was sentenced to three years and two months in jail. The Lord Chief Justice considered that Nonu had destroyed property worth no less than $1 million, while Moimoi had a deplorable history of previous offending. Premium content -
Thursday 28 November 2024 7:13pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : To enhance multi-hazard early warning systems, disaster preparedness and response, Tonga Meteorological Services (Tonga Met) is revising its Meteorology Act for the first time since it was established in 2017, in consultation with interested sectors of the community. Premium content -
Wednesday 27 November 2024 7:48pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tupou College Toloa named two Duces, Filimone Jr Matakaiongo and Timote Fonokalafia, at the annual graduation and prize giving ceremony, held at Saione (FWCT) in Tongatapu today, 27 November 2024. Premium content -
Wednesday 27 November 2024 7:22pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two men were jailed for charges including possession of 0.60 grams of methamphetamine and utensils, after they were busted during a ping pong game in June this year. Two other co-accused received suspended sentences. Premium content -
Wednesday 27 November 2024 7:16pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An appeal by Kepueli Mafi, against his conviction on dangerous driving causing the death of ‘Ahotau Taufu’i, was dismissed by the Court of Appeal, who found that his driving speed and manner was indeed dangerous when he slept on the wheel. Premium content -
Tuesday 26 November 2024 10:05pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A captain of Tonga's inter-island domestic ferry, the MV ‘Otuanga’ofa, who was found guilty of proceeding to sea improperly by taking excess passengers on the vessel and serving knowing his Certificate of Competency had expired, was sentenced to two years imprisonment. Premium content -
Tuesday 26 November 2024 12:10pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Lord Tu'i'afitu, is under pressure to resign. The Prime Minister Hon. Hu'akavameiliku revealed yesterday in a media briefing that he is “having conversations” with the noble regarding his resignation from his ministerial portfolio. Although the PM did not state it directly, his comments suggested that the King in Privy Council has allegedly lost confidence in the minister. Premium content -
Tuesday 26 November 2024 6:54am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A Motion for a Vote of No Confidence against the Prime Minister, Hon. Siaosi Sovaleni (Hon. Hu'akavameiliku) and the Prime Minister’s response, will be tabled in the Legislative Assembly of Tonga next week on Tuesday, 3 December, 2024, the Office of the Legislative Assembly confirmed in a statement last night. Premium content -
Monday 25 November 2024 2:13pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Prime Minister and his Cabinet must respond to a Motion for a Vote of No Confidence before midday on Friday - a deadline set by the Speaker when the House reopened this morning. Instead of proceeding with its work today, the House has adjourned until Tuesday 3 December. The Prime Minister said that no one would pay attention to the agenda while there was a submission “on the intention to bring down this Government.” Premium content -
Monday 25 November 2024 12:26pm
Port Vila, Vanuatu : With COP29’s conclusion, the stage shifts to the Hague, where Vanuatu’s landmark International Court of Justice climate change case, will start on 2 December - with 110 UN member states and intergovernmental organisations testifying. Vanuatu's Special Envoy for Climate Change and Environment, stated yesterday that: “The commitments made in Baku — the dollar amounts pledged and the emissions reductions promised — are not enough. They were never going to be enough. And even then, based on our experience with such pledges in the past, we know they will not be fulfilled.” -
Monday 25 November 2024 9:53am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An intention to move a Motion for a Vote of No Confidence in the Prime Minister, Hon. Hu'akavameiliku (Hon. Siaosi Sovaleni) was submitted by Hon. Dr ‘Aisake Eke in a group of 10 members of parliament, on Saturday, 23 November, the Lord Speaker's office confirmed this morning. Premium content -
Monday 25 November 2024 7:41am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A prisoner, Kali Malupo (57) was unsuccessful in his appeal against his conviction of causing grievous bodily harm, when he struck a 24-year-old man on the head using a machete in a group attack with his sons in Manuka, Tongatapu. However, in an appeal against sentence, his prison term was substantially reduced. Premium content -
Monday 25 November 2024 7:26am
Baku, Azerbaijan : Multi-million loan agreements for energy projects have been signed by Tonga, Solomon Islands and the Asian Development Bank last week, to help the transition from dependency on diesel fuel imports to renewable energy. The projects, also supported by a grant from Australia, will help Tonga to meet its 70% renewable energy target by constructing a new 33 kilovolt (kV) electricity network. Premium content -
Friday 22 November 2024 10:42pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An ANU Masters graduate in Public Administration, Vika ‘Unga, completed a leadership program in Ngunnawal, Australia, this week. The Tongan participant was among 19 participants who are learning how leadership can make a positive difference in their communities. Premium content -
Friday 22 November 2024 5:08pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : ‘Amelia Melinda Vaihu was named Dux of ‘Apifo’ou College for 2024, at the school’s end of the year prize-giving ceremony held today, 22 November, at Sir Sofele Kakala Hall, in Ma’ufanga, Tongatapu. Premium content -
Friday 22 November 2024 5:01pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Extraordinarily heavy rainfall in southern Tonga during October smashed a national record, and in ‘Eua the flash flooding coincided with extreme high tides. -
Friday 22 November 2024 8:39am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Kalauta Angilau was sentenced to 24 months imprisonment, with part suspended, for two charges of serious wilful damage and theft of a vehicle worth $20,000, which he stole from Kolofo'ou and dismantled in Vaini. Premium content -
Thursday 21 November 2024 7:53pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga remains among the most aid-reliant countries in the world, ranking second among 127 developing countries with aid accounting for 55% of national income, says a new report published by Australia's Lowy Institute today. It reports a recent sharp decline in overseas development finance to the Pacific islands and forecasts that aid from major bilateral donors will flatline in coming years in the region.
