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Thursday 1 April 2021 4:43pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 35-year-old man from Mataika was arrested after the seizure of methamphetamine and cannabis on March 31 by the Police Drug Enforcement Taskforce.
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Thursday 1 April 2021 4:40pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The roll out of Tonga’s COVID-19 vaccination program is expected to start on 15 April announced Minister for Health Hon Dr ‘Amelia Tu’i’pulotu last night. Premium content -
Wednesday 31 March 2021 5:15pm
Brussels, Belgium : New York Times reporting: Citing what they call “the biggest challenge to the global community since the 1940s,” the leaders of more than two dozen countries, the European Union and the World Health Organization on Tuesday floated an international treaty to protect the world from pandemics. The current pandemic is “a stark and painful reminder that nobody is safe until everyone is safe,” the leaders write. The suggested treaty is an acknowledgment that the current system of international health institutions, symbolized by the relatively powerless WHO, a U.N. agency, is inadequate to the problem. Premium content -
Wednesday 31 March 2021 4:42pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The first batch of the COVID-19 AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccines from COVAX arrived in Tonga today, 31 March, on a repatriation flight from Auckland, New Zealand. Premium content -
Wednesday 31 March 2021 4:35pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A repatriation flight with 110 passengers arrived in Tonga from Auckland, today. Another flight from Australia was scheduled today, to pick up seasonal workers, who are expected to depart for Australia later this evening. Premium content -
Wednesday 31 March 2021 4:26pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two men were arrested last week after the seizure of methamphetamine and cannabis at two different locations in Tongatapu. Premium content -
Tuesday 30 March 2021 8:58pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga is now one of six countries in the Pacific region to remain CoViD-19 free to date. Premium content -
Tuesday 30 March 2021 8:53pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The repatriation flight from Brisbane, Australia scheduled to arrive in Tonga tomorrow, 31 March, has been postponed due to the Brisbane area going on lockdown yesterday after new CoViD-19 cases were confirmed. -
Tuesday 30 March 2021 8:51pm
Suva, Fiji : Pacific Island countries, including Tonga, are preparing for the new edition of the Harmonized System (HS 2022) used to classify traded goods which will come into force on 1 January 2022. Premium content -
Tuesday 30 March 2021 8:50pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Salesi Fa’aoa was found guilty on possession of 0.3 gram of methamphetamine seized in his vehicle on Vuna Road last year. He will be sentenced on April 30, at the Supreme Court in Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Monday 29 March 2021 8:53pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga may get average or above average rainfall for the next five months, according to the latest climate update from Tonga Meteorological Service released today. Premium content -
Monday 29 March 2021 6:08pm
Suva, Fiji : US$9 million was contributed by the Government of Japan to UNICEF to strengthen the vaccine cold chain and capacity to address the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic in 10 Pacific Islands, including Tonga. -
Monday 29 March 2021 6:06pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Limoni Tito Siasau was found guilty of serious indecent assault committed on a 33-year-old female worker on board a yacht in Vaipua, Vava'u. Premium content -
Monday 29 March 2021 6:01pm
Honiara, Solomon Islands : The first coordinated fisheries monitoring, control and surveillance operation for 2021 called Operation Rai Balang was completed last week in eight Pacific nations. Premium content -
Monday 29 March 2021 5:57pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An online portal containing the government’s work on climate change was launched at a workshop last Friday, 26 March. Premium content -
Friday 26 March 2021 6:01pm
Auckland, New Zealand : New York Times reporting: New Zealand’s Parliament on Wednesday unanimously approved legislation that would give couples who suffer a miscarriage or stillbirth three days of paid leave, putting the country in the vanguard of those providing such benefits. The measure is expected to become law in the coming weeks. Premium content -
Friday 26 March 2021 5:19pm
Dublin, Ireland : Two new Pacific Islands potential super rugby teams, the Fijian Drua and Moana Pasifika, will be supported by World Rugby from 2022. Premium content -
Friday 26 March 2021 4:37pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : In light of recent media reports that the Courts are imposing more suspended sentences due to overcrowding in Tonga's prison system, the following clarification is provided for the information of the public and better understanding: 1. The Courts do not suspend sentences because of prison overcrowding. 2. Provision of adequate prison facilities and related services is the responsibility of the Executive Government. 3. Upholding the rule of law and administering justice in the Kingdom is the responsibility of the Judiciary and the Courts. .... Michael Whitten QC, Lord Chief Justice of the Kingdom of Tonga. -
Friday 26 March 2021 4:13pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new Head Coach for the ‘Ikale Tahi will now be announced “probably next Wednesday”, confirmed Tonga Rugby Union CEO Peter Harding today. Premium content -
Friday 26 March 2021 9:45am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A government department at a workshop with journalists yesterday, has requested to partner with the media to promote government messages. The department seems to be faced with the challenge of not getting their key messages across to the public. Premium content
