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Thursday 18 February 2021 6:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Latu Selu was acquitted of charges, including possession of methamphatamine due to an unlawful search by Tonga Police, ruled a Supreme Court judge who found there was a deliberate disregard of the law.
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Thursday 18 February 2021 5:50pm
Canberra, Australia : Australia plans to start the roll out of the Pfizer/BioNTech CoViD-19 vaccine next week to the first and most vulnerable Australians from 22 February. Premium content -
Thursday 18 February 2021 5:48pm
Sydney, Australia : Former rugby league player, Willie Mason (of Tongan heritage), is calling for a Pacific Island All Stars to be included in the annual All Stars fixture over the next few years. Premium content -
Wednesday 17 February 2021 5:47pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s $15.2 million pa'anga loan repayment due to the EXIM Bank of China, during the 2020-21 financial year, has been deferred to 2021-22, the Minister of Finance, Hon. Tevita Lavemaau, confirmed yesterday 16 February. Premium content -
Wednesday 17 February 2021 5:14pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Repatriation flights are scheduled to arrive in Tonga on March 3, from New Zealand, Australia and Fiji. Premium content -
Wednesday 17 February 2021 5:09pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The trial of former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice Sione Vuna Fa’otusia will be held in July on charges, which related to a dispute over a stolen cow in 2019. Premium content -
Wednesday 17 February 2021 5:00pm
Suva, Fiji : The University of the South Pacific (USP) Council has extended the appointment of Dr Giulio Masasso Paunga as Acting Vice-Chancellor & President until further notice, following a special meeting held yesterday, 16 February. This follows the Fiji Government's sudden deportation of Vice Chancellor Professor Pal Ahluwalia earlier this month. Premium content -
Tuesday 16 February 2021 6:08pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new warehouse for the National Emergency Management Office (NEMO) to safely stockpile goods to assist in times of disasters, was commissioned on February 16, at Poutaha. Premium content -
Tuesday 16 February 2021 6:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A cheque of $250,000 dividend was presented to government from the property sector of public enterprises during their Annual General Meeting today, 16 February. Premium content -
Tuesday 16 February 2021 5:53pm
New York, USA : New York Times reporting: The World Health Organization on Monday authorized the use of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine, clearing a path for the cheap and easy-to-store shots to be distributed in lower- and middle-income countries around the world. -
Tuesday 16 February 2021 4:17pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Petrol, kerosene, and diesel prices have increased for February-March starting today, 16 February, as approved by the Tonga Competent Authority. Premium content -
Monday 15 February 2021 7:14pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Science scholarships were presented to eight high school and tertiary students on February 15 sponsored by the Tonga Offshore Mining Ltd. The awards will help them with their school fees. Premium content -
Monday 15 February 2021 7:01pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s Declaration of a Health State of Emergency will enter its second year of enforcement, under a monthly renewal starting from 8:00pm today, February 15 to March 15. This means the State of Emergency has been in force for a full year, since it was first declared on 12 March 2020. Premium content -
Monday 15 February 2021 6:51pm
Auckland, New Zealand : The city of Auckland is now under level 3 lockdown for three days starting today after a family of three from Papatoetoe tested positive to CoViD-19. Premium content -
Monday 15 February 2021 6:47pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The 107 passengers who were repatriated from Australia on February 11 have all tested negative for CoViD-19 in their first testing. Premium content -
Monday 15 February 2021 3:56pm
Apia, Samoa : A positive CoViD-19 test was reported in Samoa on Saturday in a passenger who arrived in Samoa from California, USA, via New Zealand, on 12 February. Further tests are to be conducted on other passengers and staff who were involved with the flight and quarantine. Premium content -
Friday 12 February 2021 6:18pm
New York, USA : New York Times reporting: In his new book, the astrophysicist Avi Loeb, a professor at Harvard, argues that the absence of evidence regarding life elsewhere is not evidence of its absence. In October 2017, a telescope in Maui, Hawaii, captured an exotic speck speeding across the sky. It was interstellar — recognized as the first object we’ve ever seen that originated outside our solar system. In the past few years there has been a flurry of new interest in the search for aliens. Tech billionaires are funding novel efforts to scan the heavens for evidence of life, and after decades of giving the field short shrift, NASA recently joined the search. By Farhad Manjoo. -
Friday 12 February 2021 5:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga Police and the Australian Federal Police (AFP) have formed a partnership for policing development under a new Memorandum of Understanding, signed yesterday in Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Friday 12 February 2021 5:23pm
Suva, Fiji : We know many people are asking when vaccines will be available in Pacific countries. We anticipate that in 2021, demand will vastly exceed supply. But this doesn’t mean we should just sit and wait. PICs now need to focus on preparing, so they are ready when the first vaccines do arrive. This includes starting pre-registration for priority groups. It means making sure the systems are in place and working, for delivering vaccines and monitoring their safety and effectiveness. This requires investments to strengthen health systems, which will bring benefits beyond COVID-19. By Dr Takeshi Kasai. -
Friday 12 February 2021 4:09pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new classroom building for Holonga Government Primary School was commissioned on February 11, under a recovery program for schools damaged by Tropical Cyclone Gita in 2018. Premium content
