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Tuesday 26 January 2021 6:33pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The IMF has approved US$9.95 million under its Rapid Credit Facility, to help meet Tonga’s “urgent balance of payments and fiscal needs arising due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Cyclone Harold.” Tonga's early closure of external borders had helped avoid a worse economic outcome. “Nevertheless, an economic contraction is expected in FY2021.”
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Tuesday 26 January 2021 6:18pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 23-year-old soldier who was on-duty at the Makeke Quarantine Facility in Vaini was arrested with cannabis on Monday, January 25. Premium content -
Tuesday 26 January 2021 5:47pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Lafitani Mahe has been found guilty at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court on possession of 1.4 grams of methamphetamine seized at Pili. Premium content -
Tuesday 26 January 2021 1:14pm
Sydney, Australia : New York Times reporting: In a major escalation, Google threatened Friday to make its search engine unavailable in Australia if the government approved legislation that would force tech companies to pay for journalism shared on their platforms. Australia’s assertive challenge to the online giants has placed it in the vanguard of a movement to bolster a traditional news media ecosystem that America’s trillion-dollar tech companies threaten with extinction. For Google and Facebook, their intense pushback has become a focal point of their global efforts to limit regulation, as governments around the world look to rein them in. Here’s a summary of the fight... By Damien Cave Premium content -
Tuesday 26 January 2021 12:34pm
New York, USA : New York Times reporting: Vaccines by Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech effectively protect recipients. But in a worrying sign, they are slightly less effective against a variant found in South Africa. The news underscored a realization by scientific experts that the virus is changing more quickly than once thought. -
Tuesday 26 January 2021 11:46am
New York, USA : Just as political leaders like Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro have forced a reckoning about the historical persistence of fascist politics, so have their disastrous responses to the COVID-19 pandemic renewed the relevance of the concept of genocide. How else are we to come to grips with so many culpably avoidable deaths? As in Brazil, Indigenous communities in the US have suffered disproportionately from the pandemic. By Federico Finchelstein and Jason Stanley. -
Monday 25 January 2021 7:36pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A reshuffle in the Tongan Cabinet, was approved today by HM King Tupou VI, with the appointment of a new Minister of Justice and Prisons, and a new Minister of Trade and Economic Development. Premium content -
Monday 25 January 2021 6:55pm
: Tongans stuck in countries such as USA and Europe will be allowed to travel and quarantine in New Zealand before they are repatriated to Tonga, confirmed MEIDECC CEO Paula Ma'u today, 25 January. Premium content -
Monday 25 January 2021 6:50pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A young man (19) was found dead at a home in Kolovai, over the weekend. An inquest will be held to determined whether it was a suicide. Premium content -
Monday 25 January 2021 6:47pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : ‘Alifeleti Poifi Katoa was sentenced to one-year nine-months imprisonment for possession of 0.34 grams of methamphetamine and 2.74 grams of cannabis, which was fully suspended at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court. Premium content -
Friday 22 January 2021 5:50pm
Nuku'alofa,Tonga : Two projects to improve the Tonga Fire and Emergency Services and the Healthy system, will be funded by Japan’s Grant Assistance for Grass-Roots Human Security Projects, after grant contracts were signed on January 22 in Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Friday 22 January 2021 5:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : 152 seasonal workers left Tonga on a chartered flight for Tasmania in Australia this afternoon, January 22. Premium content -
Friday 22 January 2021 5:05pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Sesilia Uaisele was found guilty on possession of 0.02 grams of methamphetamine, seized inside her co-accused vehicle at the bus station in Nuku'alofa. “A substantial amount of money was found in her bag and purse. Empty plastic packs were also found in the car. All these items are consistent with items possessed by someone dealing or using drugs,” said the judge, in the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court. Premium content -
Thursday 21 January 2021 8:09pm
Washington D.C., U.S.A : New York Times reporting: Inauguration Day 2017, four years ago, was notable, in part, for who wasn’t there: There were vast empty spaces on the National Mall, which the Trump Administration would soon deny in the opening shot of its four-year war on truth. The inauguration of President Joe Biden was also defined by absences. But this time they were intentional, and — for better or worse — they were the point. By James Poniewozik Premium content -
Thursday 21 January 2021 7:52pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga is among seven Pacific Island Countries, facing strong headwinds from COVID-19, that will see significant declines in their GDP growth reported for 2020, says a new World Bank report. Recovery in 2021 remains uncertain. -
Thursday 21 January 2021 6:05pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tevita Talia’uli Fatongiatau was found guilty of three counts in the seizure of methamphetamine inside his vehicle at the bus station in Nuku’alofa. Premium content -
Thursday 21 January 2021 5:19pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Siaosi Makaafi was sentenced to 18-months imprisonment for possession of a cannabis plant, which weighed 48.33 grams. The sentence was fully suspended on conditions, at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court. Premium content -
Wednesday 20 January 2021 8:58pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A Tag Tournament by Talitha Project will be held next week in Ha'apai aimed to increase young girls participation. A community outreach program is being held this week to encourage youths to sign up. -
Wednesday 20 January 2021 7:29pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Le-ata Fashion Boutique & Gift Shop has been ordered by the Supreme Court to vacate the property it rented on Taufa’ahau Road, Nuku'alofa, CBD, as a result of a civil claim brought by the plaintiff, Cocker Enterprises Ltd., the sub-lessee. Lord Chief Justice ordered the defendant to pay the plaintiff damages in the sum of $11,000 and costs of the proceedings. Premium content -
Wednesday 20 January 2021 6:41pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Similati Tupou was sentenced to nine-months imprisonment, which was fully suspended for possession of 0.01 gram of methamphatamine and 94 blank .22 ammunitions without a license, seized at his home in Pahu. Premium content
