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Thursday 19 November 2020 7:19pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Over 200 students received certificates in a combined graduation ceremony for the Tonga Maritime Polytechnical Institute and Tonga Institute of Science and Technology, on November 19.
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Thursday 19 November 2020 1:05pm
Melbourne, Australia : COVID-19 continues to have a devastating impact on public health and to rattle the global economy with structural shocks. The pandemic has now killed more than one million people, while the International Monetary Fund estimates that global GDP will shrink by 4.4% in 2020. But, strange as it may seem, the current crisis could offer developing countries a path toward greater economic self-reliance. By Syed Munir Khasru. -
Thursday 19 November 2020 12:46pm
New York, USA : New York Times reporting: The United States passed a grim milestone Wednesday, hitting 250,000 coronavirus-related deaths, with the number expected to keep climbing steeply as infections surge nationwide. Experts predict that the country could soon be reporting 2,000 deaths a day or more. Premium content -
Wednesday 18 November 2020 5:40pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : At the end of their school year today, there were smiles on the faces of young students at the Maamaloa Kindergarten at Vaololoa. Premium content -
Wednesday 18 November 2020 5:35pm
Canberra, Australia : Australia will provide AUD$42.5 million in core funding to the Pacific Community [SPC] over the next three-years to support their renewed 10-year strategic partnership (2014-2023). Premium content -
Wednesday 18 November 2020 5:33pm
Manila, Philippines : The Asian Development Bank has allocated $20.3 million to assist its developing members to access CoViD-19 vaccines and establish systems for fair and efficient vaccine distribution. Premium content -
Wednesday 18 November 2020 5:32pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Lelei Vaiangina was found guilty on possession of 0.04 grams of methamphetamine seized in a vehicle, parked outside the Central Police Station in Nuku'alofa, earlier this year. He will be sentenced on December 3. Premium content -
Tuesday 17 November 2020 5:28pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new Multi-Hazard Early Warning and Emergency Operation Centre was officially opened in Pangai, Ha’apai on 13 November. The centre aims to strengthen early warning and preparedness for any approaching hazard. Premium content -
Tuesday 17 November 2020 5:23pm
New York, USA : Tonga and Latvia formally established diplomatic relations on 28 October through the signing of a Joint Communique in New York, USA. Premium content -
Tuesday 17 November 2020 5:08pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Sione Senituli Lave [30] was sentenced to six-months imprisonment for possession of 0.11 grams possession of methamphetamine, seized on Hihifo Road in October last year. Premium content -
Monday 16 November 2020 10:06pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An evening of songs of praise brought together over 100 secondary school youths from throughout Tongatapu last night, to mark the end of a three days programme aimed at ending interschool violence. Premium content -
Monday 16 November 2020 9:20pm
Auckland, New Zealand : Tonga Women’s XV dream of playing at women’s 2021 Rugby World Cup were dashed after they were held scoreless by Samoa’s Manusina on Saturday 14 November at Waitakere, Auckland. Premium content -
Monday 16 November 2020 5:49pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A team from the Tupou Tertiary Institute won the first National Pacific Insurance Table Tennis Business House Fiefia Trophy on Friday, November 13. Premium content -
Monday 16 November 2020 5:12pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The 252 repatriated passengers from Auckland and Brisbane have been released from quarantine after testing negative for CoViD-19 confirmed Dr Siale ‘Akau’ola on Saturday evening, 14 November. Two more flights are due to arrive from Auckland on 19 November, and from Brisbane on 24 November. Premium content -
Monday 16 November 2020 5:05pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Ten people were arrested with illicit drugs, including methamphetamine from five different locations in Tongatapu over the last three weeks. Premium content -
Monday 16 November 2020 5:01pm
Auckland, New Zealand : Over 100 Early Childhood Education graduates from the Pacific community, mostly Tongans, received their certificates from an Auckland education provider on November 12. Premium content -
Monday 16 November 2020 4:49pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The investment by Tongans in illegal pyramid schemes is concerning the National Reserve Bank of Tonga, which issued a warning to the public against participating. Premium content -
Monday 16 November 2020 12:34pm
Oxford, United Kingdom : The last time the world faced challenges as serious as those facing us now was in the period immediately following World War II. At that time there was an extraordinary burst of international institutional creativity, led by the United States. The late 1940s saw the creation of the IMF, the World Bank, the Marshall Plan, the United Nations, which the WHO joined in 1948, and the GATT, now the WTO. If countries in Asia want a multilateral system to survive, they need to promote, use and improve it. The G20 Summit in Riyadh on 20–21 November will provide an opportunity to push forward this agenda. By David Vines / East Asia Forum. -
Monday 16 November 2020 12:07pm
Beijing, China : New York Times reporting: After eight years of talks, China and 14 other nations from Japan to New Zealand to Myanmar on Sunday formally signed one of the world’s largest regional free trade agreements, a pact shaped by Beijing partly as a counterweight to U.S. influence in the region. Premium content -
Monday 16 November 2020 11:29am
Sydney, Australia : New York Times reporting: Nanaia Mahuta entered New Zealand’s Parliament as the youngest Maori woman to ever gain a seat. More than two decades later, she has become the country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, another trailblazing first. Labour’s newly elected majority is made up mostly of women...it is, by far, the most diverse Parliament the country has ever seen, reflecting New Zealand’s demographics and its place within the broader Pacific islands. Premium content
