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Friday 4 September 2020 5:49pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : All 45 passengers repatriated from Fiji and Kiribati on Wednesday have tested negative for CoViD-19 confirmed MEIDECC CEO Paula Ma'u this afternoon. Only 38 passengers were repatriated from Fiji out of the 56 that had registered to return to Tonga because of issues with obtaining tests and the cost of the tickets.
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Friday 4 September 2020 5:35pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : “Be catalysts of change in a future made uncertain by COVID-19”, said Prime Minister Hon Dr Pohiva Tu'i'onetoa, when congratulating Tonga's recent Australia awards graduates. Premium content -
Thursday 3 September 2020 9:36pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Pacific Network on Globalization (PANG) has called on Australia to rethink its current approach to trade and investment with the Pacific Islands and instead promote genuine avenues for development. Premium content -
Thursday 3 September 2020 8:19pm
Zurich, Switzerland : Proponents of digital identification see the COVID-19 pandemic as a once-in-a-century opportunity, with a potential “jackpot market” of nearly eight billion people. In these dangerous times, using digital IDs to help control the spread of the virus and eventually to manage the distribution of a vaccine is often deemed appropriate and necessary. But there are ethical pitfalls. Rather than submitting people to a data-driven and AI-directed system that relies on surveillance and control through digital IDs, we should create more decentralized participatory frameworks. Collaborative approaches, based on the power of civil society, form the backbone of a strategy that uses our social talent to achieve humanity’s collective goals. By Dirk Helbing and Peter Seele. -
Thursday 3 September 2020 7:35pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A second trial for students to learn from home for one day on 8 September has been organized by the Ministry of Education and Training, to prepare students for school closures should CoViD-19 reach Tonga. Premium content -
Thursday 3 September 2020 7:31pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A core group of 10 young women took part in a programme to develop young women's safety and protection priorities during disasters and humanitarian crises. Premium content -
Thursday 3 September 2020 7:25pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : New directors for the Tonga Government's 12 Public Enterprises have been appointed from September 1 for one-year, the government announced. Premium content -
Thursday 3 September 2020 7:16pm
Canberra, Australia : Tonga’s High Commissioner to Australia, Princess Angelika Latufuipeka Tuku’aho is looking for creative artwork or photos and stories that symbolise and celebrate Tonga's 50 years relationship with Australia - and three cash prizes are offered for the top submissions. -
Wednesday 2 September 2020 9:16pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two flights arriving in Tonga today repatriated around 56 passengers from Nadi, Fiji. Seven more passengers arrived from Tarawa, Kiribati, with the repatriation of a deceased person. A third flight arrived today from Tahiti for a fuel stop. Premium content -
Wednesday 2 September 2020 9:09pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tevita Talia’uli Fatongiatau (33) was sentenced at the Supreme Court last week to two-years six-months imprisonment for possession of illicit drugs. He was a guest at a motel in Nuku'alofa, when he flushed some of the drugs in the toilet when Police apprehended him. Premium content -
Wednesday 2 September 2020 4:32pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga supports Oceania Rugby in its “Oceania Unstoppable - Women in Rugby Month” this September, celebrating the progress of women and girls in rugby and inspiring the next generation. Premium content -
Wednesday 2 September 2020 2:38pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongan vocational students will have access to better training opportunities under an agreement signed by The Australia Pacific Training Coalition (APTC) and Tupou Tertiary Institute (TTI) in August. Premium content -
Tuesday 1 September 2020 7:43pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two of five men pleaded not guilty to the murder of Sione Feimoefiafi (49). While, the others pleaded not guilty and guilty to lesser counts, at the start of the trial at the Supreme Court. Premium content -
Tuesday 1 September 2020 7:40pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two repatriation flights are scheduled to arrive at Fua’amotu International Airport tomorrow, Wednesday, from Fiji and Kiribati confirmed Ministry of Health CEO, Dr Siale ‘Akau’ola. Tonga Police and military will cordon off the restricted areas from noon on September 2 until midnight on September 18. Premium content -
Tuesday 1 September 2020 7:32pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Unclaimed money totalling over $973,085 pa'anga, held in 1582 customer accounts by commercial banks in Tonga, will be transferred to the government and will become government property, if the accounts remain unclaimed. The account holders have until November to make their claims, the National Reserve Bank Tonga announced on 28 August. Premium content -
Tuesday 1 September 2020 6:59pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The village of Felemea, Ha’apai needs clean drinking water, and the challenge to find a solution has been taken up by a group of four student engineers from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, as their team design project. The idea for the project came from Siale Faitotonu a technician at the University. Premium content -
Tuesday 1 September 2020 6:53pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The national CoViD-19 restrictions including a continuing curfew, have been extended from 8:00pm Monday 31 August to 8:00pm Monday 28 September 2020. Premium content -
Tuesday 1 September 2020 12:07pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Mikaele Hoponoa Pahulu (40) was sentenced to three-years imprisonment for beating up a 71-year-old patient at the Psychiatric Ward in Vaiola Hospital. The victim, who suffered a severe head injury, remains paralysed and is fed via nasogastric tube. Premium content -
Tuesday 1 September 2020 11:33am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Lord Fusitu’a has been re-elected, in absentia, as the Nobles' representative of Niuatoputapu and Niuafo’ou after a by-election was held at the Palace Office yesterday morning, 31 August. Lord Fusitu'a who suffered from failing health was evacuated to Auckland last year and remains in New Zealand. Premium content -
Monday 31 August 2020 7:51pm
Honiara, Solomon Islands : Solomon Airlines has today released details of the repatriation flight to Vanuatu, Tonga and Australia on Saturday September 5. It will also be the first repatriation flight from Tonga to Australia via the Brisbane Gateway and an opportunity for foreign nationals in Tonga to return to their home countries. Premium content
