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Wednesday 7 October 2020 7:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The 29-year-old Police Constable who was arrested and charged with the rape and indecent assault of an 18-year-old young woman while she was in police custody, remains detained and will appear in the Magistrate's Court on October 12.
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Tuesday 6 October 2020 7:07pm
Auckland, New Zealand : Junior Fa and Joseph Parker will go to battle this December 11 in Auckland, New Zealand. The fight was confirmed this morning in Auckland at a press conference attended by both fighters and their promoters.1 comment -
Tuesday 6 October 2020 7:05pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Police have arrested and charged a total of 3,023 people to date, since the start of the Police COVID19 Operation on March 28, when the State of Emergency was declared in Tonga. This included 1,380 arrests for breaches of the National Emergency Lockdown Notice and the Restriction Notice. Premium content -
Tuesday 6 October 2020 6:48pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A total of 141 seasonal workers will be repatriated to Tonga from Christchurch, New Zealand, on a chartered flight on Friday, 9 October, confirmed MEIDECC CEO Paula Ma'u last night. Premium content -
Tuesday 6 October 2020 6:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Three men were ordered by the Supreme Court to serve community work or in default serve terms of imprisonment, for seriously damaging a vehicle and unlawful possession of a .22 rifle. Premium content -
Tuesday 6 October 2020 6:37pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tongan Parliament yesterday 5 October with a majority vote of 16-0 passed a number of old Government Ministries Annual Reports, some going back to 2009, that had never been tabled into Parliament. Today, 6 September parliament sat for a half-day, because after lunch it did not have a quorum. From the House, by Pesi Fonua. Premium content -
Monday 5 October 2020 8:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Prime Minister Hon. Dr Pohiva Tu'i'onetoa informed members of Parliament this morning that he would brief Parliament weekly on what government had achieved, before he released information to the media. Government will soon table into parliament a new Communication Offences Bill, “to address the misuse of social media”. From the House by Pesi Fonua. Premium content -
Monday 5 October 2020 6:27pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new classroom building for Mo'unga'olive College at Kolonga was commissioned on October 2, under a recovery project after the school was damaged by Tropical Cyclone Gita in 2018. Premium content -
Monday 5 October 2020 6:21pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : 500 soroban abacus from Japan were handed over to the Ministry for Education on October 5 at Pahu. Premium content -
Monday 5 October 2020 6:17pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Four Tonga Power Limited staff directly involved with a petition that allegedly threatened to turn off the power supply to the country, and called for a TPL staff strike on October 2, have been asked to take time off from work while investigations are conducted, according to management today. Premium content -
Monday 5 October 2020 3:26pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : ANZ Tonga will close its Vava'u branch on 25 November this year, the bank's country head announced today. Premium content -
Saturday 3 October 2020 12:32pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : King Tupou VI went out on an Agricultural Tour of gardens in Tongatapu on October 1 and was welcomed with excitement and celebration by the communities he visited, observing food production at the estates of the Ha‘a Havea Lahi nobles. Premium content -
Friday 2 October 2020 5:52pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A total of 37 earthquakes occurred within Tonga in the month of September, but none of them were felt by communities, the Tonga Geological Services, reported in its Tonga Seismic Bulletin for September. (Yesterday's 6.7mi felt tremor will be covered in their October bulletin). Premium content -
Friday 2 October 2020 5:25pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 29-year-old male Police Constable has been arrested and charged with rape and indecent assault of an 18-year-old young woman, while she was in police custody at an unspecified location. Premium content -
Friday 2 October 2020 5:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Nine people were arrested with methamphetamine and cannabis from six different locations in Tongatapu, by Tonga Police over the last week. Premium content -
Friday 2 October 2020 5:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An Implementation Agreement for the extension and expansion of the Government Development Loan was signed on October 1 by the Chief Executive Officer of the Ministry of Finance, Balwyn Fa’otusia, and the CEO of the Tonga Development Bank, Leta Kami. The scheme will run for another five years up to 2025. -
Friday 2 October 2020 4:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Margaret Elizabeth Donna Stephenson, also known as Dana Stephenson, was appointed as the new British Honorary Consul to Tonga on October 2, in Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Friday 2 October 2020 10:52am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : “Give hope and save lives” is the message of this month's Breast Cancer Awareness Month launched on October 1, by the Tonga Breast Cancer society Inc., with their Patron Princess Pilolevu Tuita as guest of honour. Premium content -
Friday 2 October 2020 8:31am
Decatur-Alabama, USA : In 1984, I had the privilege of meeting the Hon. Tasi Fakafanua at the Otago University in Dunedin. His memory has stayed with me for almost 40 years, as has my love for Tonga. I hope to visit one day before I am too old. Rev. Cameron Reeder. -
Thursday 1 October 2020 6:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The signing of the Tripartite Agreement between the World Rugby, the Tonga Rugby Union and the Tongan Government last Friday, 25 September was a breath of life for Tonga’s Rugby Union. Premium content
