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Thursday 23 July 2020 7:01pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A man was sentenced at the Supreme Court to two-years imprisonment for serious indecent assault committed on a young girl in Tongatapu. The judge suppressed information that might reveal the victim's identity.
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Thursday 23 July 2020 6:55pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Talia’uli Prescott who pleaded guilty to two counts of possessing the illicit drug methamphetamine was sentenced at the Supreme Court to a good behaviour bond, and is to live where directed. Premium content -
Wednesday 22 July 2020 9:17pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Pacific region, including Tonga, is requesting access to a vaccine currently being developed to fight COVID-19, said the Minister for Health Hon ‘Amelia Tu’ipulotu today. They are talking to the World Health Organisation and taking part in preliminary discussions with the COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access (COVAX) Facility and GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance. It is hoped that by the end of 2021 there will be enough vaccine to immunise 20% of the population, starting with front line workers. Premium content -
Wednesday 22 July 2020 5:19pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga Netball has qualified for the 2021 Netball World Youth Cup for the first time confirmed Tonga Netball Association CEO, Salote Sisifa today. It is scheduled to be held in Fiji sometime next year. Premium content -
Wednesday 22 July 2020 5:08pm
Manchester, United Kingdom : Tonga will kick off their Rugby League World Cup campaign against Papua New Guinea on 26 October 2021 at Totally Wicked Stadium, St Helens, UK, and could meet England in the semi-finals for a rematch of their epic 2017 RLWC game. Premium content -
Wednesday 22 July 2020 5:04pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A husband and wife who pleaded guilty to possession of methamphatamine were sentenced at the Supreme Court on July 20. One received a suspended sentence, while the other was placed on a good behaviour bond. The Chief Justice warned if they continued to live a lifestyle or associate with others that might tempt them to use drugs again, they should “just look at their children and think what it would be to lose them.” Premium content -
Wednesday 22 July 2020 11:29am
Geneva, Switzerland : During the 2009 swine flu pandemic, a few countries cornered the vaccine market, leaving the vast majority of the global population with no vaccine at all until the outbreak was effectively over. This scenario must be avoided at all costs during the current crisis – and, thanks to the COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access Facility, it can be. By Seth Berkley, Richard Hatchett, and Soumya Swaminathan. -
Tuesday 21 July 2020 5:28pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Mele Finau Finefeuiaki Penitani (27) was sentenced to two-years four-months imprisonment for the theft $66,500 pa’anga from customers at the ANZ Bank. Premium content -
Tuesday 21 July 2020 5:21pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Siliako Matangi To’aho was sentenced at the Supreme Court to three-years imprisonment for serious bodily harm, when he fractured the bone on his wife's hand with a hammer. The repeat offender has anger management issues. Premium content -
Tuesday 21 July 2020 4:48pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Sustainable energy courses will be offered in the first semester of 2021 to support Tonga’s ambitious targets in achieving 70% renewable energy by 2030. Premium content -
Tuesday 21 July 2020 4:17pm
Auckland, New Zealand : An action plan to ensure Pacific learners and families achieve their educational dreams and aspirations was released today by Associate Health Minister Jenny Salesa. Premium content -
Monday 20 July 2020 7:09pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongan health officials will cautiously assess procedures around the first repatriation flight including quarantine, and ensure issues are addressed before the second repatriation flight arrives in Tonga. By Eleanor Gee. -
Monday 20 July 2020 7:03pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Filomila Kaufusi (28) who pleaded guilty to cultivating 17 cannabis plants at a tax allotment at Hauloto in Tongatapu, received a suspended sentence at the Supreme Court, on July 17. Premium content -
Monday 20 July 2020 6:57pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Uasila’a Halasima was found guilty at the Magistrate’s Court in Nuku'alofa for extorting $200 pa’anga from two men of Chinese origin, at Tanoa Hotel in Nuku’alofa. Premium content -
Monday 20 July 2020 5:18pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The opening ceremony for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games has been set for 23 July 2021 after the games were postponed this year due to CoViD-19. Premium content -
Monday 20 July 2020 12:14pm
New York, USA : Even if one or more vaccines emerge that promise to make people less susceptible to COVID-19, the public-health problem will not be eliminated. But policymakers can avert some foreseeable problems by starting to address key questions about financing and distribution now. The toughest political question of all, though, is likely to concern access. Who should receive the initial doses of any vaccine? Who determines who is allowed into the queue and in what order? By Richard N. Haass -
Saturday 18 July 2020 9:41pm
Auckland, New Zealand : Shot-putter, Dame Valerie Adams has been honoured with a Barbie doll made in her likeness, after she was chosen as New Zealand’s Barbie Role Model for 2020. The doll is dressed just like Valerie. Premium content -
Friday 17 July 2020 6:39pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two urgent bills to amend the Traffic Act and the Roads Act, as well as a Petition alleging unfairness in awarding government roads deals, stirred a few aggressive exchanges in the Tongan parliament on Monday and Tuesday this week. There was an objection that the urgent bills had not gone to the Standing Committee on Legislation before they were tabled. Premium content -
Friday 17 July 2020 6:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two men were jailed by the Supreme Court for serious causing bodily harm to a victim whose jaw they fractured by kicking him. Premium content -
Friday 17 July 2020 5:57pm
Sydney, Australia : The Oceania Rugby Men’s XV Championships to be held in August in Papua New Guinea has been cancelled due to CoViD-19. Postponed fixtures include the Oceania Rugby Women’s Repechage qualification between Samoa and Tonga.
