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Thursday 3 April 2025 6:31pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : SPBD Microfinance, the leading microfinance network dedicated to empowering women microentrepreneurs across the South Pacific. SPBD Microfinance (Tonga) Ltd. proudly announces a significant milestone in its journey. The organization has disbursed a total of TOP $250 million in loans since its inception in 2009, evidence of its commitment to fostering economic development in the country. -
Wednesday 2 April 2025 10:26pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Mrs. Loupua Pahulu-Kuli, was appointed as the Chief Magistrate in Tonga, effective on Friday 28 March, becoming the first woman and the youngest appointee to hold the position.
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Wednesday 2 April 2025 10:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Motekiai Taufahema (48) was found guilty of two offences after he threw a machete, which injured a man in a confrontation outside his home in Navutoka. Police found drugs utensils inside the home. Premium content -
Wednesday 2 April 2025 7:43pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : ‘Atunaisa Fa’uhiva (32) received a fully suspended sentence of 16 months imprisonment for the possession of a loaded .22 rifle, ammunition without a licence, and illicit drugs, including dried cannabis seeds, in Neiafu, Vava’u. The Lord Chief Justice emphasized that the courts in Tonga must prevent conduct that could lead to a surge in criminality involving lethal weapons. Premium content -
Tuesday 1 April 2025 10:13pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 49-year-old driver died in Fungamisi, Vava'u, after his vehicle collided with another. Premium content -
Tuesday 1 April 2025 10:05pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tevita Fetu’u (27) received a suspended sentence for causing serious bodily harm when he fractured a 25-year-old man’s jaw in an assault at a bar in Vava’u. The judge ordered that for the next 12 months he must not enter licensed premises or a bar and must not during that period drink in public. He advised the accused to give up alcohol altogether because “it seems you are unable to control yourself.” Premium content -
Tuesday 1 April 2025 9:41pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The new petroleum prices for April, were approved by the Tonga Competent Authority (TCA), effective today, 1 April 2025. Wholesale prices for petrol, kerosene, and diesel prices will decrease. Retail diesel price will decrease, while retail prices of petrol and kerosene for Tongatapu will remain unchanged. Premium content -
Tuesday 1 April 2025 9:24pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Lulutai Airlines has chartered a Saab 340 aircraft from Air Chathams, including its own crew at a fixed price, to operate 12 flights a week between Tongatapu and Vava’u. Premium content -
Monday 31 March 2025 7:07pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A medivac flight on Sunday airlifted a critically ill teenager from Niuatoputapu to Tongatapu for emergency treatment at Vaiola Hospital yesterday, 30 March 2025, after the Niuatoputapu health service was running out of oxygen. Premium content -
Monday 31 March 2025 6:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Following this morning's magnitude 7 earthquake, Nomuka Island in Ha'apai experienced a temporary disruption to both electricity and communications. Nomuka Town Officer, 'Elenoa Moala, told to Matangi Tonga that these services were restored within half an hour after the earthquake. Premium content -
Monday 31 March 2025 6:41pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : At least 3000 to 4000 people swiftly evacuated from the Nuku'alofa coastal areas to evacuation centres and inland areas in Tongatapu after the tsunami warning was issued last night, likely influenced by lessons learned from the Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha'apai event, said NDRMO Director, Mr. Mafua Maka. "Many families quickly moved inland, with some parking in safer, higher areas and staying in their vehicles." Premium content -
Monday 31 March 2025 1:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga Legislative Assembly resumed its 2024-2025 session this morning, but before they got down to parliamentary business, exhausted members talked about the strong 7.0 M earthquake that shook Tonga at 1:18am and kept them awake during the night. In an emergency operation, Police had helped to move people away from coastlines in Tongatapu, Vava’u and Ha’apai. Premium content -
Monday 31 March 2025 7:41am
Nuku'alofa, : A strong magnitude 7.0 magnitude earthquake was felt in Tonga early this morning at 1:18 am triggering a tsunami warning and evacuation alert for people in coastal areas. In the capital, civil defence sirens woke families. Some people on coastal areas evacuated inland and to higher ground where they stayed during early hours of the morning. -
Friday 28 March 2025 6:59pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Kisina Neiufi (33) who is already serving four and half years imprisonment for previous drug offences, received an additional 30 months for possession of 13.68 grams of methamphetamine seized last year. Premium content -
Friday 28 March 2025 6:46pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Siosiua Savieti (22) is serving four years six months imprisonment for charges that included 127.07 grams of methamphetamine. While his co-accused Mavae Fonokalafi (19) is serving two years and six months for possession of 24.54 grams seized at a home in Talafo’ou last year. Premium content -
Friday 28 March 2025 4:48pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Forty years ago, in 1985, the people of Rongelap Atoll in the central Pacific were forced to evacuate their radioactive home after enduring years of health impacts from the US nuclear weapons tests in the Marshall Islands. Yesterday, the community came together in Mejatto to light candles, to sing and remember the terrors of the nuclear testing in the Pacific and their displacement from their home. -
Thursday 27 March 2025 9:32pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Pacific Resilience Facility (PRF) treaty is set for ratification at the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders' Meeting in September, it was announced at the conclusion of the Forum Economic Ministers' Meeting (FEMM) in Nuku'alofa this week, from 25-26 March. Premium content -
Thursday 27 March 2025 8:04pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A donation of disability equipment, including wheelchairs, was presented by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints to the Vaiola Hospital in Tongatapu yesterday, 26 March 2025. The equipment will help to replace the wheelchairs that have gone missing from the wards at the Hospital, where they are needed for disabled patients. It is the fourth such donation the church has made to the hospital. Premium content -
Thursday 27 March 2025 7:29pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A truck driver was arrested at a traffic checkpoint near near the Tonga National University in Kolofo'ou, after allegedly refusing to follow Police instructions, on Friday morning, 21 March. A Police officer and the driver were involved in an altercation and both required medical attention. Premium content -
Thursday 27 March 2025 12:35pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Australia and Tonga have agreed to an AUD85 million (TOP125 million) budget support program over the next four years to support a stronger economy and national budget. “This is the largest investment in our partnership’s history,” stated a joint announcement yesterday, on the margins of the Special Forum Economic Ministers Meeting (FEMM) in Nuku'alofa. Premium content
