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Friday 31 July 2020 5:21pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The death of an 18-year-old new recruit at Taliai Military Camp in Fua'amotu on Monday, July 27 has been ruled a suicide.
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Thursday 30 July 2020 9:14pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Afuafu 'Uhatafe (52) was jailed for three-years for obtaining $32,825 pa’anga by false pretence from 104 people, she had falsely recruited in a work scam to Australia. Premium content -
Thursday 30 July 2020 7:03pm
Auckland, New Zealand : Frazer Mataitonga, from the ‘Akanesi Mataitonga Trust has won ‘Good as Gold’ recognition from the ASB Bank in New Zealand with an award to help him continue sending aid to Tonga, and other Pacific Island countries. -
Thursday 30 July 2020 6:57pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Ko e ongo Talatupu‘a ‘o fekau‘aki pea mo e hala fononga ‘o ‘Aho‘eitu, ko e ‘uluaki Tu‘i Tonga ‘i he 950BC. Ko e konga ‘uluaki ‘eni ‘o e ngaahi fakamatala ne mau to‘o mai meihe fakatotolo na‘e fai ‘e Rev. Dr Siotame Havea pea pulusi he 2015 ‘i he tohi ko e – Tonga: Fonua ‘a Kainga. -
Wednesday 29 July 2020 6:46pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Five health teams are continuing to monitor the 57 passengers that were repatriated from Fiji to Tonga over two weeks ago, while they are self-quarantining at their homes. A repatriation flight from New Zealand is expected to be confirmed soon by Cabinet, with the list of passengers being finalized today. Premium content -
Wednesday 29 July 2020 6:39pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Seven people were arrested with methamphetamine and cannabis in ongoing Police Drug Enforcement Taskforce operations in Tongatapu from July 16-28. Premium content -
Wednesday 29 July 2020 6:37pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 51-year-old man was sentenced to nine-years imprisonment for rape and indecent assault of a young girl. While, a 22-year-old was jailed for two-years for indecent assault. Premium content -
Wednesday 29 July 2020 6:33pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Three Tongan women from Fangaloto have joined forces to launch their three different businesses - a consultancy, a digital agency and a beauty branch - at a shared location in Nuku’alofa on July 24. Premium content -
Wednesday 29 July 2020 6:18pm
Auckland, New Zealand : An all Tongan core cast, stars in a Tongan/English bilingual drama, ‘Brutal Lives’ set to premiere on 5 August on The Coconet TV. Premium content -
Wednesday 29 July 2020 5:07pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two foreign sailing yachts that arrived unexpectedly in Vava'u over the last few days, in breach of border security measures, are being allowed to remain in safe haven anchorage at Port Maurelle until heavy weather calms down. There is mixed feeling in Vava'u about the arrival of yachts. Premium content -
Tuesday 28 July 2020 5:52pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Thousands of vegetable seeds, such as spinach, eggplant, capsicum, carrot, and more, were donated to the ‘Eua community by Heilala Vanilla, to help them establish a sustainable nursery to support their families. Premium content -
Tuesday 28 July 2020 5:49pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The body of an 18-year-old new recruit was found at Taliai Military Camp in Fua'amotu, Tongatapu, on Monday, July 27. Premium content -
Tuesday 28 July 2020 2:59pm
New York, USA : While ample resources – and high hopes – are being invested in the race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, policymakers and the public should be preparing for a scenario in which no silver bullet is possible. But even in that case, writes renowned infectious disease expert William A. Haseltine, there are strong grounds to believe that we can control the virus and its spread. -
Monday 27 July 2020 10:13pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A press club for journalists, formed by the new Media Association of Tonga, was launched last Friday, 24 July, at Davina House, Ma’ufanga. Premium content -
Monday 27 July 2020 8:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga remains CoViD-19 free after the 57 people in quarantine tested negative today, the Minister for Health, Hon Dr 'Amelia Tu'ipulotu announced this afternoon. A second repatriation flight to bring stranded Tongans from New Zealand is being planned for August 4. Premium content -
Monday 27 July 2020 8:25pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 45-year-old man died in a fatal crash on Halaliku Road at ‘Utulau on Sunday, July 26, the second road death for the year. Premium content -
Monday 27 July 2020 7:12pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : ‘Anisi Kulufeinga Bloomfield, a former CEO of the Ministry of Revenue and Customs, who is to be extradited to Fiji to be tried for theft and dishonesty allegedly committed between 2011-14, remains on bail in Tonga. Premium content -
Monday 27 July 2020 6:37pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A former policeman, Uasila’a Halasima was sentenced to one-year imprisonment for extortion, which was fully suspended at the Magistrate's Court in Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Saturday 25 July 2020 5:14pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : This week a World Trade Organisation Negotiating Group said they were ready to start new discussions on a multilateral agreement to curb fisheries subsidies. But while the WTO is pushing for an outcome by the end of the year, it remains an issue that small Pacific Islands states such as Tonga still have to fully address. -
Friday 24 July 2020 7:18pm
Gainesville-Florida, USA : A large fruit-eating bird from Tonga joins the dodo in the line-up of giant island pigeons hunted to extinction. New research into fossils shows that ‘Tongoenas burleyi’, a newly described genus and species, inhabited the Pacific islands for at least 60,000 years, but vanished within a century or two of human arrival around 2,850 years ago. The size of a large duck, ‘T. burleyi’ was likely capable of swallowing fruit as big as a tennis ball, said study lead author David Steadman.
