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Friday 14 August 2020 5:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Loketi Malie (39) was found guilty by a jury for seriously harming a 56-year-old man, whom he hit on the leg with a piece of sandalwood in Futu, ‘Eua.
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Friday 14 August 2020 5:27pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A man was sentenced today to seven-years imprisonment for raping a young girl in Tongatapu. Premium content -
Thursday 13 August 2020 9:53pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Several hundred Tongan nationals who are stranded in distant countries, include a small cluster of surgical patients and their carers, who became stuck in India when Tonga's border closed on March 23. The Ministry of Health wants them to be repatriated but CEO Dr Siale 'Akau'ola voiced his extreme frustration today that he can find no viable pathway home for these patients, without stronger collaboration in the region. Premium content -
Thursday 13 August 2020 6:18pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Mosese ‘Ofa (36) was sentenced to two and a half-years jail for the unlawful imprisonment of two people whom he held at gunpoint at a beach in Ha’ateiho earlier this year. Premium content -
Thursday 13 August 2020 6:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Seven men were arrested with methamphetamine at four different locations in Tongatapu in ongoing police operation targeting drug dealers and suppliers. Premium content -
Thursday 13 August 2020 4:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A two-day consultation in Tonga, looking at key trends and uncertainties that may drive change in the Pacific region’s future such as climate change, CoViD-19, and technology, was opened by Prime Minister Hon Dr Pohiva Tu'i'onetoa today, 13 August, at the Fa'onelua Convention Centre in Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Thursday 13 August 2020 4:16pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The immediate family of HM King Tupou VI remain abroad during the CoViD-19 pandemic. Premium content -
Wednesday 12 August 2020 5:18pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Major economic and social impacts of CoViD-19 on the Pacific was the focus of the Pacific Islands Forum Economic Ministers Meeting (FEMM) over the last two days, 11-12 August. Premium content -
Wednesday 12 August 2020 5:14pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tu’amelie Tolu (42) and his son Paea (17) received suspended prison sentences for seriously injuring a man, whom they repeatedly kicked causing him to loose two of his teeth at Popua. Premium content -
Wednesday 12 August 2020 5:06pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 66-year-old man living in Kanokupolu died last night, August 11 from a head on collision on Hihifo Road. The other driver, a 55-year-old man remains in critical condition at Vaiola Hospital. Two passengers sustained minor injuries. Premium content -
Tuesday 11 August 2020 6:27pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : When the 17 People's Representatives and nine Nobles' Representatives embark on their parliamentary Constituency Tours next week, they will have a lot of money to spend. Each People's Representative gets $250,000 to spend on their constituents, and each Nobles' Representative will have $50,000 to share with the people in their estates. From the House by Pesi Fonua. Premium content -
Tuesday 11 August 2020 5:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Some 150 young students from 13 primary schools competed today at the Tongatapu Central District soroban competition. Premium content -
Tuesday 11 August 2020 4:55pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Sosaia Laloni Kolofale (35) who pleaded guilty to possession of less than one gram of cannabis was placed on a good behaviour bond, at the Supreme Court. Premium content -
Tuesday 11 August 2020 4:47pm
United Kingdom : Mate Ma’a Tonga veteran prop Sam Moa joined Israel Folau in standing during a pre-kick-off kneeling ritual in their Super League team’s (Catalan Dragons) clash against the Castleford Tigers on Saturday 8 August. Premium content -
Monday 10 August 2020 7:05pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Chief Justice has ordered that the defunct Tonga Weekly Newspaper Ltd. be restored to the Register of Companies, in the latest twist of a defamation suit brought against the government-owned newspaper by Mele 'Amanaki in 2014. Premium content -
Monday 10 August 2020 6:18pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Lord Fusitu’a has lost his seat in parliament after a long absence from the Legislative Assembly since 5 August 2019. His seat for the Nobles' Representative of Niuatoputapu and Niuafo’ou has been declared vacant. Premium content -
Monday 10 August 2020 4:56pm
Wellington, New Zealand : New Zealand and the Cook Islands are moving closer to the establishment of a travel bubble, to recommence quarantine-free travel between the two countries before the end of the year, and as soon as it can be safely achieved. -
Monday 10 August 2020 2:26pm
Auckland, New Zealand : A new tropical cyclone outlook model will generate much earlier predictions for the number of tropical cyclones than current models used in Pacific Island countries, says the University of Newcastle in Australia. According to its current predictions, Tonga should expect one or two cyclones for the upcoming cyclone season (December – April). -
Monday 10 August 2020 2:11pm
London, United Kingdom : This week's dialogue on economic strategies by the Forum Economic Ministers' Meeting, 11-12 August, is critical to building back better, or differently, for the Pacific Forum Islands. By Amelia Kinahoi Siamomua. (Tonga’s candidate for the post of Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat).1 comment -
Monday 10 August 2020 11:30am
Melbourne, Australia : Many ethicists conclude that fully informed volunteers should be allowed to sign up for a potentially dangerous trial that will reduce the time required to bring an effective vaccine to everyone who could be exposed to SARS-CoV-2. The alternative is that the virus will continue to impose much higher levels of risk on other people, especially health care workers, older people, and people with underlying health conditions that reduce their chances of surviving infection. We should praise the young and healthy volunteers for risking their safety in order to save others. By Peter Singer and Isaac Martinez
