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Friday 20 December 2019 5:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Three men who assaulted a soldier in September last year were found guilty at the Supreme Court in Nuku'alofa, on December 16.
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Friday 20 December 2019 2:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Brides and grooms filled the Registry Office yesterday, 19 December, in Nuku’alofa, to tie the knot before government closes for the Christmas holidays. Premium content -
Friday 20 December 2019 2:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The number of people contracting measles has started to decline with fewer new cases being reported. The Ministry of Health said 14 new measles cases were reported this past week, with 10 from Tongatapu and 4 from Vava‘u. This is much less than the 37 new measles cases reported two weeks ago and 46 the week prior. A total of 18,431 vaccinations have been administered as of 13 December. Premium content -
Friday 20 December 2019 1:00pm
Sydney, Australia : King Tupou VI and Queen Nanasipau’u, joined the Waterhouse family to farewell William (Bill) Waterhouse at a funeral service yesterday, 19 December, in Sydney, Australia. Premium content -
Thursday 19 December 2019 11:39pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Rizvi Jurangpathy whose employment contract was terminated by Tonga Communications Corporation in 2017, was awarded $165,000 pa'anga in damages by the Lord Chief Justice, who found he was subjected to unfair treatment when he was under investigation for the allegations against him. The employer had relied on “inaccurate and inadequate” information and breached its obligations. -
Wednesday 18 December 2019 11:28pm
Bogota, Colombia : Samoan fine mats, or the ‘le Samoa, is one of 15 cultural practices worldwide that has joined UNESCO’s Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity on 12 December. Premium content -
Wednesday 18 December 2019 11:26pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s national men’s team will participate at the inaugural World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series in February next year. Premium content -
Wednesday 18 December 2019 11:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A couple has been convicted of serious sexual crimes of rape, sodomy and serious indecent assault of a woman in Neiafu earlier this year. Premium content -
Wednesday 18 December 2019 3:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A police officer sustained injuries to his hand and foot while apprehending an alleged burglar at a residence in Kolomotu’a on Sunday, 15 December. Premium content -
Tuesday 17 December 2019 6:09pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Seven biomedical engineering students from New Zealand’s University of Canterbury (UC) are spending 10 weeks in Tonga’s hospitals and clinics to repair life-saving medical equipment and to engineer biomedical solutions, as part of a work experience pilot program. Premium content -
Tuesday 17 December 2019 6:04pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The five men charged with the murder of Sione Feimoefiafi (49) in the Nuku'alofa CBD, have pleaded not guilty on December 17 at the Supreme Court in Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Monday 16 December 2019 10:44pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed by a Tongan delegation led by the new Minister of Infrastructure, Hon. ‘Akosita Lavulavu and a Chinese aircraft manufacturer to enable the MA60 aircraft that has been grounded in Tonga since 2018, to come back into operation within the next six months. Premium content -
Monday 16 December 2019 10:37pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Petroleum prices for Tonga have increased starting today December 16 to January 2020. Premium content -
Monday 16 December 2019 10:06pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongatapu was a far different place 3000 years ago, one few of us can imagine today. The sea was higher, almost 1.4 m higher. Much of the land on which the city of Nuku‘alofa now sits was not land at all. It was about 900 BC when voyaging canoes first arrived from a homeland to the west. These kalia carried a small group of people and all of the necessities they would need to settle new found islands. They were the first Tongans. By David Burley -
Monday 16 December 2019 6:08pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Christmas cheer was spread to the residents at the Alonga Adult Disabled Centre on December 16, by HMAS Brass Band. Premium content -
Monday 16 December 2019 5:25pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Three men were arrested after methamphetamine and cannabis were seized on December 13 at a mechanic shop in 'Umusi. -
Friday 13 December 2019 7:01pm
Wellington, New Zealand : The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) recovered today the bodies of six people who tragically died in Monday’s eruption on Whakaari/White Island. They stated NZDF will support efforts to recover the bodies of two others, in the hope there is resolution for those families Premium content -
Friday 13 December 2019 6:34pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An invention by a Tongan-Australian called “The Reviver”, an exercising apparatus that enables a person to straighten his or her spine, ease the pain in the hips, and helps an aged person to walk without pain, arrived in Tonga this week and was put through its paces at the Royal Palace. By Pesi Fonua. Premium content -
Friday 13 December 2019 5:53pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Electoral Commission has enlisted the assistance of Tonga Police to investigate a complaint lodged by a voter on behalf of Dr Netatua Pelesikoti Taufatofua, alleging electoral irregularities and malpractice in the Tongatapu 1 by-election. Premium content -
Friday 13 December 2019 5:48pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 62-year-old male driver whose van collided and seriously injured a motorcyclist on December 2 has been released on bail. His case was adjourned to January, 2020. Premium content
