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  • Monday 27 January 2020 10:41pm


    Auckland, New Zealand
    : New Zealand Police believe that there are members of the public who are keeping silent on what they know about the shooting death of a Tongan woman Meliame Fisi’ihoi two weeks ago, and are urging them to speak out.
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  • Monday 27 January 2020 6:06pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga's Red Cross distributed Household Relief Kits to 24 Ha'apai families living in the most affected communities, after Tropical Cyclone Tino, which impacted Tonga on January 18.
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  • Monday 27 January 2020 5:20pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Four men have been arrested in relation to the seizure of cocaine and cannabis at ‘Umusi on Saturday, January 25.
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  • Monday 27 January 2020 5:13pm


    Brisbane, Australia
    : Two members of Brisbane’s Tongan Community received Local Heroes Australia Day Community Service Awards on January 26, at Oxley Bowls Club on Brisbane’s west side, for helping improve the lives of others and building community spirit.
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  • Monday 27 January 2020 3:33pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A health team was stationed today at Fua'amotu International Airport to monitor all incoming passengers, as Tonga takes precaution in response to the coronavirus outbreak in China. A Tongan sports teams, currently in China are reported to be safe and well, and will return to Tonga next week.
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  • Monday 27 January 2020 10:40am


    Pennsylvania, USA
    : An entire city in China is essentially on lockdown this week as officials try to get a handle on the Coronavirus outbreak. A few cases have been identified in other countries. Here's what you need to know.
  • Saturday 25 January 2020 12:19pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga Met are seeing the likelihood for the onset of an El Nino event which brings a higher risk of Tropical Cyclones to Tonga. Less than a week after Severe Tropical Cyclone Tino another Tropical Depression (TD05F) has developed just east of the neighboring Samoa Islands, Tonga Met reported this morning.
  • Friday 24 January 2020 6:48pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : King Tupou VI opened a new Vava‘u Police Station in Neiafu on January 24, constructed with $1.3 million dollars assistance from the New Zealand and Australian Governments. At the ceremony, Police Commissioner Stephen Caldwell said the facility “strengthens our fight against drugs”, which is his number one priority.
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  • Friday 24 January 2020 6:40pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The illicit drugs case against Sione Filipe Jr is set to be called for the first time on February 6, at the Supreme Court in Nuku'alofa.
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  • Friday 24 January 2020 3:05pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Next year, on 4 January 2021, it will be a decade since Tonga's Democratisation Reform initiative was launched, on what turned out to be an inauspicious date. Although the reform was launched nine years ago, Tonga remains deeply uncertain on a number of issues that are fundamental to cementing the reform, such as the political structure and the economic system that we, as a nation, want to put into place to drive forward our Democratization Reform. By Pesi Fonua
  • Thursday 23 January 2020 6:10pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The trial for Lord Tu’ivakano on charges relating to the issuance of Tongan passports starts on February 10, at the Supreme Court in Nuku’alofa.
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  • Thursday 23 January 2020 6:08pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Taniela Manu (25) was the driver from ‘Utulau who died after his vehicle crashed into a tree on Halaliku Road on January 21. His wife, who was a passenger in the vehicle, is in a stable condition at Vaiola Hospital in Nuku'alofa.
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  • Thursday 23 January 2020 4:33pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga’s national Men's and Women's teams secured silver and bronze medals at the the South Pacific Darts Championships (SPDC) in Niue, which concluded on Saturday 18 January after four days of hard competition.
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  • Thursday 23 January 2020 10:02am


    Warrington, England
    : Tongan rugby league prospect, Leilani Latu, is heading to England to play for the Warrington Wolves in the Super League competition on a two-year contract that ends in November 2021. He joins fellow Tongans Ben Murdoch-Masila and Sitaleki Akauola, who are on the Warrington Wolves roster.
  • Wednesday 22 January 2020 5:27pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A 25-year-old man from 'Utulau died on Tuesday, January 21 when the vehicle he was driving crashed into a tree on Halaliku Road at around 2:10pm.
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  • Tuesday 21 January 2020 7:30pm


    Manchester, United Kingdom
    : Tonga star, Tuimoala Lolohea has been backed to become even better as he prepares to take on team-mates and even his national coach in England's Super League competition.
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  • Tuesday 21 January 2020 7:29pm


    Cardiff, Wales
    : Welsh rugby prospect Willis Halaholo, expressed his irritation with internet trolls criticizing and insulting his selection for the Wales Rugby last year because of the fact that he was from New Zealand.
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  • Tuesday 21 January 2020 6:44pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Lemoto Manu (31) is the driver charged in the death of local businessman during a hit and run incident on Vuna Road, Nuku'alofa, on Saturday night, December 28, 2019.
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  • Tuesday 21 January 2020 6:35pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Two men arrested in the seizure of illicit drugs and illegally importing firearms and ammunition in separate Tonga Police operations in Vava’u, have been released on bail.
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  • Tuesday 21 January 2020 6:22pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The Viking Sun, the first cruise ship to visit Tonga this year, arrived in the Nuku'alofa harbour this afternoon, January 21 for an overnight stay.
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