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Monday 25 November 2019 7:30pm
Brisbane, Australia : Tonga's first Honorary Consul to Australia Bill Waterhouse, aged 97, passed away in Sydney on November 22. Sulieni Layt reports that Brisbane’s Tongan Community sent condolences to the family.
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Friday 22 November 2019 7:08pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Viliami Mangisi (60) was sentenced to 12-years six-months imprisonment for possession and attempting to export 1.9 kilograms methamphetamine, when he was arrested at Fua‘amotu International Airport, in 2018. The offender was a mastermind and a deterrent sentence was required “to protect society from offenders who participate in and promote this evil trade," said the judge. Premium content -
Friday 22 November 2019 5:56pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The South Pacific Business Development (SPBD) celebrated a double milestone reaching its 10th Anniversary and TOP$100 Million in loans disbursement, on 22 November at its office in Fanga, Nuku’alofa. -
Friday 22 November 2019 5:36pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga Police Commissioner Stephen Caldwell said today that they take the security of the Prime Minister very seriously, and warned that if threats are made, arrests will follow. Premium content -
Thursday 21 November 2019 6:32pm
Suva, Fiji : Children in the Pacific region and millions more around the world celebrated World Children’s Day yesterday, 20 November, marking the 30th Anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC30). A new report released this week addresses age-old and new threats affecting children in the Pacific. -
Thursday 21 November 2019 6:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Popular Tongan language singers, the “Tonga Sisters”, will perform in Nickelodeon’s America's Most Musical Family, where they will compete against 30 family bands for an ultimate $250,000 cash prize. Premium content -
Thursday 21 November 2019 6:27pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A young couple received a two-years fully suspended prison sentence for theft, when they stole Tongan artefacts valued at $62,000 pa'anga from the wife's grandmother in Kolofo'ou. None of the artefacts were recovered after being sold to a vendor at Talamahu Market. Premium content -
Thursday 21 November 2019 6:06pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Over $11 million pa'anga in unpaid tax and duties from 2004-14, owed to the Ministry of Revenue and Customs, is an issue that Tonga’s new government of Prime Minister Dr Pohiva Tu‘i‘onetoa wants to address. Premium content -
Wednesday 20 November 2019 7:11pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new containerized laboratory from New Zealand has been setup at Vaiola Hospital after being transported from Queen Salote Wharf yesterday, 19 November. Premium content -
Wednesday 20 November 2019 7:07pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : With a week left before voters in Tongatapu 1 head to the polls for a parliamentary By-Election, 4,382 voters have registered, before the closing of the electoral roll. This is only 126 more than those registered in the 2017 General Election. Premium content -
Wednesday 20 November 2019 6:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Ninety-seven people were arrested and charged mostly for drinking alcohol and disorderly behaviour in public places, during and after special celebrations for the Tonga Invitational Rugby League (Kau To’a) on November 15. Premium content -
Wednesday 20 November 2019 6:39pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tragedy in Samoa continues as its Government yesterday confirmed the deaths of 16 people from the deadly disease, mostly young children. The impact of the disease is being blamed on Samoa’s low vaccination coverage. One family was reported losing three children in the space of two weeks Premium content -
Wednesday 20 November 2019 6:37pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga Government has confirmed the dates for public holidays in 2020 with the majority observed on the actual day, while three days will be moved to be observed on a Monday. Premium content -
Wednesday 20 November 2019 6:23pm
Auckland, New Zealand : Air New Zealand has cancelled its return flights to Tonga scheduled for 30 December due to maintenance issues with the Rolls-Royce engines on its Boeing 787-9 aircraft. Flights between New Zealand and Australia are also affected. Premium content -
Wednesday 20 November 2019 8:52am
Suva, Fiji : UNICEF is supporting the Government of Samoa to respond to a measles outbreak in the country. The Government of Samoa officially declared a state of emergency on 15 November 2019, four weeks into the continuing measles outbreak with more than 1000 suspected cases so far. The epidemic has claimed the lives of 14 children under-five years old and one adult. Lesser outbreaks are reported in Tonga and Fiji. Premium content -
Tuesday 19 November 2019 4:09pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Cabinet has changed its mind and rejected a proposal from “the Brown Group” to cultivate hemp in Tonga, the Prime Minister's Office announced this afternoon. Premium content -
Tuesday 19 November 2019 3:24pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Methamphetamine and cannabis have been seized and three people arrested by the Tonga Police Drug Enforcement Taskforce, in an ongoing operation targeting dealers, who sell drugs from their vehicles. Premium content -
Tuesday 19 November 2019 2:58pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Three important multi-million pa'anga Climate Resilience Sector Projects were commissioned on November 18, at vulnerable low-lying areas on the Eastern District (Hahake) of Tongatapu. Premium content -
Tuesday 19 November 2019 2:24pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two rival groups using the name of the “Tonga Body Building Federation” and vying for control of the national sports body, are set to clash before Tonga hosts a regional South Pacific Body Building Championship in 2020. -
Tuesday 19 November 2019 2:20pm
Brisbane, Australia : The Queensland Tongan Language School announced it will hold classes for the first-time next year at a launch on Saturday, 16 November at Highgate Hill, Brisbane, Australia. Classes will be held at Griffith University Logan campus on Saturdays. Premium content
