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Monday 21 October 2019 6:34pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A young pharmaceutical scientist, Vincent Luscombe, who is a New Zealander of Tongan descent, has won a full post graduate Clarendon Scholarship to the prestigious Oxford University in England, where he is undertaking a DPhil in Molecular Cell Biology in Health and Disease. -
Monday 21 October 2019 4:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Piliote Uasike (23) was sentenced to two-years nine-months imprisonment for possession of illicit drugs and bribery of a police officer, by a Supreme Court judge who warned drug dealers to expect punishment.
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Monday 21 October 2019 4:48pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : His Majesty’s Armed Forces (HMAF) Women’s Sevens rugby team will compete in the Pacific Military (PACMIL) Tournament held in Canberra, Australia between 22 – 28 October 2019. Premium content -
Saturday 19 October 2019 7:26pm
Sydney, Australia : Tonga Invitational have prematurely ended their Rugby League 9s World Cup campaign with a disappointing 20 – 24 loss to Samoa. Premium content -
Saturday 19 October 2019 4:13pm
Sydney, Australia : Tonga Invitational have kept their semi-final hopes alive after defeating Fiji 21 – 17 in extra time in the second round of the Rugby 9s World Cup. Tonga's semi-final chances have been boosted after their fellow pool opponents Samoa defeated the Cook Islands 17 – 4. Premium content -
Saturday 19 October 2019 12:16pm
Sydney, Australia : The Cook Islands are the talk of the Rugby League 9s World Cup after they decimated Tonga’s Invitational team 30 – 7 in the first round of the competition last night 18 October in Sydney, Australia. In order for Tonga Invitational to qualify for the semi-finals of the competition, they will need to achieve two landslide victories over their remaining pool opponents Toa Samoa and Fiji Bati, and hope that the Cook Islands lose at least once. Premium content -
Friday 18 October 2019 6:24pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A group of teenagers aim to influence Tongans to say No to violence, especially violence against women and girls, after attending a ‘Front Row Against Violence’ boys weekend camp recently run by the Talitha Project. By Eleanor Gee -
Friday 18 October 2019 5:29pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Police are looking for a man from Houma accused of obtaining money by false pretense from a client in Kolomotu’a. Premium content -
Friday 18 October 2019 4:56pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Former Mate Ma’a Tonga back Solomone Kata is switching codes, signing a three-year contract with the Plus500 Brumbies. It marks an end to Kata’s five year NRL career in which he played for the New Zealand Warriors. Premium content -
Friday 18 October 2019 2:27pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s National Qualifications and Accreditation Board (TNQAB) exceeded its authority when it imposed sanctions, while ‘Atenisi had an application for accreditation pending. In a Supreme Court judgment this week, Lord Chief Justice Whitten said that while the Act enables the board to make policies - it cannot create or confer on itself any power, which is not provided for by the Act or which contravene fundamental rights. -
Thursday 17 October 2019 9:06pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The World Rugby League Nines tournament will kick-off tomorrow, Friday 18 October, with a “Tonga Invitational” team scheduled to face the Cook Islands at Bankwest Stadium, Sydney, at 9:35pm. Premium content -
Thursday 17 October 2019 6:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga. : Tonga’s Ministry for Tourism welcomed the new Minister for Tourism Hon. ‘Akosita Havili Lavulavu, who met members of the Tonga Tourist Association at the Ministry for Tourism Office, Vuna Road, this morning. Premium content -
Thursday 17 October 2019 6:10pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : There will be five main polling stations in Tongatapu 1 for the By-Election on Thursday, November 28. Premium content -
Thursday 17 October 2019 5:21pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : ‘Ikale Tahi hooker Paula Ngauamo is being forced to miss seven games for his French club Agen as punishment by the World Rugby for kicking the head of an opponent during the Tonga’s final match of the 2019 Rugby World Cup against the United States last weekend. Premium content -
Thursday 17 October 2019 5:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A former Paramatta Eels rugby league player Eric 'Aukafolau, was critically injured while on holiday last week in Bali, Indonesia. He suffered serious head trauma, reportedly in a motorbike accident. Premium content -
Wednesday 16 October 2019 10:21pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : HM King Tupou VI commissioned the Tongan Navy's new headquarters and VOEA Ngahau Koula patrol boat on October 16 at the Naval Masefield Base, Touliki. Australia's Rear Admiral Colin Lawrence said the arrival of the patrol boat marked a first step in a new era for Tonga’s maritime security. Premium content -
Wednesday 16 October 2019 10:13pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Only two candidates have registered to run in the November 28 By-Election to elect a new People’s Representative for Tongatapu 1 to the Tonga Legislative Assembly, to fill the seat of the late Hon. 'Akilisi Pohiva. Premium content -
Wednesday 16 October 2019 9:39pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : His Majesty's Armed Forces - Royal Corps of Musicians will take part in the largest ever Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo to be held from 17-19 October, at the ANZ Stadium, Sydney Olympic Park in Australia. Premium content -
Wednesday 16 October 2019 9:37pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Marcellina Wolfgramm has been appointed as the Bank of South Pacific (BSP) new Country Manager in Tonga. She takes over the role from Daniel Henson, who led the Tonga operation since BSP started in 2015. Premium content -
Tuesday 15 October 2019 10:51pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongan geologist Taaniela Kula said this evening that a Late Iki Island (also known as Metis Shoal) eruption over the last two days was emitting only steam, heat and gas into the atmosphere. While there may be a hazard within 4-5 kilometers radius of the vent, another hazard may be volcanic fog that can form downwind from the island causing inconvenience in civil aviation and maritime operations.
