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Tuesday 28 May 2019 5:34pm
Bangkok, Thailand : A new United Nations report on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) progress urges countries to redouble efforts. On its current trajectory, Asia and the Pacific will not achieve any of the 17 SDGs by 2030. Many SDG targets related to the environment and natural resources are registering negative trends. Hazardous waste generation, the reduction in forest areas and the permanent water body extent are the three SDG indicators which are predicted to regress the most by 2030, compared to 2015. -
Tuesday 28 May 2019 12:16pm
Apia, Samoa : Representatives from 15 Pacific islands are meeting in Apia, Samoa, from May 27-29 for the PacWaste Plus Inception Meeting, looking at ways to reduce the production of, and improve the management of, hazardous wastes, solid wastes and related aspects of waste water in their countries, aiming for a Cleaner Pacific by 2025.
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Tuesday 28 May 2019 11:19am
San Sebastian, Spain : “Gastronomy tourism” or food tourism is an opportunity to promote local economic growth and include more people in development. Because we are all “eaters” the exploration of food has become a large part of the tourism experience worldwide. Premium content -
Monday 27 May 2019 5:46pm
Stockholm, Sweden : Earlier this month, a bleak global assessment of the shocking state of life on Earth made headlines worldwide. According to the report by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), about 12% of all known animal and plant species are now threatened with extinction. Worse still, humanity is destroying entire habitats, and with them the web of life that supports societies and economies. Unsurprisingly, the findings were greeted with despair. By Ana Paula Aguiar, Odirilwe Selomane, and Pernilla Malmer. -
Monday 27 May 2019 5:10pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : More than 10 male accused charged with various illicit drug offences in separate cases were brought in a Tonga Police bus to the Fasi Magistrate’s Court this morning, May 27. Premium content -
Saturday 25 May 2019 7:44pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Last night at Kolomotu‘a, a well-attended and lively public consultation on six government bills showed that a great majority was not supportive of a move by government to take on more power. The bills proposed to establish new bodies to appoint officials. Premium content -
Saturday 25 May 2019 3:07pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new multi-million pa'anga complex to house four government utilities was opened by HM King Tupou VI and Queen Nanasipau'u at Matatoa on the outskirts of Nuku'alofa, yesterday, 24 May. Premium content -
Friday 24 May 2019 6:06pm
Manukau City, New Zealand : Top Pacific musicians were recognized at the 15th Pacific Music Awards celebrated last night, 23 May, at the Sir Woolf Fisher Arena Vodafone Events Centre, Manukau City, New Zealand. -
Friday 24 May 2019 5:58pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The case against three soldiers charged in the assault of a man at Vaini last year is to be called on June 17 for committal to the Supreme Court in Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Thursday 23 May 2019 8:37pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Fijian and the Samoan Rugby Unions are now members of the World Rugby Council, the Chairman of the World Rugby Chairman, Sir Bill Beaumont announced on 23 May at the World Rugby headquarter, Dublin, Ireland. Premium content -
Thursday 23 May 2019 6:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's drugs problem is on the rise, “like a cancer in the community,” says Psychiatric Specialist, Dr Mapa Puloka, who warns that government is too slow in tackling the epidemic and needs to urgently prioritize more funding before it gets out of hand. He issues a stark prognosis: “If they can’t stop it...what will happen is drug dealers or drug lords will run our government and end up being their puppets because of the power of money.” By Eleanor Gee. -
Thursday 23 May 2019 5:40pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Four men were arrested with packs of methamphetamine and cannabis at Ma'ufanga and Ngele'ia by the Police Drug Enforcement Taskforce. Premium content -
Thursday 23 May 2019 1:14pm
: A Lifetime Achievement Award will be posthumously presented to Polynesia’s great composer, the late Queen Sālote Tupou lll, at tonight’s Pacific Music Awards to be held at the Sir Woolf Fisher Arena Vodafone Events Centre, in Manukau City, New Zealand. Premium content -
Wednesday 22 May 2019 7:06pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A second tugboat for Tonga, the MV Olovaha, was launched this morning by HM King Tupou VI and HM Queen Nanasipau’u at the domestic wharf terminal in Nuku‘alofa. Costing $2.1 million pa’anga, the vessel was financed by the Ports Authority Tonga, with a 55% loan from the Bank of the South Pacific and 45% from its own funds. Premium content -
Wednesday 22 May 2019 6:27pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Mele Tokilupe Hausia (24) received a two-year suspended sentence for three charges, including forging a Government bond while an employee of the National Reserve Bank of Tonga. “I consider the accused’s offending was audacious,” the judge stated. Premium content -
Wednesday 22 May 2019 5:30pm
Suva, Fiji : The South Pacific Tourism Organisation expects there will be a sustained 3.3% on average tourism growth in the Pacific region for 2019-2024. Premium content -
Wednesday 22 May 2019 5:07pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Lautaimi Tu’itavake (34) from Malapo has been remanded in custody for sentencing for possession of cannabis and methamphatamine, after a one day trial on May 20 at the Supreme Court. Premium content -
Tuesday 21 May 2019 7:02pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Lord Chief Justice O.G. Paulsen ruled on an appeal today that there is sufficient evidence to commit Lord Tu‘ivakano for trial on four charges of accepting a bribe as a government servant. This returns the charges against the former Prime Minister back to a total of 12. Premium content -
Tuesday 21 May 2019 6:50pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Registered voters in Tonga are expected to head to the polls on May 30 and elect their new Town and District Officers to take office for the next three-years. The number of candidates has decreased since the last elections in 2016. Premium content -
Tuesday 21 May 2019 6:29pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 54-year-old man who is the head of community policing at Popua received a suspended sentence at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court on May 17, after pleading guilty to three charges, including firing a .22 rifle to intimidate. Premium content
