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Monday 28 January 2019 10:14pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A submarine internet cable maintenance ship Reliance arrived in Nuku’alofa, this evening, and berthed at the Queen Sālote Wharf, after sailing to Tonga from Samoa over the weekend.
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Monday 28 January 2019 6:24pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Digicel Tonga’s CEO Francis Thomsen said today that the outage in the submarine cable network that connects the Kingdom to the outside world has put “the country into digital isolation”. Premium content -
Monday 28 January 2019 6:04pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga is currently playing an active role in China’s Belt and Road Initiative, Lopeti Senituli, a personal adviser to the Prime Minister, Hon. ‘Akilisi Pohiva, told Matangi Tonga. Premium content -
Monday 28 January 2019 5:52pm
Hamilton, New Zealand : Tonga managed to win two games in its first outing this year in the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series in Hamilton on the weekend, after being absent from the circuit since 2014. Premium content -
Sunday 27 January 2019 11:05am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga is being assisted to restore communications that can be used during natural disasters, MEIDECC stated Friday, and also advised the public to note that social media is filtered in order to speed up internet access for essential services. Tonga's fibre optic cable blackout entered Day 7, today Sunday. Premium content -
Saturday 26 January 2019 11:45am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga has been rescued from a very serious communications black-out this week by a small tech start-up venture in Nuku'alofa, run by smart, young adventurous Tongans and their partner company in Vanuatu, who have managed to swing some extra satellite capacity to Tonga. By Mary Lyn Fonua1 comment -
Saturday 26 January 2019 11:07am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's fibre optic submarine cable is cut in two places — between Nuku’alofa and Fiji, and Nuku‘alofa and Vava‘u, according to ‘Etuini Liava‘a, the Chief Executive Officer for Tonga Cable Ltd. Premium content -
Friday 25 January 2019 7:42pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A legal workshop to draft an Act for Tonga’s Marine Spatial Plan (MSP) which will oversee its ocean space was discussed by legal advisers and policy experts across government ministries yesterday, 24 January, at the Tanoa Hotel. Premium content -
Friday 25 January 2019 7:35pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A search and rescue operation to find ‘Alakoni Moala (40) after he went diving at the Liku in Ha’asini for a week now was called off by Tonga Police. Premium content -
Friday 25 January 2019 7:31pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Claude Tupou, the Chief Executive Officer for the Ministry of Education and Training had his Contract of Employment terminated. Premium content -
Friday 25 January 2019 7:22pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new building for Fasi moe Afi Kindergarten run by the Free Wesleyan Church was handed over on January 22 from the Government of Japan. Premium content -
Friday 25 January 2019 7:11pm
Auckland, New Zealand : Tonga has announced its squad, led by Captain Tana Fotofili, for the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series in Hamilton, New Zealand, which kicks off tomorrow, 26 January. Premium content -
Friday 25 January 2019 6:12pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s Prime Minister ‘Akilisi Pohiva raised laughter at an Australian function last night before proposing a toast to HM Queen Elizabeth II, when he said that he may need god's smile as another petition was being filed to the King to dissolve parliament. Premium content -
Friday 25 January 2019 5:34pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongan scholars who will be studying in New Zealand and Fiji in 2019 under New Zealand scholarships were farewelled by the New Zealand High Commissioner, HE Tiffany Babington on Friday 18 January 2019. The High Commissioner also launched the New Zealand-Tonga Alumni Association. Premium content -
Thursday 24 January 2019 5:17pm
: While Tonga Cable Ltd. works on the breakdown of its submarine fibre optic cable that connects Tonga’s internet to the world, many businesses in Tonga are struggling to keep their operations functioning. The tourism industry is hard hit. Premium content -
Thursday 24 January 2019 4:59pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A tearful eyewitness recalled how a nightclub bouncer struck a victim repeatedly with a baseball bat on the head, in evidence presented at a murder trial being heard this week in the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court. Premium content -
Thursday 24 January 2019 4:52pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : ‘Atonio Moeaki (40) has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Dr Sione Feo Lau‘i (23) on February 9, 2018 in a murder trial that started on Monday, January 21 in the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court before Hon Mr Justice Cato and a jury. Premium content -
Thursday 24 January 2019 4:43pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Sitiveni ‘Esi Muli (17) who is currently serving life imprisonment for the murders of Mr Feng Sheng Pei and Mrs Su Jie Wen was sentenced on January 23 for serious arson. Premium content -
Thursday 24 January 2019 4:37pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two men of Asian origin were arrested with around $40,000 in USD and New Zealand currencies in body packs wrapped around their bodies on Friday, January 18 at the departure lounge at Fua‘amotu International Airport. Premium content -
Thursday 24 January 2019 4:32pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga Cable Ltd. is still trying to confirm what caused Tonga’s cable internet black out from 8.30pm Sunday, 20 January, Samuela Fonua, Board Chairman of Tonga Cable Ltd. told Matangi Tonga on Wednesday. By Pesi Fonua Premium content
