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Thursday 27 September 2018 4:34pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 44-year-old woman from Mataika was hospitalized with serious injuries after her vehicle, which was parked on the side of Taufa‘ahau Road in the Nuku'alofa CBD, was hit by another vehicle earlier this week
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Thursday 27 September 2018 12:33pm
New York, USA : On the sidelines of the One Planet Summit in New York, Dr. Hilda C. Heine, President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and Chair of the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) and Frank Bainimarama, Prime Minister of the Republic of Fiji and COP23 President, set the bar as the first countries to show the world concrete steps on the path of raising the ambition of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). And they called on the global community to follow their lead. Premium content -
Thursday 27 September 2018 12:01pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : In 2018, Kramer Ausenco celebrates 40 years of operating in Papua New Guinea and the South West Pacific region. We have been involved in numerous projects in the country and the region, across a range of industries including mining, oil and gas, power, hospitality, maritime, and health and education. -
Thursday 27 September 2018 11:37am
New York, USA : Starting in the late 1940s, an exceptional group of visionaries responded to the devastation of World War II by coming together to build new institutions for a new world. Looking back two decades later, former US Secretary of State Dean Acheson said it was like being “present at the creation.” He was not wrong. The international community had come to a new understanding that prosperity is indivisible and must be shared if it is to be sustained. By Gordon Brown. -
Wednesday 26 September 2018 7:37pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Some of the Free Wesleyan Church schools in Tongatapu held a Bazaar Day on September 26 in Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Wednesday 26 September 2018 7:34pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Thirty-five 5000 litre water tanks were transported in small boats to the people on the small island of ‘Atata, off Tongatapu, on September 26. Premium content -
Wednesday 26 September 2018 6:24pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Hundreds of women dressed in their finest white clothes with fancy creative hats on September 26, gathered for their annual 'Faka-Sepitema' roll call at the Church of Tonga. Premium content -
Wednesday 26 September 2018 12:46pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tongan Parliament before lunch yesterday, 25 September confirmed that the Standing Law Committee of the House would scrutinise the Cabinet’s decision to take two former Prime Ministers, Lord Sevele and Lord Tu’ivakano to court in relation to the transference of $90 million from government to Tongasat.1 comment Premium content -
Tuesday 25 September 2018 7:11pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A total of 2665 cannabis plants were uprooted and seized from a bush allotment in Mataika, Vava’u on Monday, September 24 making it Tonga’s largest cannabis bust to date.1 comment Premium content -
Tuesday 25 September 2018 7:09pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Twenty-nine cannabis plants were seized from a bush allotment in Houma, Tongatapu on Monday, September 24. Premium content -
Tuesday 25 September 2018 7:07pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The alleged male shooter in two petrol station shootings in Fanga and Veitongo on September 5 was further remanded in custody, while his two co-accused, his elder brother and a teenage girl were released on bail. Premium content -
Tuesday 25 September 2018 7:04pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga Rural Innovation Project II, a $24 million pa’anga project for rural community development in Tonga 2018-23, was launched during a stakeholders workshop on September 25 in Nuku’alofa. Premium content -
Tuesday 25 September 2018 7:01pm
Everett, Washington : College softball player Lesieli Aholelei was recognised as ‘Collegiate Female Athlete of the Year’ by the Snohomish County Sports Hall of Fame in Everett, Washington on 19 September. -
Tuesday 25 September 2018 6:58pm
Suva, Fiji : Ms Cheri Robinson Moors, former Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the National University of Samoa, has been appointed as the Australia Pacific Training Coalition (APTC) Country Director for Tonga and Samoa, starting last month. -
Tuesday 25 September 2018 6:55pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Twelve Tongan athletes will be competing in athletics, futsal, and swimming, at the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 6 - 18 October 2018. Premium content -
Tuesday 25 September 2018 10:02am
San Francisco, USA : The addictive qualities of sugar are embedded in its economics. Not everyone who is exposed to sugar becomes addicted; but, as with alcohol, many do. In fact, sugar’s allure is a big reason why the processed food industry’s current profit margin is 5% (up from 1%), and why so many of us are sick, fat, stupid, broke, depressed, and just plain miserable. Robert H. Lustig.3 comments -
Monday 24 September 2018 10:33pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga‘s Minister for Finance and National Planning, Hon. Pohiva Tu‘i‘onetoa, moved for the House to take two former Prime Ministers, Lord Sevele and Lord Tu’ivakano to court for the alleged misappropriation of government funds. From the House by Pesi Fonua. Premium content -
Monday 24 September 2018 9:55pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Rugby league players in Tonga are being encouraged to open up about the problems of domestic violence in their community, in a NRL initiative called ‘Voice Against Violence’. Premium content -
Monday 24 September 2018 9:51pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Ninety-six packets of cannabis and cash were seized in the arrest of 10 people in Malapo, eastern Tongatapu on Saturday, September 22. Premium content -
Monday 24 September 2018 9:49pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 34-year-old man remains missing after he went out diving at Tu’aliku in Lapaha on Saturday, September 22. A search continues. Premium content
