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  • Monday 23 July 2018 6:05pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will be in Tonga on October 25-26.
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  • Monday 23 July 2018 6:03pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Classroom furniture valued at more than NZD$100,000 was donated by the New Zealand Government to Tonga's Ministry of Education as part of it's efforts to assist recovery after Cyclone Gita.
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  • Monday 23 July 2018 6:01pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : An arrest warrant has been issued for a 38-year-old man who failed to appear at the Fasi Magistrate's Court on Monday, July 23 on charges related to the death of an 11-year-old girl on the road.
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  • Friday 20 July 2018 6:51pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Six young students who topped the written examination in 'Eua’s soroban competition on July 19 will represent ‘Eua Schools at the National Competition in Nuku’alofa in March next year.
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  • Friday 20 July 2018 6:49pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A 37-year-old man has been arrested in relation to two break-ins and theft from businesses situated at the old Molisi Tonga building in Fasi.
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  • Thursday 19 July 2018 11:37pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : King Tupou VI opened the Royal Agriculture, Fisheries and Tonga-Made Show in Niuatoputapu on Wednesday, July 18.
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  • Thursday 19 July 2018 11:36pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga is currently in its cool dry season of lower rainfall and cooler temperatures, experienced from May to October.
  • Thursday 19 July 2018 4:57pm


    Berlin, Germany
    : Since the Paris climate agreement was signed in 2015, too many policymakers have fallen for the oil and gas industry’s rhetoric about how it can help to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. Tall tales about “clean coal,” “oil pipelines to fund clean energy,” and “gas as a bridge fuel” have coaxed governments into rubber-stamping new fossil-fuel projects, even though current fossil-fuel production already threatens to push temperatures well beyond the Paris agreement’s limit of well below 2° Celsius above pre-industrial levels. By Lili Fuhr and Hannah McKinnon
  • Wednesday 18 July 2018 9:52pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The United Kingdom signed a 1.8 million Sterling pounds grant agreement with the Pacific Community SPC on 13 July to improve the capacity of nine Pacific Commonwealth countries deliver on their human rights.
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  • Wednesday 18 July 2018 9:48pm


    Apia, Samoa
    : Dr Viliami Fakava has relocated to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia in Budapest, Hungary.
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  • Wednesday 18 July 2018 9:22pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The two Tongan men arrested in relation to the seizure of 58 kilograms of cocaine worth around $30 million pa’anga in street value in Ha’apai have applied for bail in Nuku’alofa.
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  • Tuesday 17 July 2018 7:14pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Two-time Tongan Olympian Pita Taufatofua has become the first UNICEF Pacific Ambassador, officiated in a ceremony at Tonga Side School, his old primary school in Nuku'alofa today.
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  • Tuesday 17 July 2018 7:11pm


    Sydney, Australia
    : Protests are being voiced over the Nauru Government's ban on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) from entering the country to cover the 49th Pacific Islands Forum in September.
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  • Tuesday 17 July 2018 7:08pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Petroleum prices in Tonga have decreased for July to August starting on Monday, July 16.
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  • Tuesday 17 July 2018 7:07pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Hinemoa Mahoni (11) died after being hit by an overtaking vehicle on By Pass Road on Saturday, July 14, Tonga Police said today.
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  • Monday 16 July 2018 6:33pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Kaina Handerson Tauvaka (28) Miss Vaheloto was crowned the Miss Galaxy Queen 2018 on Friday night, July 14 at the Queen Salote Memorial Hall.
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  • Monday 16 July 2018 6:24pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Two men have been charged after they were arrested in possession of methamphetamine and cannabis at a home in Sopu on July 11.
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  • Monday 16 July 2018 6:23pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A total of $300,000 pa’anga has been allocated to provide psycho-social support to those dealing with stress after losing homes during severe Tropical Cyclone Gita in February this year.
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  • Monday 16 July 2018 6:18pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A girl (11) who was hit by a vehicle while waiting for a bus, has died in hospital from her injuries. A male driver, charged in regards to her death, was allegedly overtaking in the face of oncoming traffic on Bypass Road on Saturday.
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  • Friday 13 July 2018 8:06pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The Vava’u Royal Agriculture, Fisheries and Tourism Trade Show was opened by King Tupou VI in Neiafu on Friday, July 13.
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