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Tuesday 31 October 2023 7:12pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Public Service will take their two weeks Christmas vacation, from 8:30am on Thursday 21 of December, 2023 up to 4:30pm on Tuesday 2 of January, 2024, the Prime Minister's Office confirmed.
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Tuesday 31 October 2023 7:07pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Kelikupa Maile (37) was sentenced to two-years six-months imprisonment for convictions on numerous charges, including serious housebreaking and theft of goods valued at $11,523 pa’anga from a house at Kahana Lagoon in Halaleva. Premium content -
Monday 30 October 2023 6:39pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : More than 200 houses were connected to the grid for the first time after Phase three of the Nuku’alofa Network Upgrade Project (NNUP) was completed. Premium content -
Monday 30 October 2023 6:28pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A second Cruise Ship for October, the Volendam docked at Vuna Wharf in Nuku'alofa, this morning, 30 October, with 1840 people on board. Premium content -
Monday 30 October 2023 6:14pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : MBF Bank Tonga celebrated its 30th anniversary of operation in Tonga, with a reception held on 28 October, at Liku'alofa. Premium content -
Friday 27 October 2023 10:50pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga government is planning to convert seawater into drinking water for the outer islands during the current drought caused by El Niño conditions across the southern region of the Pacific. "The government's main concern is to provide sufficient water resources for the outer islands," he told a media briefing at St George Government building in Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Friday 27 October 2023 10:05pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Seventy children in Tongatapu participated in a Plant & Earn Workshop, a new initiative that teaches environment sustainability and wise spending from childhood onwards. Premium content -
Thursday 26 October 2023 10:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : It comes as no surprise that cyclones are forming outside of the normal tropical cyclone season, as a result of El Niño, Tonga’s Director of Meteorology, ‘Ofa Fa’anunu told Matangi Tonga this morning. As President of the World Meteorology Organisation (WMO) Region V, 'Ofa said that Severe Tropical Cyclone Lola that hit Vanuatu this week, marked an early beginning for the 2023/24 tropical cyclone season in the South West Pacific. Premium content -
Thursday 26 October 2023 10:03pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Hon. Saia Piukala will step down as Tonga's Minister of Health when he takes up his new role as WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific Region Office, early next year, he said yesterday, when he was welcomed by his health staff with a ‘Prayer Breakfast Celebration’ at Tofoa. Premium content -
Thursday 26 October 2023 8:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : P&O's Pacific Adventure cruise ship docked at Vuna Wharf, Nuku'alofa this morning, 26 October, bringing new faces into town. Premium content -
Thursday 26 October 2023 8:11pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Japan's Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs, Mr. Masato Kanda visited Tonga from 24-25 October, he made a courtesy call on the Crown Prince and held bilateral meetings with government officials. Premium content -
Thursday 26 October 2023 3:07pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : ‘Oku tapou atu heni ki he ngaahi pisinisi pea mo e kakai ‘oku nau fakahoko ‘a e pisinisi nō atu ‘o e pa’anga ́, kuo pau ke ‘i ai ha’amou laiseni fakalao mei ́ he Pangikē Pule ́,‘i he malumalu ‘o e Lao ki he Kautaha Nō Atu ‘o e Pa’anga 2018. ‘Oku kau he ngaahi tu’utu’uni ‘o e laiseni ’a e ngaahi Kautaha Nō kotoa pē ke nau faka’ali’ali ‘enau laiseni ́ ‘i he’enau feitu’u ngāue ́, koe‘uhi ke malava ke faingofua hono fakapapau’i ‘e he kau kasitomā ́ ‘oku fakalao pē ‘a ‘enau pisinisi ́. Mou toe tokanga ange pea ke mou fakahoko fakapotopoto ho’omou ngaahi fili fakapa’anga ́. -
Thursday 26 October 2023 2:56pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The public is advised that businesses and individuals offering money lending services must have a valid license issued by the Reserve Bank under the Moneylenders Act 2018. Authorized lenders are required to display their license at their main location, so customers can easily verify their legitimacy. Stay informed and make wise financial decisions! -
Wednesday 25 October 2023 2:19pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The new headquarter for the Tonga Meteorological Service and National Emergency Management Office (TMS/NEMO) will be constructed by Puloka Construction Ltd. under an agreement signed yesterday, between MEIDECC and the contractor. Premium content -
Wednesday 25 October 2023 1:58pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga is expecting up to three tropical cyclones, including at least one severe tropical cyclone for the 2023-24 cyclone season, Tonga Meteorological Services warned today. Most tropical cyclones occur in Tonga between January and March. -
Wednesday 25 October 2023 1:38pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Prime Minister, Hon Hu’akavameiliku held a bilateral meeting with the French Vice-Admiral, Laurent Lebreton yesterday, 24 October 2023 at St George building. Premium content -
Tuesday 24 October 2023 7:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two new fire trucks and equipment were handed over to Tonga Fire & Emergency Services (TFES) on behalf of the Southern Australia Metropolitan Fire Service Adelaide. -
Tuesday 24 October 2023 4:07pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Kali Malupo (57) who was convicted of grievous bodily harm, when he struck a 24-year-old man on the head using a machete at Manuka on eastern Tongatapu, was sentenced to six and a half-years imprisonment, while his two sons received a lesser jail sentence for common assault in a group attack on the victim. The judge said their attacks “revealed levels of anger and violence going far beyond...argument of self-defence.” For Kali “the clear intention was to kill Filihai Li.” Premium content -
Tuesday 24 October 2023 3:26pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : New research by a group of atmospheric specialists showed that the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai (HTHH) volcanic eruption caused a massive loss to the ozone layer (O3), in a result never seen before. -
Tuesday 24 October 2023 2:48pm
New York, USA : Tonga’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations, will sponsor a special concert featuring the Environmental Symphony: The Movement, to be held in the General Assembly Hall at UN Headquarters in New York, to commemorate United Nations Day on 24 October [Tonga time 11:30am, 25 October].
