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  • Friday 21 November 2014 6:53pm

    : Tonga's government has asked Tonga Power Ltd staff to call off a strike, planned from 9:00am on Monday 24 November.
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  • Friday 21 November 2014 6:03pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Two new photocopy machines were donated to Hilliard Memorial School and the Seventh Day Adventist Church head office on Thursday, 20 November in Pahu.
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  • Thursday 20 November 2014 11:22pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The Pacific is tied with the Sub- Saharan Africa region as having the lowest level of improved sanitation coverage in the world, it was noted yesterday, 19 November, on the United Nation's second "World Toilet Day".
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  • Thursday 20 November 2014 7:28pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The health-related quality of life of school-aged children in Tonga is at “worrisome low levels” states a report published in a Swedish-based medical journal, Global Health Action, published in August.
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  • Thursday 20 November 2014 6:43pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Hundreds of young students from 11 Primary and Middle Schools of the Free Wesleyan Church today performed colourful traditional dances, at the Maamaloa grounds in Nuku'alofa.
  • Thursday 20 November 2014 6:28pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga’s Court of Appeal will make a judgement on Friday, 21 November regarding an appeal by the Supervisor of Elections and Chairman of Tonga’s Electoral Commission against a judgment to register Sione Tupouniua, as a candidate for Tongatapu No.1 constituency for the General Election.
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  • Thursday 20 November 2014 6:18pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Alexandria Marie Mailangi (21) was the Dux of St Joseph's Business College 2014 during its graduation ceremony held on Wednesday, 19 November at Ma'ufanga.
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  • Wednesday 19 November 2014 6:01pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : With only a week to go before Tongans head to the polls on Thursday 27 November, 51,448 voters have registered, which is a 21 percent jump from the 42,000 who registered in the last 2010 General Election.
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  • Wednesday 19 November 2014 5:37pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Nuku'alofa's first Food Mart was officially opened by the Prime Minister, Lord Tu'ivakano at the Tonga Post Building in central Nuku'alofa on Friday evening, 14 November.
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  • Wednesday 19 November 2014 5:32pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Kefu Kalavi (19) the man charged with the murder of a Chinese shopkeeper at Halaleva in February this year remains in custody, after appearing at the Nuku’alofa Magistrate’s Court on Monday, 17 November.
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  • Tuesday 18 November 2014 10:29pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Employees at the National Reserve Bank of Tonga (NRBT) can take mortgages starting on November 14, 2014, following the Gazetting of a new order.
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  • Tuesday 18 November 2014 10:26pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga's current Cabinet Ministers will be in a caretaker Government after this month's General Election on Thursday 27 November.
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  • Tuesday 18 November 2014 10:23pm


    Suva, Fiji
    : Pacific leaders are gathering in Fiji this week to meet two visiting world leaders. The Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi is expected to arrive in Fiji tomorrow, November 19 and the Chinese President Xi Jinping on November 20.
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  • Tuesday 18 November 2014 3:00pm
    Cyclone Ian


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga's Meteorology Department is warning that current weather conditions indicate that Tonga could suffer a tropical cyclone this summer.
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  • Monday 17 November 2014 5:59pm


    Canberra, Australia
    : The youth of the Toe Talatalanoa Uniting Church of Canberra, Australia, have taken part in two days of cultural discussions with Tonga's High Commissioner to Australia, HRH Princess Angelika Lātūfuipeka Tuku‘aho. Photos by Lui Tonga.
  • Monday 17 November 2014 5:39pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : New Zealand's aid programme to the Pacific region will be reviewed by member countries of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat.
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  • Monday 17 November 2014 5:36pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Two men were arrested after a prison warden's son was attacked with a machete during a robbery inside a warden's home at the Hu‘atolitoli Prison compound in Vaini on Sunday November 9.
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  • Monday 17 November 2014 5:21pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A 19-year-old Tongan man has been charged with murder in relation to the death of a Chinese shopkeeper at Halaleva in February earlier this year.
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  • Sunday 16 November 2014 4:52pm


    Gloucester, United Kingdom
    : The ‘Ikale Tahi overwhelmed the Unites States Eagles yesterday, 15 November in Gloucester, UK, scoring five tries to two, with an excellent 40 – 12 victory.
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  • Friday 14 November 2014 4:52pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga’s Court of Appeal will preside over a special session on Thursday, 20 November to urgently hear an appeal by the Supervisor and Chairman of Tonga’s Electoral Commission against a judgment to register Sione Tupouniua, as a candidate for the Tongatapu No.1 constituency for the General Election.
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