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Thursday 4 January 2024 5:55pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga Police Chief Superintendant Commander Filipe Fifita, who heads a homicide investigation, said today he could not disclose anything further about an investigation into human remains, recovered from the seabed at the Yellow Pier in Nuku'alofa on Boxing Day. It is still unclear whether the remains, or body parts, that were recovered belonged to one or more persons or why the Police were regarding the grisly discovery as homicide.
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Wednesday 3 January 2024 6:56pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Travellers to and from the outer islands are relying heavily on the inter-island ferries MV ‘Otuanga’ofa and MV Taka-i-Pomana this holiday season, to travel between Tongatapu, Vava'u, and Ha'apai, after a disruption to the domestic air services on 8 December, when the Lulutai Airlines Saab 340 aircraft was damaged while taxing after landing at Fua'amotu Airport. Premium content -
Tuesday 2 January 2024 3:25pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Harvesting and exporting Tongan seaweed for over 20 years, South Pacific Mozuku Tonga Ltd (SPM), a local aqua-culture industry based in Nuku'alofa, is set to expand its product range into the health and beauty industries this year. Premium content -
Friday 29 December 2023 4:46pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Over 100 VHF digital portable transceivers were set up for Tonga Police, by the Australian Federal Police (AFP), through Tonga-Australia Policing Partnership (TAPP), to build the radio communication network capability of Tonga Police. Premium content -
Friday 29 December 2023 2:52pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new station at Ha'asini, for the Police and the Fire & Emergency Services, was officially opened by the Prime Minister and Minister for Police Fire Services and Emergency Services, Hon. Hu’akavameiliku, on 28 December. Premium content -
Friday 29 December 2023 2:47pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An escaped prisoner Vaha Afemeimo’unga, was arrested at about 7:00 am today, 29 December, by His Majesty’s Prisons officers, at Fatai, Tongatapu, after being on the run for three days. Premium content -
Thursday 28 December 2023 7:38pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Cash assistance of $160,000 pa’anga was donated by the Vaiola Hospital Board of Visitors Charity for distribution to about 400 Vaiola Hospital staff who are working during the current holiday season. Premium content -
Thursday 28 December 2023 3:32pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A search is underway on Tongatapu for an escaped prisoner Vaha Afemeimo'unga (41). His Majesty’s Prisons stated this afternoon that the prisoner escaped from Hu’atolitoli Prison at about 11:00 am on Tuesday, 26 December. Premium content -
Thursday 28 December 2023 12:25pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A prisoner has escaped from Hu'atolitoli Prison on Tongatapu, the Commissioner of Prisons Semisi Tapueluelu confirmed to Matangi Tonga today, although no further details were released. Meanwhile, early this afternoon all Prison Officers who are not on Christmas Duty were recalled and told to report to Hu'atolitoli Prison immediately. -
Wednesday 27 December 2023 4:29pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga Police is increasing the number of driving instructors to help recruits become competent drivers. A one-week Driver Training Instructor's Course for ten police members, was successfully completed on Friday, 22 December. Premium content -
Tuesday 26 December 2023 7:40pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Three community-based aged care centers will be built in Tongatapu with one in Vava'u, under a new USD $16.18 million project signed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The Tonga Integrated Aged Care Project will help provide safe, high-quality integrated health and care services for older people and their caregivers. Premium content -
Tuesday 26 December 2023 5:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga Police have launched a homicide investigation into unidentified human remains found on the seabed at the Yellow Pier on the Nuku’alofa foreshore, on Christmas Day. They are urging the public to report any missing persons. Premium content -
Friday 22 December 2023 9:57pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two merging magma chambers caused the massive eruption of the Hunga-Tonga Hunga Hunga-Ha’apai underwater volcano in 2022, scientists have found in a recent study. Researchers discovered three magma chambers, two of which fed the record-shattering eruption, they say. -
Thursday 21 December 2023 7:13pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The last cruise ship for the Port of Nuku'alofa for 2023, the SV AIDAsol docked at Vuna Wharf, at 8:00am this morning, after departing Rarotonga, Cook Islands. Premium content -
Thursday 21 December 2023 12:08pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Vaiola Hospital Matron, Sr Akesa Halatanu, will meet again with the Minister of Health Hon. Dr. Saia Piukala, today, to look at a nurses petition that was submitted to the Palace Office yesterday, in a protest to increase the nurses salary. Premium content -
Wednesday 20 December 2023 8:44pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A group of Vaiola nurses led by Matron Akesa Halatanu, protested at the Royal Palace Office this morning where they presented a petition to increase their salary. This afternoon, the Minister of Health Hon. Dr Saia Piukala, told a media briefing that he was not aware of they had gone to the Palace, and that it took him by a surprise, after he and the CEO had met with the nurses yesterday about their concerns. Premium content -
Wednesday 20 December 2023 8:34pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Paea Kalisitiane (19) was sentenced to imprisonment for charges including possession of 1.29 grams of methamphetamine at a residence in Tokomololo. Her 24-year-old co-offender received a suspended sentence on a lesser charge. Premium content -
Wednesday 20 December 2023 7:53pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Samiu Pese (40) was sentenced to five-years imprisonment for dangerous driving causing the death of his passenger who was asleep in the open back of a truck, when it crashed in Vava'u. Premium content -
Wednesday 20 December 2023 5:37pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Four victims of a machete attack were injured, one of them seriously, after a violent brawl outside a CBD bar in Nuku'alofa, Saturday night, 16 December 2023. Premium content -
Wednesday 20 December 2023 5:32pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Sione Pongi (36) is serving 10-months imprisonment for possession of 0.16 grams of methamphetamine seized at Vaini in October this year. Premium content
