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Monday 24 March 2014 6:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The public swimming pool situated on the Nuku'alofa seafront at Popua is expected to remain close to the public indefinitely, according to Ports Authority Tonga.
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Monday 24 March 2014 4:45pm
Sydney, Australia : The Fiji Warriors thrashed Tonga A 54 – 21 yesterday March 23 in Sydney, Australia. Premium content -
Saturday 22 March 2014 9:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An E-Disaster Early Warning System that will trigger tsunami warnings from Tonga's Meteorological Center to and early warning loud speakers system in the villages of Kanokupolu and Kolovai was commissioned on March 20. Premium content -
Saturday 22 March 2014 9:27pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is urging Pacific Island countries to produce more locally grown non-processed foods instead of relying on unhealthy imported processed foods. -
Friday 21 March 2014 4:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is weeding out corruption from its development projects, barring any firm or individual it believes is cheating development projects. Premium content -
Thursday 20 March 2014 10:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new office building to house both the Tonga Print Ltd and the Tonga Post Ltd at Vaololoa was officially opened by the Prime Minister, Lord Tu'ivakano yesterday evening, 19 March. Premium content -
Thursday 20 March 2014 10:34pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s Court of Appeal 2014 Session is set to be held from March 31 to April 11 in Nuku’alofa. Tonga's former Chief Justice Sir Gordon Ward will return as a new judge to join the Court of Appeal. Premium content -
Thursday 20 March 2014 10:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 42-year-old man from Halaleva has been charged with making counterfeit currency after police seized $10 pa‘anga counterfeit notes amounting to $150 on March 19. Premium content -
Thursday 20 March 2014 10:22pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The trial of five policemen charged with manslaughter in relation to death of New Zealand police officer Kali Fungavaka is now set to be held on April 8 to May 9, 2014. Premium content -
Thursday 20 March 2014 10:15pm
Canberra, Australia : Tonga A were outplayed by Argentinian side, the Pampas 47 – 20 yesterday March 19 in Sydney, Australia. Tonga A scored three tries while the Pampas scored seven tries. Premium content -
Thursday 20 March 2014 10:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : New Zealand immigration is encouraging Tongan citizens who wish to immigrate to New Zealand, to register in a ballot next month so that they will be considered for a grant of residence. Premium content -
Thursday 20 March 2014 9:00am
Washington D.C., U.S.A : An internship in the Office of the First Lady at the White House has inspired Milika Hopoi, a Tongan, to seek a future in the USA diplomatic service. Premium content -
Thursday 20 March 2014 8:49am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Four former Westpac Bank of Tonga tellers will be sentenced on April 4 after three were found guilty this week of embezzling over $70,000 pa'anga on separate occasions. Another accused teller had earlier pleaded guilty to similar counts. Premium content -
Thursday 20 March 2014 8:44am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two men accused of housebreaking after they entered a woman’s home posing as police officers were found guilty on March 19, and will be sentenced on April 17, at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court. Premium content -
Tuesday 18 March 2014 6:21pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two men allegedly entered an elderly woman’s home at Pahu posing as police officers and told her they were searching for cannabis, the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court was told yesterday. Premium content -
Tuesday 18 March 2014 6:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A two-day workshop is being held in Nuku'alofa to introduce local librarians and teachers to emerging new technologies and new library information trends that is transforming the delivery of information today. Premium content -
Tuesday 18 March 2014 6:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Ministry of Agriculture is ready to ship 5100kg of mixed Talo and Kumala to relieve the food shortage in Ha'apai following Cyclone Ian. Premium content -
Tuesday 18 March 2014 5:00pm
Noumea, New Caledonia : A ten year partnership agreement has been signed between the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) and the Australian Government. Premium content -
Tuesday 18 March 2014 12:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Hundreds of rugby balls and more than a thousand pairs of rugby shorts, and other rugby kit has been donated to Tongatapu Secondary Schools and over a hundred rugby balls were given to school children in Ha’apai by a Dunedin business Leslie Rugby last week. Premium content -
Monday 17 March 2014 7:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A former senior Tongan Immigration officer and a woman co-accused were jailed today in relation to the attempted forgery of two Tongan blank passports by a Supreme Court judge who said that corrupt scams goes the heart and impugn the integrity and security of Tonga’s passport regime and machinery of border control - which has the potential to bring Tonga into disrepute in the eyes of foreign countries. Premium content
