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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.
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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 -
Monday 17 March 2014 6:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The MS Queen Victoria cruise ship docked at Vuna Wharf in Nuku’alofa today, bringing over 2700 passengers and crew. Premium content -
Monday 17 March 2014 2:45pm
San Francisco, USA : Sammisano Joshua Talai 'Otuhiva, a five-month old baby boy from San Francisco who has Tongan and Samoan parents, is being recognized as the largest baby ever born in the American state of California. Premium content -
Monday 17 March 2014 10:26am
London, United Kingdom : The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group CMAG has downgraded Fiji's full suspension from the Commonwealth on 14 March. Fiji is now suspended only from the councils of the Commonwealth. Fiji will be eligible to participate in the Commonwealth Games in Scotland in July. Premium content -
Saturday 15 March 2014 1:24pm
Nadi, Fiji : A Pacific Regional Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency is expected to start its operations later this year. Premium content -
Friday 14 March 2014 6:08pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Ministry of Commerce, Tourism and Labour has announced greater fuel prices for March-April 2014, to be effective from Sunday February 16. Premium content
