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Wednesday 10 May 2023 11:09pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Legislative Assembly of Tonga convened on Wednesday 10 May and started discussing pending agendas, including Government Annual Reports and Constituency Reports.
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Wednesday 10 May 2023 3:07pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A ceremonial flag raising was held this morning to open the first United States of America Embassy in Tonga in a historical event, held at the National Reserve Bank Building in Nuku’alofa. However, after the flag was raised it was lowered to fly at half mast today in respect of lives lost in a recent Texas mall shooting attack. Premium content -
Wednesday 10 May 2023 12:58am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 50-year-old man was sentenced to an aggregate 30-months imprisonment sentence on three charges of serious indecent assaults of a teenager on Tongatapu. Premium content -
Wednesday 10 May 2023 12:56am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 28-year-old man and a 44-year-old woman from Matahau have been arrested for allegedly importation of over 1kg of methamphetamine from the United States, last month. Premium content -
Wednesday 10 May 2023 12:54am
Apia, Samoa : Tonga A was defeated by defending champions Junior Japan 17-52, in its second match at the Pacific Rugby Challenge on 8 May in Apia. Premium content -
Tuesday 9 May 2023 12:00am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Students of Government schools throughout Tonga held various tree planting programs to mark the London coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla, on Saturday, 6 May. Premium content -
Monday 8 May 2023 11:54pm
Bangkok, Thailand : Crown Prince Tupouto’a ‘Ulukalala and Princess Angelika Lātūfuipeka Tuku’aho are visiting Bangkok, Thailand, where they are meeting with relevant Thai agencies, in their pursuit of new opportunities for Tonga. Premium content -
Monday 8 May 2023 11:50pm
Sydney, Australia : The Australian and New Zealand governments have renewed their commitment to the World Bank’s work in the Pacific through an agreement to strengthen cooperation in the region over the next eight years. Premium content -
Monday 8 May 2023 6:28pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Ten patients in Tonga have received new pacemakers, in surgeries carried out by a a team of cardiac experts from New Zealand last week at Vaiola Hospital in Nuku'alofa. The first time this has been done in Tonga. Premium content -
Monday 8 May 2023 11:31am
London, United Kingdom : The Commonwealth needs to work and walk together for a more secure and sustainable future, Prime Minister Hon. Hu’akavameiliku told Commonwealth Leaders in London on 5 May. Premium content -
Monday 8 May 2023 11:14am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An 82-year-old grandmother and her five-year-old grand-daughter died in a house fire at Tofoa on Saturday morning, 6 May, Tonga Police reported. Premium content -
Saturday 6 May 2023 8:33pm
London, United Kingdom : More than 400 military personnel have travelled from Commonwealth nations and British Overseas Territories to participate on Saturday 6 March in the historic Coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla. From Tonga, Corporal Uheina Halapiapi, of His Majesty’s Armed Forces Tonga said: “I am so grateful to be here and to represent his Majesty’s Armed Forces of Tonga”. Premium content -
Friday 5 May 2023 7:14pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A Tongan female boxer, Hainite Tu'itupou (26) won a gold medal at the Chicago Jiu-jitsu tournament earlier this week. Premium content -
Friday 5 May 2023 7:11pm
London, United Kingdom : Prime Minister Hon. Hu’akavameiliku met New Zealand's Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Chris Hipkins in London this week, as they gather for the Coronation. Premium content -
Friday 5 May 2023 7:08pm
Nadi, Fiji : Senior electoral officials, including Tonga's, attended the region's administrators network in Nadi from 2-4 May, the first time they have met since the COVID-19 pandemic. Premium content -
Friday 5 May 2023 7:01pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 63-year-old man was sentenced to eight-years imprisonment with no suspension. for three charges, that included raping a woman on Tongatapu. Premium content -
Friday 5 May 2023 6:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and The Queen Consort will be an historic event not only for the United Kingdom but also for the fourteen Realms, the UK Overseas Territories including our fellow Polynesian entity Pitcairn, and also for Commonwealth member-countries such as the Kingdom of Tonga. On 4 May, Her Royal Highness Princess Salote Mafile‘o Pilolevu Tuita and Lord Tuita graced a Coronation Party hosted by the British High Commission in Nuku‘alofa, together with two hundred guests, to mark the upcoming event. - BHC. -
Thursday 4 May 2023 7:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Local journalists and special guests gathered on 3 May to commemorate the 30th anniversary World Press Freedom Day hosted by the Media Association Tonga (MAT) in Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Thursday 4 May 2023 6:06pm
Wellington, New Zealand : Associate Professor Dianne Sika-Paotonu of Tongan descent from the University of Otago won the 2022 NZ Prime Minister’s Science Communication Prize - the first time for a Pacific scientist to receive the award. Premium content -
Thursday 4 May 2023 5:57pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Rajh Kumar (33) received a suspended sentence for attempting to destroy evidence, namely methamphetamine, during a road drug bust by Police at Haveluloto in 2021. Premium content
