You are here
Breaking news
Pages
-
Thursday 9 February 2023 11:01pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga recorded a weekly total of 45 COVID-19 positive cases, the Ministry of Health reported on 3 February. More than 1,000 surveillance tests are being held weekly.
Premium content -
Wednesday 8 February 2023 5:41pm
Auckland, New Zealand : A total of 3.2 tonnes of cocaine estimated to be worth more than half a billion dollars, intercepted by New Zealand authorities floating in the Pacific Ocean, is one of their single biggest seizures of illegal drugs. The unidentified location was described as “north east off New Zealand, six-days sailing in distance and in international waters,” they told a press conference today. Premium content -
Wednesday 8 February 2023 5:26pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Nelson Siulangapo the 33-year-old man who was arrested and charged in relation to the 124.77grams of methamphetamine seized on Tongatapu in January, is expected to appear at the Magistrate’s Court, on 20 February. Premium content -
Tuesday 7 February 2023 10:26pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A heated discussion between members of the parliament, over a request of endorsement from REALTonga Airlines went nowhere in the House on Monday 6 February. Premium content -
Tuesday 7 February 2023 9:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tupouto’a College of the Free Wesleyan Church in Nomuka, Ha’apai that was affected by the the Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha’apai natural disasters received new school supplies from the Australian Government. Premium content -
Tuesday 7 February 2023 9:46pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Royal Agriculture, Fisheries, Tourism and Trade Show will return in June to July this year, after a hiatus of three-years due to COVID-19 and the 2022 Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha’apai volcanic eruption and subsequent tsunamis. Premium content -
Tuesday 7 February 2023 9:37pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 17-year-old youth who sustained serious injuries when he was hit by a vehicle, while he was crossing Taufa'ahau Road at Nualei, on 1 February has been discharged from Vaiola Hospital. The accused driver of the vehicle is expected to appear at the Magistrate's Court on 13 February. Premium content -
Monday 6 February 2023 5:44pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A prominent scholar and Tongan politician Dr Sitiveni Halapua (73) has passed away in New Zealand on 29 January. The House observed one minute of silence in respect of the former Tongatapu 3 People's Representative, after it was announced at the start of this morning’s session, 6 February. The Halapua Family said the funeral will be held on 14 February at Māngere, Auckland. Premium content -
Monday 6 February 2023 5:08pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's first Ombudsman, ‘Aisea Taumoepeau SC is set to retire from the role on 18 February, after nine-years of service. Premium content -
Friday 3 February 2023 9:55pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Australian Government is assisting Tonga in its domestic air connectivity by providing flights for the Tongatapu-Vava’u route until at least 30 June 2023 in a partnership with Fiji Airways, the Australian High Commission announced today 3, February.1 comment Premium content -
Friday 3 February 2023 9:48pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Manavahetau Fua’eiki (43) is serving a total sentence of three-years nine-months imprisonment for two separate cases, that included charges of serious housebreaking and theft of firearms, which he committed in 2021, while he was on a suspended sentence for drug offences. This suspended sentence was activated. Premium content -
Thursday 2 February 2023 9:05pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 17-year-old youth from Tatakamotonga sustained serious injuries when he was hit by a vehicle, while he was crossing Taufa'ahau Road at Nualei yesterday. Premium content -
Thursday 2 February 2023 8:56pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Reckless driving leading to death is a crime that sadly remains all too prevalent in Tonga and, in this case, resulted in the death of a 21-months old toddler, the Lord Chief Justice stressed in sentencing a 27-year-old driver to two and a half years in prison. Part of the sentence was suspended. Premium content -
Thursday 2 February 2023 8:44pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A Market Development Facility will be established in Tonga with an estimated value of activities worth around AU$3.8 million, in its initial four-year phase. Premium content -
Thursday 2 February 2023 8:10pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The newly established village, located west of Tonga has now been officially named ‘Atatā Si‘i on the estate of Prince Ata. Premium content -
Thursday 2 February 2023 3:08pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The House spent all day on Wednesday 1 February 2023, debating an Anti-Corruption Commissioner Amendment Bill 2023, one of two Bills that are in the House’s current working agenda. The amendment bill, which passed its third reading today, means that the Anti-Corruption Commissioner may be paid less than a Supreme Court judge and the salaries are no longer equal. From the House by Pesi Fonua. Premium content -
Wednesday 1 February 2023 10:16pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : New Zealand’s Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier is currently on a four-days visit to Tonga, until 2 February. Premium content -
Wednesday 1 February 2023 10:02pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A prisoner, Motuku Kafalava (25), who is serving a life imprisonment sentence for murder, was sentenced to concurrent jail time, for possession of a substantial amount of methamphetamine. His 24-year-old co-accused, Latu Veamatahau got a lengthy jail term. Premium content -
Wednesday 1 February 2023 9:51pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Maamaloa Fangupo (28) was sentenced to two-years six-months imprisonment for serious causing bodily harm to another 28-year-old man, when he stabbed him multiple times, during a drink up in Ha’ateiho in 2022. Premium content -
Wednesday 1 February 2023 9:47pm
Suva, Fiji : Educational bodies in the Pacific Islands are aiming to work together to get the best education results for Pasifika students. Premium content
