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Tuesday 17 September 2024 9:34pm
Suva, Fiji : Wednesday, 18 September 2024, is a significant day in Oceania football when, for the first time in history, two teams will qualify for the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2025, to be played in Morocco. The qualifiers will be the winners of the OFC U-16 Women’s Championship semi-finals - first Samoa vs New Caledonia, second New Zealand vs Tonga. Soane Mailangi, Tonga head coach, said, “Our team is feeling excited and focused as we prepare for the semifinal against the mighty New Zealand. We know it’s going to be a tough match, but the players are determined and ready to give their best. There’s a sense of pride and belief among the team, knowing we’ve worked hard to reach this stage.”
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Monday 16 September 2024 11:41pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Breadfruit is the Pacific’s most climate-resilient crop due its ability to survive and withstand natural disasters, said Kyle Stice, Executive Director of the Pacific Island Farmers Organization, at the opening of the Breadfruit Festival 2024 in Tonga, Premium content -
Saturday 14 September 2024 5:41am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A Breadfruit (Mei) Festival will be held on Monday, 16 September at the MORDI Tonga Trust centre in Havelu. The festival will see over 100 participants and visitors arriving from 15 Pacific and Caribbean countries. Premium content -
Saturday 14 September 2024 5:26am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga Red Cross Society (TRCS), an organization dedicated to helping thousands of vulnerable people in Tonga, now needs a little help itself, to escape increasing floodwaters around the termite-ridden buildings in Nuku'alofa that it has worked in for decades. TRCS Secretary General, Sione Taumoefolau, told Matangi Tonga that they are organizing a fundraising ball on 22 November, to start raising funds toward constructing a new service centre that will cost around $15-16 million. -
Friday 13 September 2024 9:37pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : ‘Oku faka’ilonga’i ‘e he Pangikē Pule Fakafonua ‘a Tonga hono ta’u 35 ‘i he ‘aho Monite 16 Sepitema 2024 ‘aki ha toe makamaile māhanga ko e tupu fakapa’anga (net profit) kuo ‘osi hono ‘aotita’i ‘a ia na’e fe’unga mo e $35 miliona. ‘Oku lahi hake ‘a e tupu ko eni ‘i he 2024 ‘aki ‘a e peseti ‘e 75 mei he tupu fakahisitolia ko ia ‘i he 2023 ‘a ia na’e $20 miliona. Hili hono tali ʻe he Poate ‘o e Pangikē Pule ʻa e Fakamatala Pa’anga Fakata’u ‘a e Pangikē Pule kuo ‘aotita’i ‘e he KPMG Fiji ma’ae ta’u fakapa’anga ‘oku ‘osi ki he ʻaho 30 ʻo Sune 2024, naʻe foaki ai ʻe he Sea ʻo e Poate ‘a e Pangikē Pule, Lord Sevele ‘o Vailahi, ‘i he Fakataha Lahi Fakataʻu ‘o e 2024 ‘a e Pangikē Pule he ʻaho ni ha sieke ʻoku fe’unga mo e $25.1 miliona ki he Palēmia, Hon. Hu’akavameilku ko e ‘inasi fakata’u mei he tupu ‘a e Pangikē. -
Friday 13 September 2024 9:24pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The National Reserve Bank of Tonga (NRBT) marks its 35th anniversary on Monday 16 September 2024 with an audited net profit of $35 million as its twin milestones. The $35.8 million profit in 2024 is 75 percent higher than last year’s 2023 record profit of $20 million. Following the NRBT Board approval of the KPMG Fiji external audited NRBT Annual Financial Statements for the financial year ended 30 June 2024, Lord Sevele ‘o Vailahi chairman of the Board at the NRBT 2024 Annual General Meeting today presented a cheque of $25.1 million to the Prime Minister, Hon. Hu’akavameiliku as its annual distribution of the Bank’s profits. -
Thursday 12 September 2024 5:50pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two men suspected to be members of the Comanchero Outlaw Motorcycle Gang (OMCG) were arrested recently by the Tonga Police, in their effort to fight transnational organised crime in Tonga. Premium content -
Thursday 12 September 2024 5:43pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A member of parliament, Hon. Johnny Taione, appeared in the Magistrate's Court in Tongatapu on Monday, 2 September, on charges related to allegations of forgery and fraud. Premium content -
Wednesday 11 September 2024 5:44pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Pacific Island Forum (PIF), in response to rising regional concerns over the cultural misappropriation of Pacific Kava by non-Pacific people, launched the ‘Kava Strategy’ during the 53rd PIFLM in Tonga. Premium content -
Wednesday 11 September 2024 4:39pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Over 100 runners took part in Tonga Animal Welfare Society (TAWS) Tonga marathon, on Saturday, 7 September, at Niutōua, which helped raise money for TAWS to order medicines for treating fleas in dogs and cats. Premium content -
Wednesday 11 September 2024 4:33pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Siosifa Fili (35) and Sila Maile (28) were jailed for various charges including possession of 1.62 grams of methamphetamine and 0.66 grams of cannabis. A co-accused received a suspended sentence. Premium content -
Tuesday 10 September 2024 6:16pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two villages, ‘Utulau in Tongatapu and Koulo in Ha'apai, each received a Grant Assistance for Grass Roots Human Security Projects (GGP) contract, signed today by the Japanese Ambassador to Tonga, HE Mr. Inagaki Hisao. Premium content -
Tuesday 10 September 2024 6:13pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Pousima Vaioleti (29) was sentenced to 24 months imprisonment, with the last four months suspended, for the theft of a vehicle and other items valued at $50,580 from a 73-year-old man with hearing impairment in his home at Vaini. "I am quite satisfied that you have conducted a life of crime. It further seems to me, that you are not very good at it,” the Lord Chief Justice told the accused at sentencing, in the Supreme Court in Nuku’alofa. Premium content -
Tuesday 10 September 2024 4:13pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Prime Minister Hon. Hu’akavameiliku and his wife, Lady Fiona greeted His Holiness, Pope Francis in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, on Saturday, 7 September. “An amazing experience!! Asked His Holiness to bless Tonga and in return he asked for our prayers,” Hon. Hu'akavameiliku stated on social media. Premium content -
Monday 9 September 2024 10:03pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Over 200 graduates from Tupou Tertiary Institute of the Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga, received their academic awards, presented by HRH Princess Salote Mafile'o Pilolevu Tuita on Saturday 7 September in Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Monday 9 September 2024 9:57pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Flying Fijians entered the Asahi Super Dry Pacific Nations Cup semi-finals after defeating Tonga’s ‘Ikale Tahi 50-19 on Friday, at Teufaiva Stadium in Nuku’alofa. Premium content -
Sunday 8 September 2024 8:43pm
Suva, Fiji : Fiji looked to have secured the win in the 78th minute through Grace Lakavutu. But Tonga weren’t finished yet. Malohifo’ou found the back of the net for the second time in the half, equalising the score and closing out the goal-scoring opportunities for both teams as the match ended in a 3-3 draw in Group A of the OFC U-16 Women's Championship, played at HFC Bank Stadium, Suva on Sunday, 8 September 2024. Premium content -
Friday 6 September 2024 9:02pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s National Football team, Tu’ulalupe, defeated the Cook Islands 3-1 today, at the FIFA World Cup 26™ Oceania Qualifiers in Apia, Samoa. They have another match on Monday to determine who will advance to the group stages of round two next month. Premium content -
Thursday 5 September 2024 10:24pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : With an emphasis on youth empowerment, education, drugs, and climate change, the Tonga Youth Parliament 2024 was formally opened today with a ceremony held at the Parliament Chambers in Tongatapu. Premium content -
Thursday 5 September 2024 10:19pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Her Majesty Queen Nanasipau'u Tuku'aho is attending the South Pacific Area Seminar with a delegation, in Apia, Samoa this week. The South Pacific Area Seminar hosted by Methodist Church of Samoa, gathers influential female leaders, hundreds of women, and community members from across the region and the world to discuss key issues in the South Pacific, and strengthening faith and spreading of the Gospel. Premium content
