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  • Wednesday 12 October 2022 7:57pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A Tongan who was befriended by an overseas scammer online, reported the matter to Tonga Police after the scammer directed the victim to send money. Tonga Police today urged the public to be more cautious when interacting online.
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  • Wednesday 12 October 2022 7:43pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A $65,000 cheque from the Chinese Government was handed over to Tonga Police for the upgrade of its mechanical workshop at the Tonga Police headquarters in Longolongo.
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  • Tuesday 11 October 2022 11:36pm


    Sharm El-Sheikh, Eqypt
    : Some fear that this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference – to be held here in Egypt on November 6-18 – will be an unintended casualty of the geopolitical tensions and economic challenges the world is facing. I believe the opposite: COP27 represents a unique and timely opportunity for the world to come together, recognize our common interests, and restore multilateral cooperation. As daunting as this challenge is, we have no choice but to confront it. We must negotiate with one another, because there can be no negotiating with the climate. By Sameh Shoukry, COP27 President-Designate.
  • Tuesday 11 October 2022 10:55pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Jailed former Cabinet Ministers ‘Etuate Lavulavu and his wife ‘Akosita, were freed by the Appeal Court today, when their criminal convictions were quashed, in a successful appeal that found their trial was unfair. However, the Appeal Court was satisfied there was sufficient evidence to support convictions and remitted their cases for a retrial at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court.
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  • Tuesday 11 October 2022 10:08pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The 'Ikale Tahi squad for the 2022 Northern Hemisphere tour in November was announced by the Tonga Rugby Union.
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  • Tuesday 11 October 2022 10:04pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : On her first visit back to Tonga after three-years, Tonga’s High Commissioner to Australia, Princess Angelika Latufuipeka Tuku’aho and the Mayor of Gunnedah, (a town in New South Wales, Australia) Mr Jamie Chaffey and delegation visited Kolomotu’a village this week. The towns have formed a "sister-city" bond.
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  • Tuesday 11 October 2022 9:10pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga has five new drone pilots, all civil servants, who have completed the first Certified Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Training, held in Nuku'alofa.
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  • Monday 10 October 2022 7:38pm
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    Montreal, Canada
    : Tonga has signed an Air Services Agreement with the United Arab Emirates during the 41st International Civil Aviation Organisation Triennial General Assembly in Canada.
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  • Monday 10 October 2022 7:29pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Counterfeit $20, $50 and $100 pa'anga notes have recently been found in Tonga, the National Reserve Bank of Tonga has warned.
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  • Sunday 9 October 2022 8:58am


    Halifax, England
    : Mate Ma'a Tonga have excelled in their World Cup preparations with a 48 - 12 win over France in Halifax, England, in a warm-up match this morning (Tonga time).
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  • Saturday 8 October 2022 6:34pm


    Suva, Fiji
    : A group of soil scientists have embarked on a quest to determine the impact of the volcanic ash fall and tsunami caused by the Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha’apai volcanic eruption that occurred near Tonga in January this year. Core soil samples collected from areas on Tongatapu and 'Eua will be undergo DNA and chemical analysis at CSIRO’s Analytical Services Unit laboratory in Australia before being archived for future research.
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  • Saturday 8 October 2022 5:17pm


    Auckland, New Zealand
    : The Ngahau Siliva, won their first game against a joint Vanuatu and PNG team 78-0 at the International Defence Rugby Competition in Auckland, New Zealand. His Majesty’s Armed Forces (HMAF) Women’s Rugby Team, will meet France on 11 October.
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  • Saturday 8 October 2022 5:15pm


    London, England
    : The excitement of the Rugby League World Cup is drawing near as Tonga's national rugby league team, Mate Ma'a Tonga gears up for a warm up match on 8 October in England.
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  • Saturday 8 October 2022 5:12pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Air New Zealand will be increasing its weekly flights to Tonga to six on 31 October, after the Tongan Government lifted most of its COVID-19 health restrictions on 27 September.
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  • Friday 7 October 2022 7:00am


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The aviation alert level for Tonga's Home Reef volcanic activity, was elevated to orange on October 5 and 6 as progressive volcanic activity continued into its 25th day, with one ash eruption.
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  • Thursday 6 October 2022 6:56am


    Washington D.C,USA
    : Tonga was among Pacific Island countries who signed on to a new partnership with the United States of America, strengthening and renewing ties at the conclusion of the first U.S. Pacific Island Country Summit in Washington D.C. on 28-29 September.
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  • Thursday 6 October 2022 6:41am


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A former police officer, Pita Vakalahi (28), was sentenced to two-years and six-months' imprisonment for demanding $640 pa'anga from a driver in a traffic offence case he worked on in 2019. The public need to see that condign punishment will be visited on police officers who betray the trust reposed in them, said the sentencing judge who also suspended 12 months of the sentence.
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  • Wednesday 5 October 2022 1:09pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The Ngahau Siliva, His Majesty’s Armed Forces (HMAF) Women’s Rugby Team will be competing in the first International Defence Rugby Competition on 7 October in Auckland, New Zealand.
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  • Wednesday 5 October 2022 12:50pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Paul Gauguin arrived in Nuku'alofa on the morning of 3 October, the first cruise ship welcomed onto our shores in two and a half-years, since the border closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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  • Wednesday 5 October 2022 12:31pm


    London, England
    : A 24-man Mate Ma'a Tonga squad has been announced ahead of Tonga's Rugby League World Cup campaign in England this month.
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