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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.
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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 -
Tuesday 31 January 2023 7:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Legislative Assembly of Tonga reconvened its first meeting for 2023 this morning, Tuesday, 31 January when one new MP was sworn in. Premium content -
Tuesday 31 January 2023 7:25pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Twenty-two houses are now standing at Masilamea (Atata Si’i) in the new settlement built for the displaced families of Atata. It’s been a year, two weeks and one day since the catastrophic tsunami destroyed their island village life on of January 15 2022. However, more than five houses are yet to have electricity and/or water supplies connected. Premium content -
Tuesday 31 January 2023 3:29pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s sole domestic air carrier, Lulutai Airways will be assisted by Fiji Airways this week, while its 34-seater Saab aircraft is undergoing urgent repairs that may take up to four months to complete. Premium content -
Monday 30 January 2023 11:51pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga is carrying out 1500-1700 COVID tests weekly, but only 62 positive cases were recorded last week, the Minister of Health said today, 30 January. The COVID-19 variants in Tonga are BA2 and BA5 and there have only been mild cases reported in Tonga over the past two-weeks. Premium content -
Monday 30 January 2023 5:35pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Zuiderdam is the second cruise to visit Nuku'alofa in 2023, arriving with more than 2000 passengers and crew at Vuna Wwharf, today 30 January. Premium content -
Monday 30 January 2023 5:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A teenager, Semisi Peleketi Vea was sentenced to three-years eight months imprisonment for causing grievous bodily harm to a 20-year-old man using a machete, in 2022. Premium content -
Friday 27 January 2023 10:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 43-year-old husband and his 29-year-old wife from Veitongo were arrested with illicit drugs, at ‘Anana. Another 24-year-old man was arrested at Veitongo. Premium content -
Friday 27 January 2023 10:43pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Legislative Assembly of Tonga will convene its first meeting for 2023 on Tuesday, 31 January, after its last sitting in December 2022. Premium content -
Friday 27 January 2023 10:40pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Paula Pouvalu Ma'u is the new Chief Secretary and Secretary to Cabinet at the Prime Minister’s Office effective on Friday, 27 January. Premium content -
Friday 27 January 2023 10:36pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Fifteen young women from the Eremeran Study Centre in Sydney, Australia volunteered in Nuku'alofa for two-weeks earlier this month, and helped to paint St Joseph's Business College and along with other community work. Premium content -
Friday 27 January 2023 9:18pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : On Australia Day we reflect on our nation’s history and celebrate its achievements and all its people, including the 33,000 Australians that identify as having Tongan ancestry. Australia’s identity is complex; in addition to our first nations heritage and our British and European history, laws and systems of government, we are a country of people from more than 270 ancestries. - Statement from the Australian High Commission in Tonga. -
Thursday 26 January 2023 10:57pm
Sydney, Australia : Tonga will be playing in the Men's Tournament of the HSBC Sydney Sevens which that will be held over three-days, starting on Friday, 27 January in Australia. Premium content -
Thursday 26 January 2023 10:21pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Prime Minister Hon. Hu’akavameiliku received the two top defence officials from Australia and New Zealand, today, 26 January, in Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Thursday 26 January 2023 5:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Andy Hayden Fukofuka (36) received a suspended sentence for possession of arms and ammunition without a license, the he disclosed when stopped at a check-point on his way to get vaccinated in Nuku'alofa, in 2021. Premium content -
Wednesday 25 January 2023 10:29pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Dr Pita Faiva Taufatofua was installed as the new Governor of Ha’apai, at the Tongaleleka Free Wesleyan Church in Ha’apai, on 24 January. Premium content
