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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. Premium content -
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. Premium content -
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. Premium content -
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. Premium content -
Monday 10 October 2022 7:38pm
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. Premium content -
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. Premium content -
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). Premium content -
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. Premium content -
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. Premium content -
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. Premium content -
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. Premium content -
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. Premium content -
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. Premium content -
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. Premium content -
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. Premium content -
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. Premium content -
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. Premium content -
Wednesday 5 October 2022 12:25pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A full-scale emergency exercise named "Hunga Airways 2022" was held at Fua‘amotu International Airport on 30 September, in response to a scenario that imagined the aftermath of an aircraft emergency. Premium content
