Page 156 - Tonga News Today

Time to stand united I expect that as this presidential election year progresses, we will all be bombarded with powerful messages from our favorite news/media sources. We will be told what to embrace and, more forcefully, what to fear and hate. If you read or hear something that feels like an attack on your values […]

A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including Fiji's deputy prime minister taking legal action against critics of Girmit Day celebrations.

A two-week long 'Operation Tui Moana', combating Illegal Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing across the Pacific, closed today, 24 May 2024. The Tongan Royal Navy took part in the Operation that reported over 500 vessel contacts, using air, surface and remote-sensing platforms, with a total of 80 boardings in port and at sea. Ten vessels of interest were detected and

Six firearms and 12 cartons of ammunition were intercepted and seized by Tonga Customs officials on 22 May 2024. They were found in a crate that also contained personal items consigned to a 38-year-old Tongan female from Halaleva, Tongatapu.

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Respected journalist, author and solidarity activist David Robie writes that while Paris reacts with a heavy-handed security crackdown against the revolt in Kanaky (New Caledonia), it cannot stifle the desire for independence.

The manager of Addin Fonua-Blake has explained the bizarre walk-out that has cost the Warriors star the chance to play this weekend.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has commended Ireland, Norway and Spain for "breaking ranks" and recognising Palestine as a state. 



A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including more funding for Solomon Islands from Australia.

Siosaia Taulahi (20) and Tevita Pasi (21) were imprisoned for serious housebreaking, theft and receiving valuable Tongan handicrafts worth around $231,700, stolen from the Tonga National Museum in 2022. Pasi was also sentenced for supplying methamphetamine to a minor. He manipulated a child to become involved in a high value theft of significant cultural artefacts and used the