TPL Board Approves to Capitalise all New Service Lines
15th July 2021 TONGAN The Board of Directors of TPL has approved that ALL NEW Service Lines (connection from the electricity network to the customer) from the 1st of July 2021 onwards will now be borne...
View Article8M injected to local economy through ‘COVID-19 Assistance via Businesses’...
16th July 2021 As of date, more than $3million pa‘anga has been injected to family-based informal businesses, nearly $5million pa‘anga of direct assistance to registered businesses, and around $300,000...
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UK and WHO deliver essential medical equipment across the Pacific
16th July 2021 The experience of the COVID-19 pandemic has varied greatly across the Pacific – some countries have experienced large-scale transmission, while others are among the few countries in the...
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Eight people arrested for drug offences
16th July 2021 Eight (8) people were arrested by the Tonga Police Drug Enforcement Taskforce (DET) from more than four different locations on Tongatapu between Monday, 28 June 2021 and Wednesday, 14...
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Cabinet approves Tonga’s Ocean Management Plan
16th July 2021 His Majesty’s Cabinet has approved Tonga’s Ocean Management Plan that will provide for the sustainable management of the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) covering an estimated 700,000km2....
View ArticleMinistry of Tourism Newsletter: Issue 25, July 16
Ministry of Tourism Newsletter Vol 2, Issue 25
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Launching of Tonga Digital Government Support Project E-Government
21st July 2021 The Prime Minister of Tonga, Honorable Dr. Pohiva Tu’ionetoa was the Guest of Honour at the launching of the Tonga Digital Government Support Project (TDGSP) which was hosted by the...
View ArticleOnline legal aid services available for gender-based violence survivors in Tonga
22nd July, 2021 Survivors of domestic violence (DV) or gender-based violence (GBV) can now access justice with more comprehensive legal support provided online by the Tonga Family Protection Legal Aid...
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Exchange Note signing under Japan Non-Project Grant Assistance between Tonga...
28th July, 2021 The signing and excahange of note by the Hon Prime Minister, Rev. Dr.Pohiva Tu’i’onetoa and HE Mr. Munenaga Kensaku, Japanese Ambassador to Tonga. The Exchange Note Signing for the...
View ArticleTū’uta ‘i he efiafi ni vakapuna mei Nu’usila
28 Siulai, 2021 ‘E tu’uta ‘i he efiafi ‘o e ‘aho ni ‘a e vakapuna ‘e taha mei Nu’usila mo e kau pāsese ‘e toko 140 tupu. Ko e kau pāsese ko ‘ení ‘oku ‘i ai ‘a e ni’ihi na’a nau fakakaungatamaki ‘i he...
View ArticleUK hosts Climate Ministerial with less than 100 days to COP26
29th July, 2021 Climate ministers have taken a step forward towards a successful COP26 with a renewed common mission for action, but COP26 President-Designate Alok Sharma says there is more work to do....
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Cocaine worth $2.3m washes up on beaches in Vava’u
30th July, 2021 Cocaine with street value of around $2.3 million pa’anga has washed up in packages on beaches at Höleva and Ha’alaufuli in Vava’u, triggering a major search for further drugs by Police....
View ArticleFORUM Foreign Ministers endorse Weather Ready Pacific Decadal Programme of...
30th July, 2021 The Weather Ready Pacific Decadal Programme of Investment was endorsed at the Forum Foreign Ministerial Meeting (FFMM) on 27 July 2021. The Government of Tonga presented the initiative...
View ArticleFive people arrested for possessing washed-up cocaine in Vava’u
30th July 2021 The Police Drugs Enforcement Taskforce has arrested five (5) people relating to the washed-up cocaine in Vava’u. The Taskforce raided 3 residences last night, two in Vava’u and the third...
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Renewal of Declaration of a State of Emergency
TONGAN Pursuant to sections 32 and 34 (1) of the Emergency Management [Cap 7.02], and having been satisfied of the following – (1) The continuous spread of the novel coronavirus disease (“COVID-19”)...
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National COVID-19 Restrictions Directions
TONGAN IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by sections 37 and 39 of the Emergency Management Act [Cap 7.02] and in recognition of – A the declaration made by the World Health Organization of...
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Tonga participates in the 19th Session of the World Meteorological...
08th August, 2021 The Senior staff and Operational Meteorologists of the Tonga Meteorological Services (TMS) participated in the 19th Session of the WMO RA-V Tropical Cyclone Committee (TCC) meeting...
View ArticleMahu’inga ‘a e hao mo e malu ‘a e fonuá mei he Covid-19
04 ‘Aokosi, 2021 ‘Oku tokangaekina makehe foki ‘e he Pule’angá ‘a e kau pāsese Tonga ‘oku nau tuku vakā ‘i Fisi, talu mei ‘Epeleli ‘o e ta’u ni ‘i he mahino ‘e ‘ikai ke lava ‘o tu’uta ha vakapuna mei...
View ArticleFurther arrests made in Vava’u in relation to washed-up cocaine
05th August, 2021 Further three people have been arrested in Vava’u by the Police Drugs Enforcement Taskforce in relation to the washed-up cocaine. All three arrested are foreign nationals. A...
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