Talihau Ecosystem Based Adaptation (EbA) project a success
10 January, 2017 Talihau Village in Vava’u is the first site to implement the Ecosystem Based Adaptation (EbA) program. The biodiversity project focuses on both the beach and ocean environments and...
View ArticleCease of Daylight Saving for Tonga on 15th January 2017
10th January, 2017 All clocks and watches in the Kingdom are to be turned back to normal time by one hour at 3am to 2am on Sunday the 15th of January 2017. The daylight saving that is now ceased was a...
View ArticlePALM Third Ministerial Interim Meeting (MIM3)
10th January, 2017 Third Ministerial Interim Meeting, MIM3 of PALM On January 17 (Tue), Japan will host the Third Ministerial Interim Meeting (MIM3) of the Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (PALM)...
View ArticleNew Acting Chief Executive Officer for the Office of the Tonga Chamber of...
11th January, 2017 Mrs Victorina (Dorina) Kioa of Tofoa, Tongatapu, has been appointed as the Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the Office of the Tonga Chamber of Commerce & Industry Inc....
View ArticleMEXT Scholarship for 2017 Teachers Training Students
12th January, 2016 The Government of Japan’s, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, MEXT offers Scholarship for 2017 for “Teachers Training Students” to foreign teachers who...
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New Wind Power Generation and Grid Stabilization System to be installed in...
13th January 2017 Officials from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Ministry of MEIDECC, Tonga Power Limited, Ministry of Public Enterprises and Ministry of Finance and National Planning...
View ArticleNew Petroleum Prices for January – February 2017
16th January, 2017 The Ministry of Commerce, Consumer, Trade, Innovation & Labour wishes to advise that the Tonga Competent Authority (TCA) has approved the new petroleum prices for January –...
View ArticleMinisterial Re-Assignments
16th January, 2017 On Friday 13 January, 2017, His Majesty King Tupou VI has granted the Ministerial reassignments, recommended by the Prime Minister, Honourable Samuela ‘Akilisi Pohiva to the...
View Article“Visit of the Members of the National People’s Congress of the People’s...
19th January, 2017 A fifteen-member delegation from the People’s Republic of China arrived in Tonga on Tuesday 17 January 2017 for a three-day visit to the Kingdom. The delegation was led by the Vice...
View ArticleAwareness Education Program conducted for Government School Teachers and...
19 January, 2017 MEIDECC’s Departments of Environment and NEMO conducted a one-day awareness education program for government school teachers and principals at Vava’u aimed to increase understanding...
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Annual General Meeting
25th January, 2017 On January 24th 2017, the Tonga Chamber of Commerce & Industry Inc. held their Annual General Meeting whereby the following were elected as the new Council for 2016/2017 in an...
View ArticleGovernment of Tonga Denies Issuing an Exclusive Gaming Licence to Red Warrior...
25 January, 2017 The Government of Tonga would like to announce that Cabinet has not approved and has not issued any Gaming License or Casino License to any company to operate here in Tonga. This...
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Tonga’s Weather Forecasters receive Himawari-8 training from the Japan...
26th January, 2017 The Tonga Meteorological Service is to further boost its forecasting capabilities through specialized Himawari-8 weather satellite training conducted by Senior Forecasters...
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Tonga Celebrates World Customs Day
27 January, 2017 Tonga’s Ministry of Revenue and Customs celebrated World Customs Day yesterday, 26 January 2017 in a special ceremony under the theme ‘Data Analysis for Effective Border Management’....
View ArticleCRSP Scholarship – Call For Applications
30th January, 2017 Tonga Climate Resilience Sector Project(CRSP) is pleased to invite applications from civil servants for 2017 Postgraduate Diploma majoring in climate change and MSc majoring in...
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PALM, Third Ministerial Interim Meeting (MIM3) Chairs’ Summary
1st February, 2017 On January 17, Japan hosted the Third Ministerial Interim Meeting (MIM3) of the Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (PALM) process at the Iikura Guest House, Ministry of Foreign...
View ArticleMonetary Policy Decision
2nd February, 2017 The Reserve Bank’ Board at its meeting on 2nd February 2017 noted that the activities in the domestic economy were generally positive, the real GDP growth estimate for 2016/17 was...
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Electricity Tariff Increase Effective from 2nd February 2017
2nd February, 2017 A significant increase in the regulated price of diesel has been approved by the Competent Authority effective 16 January 2017.This has contributed to an increase of 15.40 seniti per...
View ArticleTongan Government signs Share Purchase Agreement and Shareholders Agreement...
03rd February, 2017 After months of intense negotiations between the Government of Tonga (GoT), Digicel (Tonga) Limited (DTL), Tonga Cable Limited (TCL), and Tonga Communications Corporation (TCC), His...
View ArticleSearch and rescue Operation over the weekend
06th February 2017 Tonga Police Maritime Search and Rescue Team coordinated 4 different marine Search and Rescue operations, one (1) since Friday, 3 February and three (3) on Saturday morning 4...
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