Tonga News

A 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck 255 kilometres southwest of Tonga on Friday, according to the US Geological Survey, but there were no reports of damage.

A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck 282 km south-west of Vaini, Tonga at 5:19 this morning, New Zealand time.

A man is in Vaiola Hospital with injuries, after he was allegedly shot by another man at Fo'ui, on western Tongatapu, yesterday evening.

A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck in the sea 177 miles southwest of Tonga's capital Nuku'alofa, the U.S. Geological Survey reported on Thursday.

"Education is a key to success in everything and Tonga High School is a symbol of our fruitful cooperation to education, since the current school building was constructed with assistance from the Chinese Government eight years ago." The Ambassador said with the Tonga-China bilateral relationship advancing, more can be done to help the school and in ... (more)

At its 76th Meeting in Nuku'alofa, Tonga from 15 to 16 May, 2013, the USP Council unanimously agreed to renew the current Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of the South Pacific, Professor Rajesh Chandra's contract for a further term of four years.

A netball program to combat Non Communicable Diseases - the main public health challenge in Tonga was launched in Nuku'alofa on 22 May and for a second year will hold a national netball tournament and community outreach programs to encourage a more active and healthier lifestyle for Tongans.

China is on track to achieve its Millennium Development Goals by 2015, and to establish a moderately prosperous society by 2020, Shi Guohui, the Vice-Governor of Binxian County, in central China told a Pacific Islands delegation on May 10.

An increasing number of Tonga's youth are found to have diabetes, a disease that is incurable, and many of them have contracted diabetes because they eat the wrong foods.

Tonga first 11kW wind turbine is ready to be commissioned for operation in June after its construction was completed on 16 May 2013 at Nakolo in Tongatapu.

No one won Wednesday night's Powerball drawing, which is good news for somebody: There will be an even bigger drawing on Saturday night.

Tonga's Chief Justice has refused an application by a former Prime Minister Lord Sevele and a former Minister of Transport Paul Karalus, for a judicial review of a report of a special parliamentary committee, because he did not find that the Supreme Court had any jurisdiction to review the internal proceedings of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga.

NUKU'ALOFA, 17th May 2013 - - Today Tonga's National ICT Day showcased the advent of high-speed internet in July, under the first phase of the Pacific Regional Connectivity Project supported by the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank .

No one won Wednesday night's Powerball drawing, which is good news for somebody: There will be an even bigger drawing on Saturday night.

"Young people are being removed from school because of diabetes and more than half of the case studies have lost their mothers because of diabetes," he said in launching the 2012-13 Tonga Youth Diabetes Study Report.

A plan to upgrade the Tonga campus of the University of the South Pacific was welcomed by Tonga's Prime Minister Lord Tu'ivakano, when he opened the 76th Meeting of the continues to provide quality education and is continuously meeting the aspirations of Tongan youths and young people in the Pacific region.

Three cars were stolen from the Nuku'alofa area early on Saturday May 11, in separate incidents, and a driver was admitted to hospital with serious injuries after one of the stolen vehicles crashed, Tonga Police reported.

PETER LLOYD: After a decade long focus on security and counter-terrorism in Afghanistan and the Iraq War, the Government is on a well publicised campaign to step-up engagement in the near neighbourhood.

The 76th University of the South Pacific Council meeting to discuss the affairs of the region's university will be held in Nuku'alofa on May 15-16. The council, the highest governing body of the university which normally meets twice a year, held an induction session for new council members and a briefing on its finance this afternoon.

Consultations on Tonga's Employment Relations Bill 2013 have been extended to 31 May 2013, and a revised bill is expected to go to parliament in August.