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WEBNuku'alofa, Tonga: The National Reserve Bank of Tonga (NRBT) marks its 35th anniversary on Monday 16 September 2024 with an audited net profit of $35 million as its twin milestones. The $35.8 million profit in 2024 is 75 percent higher than last year’s 2023 record profit of $20 million. Following the NRBT Board approval of the KPMG Fiji external audited NRBT Annual Financial Statements for ...
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WEBBus stop meth dealer imprisoned. From the Courts. Friday 20 September 2024 5:34pm. Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tevita Halatokoua (26) was sentenced to two years imprisonment, with part suspended, for possession of over 2.77 grams of methamphetamine seized in over 20 packets and other items used for dealing drugs in Nuku’alofa.
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New mammogram machine for early detection of breast cancer
WEB1 day ago · A new mammogram machine was commissioned today, 8 October, at Vaiola Hospital, which will detect early signs of breast cancer for women. The mammogram machine was purchased with just over AUD $200,000 through the development program of the Government of Australia. Medical Superintendent Dr. 'Ana 'Akau'ola urged all women of Tonga who are over ...
Court orders Reserve Bank and media whistle-blowers to pay $20 …
WEB5 days ago · By Matangi Tonga reporters. Damages amounting to over $20 million pa’anga in total were awarded to the plaintiffs, the Tonga Development Bank and its CEO 'Emeline Tuita and Board Chairman, Penisimani Vea, in a landmark "judgment in default" by made by the Lord Chief Justice Bishop on 23 September, against the Reserve Bank, its Governor, a local broadcaster and a journalist.
Tonga National Rugby League Squads for 2024 Pacific Champs …
WEB1 day ago · Updated on Tuesday, October 8, 2024 - 18:13. The Tonga National Rugby League Men's and Women's Squads for the 2024 Pacific Championship Tournament were announced this morning in Nuku’alofa, Tonga. The tournament is expected to start on 18 October. Lord Fakafanua, Chairman of the Board of the Tonga Rugby League XIII, announced the squads:
62 survivors from Mango Island evacuated safely to Tongatapu
WEBJan 25, 2022 · Photo: Eleanor Gee, Jan. 24 2022. By Linny Folau and Eleanor Gee. Sixty two survivors, including about 18 children and babies, evacuated from Mango Island, Ha'apai Group, were brought to Tongatapu on Saturday Jan. 22 by a Tongan navy patrol boat. The evacuees were picked up from Nomuka island on the VOEA Ngahau Koula, after being rescued from ...
Tongan geologists observe stunning eruptions at Hunga
WEBMar 21, 2022 · Northward view at Hunga Ha‘apai on Jan. 14, 2022 at 5:16pm. Photo: Taaniela Kula/TGS. A team of Tongan geologists who went out to observe the Jan. 14 eruption of the Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha'apai volcano witnessed spectacular explosions on the dangerous mission on Friday afternoon. The pulsating explosions throughout the day were also viewed from ...
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WEBMachete attacker guilty of seriously injuring duo in Vava’u. From the Courts. Tuesday 1 October 2024 7:43pm. Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tevita Matangi was found guilty of two charges of causing grievous bodily harm to Mateaki Hafoka (29) and Sikuvea Fifita (26), when he attacked them during a drunken altercation at Talau in Vava’u in October, 2023.
‘We must all stand and work for our country’, King Tupou VI tells …
WEBMar 4, 2022 · JANUARY 20, 2022: “The people that can withstand difficulties are those that stand together,” King Tupou VI said in an address to the nation that was recorded over the telephone from hi residence in ‘Eua and broadcasted on local radio at around 6:00pm, Thursday January 20.. The King said Tonga has been affected by the devastation of the tsunami due to the volcanic eruption, which had ...