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Nuku'alofa, Tonga: The benefits and challenges of the temporary labour mobility programs to Australia and New Zealand was the topic of the Speaker’s second public debate held at Parliament House in Nuku’alofa on Friday, 4 October. While Tonga welcomes the income and social benefits brought by having over 5,000 workers overseas sending money home, the exodus of its prime workforce has led ...
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Tuesday 1 October 2024 8:15pm. Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Competent Authority with its ADO Fuel Price for quarter June through September 2024 decreased by 4.5%. The new tariff of $0.9169 per kWh is decrease from $0.9603 per kWh, and in diesel prices is decrease from $2.2438 per litre in June 2024 to $2.0913 per litre during quarter July through ...
Tonga Poverty and Equity Assessment finds livelihoods improved …
22 hours ago · The report found that overall poverty in Tonga declined, from 27.4% in 2015 to 20.6% in 2021. This 7% drop is a significant achievement, said Mr. Nakamura. In the meantime, living standards also improved. The report says household ownership of key assets increases between 2015 and 2021, such as mobile phones (82 to 97 percent), washing machines ...
Tonga expects one to two tropical cyclones this season
3 days ago · Tonga is expecting one to two cyclones with a moderate to high chance (>50%) of at least one severe tropical cyclone occurring, reports Tonga Met today, in its updated outlook for the 2024-2025 Tropical Cyclone Season. Based on the current modelling, the occurrence of tropical cyclones in Tonga is more likely to be from January to March with most events occurring in …
Tongan geologists observe stunning eruptions at Hunga
Mar 21, 2022 · By Mary Lyn Fonua. 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. “Yesterday there were massive explosives, thundering lightning within two miles away, we observed and recorded,” said Taaniela ...
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Oct 9, 2024 · The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for the Western Pacific joined prime ministers and presidents from across the Region and United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres, at the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders Meeting in Tonga this week.At the high-level meeting, Dr Saia Ma’u Piukala called on leaders of Pacific islands and other countries to make health a high ...
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Machete 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're back, but without full internet | Matangi Tonga
Jan 22, 2022 · We're back, but without full internet. Saturday, January 22, 2022 - 13:15. Updated on Thursday, January 27, 2022 - 00:07. By Pesi and Mary Lyn Fonua. Tsunami waves breaking at high speed along the Nuku'alofa reef near the Patangata settlement, filmed on a cell phone from the Matangi Tonga Office. Photo still, by Mary Lyn Fonua. 15 January 2022 ...
Human trafficking suspect held in custody | Matangi Tonga
2 days ago · Updated on Tuesday, October 15, 2024 - 13:19. Nuku'alofa, Tonga. A reported case of alleged human trafficking was discovered by Tonga's Technical Working Group (TWG) for Trafficking in Persons (TIP) last Monday, 7 October. The suspected trafficker was arrested and held in Police custody. The TWG is headed by Tonga's Director of Immigration.
Tonga repatriation flights deferred to next year
Nov 17, 2021 · The repatriation flights that were scheduled to arrive in Tonga at the end of this year have been "all deferred to next year", MEIDECC confirmed today. Meanwhile, all of the 215 repatriates from Christchurch, including the COVID-19 case who was later confirmed as a historical case, were released from quarantine yesterday, after testing negative to COVID-19 in …