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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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WEBFrom the Courts. Tuesday 10 September 2024 6:13pm. Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Pousima Vaioleti (29) was sentenced to 24 months imprisonment, with the last four months suspended, for the theft of a vehicle and other items valued at $50,580 from a 73-year-old man with hearing impairment in his home at Vaini.
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Vava’u cannabis offender imprisoned | Matangi Tonga
WEB1 day ago · Friday, September 27, 2024 - 16:42. Nuku'alofa, Tonga. By Linny Folau. Samiu Langa’oi (42) was jailed for four months, for the destruction of evidence, when he crushed a cannabis plant from a bucket outside his house, and unlawful possession of drugs utensil in Leimatu’a, Vava’u. Justice Tupou sentenced him on 20 September, 2024 at the ...
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WEBThe Tonga Development Bank will retain its CEO and Board Chairman, for the time being, pending the resolution of a dispute at trial, in an ongoing civil action against the National Reserve Bank of Tonga. Lord Chief Justice Malcolm Bishop, in a ruling on 19 September, also ordered that Tonga Development Bank (TDB) must still refrain from engaging in any economic development activities, without ...
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WEBSuva, Fiji: Wednesday, 18 September 2024, is a significant day in Oceania football when, for the first time in history, two teams will qualify for the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2025, to be played in Morocco. The qualifiers will be the winners of the OFC U-16 Women’s Championship semi-finals - first Samoa vs New Caledonia, second New Zealand vs Tonga.
Climate crisis: PM urges nations to keep 1.5°C warming limit
WEB2 days ago · By Katalina Siasau. The Climate change crisis has worsened conditions in the Pacific Islands, threatening lives, livelihood, and security its people, said PM Hon. Hu’akavameiliku, in his statement as Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), on Monday, 23 September, during the UN General Assembly Summit of the Future, in New York. “We call for urgent transformative global action to limit ...
Police officer suspended for fraud allegations | Matangi Tonga
WEB2 days ago · Updated on Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 09:41. A police officer has been suspended due to serious allegations of involvement in fraud, Tonga Police reported today. The unidentified police officer was suspended pursuant to section 79 (1) (a) (b) (c) and (2) (a) (b) of the Tonga Police Act, Police stated. While on suspension, all police powers ...
Young Tongans becoming champions of climate action
WEB2 days ago · By Katalina Siasau. Young Tongans have an important role to play as champions of renewable energy and climate action. An effort to strengthen youth involvement in the government's climate agenda, involved more than 80 youth representatives from various agencies and communities in a three-day Youth Capacity Building Workshop on Renewable Energy and Climate Finance, earlier this month, in …
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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