Tonga

An increase in Tonga Police drugs operations and special operations in the financial year 2023-24 has seen the number of illicit drug-related offences increase, along with dramatic increases in Class A drugs and cash seizures, compared to the previous year. Traffic offences reached an all-time high of 16,704 offences, according to the Tonga Police Annual Report 2023-24

Dramatic increase in Class A drugs and cash seizures, revealed in Police Report ↗

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Tonga's Civil Aviation Office announced via Facebook this morning, its suspension of the Lulutai Airlines Ltd's Part 145 Maintenance Certificate, stating it was due to "confirmed breaches of the Civil Aviation Rules."

"Lulutai knows what to do," says Tonga Civil Aviation authority ↗

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Tevita Lui’s claim to evict Saralee Soakai from his tax allotment in Toula, Vava’u was dismissed after a Land Court judge ruled that a Tenancy Agreement remains in force until 2055, and there was no breach in the agreement.

Land owner’s claim fails to evict tenant in Toula, Vava’u ↗

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A Commonwealth delegation will visit Tonga to host a high-level dialogue for members of the executive, legislature, and judiciary on the Latimer House Principles, from 23 to 24 July.

Commonwealth to host Latimer House dialogue in Tonga ↗

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Tonga's Minister of Tourism, Hon. Mo'ale Finau is stranded in Ha'apai along with at least 69 visitors who currently have no way out, after Tonga's Civil Aviation Division (CAD) suspended the Lulutai Airlines Ltd. domestic operations of two small aircraft, citing safety reasons, on Friday, 18 July. Hon. Finau told Matangi Tonga this afternoon that he does not yet know how many

69 visitors and tourism minister stranded in Ha'apai islands ↗

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Penisimani Foukimoana Koli Moa (33) was imprisoned for one year and eight months imprisonment after he entered the Emerald Hotel and pointed a .22 pistol at the forehead of an employee. “The defendant foolishly thought it appropriate to carry in his trouser pocket an unlicensed .22 pistol, while out drinking,” stated the judge.

Trespasser who pointed pistol at hotel employee, jailed ↗

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Nina Halatanu won her claim against her late husband’s first wife and heir to evict them from a town allotment in Nukuleka, in a ruling by a Land Court judge who found that, for the time being, no rights exceed hers as widow.

Widow wins claim to evict first wife from late husband's allotment ↗

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Tonga has won the Women's Tennis gold medal at the 2025 Oceania Tennis Federation (OTF) Pacific Nations Cup, which took place from 30 June to 5 July in Pago Pago, American Samoa.

Tonga wins Women's Tennis at Pacific Nations Cup in Pago Pago ↗

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