Tonga's Prime Minister Dr Pohiva Tu’i’onetoa has renewed the Declaration of a State of Emergency related to the coronavirus pandemic to Monday, 15 February.
A 26-year-old mother of Folaha in Tongatapu has been arrested and charged with assault and bodily harm, in relation to the alleged abuse of a three-year-old child.
While dog shelters were left empty and people in Australia had to wait months for a dog due to the surge in demand during the COVID-19 pandemic, Tonga's main island of Tongatapu has had the opposite problem.
The Australian Federal Police (AFP), working with Queensland and Victoria Police, Australian Border Force (ABF), Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) and the Royal Papua New Guinea...