PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT from MINISTRY OF FINANCE

The Public are hereby notified, that as we are approaching the end of the financial year, the TREASURY COUNTER of the Ministry of Finance will have extended opening hours from 4.30PM to 7.00PM on the following days. Tuesday 21st June, Thursday 23rd June, and Monday 27th of June 2022. For Wednesday 29th and Thursday 30th June, the Treasury will OPEN to the Public up to 8PM in the evening. Please note – that during this period – the Treasury Counter, will be closed during the lunch hour from 12.30PM to 1.30PM.

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DUE TO ONGOING COVID-19 LOCKDOWN AND RESTRICTIONS

ADB ANNOUNCES USD0.5 MILLION GRANT TO HELP TONGA IN RELIEF EFFORTS

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced a USD500,000 (1.13 million pa’anga) grant to the Government of Tonga to help restore life-sustaining services following the extensive damage from an undersea volcanic eruption and subsequent tsunami in Tonga and around the Pacific.