A man (50) was found guilty of possessing cannabis in a Popua home, per matangitonga.to.
In a related case, a husband was jailed while his wife received a suspended sentence for involvement in a cannabis bust, Bloomberg reports.
Tonga is bracing for at least one severe cyclone this season, as warned by local meteorologists, with the island nation also facing prolonged drought conditions, matangitonga.to notes.
The country's agricultural sector is under pressure from El Niño, with youth encouraged to turn to organic farming for resilience.
E14 places every story on a stack of fifteen floors, from the fields under everything to the planet acting as one. This one sits on E6, organisms; the pressure it names: substance abuse. Its words also reach E7 ecosystems, E12 states and E9 cultures.
Here it is a dynamic between organisms, ecosystems and states: possessing cannabis (E6 organisms), with severe cyclone, prolonged drought and El Niño (E7 ecosystems), and a husband and his wife (E12 states).
The floor of bodies and health. In this briefing: possessing cannabis.
The floor of weather and living systems. In this briefing: severe cyclone, prolonged drought, El Niño.
The floor of states and force. In this briefing: a husband, his wife.
The floor of culture and meaning. In this briefing: organic farming.