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Arts & Entertainment
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 18:40
Nuku'alofa, Tonga :
The Tonga National Arts and Handicrafts Association (TNAHA) presented beautiful Tongan carvings to thank its benefactors and supporters on Friday May 13 at the Langafonua ‘a Fafine Tonga Handicrafts Centre in Nuku’alofa.
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Health
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 18:01
Nuku'alofa, Tonga :
A netball program to combat Non Communicable Diseases - the main public health challenge in Tonga was launched in Nuku’alofa on 22 May, and for a second year will hold a national netball tournament and community outreach programs to encourage a more active and healthier lifestyle for Tongans.
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Foreign Affairs
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 16:54
Nuku'alofa, Tonga :
China is on track to achieve its Millennium Development Goals by 2015, and to establish a moderately prosperous society by 2020, Shi Guohui, the Vice-Governor of Binxian County, in central China told a Pacific Islands delegation on May 10. By Pesi Fonua.
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Justice
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 15:56
Nuku'alofa, Tonga :
An important development in Tonga’s criminal justice system, which will allow offenders to carry out Community Service under police supervision, will provide an alternative sentence to a jail term. Community service orders in most cases are imposed on first time offenders and young offenders.
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Economy
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 14:59
Nuku'alofa, Tonga :
The Commonwealth is encouraging the G20 group of the world’s major economies to ensure that it protects and supports the development of smaller economies.
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Sport
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 14:48
Nuku'alofa, Tonga :
The Pacific Nations Cup will commence this Saturday May 25, with the ‘Ikale Tahi taking on Japan’s “Brave Blossoms” in Yokohama, Japan.
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People
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 22:24
Nuku'alofa, Tonga :
Dagmar Dyck, a celebrated Auckland artist of Tongan heritage is exhibiting her latest work in Wellington’s Solander Gallery until June 15, 2013. The exhibition “Between the Lines…” combines the energies and colours of a modern Pacific landscape with the subtlety of customary tradition.
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Health
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 16:44
Nuku'alofa, Tonga :
An increasing number of Tonga’s youth are found to have diabetes, a disease that is incurable, and many of them have contracted diabetes because they eat the wrong foods. A Tonga Youth Diabetes Study Report 2013, released last week recommends a national screening of youths for the disease along with a national awareness campaign.
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Royalty & Nobility
Monday, May 20, 2013 - 17:28
Nuku'alofa, Tonga :
In a first photo, a new heir to the the Tongan throne, the new baby Prince Taufa’ahau Manumataongo Tuku’aho is being held by his mother Princess Sinaitakala (at left)
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Energy
Monday, May 20, 2013 - 16:08
Nuku'alofa, Tonga :
Tonga first 11kW wind turbine is ready to be commissioned for operation in June after its construction was completed on 16 May 2013 at Nakolo in Tongatapu.
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From the Courts
Saturday, May 18, 2013 - 18:33
Nuku'alofa, Tonga :
Tonga’s Chief Justice has refused an application by a former Prime Minister Lord Sevele and a former Minister of Transport Paul Karalus, for a judicial review of a report of a special parliamentary committee, because he did not find that the Supreme Court had any jurisdiction to review the internal proceedings of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga. The applicants were claiming that their reputations were damaged by a report of the parliamentary committee.
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Communications
Friday, May 17, 2013 - 14:04
Nuku'alofa, Tonga :
Tonga’s upcoming high speed broadband capacity welcomed in Nuku’alofa this morning when the Prime Minister Lord Tu’ivakano opened the Tonga National Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Day at the Queen Memorial Hall in Nuku’alofa. Matangi Tonga Online is working at a booth in the Hall and as you are reading this article your location is shown as a dot on a world map.
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Health
Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 17:37
Nuku'alofa, Tonga :
Diabetes cannot be cured, Tonga’s King Tupou VI said today and expressed concern that an increasing number of youth are being diagnosed with the disease in Tonga.
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From the Courts
Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 12:45
Nuku'alofa, Tonga :
Two policemen and another man who are accused of the manslaughter of a New Zealand police officer Kali Fungavaka, who died from injuries received in police custody in 2012, made their first appearance at the Supreme Court in Nuku’alofa before Mr Justice Charles Cato this morning, who will hear two appeals on June 24 before a trial date is set.
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Education
Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 12:35
Nuku'alofa, Tonga :
A plan to upgrade the Tonga campus of the University of the South Pacific was welcomed by Tonga’s Prime Minister Lord Tu’ivakano, when he opened the 76th Meeting of the USP Council in Nuku’alofa on May 15.
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Environment
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - 17:57
Nuku'alofa, Tonga :
Tonga has a high level of vulnerability to climate hazards and over the next five years will start planning to be better prepared to cope with the increased risks of climate change. Tonga is one of only three Pacific countries chosen to pilot a Strategic Program for Climate Resilience (SPCR) under a global climate change initiative. By Linny Folau
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Energy
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - 16:47
Nuku'alofa, Tonga :
Tonga’s prices of Petrol, Kerosene and Diesel will drop from May 16 in after the government approved lower prices from mid-May to mid-June.
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Outer Islands
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 - 22:20
Nuku'alofa, Tonga :
A beautiful picture of Tonga’s ‘Eua Island seen from space on a clear day was posted by astronaut Chris Hadfield in his twitter account recently.
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Education
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 - 17:07
Nuku'alofa, Tonga :
The 76th University of the South Pacific Council meeting to be held in Nuku’alofa on May 15-16, is expected to discuss the Fiji Crimes Decree and its liabilities for council members. The council’s two days deliberation will also look at the university’s Strategic Plan for the next six years, which includes development of an additional 14 acres of land for the USP in Tonga.
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Sport
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 - 17:05
Nuku'alofa, Tonga :
Tonga’s Under 20’s rugby team is preparing for the upcoming Junior World Rugby Trophy tournament starting in Temuco, Chile on May 28.
