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EducationThursday, February 9, 2012 - 11:06Nuku'alofa, Tonga :
Tailulu College in Nuku’alofa opened a new library on January 30, in a renovation project that cost over $830,000 pa’anga.
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ParliamentThursday, February 9, 2012 - 10:20Nuku'alofa, Tonga :
As members of Tonga’s Parliament try to navigate their way through political reform with their newly inherited political control, they have found themselves struggling with the fact that the auditor general is under the jurisdiction of the Speaker and the Parliament itself. From the House, by Pesi Fonua.
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ParliamentTuesday, February 7, 2012 - 19:30Nuku'alofa, Tonga :
Tonga’s parliament has agreed today for a nine-members select committee to preside over a Motion to dismiss the auditor general for misconduct, after four and a half days deliberation in an emergency session. From the House, by Pesi Fonua.
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GovernmentTuesday, February 7, 2012 - 19:06Nuku'alofa, Tonga :
Six new CEO positions are expected to be finalized by the end of February. The Chairperson of the Public Service Commission, Mishka Tu’ifua told Matangi Tonga Online on February 7, that a new government structure as directed by Cabinet is to be implemented by July 1, 2012.
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From the CourtsTuesday, February 7, 2012 - 19:00Nuku'alofa,Tonga :
ord Tu’iha’ateiho will appear at the Nuku’alofa Magistrate’s Court on March 28 for a preliminary inquiry on a charge of unlawful possession of an automatic pistol without a licence.
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WeatherTuesday, February 7, 2012 - 13:20Nuku'alofa, Tonga :
The tropical cyclone warning previously in force for Vava’u and Ha’apai is now cancelled by the Tonga Meteorology Service, in a last special weather bulletin for today.
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WeatherTuesday, February 7, 2012 - 08:03Nadi, Fiji :
Tropical Cyclone Cyril, category 1 centre [987hpa] was located about 15 miles southwest of Vava’u or about 150 miles north-northeast of Nuku’alofa at 6:00 am this morning, 7 February 2012. Cyril is moving east-southeast at 18 knots, a Special Weather Bulletin from the RSMC - Nadi Tropical Cyclone Centre warns.
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WeatherTuesday, February 7, 2012 - 07:38Nuku'alofa, Tonga :
A tropical cyclone alert remains in force for Ha’apai, Vava’u and Tongatapu group. A strong wind warning remains in force for all Tonga land areas and coastal waters. Tropical depression 11f located near Lifuka, west of Tonga, is moving towards the east-southeast at 12 knots or about 22 km/hours. The depression may develop into a tropical cyclone within the next 12 or 24 hours, Tonga’s Meteorological Service warned in its Special Weather Bulletin at 6:20am today.
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Letters & CommentsMonday, February 6, 2012 - 16:15New Zealand :
Pohiva Tui’onetoa did a good interview, he just answered the questions the interviewer asked, about his jobs and tasks as Auditor General, laid down by the Act. He never made any comment, that in my view may harm the diplomatic relationship between Tonga and NZ. - Tasi ‘Ahio
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Press ReleasesMonday, February 6, 2012 - 15:31Manila, Philippines :
On the eve of World Cancer Day the World Health Organization (WHO) urged governments to strengthen national control programmes, including by raising awareness, amid an alarming rise of cancer cases. WHO’s Western Pacific Region bears a significant share of the global cancer burden, accounting for 32% of all cancers in 2008. There were slightly more than 4 million new cases of cancer in the region in 2008 – 2.31 million in men and 1.75 million in women. Nearly 2.6 million people in the region died from cancer in that year. - WHO.
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