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Monday 1 December 2003 10:14am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A Royal Commission of Inquiry to probe into the operation of the Royal Tongan Airlines was established by the Tongan government in early November, and aims to present a report by December 14. - Matangi Tonga, Vol. 18, No. 3
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Monday 1 December 2003 10:12am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Reaching out to Tongan women to explain their rights, and to help eliminate discrimination against them, is the aim of a newly formed women's working group. -Matangi Tonga, Vol. 18, No. 3 Premium content -
Monday 1 December 2003 10:09am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Rev. Simote Vea said that sermons tend to be prophetical and they are worried that with the new draconian law restricting free speech, if government will try to prosecute church ministers who are prophesying things which may sound anti-government. -Matangi Tonga, Vol. 18, No. 3 Premium content -
Monday 1 December 2003 10:06am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongan communities realise they need new skills and more income. - Matangi Tonga, Vol. 18, No. 3 Premium content -
Monday 1 December 2003 10:04am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Human smuggling in all it forms remain an unforgivable crime, according to Denis Nihill, the regional Representative of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). Denis visited Tonga in September. - Matangi Tonga, Vol. 18, No. 3 Premium content -
Monday 1 December 2003 10:02am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Reconstruction of Tonga High School started on October 9, three years after a fire destroyed over $3 million pa'anga worth of classrooms and equipment at the kingdom's leading secondary school. - Matangi Tonga, Vol. 18, No. 3 Premium content -
Monday 1 December 2003 9:56am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Disregarding strong public protests and the opposition of People's Representatives, the Tongan Government pushed through a bill for Constitutional change on October 16. - Matangi Tonga, Vol. 18, No. 3 Premium content -
Monday 1 December 2003 9:53am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga government has introduced one of the heaviest penalties for drug offenders imposed by any government in the region. -Matangi Tonga, Vol. 18, No. 3 Premium content -
Monday 1 December 2003 9:45am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Under Tonga's Constitutional Monarchy system of Government the final executive decision-making power remains with the King. Therefore the burden of finding a solution to Tonga's current economic and Constitutional crises rests squarely on the shoulders of King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV. - Editor's Comment. Matangi Tonga, Vol. 18, No. 3 Premium content -
Monday 1 December 2003 9:45am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A study of the level of corruption in Tonga is expected to be completed before the end of the year, and made public by March 2004. Dr Peter Larmour, from the National Centre for Development Studies at the Australian National University, the institution carrying out the study, said in Nuku'alofa at the end of October that they will use the National Integrity Systems approach that was pioneered by Transparency International, and had been successfully carried out in 18 countries. -Matangi Tonga, Vol. 18, No. 3 Premium content -
Monday 1 December 2003 9:43am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tongan Parliament's decision to do away with use of the British Civil Liberty Law will hurt some Tongan families who were hoping to emigrate to New Zealand and Australia. Now that they are illegal, Tongan adoptions will not be recognised by other countries. -Matangi Tonga, Vol. 18, No. 3 Premium content -
Monday 1 December 2003 9:40am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tongan government as the principal shareholder in Royal Tongan Airlines will be required to inject $20.6 million pa...anga into RTA over the 13 months between June 2003 and July 2004 in order for the company to achieve and then retain solvency, according to advise from KPMG Financial Advisory Services. - Matangi Tonga, Vol. 18, No. 3 Premium content -
Monday 1 December 2003 9:39am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Royal Tongan Airlines 757 holds 166 passenger seats and its Loading Factor average until June 2003 was 90 to 100 passengers per flight. - Matangi Tonga, Vol. 18, No. 3 Premium content -
Monday 1 December 2003 9:33am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongans are putting their hopes and money on a struggling national airline.. Tonga's national airline, Royal Tongan Airlines, has been losing money ever since its new international air service started on 25 November 2002. -Matangi Tonga, Vol. 18, No. 3 Premium content -
Monday 1 December 2003 9:30am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Dr Adrienne L. Kaeppler, an anthropologist who writes on the arts and material culture, received the Pacific Arts Association...s prestigious Frigate Bird Award this year for her lifetime contribution to and excellence in the study of Pacific Arts. -Matangi Tonga, Vol. 18, No. 3, Premium content -
Monday 1 December 2003 9:19am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The reason why the Tongan Government decided to enact Media Bills and to amend Clause 7 of the Constitution so that they can control the local Media, remains a mystery. One thing that is clear, however, is that the new media legislation is vindictive, because it is meant to hurt. - Matangi Tonga, Vol. 18, No. 3 -
Wednesday 26 November 2003 5:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga government has introduced one of the heaviest penalties for drug offenders imposed by any government in the region. Premium content -
Wednesday 26 November 2003 3:42pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Talking of island states, “Big is useful, but small is beautiful," Sir Julius, a former Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, and a member of the Eminent Persons Group, said in Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Tuesday 25 November 2003 3:50pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new professional organisation of Tongan news media was officially registered in Nuku'alofa as an incorporated society on 11 November 2003. Premium content -
Tuesday 25 November 2003 3:38pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : In any disaster, there are always a few survivors and this is true of Tonga's squash industry this year. While most of the 2000 Tongan squash growers this season will face a huge financial loss because they will be paid only 15 to 20 seniti per kg of squash, a lucky few will receive between 61 and 84 seniti per kg. Premium content
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