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  • Friday 19 October 2012 10:30pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga has been awarded the right to host the 2019 Pacific Games by the General Assembly in Wallis & Futuna this evening, 19 October, 2012.
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  • Friday 19 October 2012 6:47pm
    Tonga's King Tupou VI


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga has abundant food but it does not balance with our efforts to be active, and much fertile land was neglected, HM King Tupou VI said in opening Tongatapu's two-day Royal Agricultural Show 2012 at the Manamo'ui grounds in 'Atele, this afternoon Friday October 19. He urged Tongans to increase the acreage of land farmed from around 12 percent to make 50 percent of the land productive.
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  • Friday 19 October 2012 3:43pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Two new Tongan stamps, one featuring the Prime Minister, Lord Tu'ivakano, and the other featuring Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, were released by Tonga Post on Friday, 12 October, World Post Day.
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  • Thursday 18 October 2012 10:03pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga A will play Fiji Warriors at Teufaiva Stadium tomorrow afternoon, Friday October 19, in the final game of the Pacific Leg of the 2012 IRB Pacific Rugby Cup.
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  • Thursday 18 October 2012 9:48pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : King Tupou VI reminded members of parliament to put aside their individual needs and political rivalries and to work together in the best interests of the country so that Tonga could make progress, in his statement for the closing of Parliament this morning, after a year of many challenges.
  • Thursday 18 October 2012 9:34pm


    NUku'alofa, Tonga
    : At the end of the Tonga Legislative Assembly's 2012 session, early today, Hon. Siosifa Tu'utafaiva, the Chairman of its Whole House Committee, was named by the Prime Minister, Lord Tu'ivakano, as the Tongan Parliamentarian of the year. From the House, by Pesi Fonua.
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  • Thursday 18 October 2012 4:30pm


    Pangai, Ha'apai
    : SPBD Microfinance has opened a new office in Pangai, Ha'apai, its third branch in Tonga, providing unsecured credit to low-income families.
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  • Wednesday 17 October 2012 6:09pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : HE Mr Yasuo Takase, Japan's first resident Ambassador to Tonga departs for Japan on Saturday, October 20 after three-years of service.
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  • Wednesday 17 October 2012 6:02pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga's Bid Team led by Prince Ata have arrived in 'Uvea to make a final bid for Tonga to host the 2019 Pacific Games, that will be decided on Friday, October 19.
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  • Wednesday 17 October 2012 5:50pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The 2012 session of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga will be closed tomorrow morning, Thursday October 18, by the Crown Prince Tupouto'a 'Ulukalala and two other nobles.
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  • Tuesday 16 October 2012 9:54pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A Bill to increase the government expenditure for the 2012-13 financial year by more than $4.1 million pa'anga was passed by the Tongan parliament this afternoon, including $305,000 to meet extra expenses of the House. From the House by Pesi Fonua.
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  • Tuesday 16 October 2012 6:55pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Heamani Lopeti who escaped from the Nuku'alofa Police Station was recaptured by police on Saturday, October 13 in connection with the armed robbery at a shop in Haveluloto. Two other suspects remain at large.
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  • Monday 15 October 2012 11:13pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : If the Fiji Warriors, the champions of the IRB Pacific Rugby Cup 2012, thought that they were going to have a cruising game this afternoon against Samoa A at Teufaiva Stadium, they were wrong, as the Samoans appeared determined not to leave Tonga without a win. By Pesi Fonua.
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  • Monday 15 October 2012 7:40pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : After the home of ‘Ofa ‘Amanaki at Ma'ufanga was gutted by fire early on Sunday October 14, the Tonga Red Cross had responded immediately to assist the family, Sione Taumoefolau, the Secretary General of TRC, said today.
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  • Monday 15 October 2012 6:57pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : HM King Tupou VI opened a one-day 'Eua Royal Agricultural Show 2012 on Friday, October 12 at the Malau 'o Vailahi grounds in Niu'eiki.
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  • Monday 15 October 2012 6:48pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A 16-year-old boy has died and two other people left injured when a mini-bus swerved off the road, after colliding with another car at an intersection in Kolomotu'a, and hit three people who were enjoying a home barbecue, last Friday evening, October 12.
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  • Sunday 14 October 2012 11:26pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga's government is once again trying to drastically reduce penalties for the illegal possession of firearms and ammunition, by reintroducing a controversial amendment bill, despite the fact that the late King George Tupou V withheld his consent in 2011 because it was considered to be "inimical to the welfare, well-being and safety of His subjects."
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  • Sunday 14 October 2012 3:23pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The Tonga Breast Cancer Society Inc. raised over $3,000 from a Pink Luncheon and auction attended by over 100 people at the Scenic Hotel, Fua'amotu on Saturday October 13.
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  • Saturday 13 October 2012 9:19pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The Tonga A rugby team had their first win in the 2012 IRB Pacific Rugby Cup competition, by beating Samoa A 20-18 at Teufaiva Stadium, Nuku'alofa on Thursday, 11 October.
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  • Friday 12 October 2012 4:09pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Lord Lasike was acquitted this morning on a charge of illegal possession of ammunitions without a license, after his appeal against his conviction was allowed by Tonga's Court of Appeal.
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