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  • Friday 3 October 2014 4:44pm
    World Teachers' Day Tonga


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Hundreds of teachers paraded through central Nuku’alofa today to commemorate the World Teacher’s Day 2014 under a theme 'Invest in the future, invest in teachers'.
  • Friday 3 October 2014 11:58am


    Canberra, Australia
    : Tonga's HRH Crown Prince Tupouto'a 'Ulukalala represented Tonga's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade at a diplomatic training programme held in Canberra recently.
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  • Thursday 2 October 2014 9:28pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A planned resignation by the four members of the Public Service Commission (PSC) was avoided this week when it was discovered that there was a missing link between the Prime Minister's Office and the Commissioners.
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  • Thursday 2 October 2014 8:46pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : There are now more Mormons in Tonga than Catholics, making Mormonism (LDS church) the second largest Christian denomination in the Kingdom after Methodism. Tonga is also the world’s “most Mormon country”, having a higher proportion of Mormons per capita than any other nation.
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  • Thursday 2 October 2014 7:21pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : John Paul Chapman (33) was elected as the new President of the Tonga Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc. for 2014-15 at the Annual General Meeting on September 29.
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  • Wednesday 1 October 2014 5:50pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The night of 8 to 9 October this year will bring us another lunar eclipse, almost equal to the one of the 15 April seen in Tonga. By Firitia Velt.
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  • Wednesday 1 October 2014 5:42pm
    Pink October


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer seen in women in Tonga and so far this year 12 have undergone surgery, so early detection is a very important factor for the best health outcome, Lord Tangi said today at the launch of the Pink October Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
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  • Tuesday 30 September 2014 11:09pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : King Tupou VI supported the call to urgently address the adverse impact of climate change, when he addressed the United Nation’s General Assembly on Saturday 27 September in New York, United States.
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  • Tuesday 30 September 2014 11:04pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Lemasingo Tanya Nai (26) is the youngest candidate to confirm that she will be contesting the parliamentary seat for Tongatapu Constituency No. 9 in Tonga’s November 27 General Election.
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  • Tuesday 30 September 2014 1:52pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Ko e fokotu'u fakakaukau 'eni ke hanga 'ehe Pule'anga 'o fokotu'u ha 'Komisoni Fekumi ki he Mo'oni' (sort of Truth Commission) he vave taha ke nau fekumi ki he mo'oni kakato 'o e 'uhinga na'e hoko ai 'a e 16/11. – S. Tu'itupou Fotu.
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  • Monday 29 September 2014 9:00pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The inflation rate for the month of August this year 2014 was almost three times higher than the inflation rate for the month of August last year 2013.
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  • Monday 29 September 2014 8:53pm


    Washington DC,USA
    : The world’s largest fully protected marine will be created in the central Pacific Ocean by the United States President Barack Obama.
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  • Monday 29 September 2014 8:44pm


    Dubai, UAE
    : In today’s crisis of extremism, we must recognize that we are just as interdependent for our security, as is clear in the current struggle to defeat ISIS. What we are fighting is not just a terrorist organization, but the embodiment of a malicious ideology that must be defeated intellectually. – Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
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  • Monday 29 September 2014 6:00pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tongatapu recorded more than 5000 people out of over 8000 newly registered voters to vote in Tonga’s upcoming General Election on November 27, 2014.
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  • Monday 29 September 2014 5:23pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A Police Remembrance Day, honouring police officers who passed away over the past years was held at the Tonga Police Headquarters in Longolongo today, September 29.
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  • Saturday 27 September 2014 10:46am


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A decision by Tonga's Civil Aviation Authority to certify a Y12 aircraft without addressing demands by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to upgrade its aircraft certification system has thrown Tonga's domestic air service into a state of uncertainty.
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  • Friday 26 September 2014 4:25pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : New water systems were handed over by the Japanese Ambassador to Tonga HE Dr Kazuchika Hamuro to three villages in Vava’u this week.
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  • Thursday 25 September 2014 10:22pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The rebuilding of 114 core houses destroyed by Tropical Cyclone Ian in Ha'apai in January 2014, is expected to start next month to be completed early next year, by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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  • Thursday 25 September 2014 4:09pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : An August completion report by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has indicated challenges facing privatization and fiscal sustainability in Tonga.
  • Wednesday 24 September 2014 7:21pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Hundreds of women dressed in their finest white gathered in Nuku’alofa today for their annual ‘Faka-Sepitema’ roll call at the Chiefly Church of Tonga, Constitutional Church of Tonga, Free Church of Tonga and the Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga.
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