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  • Wednesday 10 September 2014 12:37pm
    Taufatahi outrigger team


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga’s first women’s crew to compete at an international outrigger canoe competition leaves for Samoa this week to represent Tonga at the Alo Paopao Regatta Festival.
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  • Tuesday 9 September 2014 9:22pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Three mothers won the Business Women of the Year Awards 2014 on September 8 for establishing small businesses using the South Pacific Business Development Microfinance program. Photos by Linny Folau.
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  • Tuesday 9 September 2014 8:36pm


    Canberra, Australia
    : Tonga and Thailand are deepening diplomatic relations after discussing potential areas of cooperation, particularly in tourism and agriculture, in Canberra on September 5.
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  • Monday 8 September 2014 11:50pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tongan muscles were on display at the Mr Tonga 2014 bodybuilding competition held at Queen Salote Memorial Hall on Friday, September 5.
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  • Monday 8 September 2014 4:37pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The Tongan Parliament has abolished the responsibilities of the Lord Chancellor and the Judicial Appointments and Discipline Panel (JADP) when it passed bills to amend the Constitution, and for a Judicial and Legal Service Commission Act 2014 on August 28. From the House, by Pesi Fonua.
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  • Monday 8 September 2014 4:30pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Two Tongans from the USP (Tonga) campus will attend the World Peace Summit in South Korea from 17-19 September 2014.
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  • Saturday 6 September 2014 5:06pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : HM Queen Nanasipau'u opened the annual Queen Salote College Bazaar at the college hall this morning, and inspected traditional woven handicrafts made by the students at the popular event. Photos by Linny Folau.
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  • Friday 5 September 2014 7:02pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga's quest for its multi-million loans from the Exim Bank of China for the reconstruction of Nuku'alofa to be written-off, so far had been unsuccessful, the former Minister of Finance Lisiate 'Akolo told parliament before it closed on 28 August. From the House, by Pesi Fonua.
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  • Friday 5 September 2014 6:38pm


    Apia, Samoa
    : New sustainable energy partnerships were announced by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) on September 4 in Apia.
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  • Friday 5 September 2014 6:37pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Helen Penitani Sitani was awarded a scholarship in culinary to study at the Auckland University of Technology in Nadi last week.
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  • Friday 5 September 2014 6:29pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Three nobles will close the final session of Legislative Assembly of Tonga on Thursday, 11 September before the Tonga General Election in November.
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  • Thursday 4 September 2014 6:38pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Around 49,000 people have registered to vote in Tonga's General Election on 27 November, which is a 17 percent increase from the number who registered in the last General Election in 2010.
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  • Thursday 4 September 2014 5:43pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Two Tongan men (by ethnicity) are currently on death row and awaiting execution in the United States, according to a recent criminal justice report on death row inmates in America.
  • Thursday 4 September 2014 5:16pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga Communications Corporation and Vodafone Fiji have signed a strategic partnership alliance that will allow the Tongan telecommunications company to leverage the extensive industry experience of Vodafone Fiji.
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  • Thursday 4 September 2014 5:15pm


    Apia, Samoa
    : One in three Pacific children under the age of five are stunted, UNICEF's Olav Kjorven, told the Small Islands Developing States conference in Samoa this week. “Under nutrition early in life contributes directly to a propensity for obesity in adulthood. We need to address both sides of this issue,” he urged.
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  • Thursday 4 September 2014 11:44am


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Fokotu'u atu : Fēfē ke tau muimui pē he founga faka-Pilitaniá, 'aki hono fili 'e he kakaí honau kau Fakafofongá, pea fili 'e he kau Fakafofongá 'a e Palemiá. Pea tau faka-'Amelika leva he taimi ko é 'e fili ai 'e he Palēmiá 'e ne kau Minisitā ki he Kapinetí. – Tevita mo Senituli.
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  • Wednesday 3 September 2014 10:51pm


    Apia, Samoa
    : A new Pacific Partnership aimed to prevent and control non-communicable diseases was launched in Samoa on September 2.
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  • Wednesday 3 September 2014 10:43pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The Friendly Islands Triathlon (FIT) flag was flying on the shores of lake Toya in Hokkaido, Japan for the Hokkaido Ironman tournament in August.
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  • Wednesday 3 September 2014 10:33pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A week promoting the Tongan Language is currently being held in New Zealand,from 1-7 September.
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  • Wednesday 3 September 2014 3:57pm


    Apia, Samoa
    : Digicel Group called for a new submarine fibre optic cable to connect 12 Pacific Islands to Sydney, at a Private Sector Forum of the UN Conference on Small Island Developing States, in Samoa on August 31.
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