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Wednesday 13 April 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's second contingent to Afghanistan departed Fua'amotu International Airport for the United Kingdom on an Air New Zealand commercial flight today Wednesday, April 13.
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Wednesday 13 April 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga is taking a stance against money laundering as local law enforcement and regulatory authorities are meeting in a two day workshop which opened in Nuku'alofa on April 12.
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Wednesday 13 April 2011
Phoenix, Arizona,USA
I read Hon. Edwards's speech to the Public Enterprises Directors. Why didn't we hear about the good news of the other five profit-makers in the program? Hon. Edward may learn that businesses are more productive when offered good economic news. When threatened with bad news, businesses will mitigate the risks, and downsize to avoid losses. - Sione Akemeihakau Mokofisi.
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Tuesday 12 April 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Two Asian shopkeepers in Tongatapu were robbed and threatened by masked men with a cane knife and a calvanized pipe, during two separate armed robberies last week.
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Tuesday 12 April 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tonga Rugby Union Authority will start fund raising for the ‘Ikale Tahi to participate in the Churchill Cup in the United Kingdom, the Pacific Nations Cup in Japan, a two-test series with Fiji, and the IRB’s Rugby World Cup 2011 in New Zealand. - Tonga Rugby Union Authority.
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Monday 11 April 2011
Auckland, New Zealand
A group of Auckland-Tongan outrigger canoe enthusiasts are keen to get young Tongans interested in the sport.
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Monday 11 April 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Crown Law's appeal against the quashing of a perjury indictment against Ramsay Robertson Dalgety will be dealt with on papers this week by Tonga's Court of Appeal.
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Monday 11 April 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The judgement in Tonga's first case of trafficking persons, expected today, has been adjourned by Justice Shuster to April 26 at the Supreme Court in Nuku'alofa.
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Monday 11 April 2011
London, UK
The Kingdom of Tonga was centre stage in London last week after the competition to find the World's "Maddest" Rugby Fan was officially launched at London's prestigious New Zealand House.
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Monday 11 April 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's growing reliance on imports to meet its protein needs, threatens the nation's food security, and this was a concern discussed at a regional FAO meeting in Vava'u last week.
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Monday 11 April 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A former male employee at the ANZ Bank, Tonga, who is accused of fraudulently converting over $90,000 pleaded not guilty to 10 charges, when appearing the Supreme Court in Nuku'alofa on Friday, April 8.
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Monday 11 April 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A teenager who admitted stealing $9,000 worth of goods and cash from members of a visiting U-16 Oceania AFL team in December, 2010, received an 18-months suspended sentence and was ordered to spend 120 hours of community service picking up rubbish.
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Sunday 10 April 2011
Manila, Philippines
The ADB Board of Directors recently approved a technical assistance of around $12.4 million under the Promoting Energy Efficiency in the Pacific (Phase 2) to help consumers use power more efficiently in the Cook Islands, Papua New Guinea (PNG), Samoa, Tonga, and Vanuatu. - ADB.
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Friday 8 April 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga will hold its first Sustainable Energy Expo next week, April 12-13 to raise awareness about energy efficiency options, and will showcase the wide range of sustainable energy products and services available to Tongan consumers. - Ministry of Information.
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Thursday 7 April 2011
Noumea, New Caledonia
Pacific Energy Ministers have endorsed the Framework for Action on Energy Security in the Pacific (FAESP) and its associated implementation plan. They approved the framework and implementation plan at a special session of the inaugural joint Regional Meeting of Ministers for Energy, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Transport at the SPC headquarters in Noumea, New Caledonia. - SPC.
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Thursday 7 April 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
THE Speaker of the Israeli Knesset, or Parliament, Hon Reuven Rivlin visited Tonga for the first time on April 7, and joined in a tau'olunga with nurses during a presentation at the Tonga National Centre.
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Thursday 7 April 2011
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Tonga has been confirmed as one of the 21 Council members of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) at the end of its inaugural assembly at Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, April 5.
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Thursday 7 April 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
PACIFIC governments need to put adequate priority into national budgets for the development of agriculture, said the FAO Director-General Mr Jacques Diouf, who opened the Ninth FAO South West Pacific Ministers of Agriculture Meeting in Vava'u on April 5.
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Thursday 7 April 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A judgement on Tonga's first case of human trafficking will be delivered in the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court on Monday April 11.
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Thursday 7 April 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tonga Court of Appeal 2011 Session will hear only eight appeal cases next week, including an appeal by the Crown Law against a judgment by Justice Robert Shuster to quash a perjury indictment against Lord Dalgety.
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