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Tuesday 24 December 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Pacific Islands Tuna Industry Association (PITIA) elected a new chairman for its board of directors at its annual general meeting last week 20 December 2013 in Nuku'alofa.
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Friday 20 December 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tropical tuna fishing needs to be controlled says a disappointed Pacific Island Tuna Industries Association (PITIA) this week, charging the Western & Central Pacific Fishery Commission (WCPFC) with failing to protect the interests of Pacific Islands tuna industries and leaving the southern albacore longline fishery “open for another year of plundering.”
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Thursday 19 December 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's fishing industry remains in a sad state with only one commercial tuna fishing boat in operation in what should be one of its most dynamic economic sectors, says Semisi Fakahau a Tongan fisheries consultant.
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Monday 16 December 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A five years jail sentence given to Pita Driti, a former Brigadier-General of the Royal Fijian Military Force, by the Fiji High Court's Mr Justice Madigan on Wednesday December 11 contradicts an earlier jury decision, says Ratu Tevita Mara, who is taking refuge in Tonga.
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Friday 13 December 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Pacific Islands fisheries development projects have received USD$45 million in allocations from the European Union over the last four years to help promote sustainable management of fisheries resources and with the aim of ensuring maximum economic returns for the region from the resources. However, the countries in the region are mainly responsible for their own development - based on national strategies, the European Union reported.
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Tuesday 10 December 2013
Port Vila, Vanuatu
Three Tongan students graduated from the University of the South Pacific's School of Law on Friday, 6 December in Port Vila, Vanuatu. HM King Tupou VI conferred the degrees as Chancellor of the university.
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Saturday 7 December 2013
Cairns, Australia
Greenpeace has expressed its disappointment that the Pacific tuna talks which ended in Cairns yesterday have failed to take action to end overfishing of the region's valuable tuna stocks, which it says is in a dire state “as the region is robbed of its resources”.
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Friday 6 December 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga and Tuvalu are among thirteen countries that have not signed a global treaty to ban nuclear tests and are being urged to sign and or ratify the treaty as soon as possible. .
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Friday 6 December 2013
Cairns, Australia
Overfishing of tuna in the Pacific Islands has led to calls to substantially reduce fishing effort for Big-eye and Bluefin and to introduce strengthened catch limits for Albacore. Meeting in Cairns, Australia this week, Pacific islands delegates to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) are renewing their efforts for sustainable management of tuna stocks.
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Thursday 5 December 2013
Honiara, Solomon Islands
Miss Tonga Rosemarie Fili (23) is one of 10 contestants vying for the Miss South Pacific title 2013/2014, held this week in Honiara, Solomon Islands.
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Tuesday 26 November 2013
Sydney, Australia
The economic loss suffered by the Pacific region could range from 2.9% to as high as 12.7% of annual GDP by 2100, according to Economics of Climate Change in the Pacific, a new study from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) that was published recently.
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Tuesday 26 November 2013
Sydney, Australia
The Japan International Cooperation Agency JICA has become a new partner to the Pacific Region Infrastructure Facility PRIF, the Asian Development Bank ADB announced today, 26 November.
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Wednesday 20 November 2013
Sydney, Australia
Central bankers from six Pacific Island countries including Tonga, are in Sydney this week, looking at ways to strengthen mobile banking in the region.
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Tuesday 19 November 2013
Nadi, Fiji
An American national of Tongan ethnicity has been charged for bribery of a public official and illegal possession of arms and ammunition after he attempted to smuggle firearms and ammunition past security officials at Fiji‘s Nadi Airport last week.
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Friday 15 November 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Commissioner of a newly established Global Ocean Commission, Aliki Faipule Foua Toloa from Tokelau is visiting Tonga this week. He aims to voice Pacific Islands concerns on the ocean to world leaders.
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Monday 11 November 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tonga government's refusal to bring an international aviation authority to certify the MA60 aircraft gifted by China, has strained Tonga’s relationship with New Zealand during the past three months.
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Thursday 7 November 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Democracy is founded on the participation of all members of society, both men and women, and this concept is at the core of a modern parliament, said Brigitte Filion, a spokesperson from the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) at a two day Pacific Parliamentary Partnerships Meeting that opened today, November 7, in Nuku'alofa.
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Tuesday 5 November 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The 32nd Pacific Islands Law Officers Network (PILON) meeting opened today November 5 in Nuku'alofa at the Fa'onelua Convention Centre.
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Tuesday 5 November 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Prime Minister, Lord Tu'ivakano is leading a Tongan delegation to the Second China Pacific Island Countries Economic Development and Cooperation Forum to be held in Guangzhou, China from 7-8 November.
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Sunday 3 November 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A two-day regional workshop on 'International Criminal Cooperation' which looked to strengthen cooperation in extradition and mutual assistance requests ended in Nuku’alofa on November 1, ahead of the 32nd PILON - Pacific Islands Law Officers’ Network Meeting next week.
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