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  • Tuesday 1 December 2015 8:58pm


    Bali, Indonesia
    : The United States is on a collision course with Pacific nations as it attempts to get itself off the hook on a fishing deal signed in September.
  • Tuesday 1 December 2015 8:18pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Palu Vulase Teumohenga (18) Dux of Tonga High School for 2015 plans to continue her studies to become a doctor at Fiji School of Medicine next year.
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  • Monday 30 November 2015 6:29pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A petition to revoke the appointment of the Prime Minister, Hon. Samuela 'Akilisi Pohiva as the Minister of Education, and Hon. 'Etuate Lavulavu as the Acting Minister of Education is in limbo.
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  • Monday 30 November 2015 6:17pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A Mai e 5 campaign that promotes healthier food choices and eating among children, today awarded prizes to primary schools and principals who championed efforts to improve their health by eating fruits and vegetables. Photos by Linny Folau.
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  • Monday 30 November 2015 6:04pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A trial to hear an election petition filed against the Minister of Tourism and Vava’u No.16 People’s Representative to Parliament Hon ‘Etuate Lavulavu which was to continue today was further adjourned to Tuesday, 1 December in Neiafu.
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  • Monday 30 November 2015 6:03pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A judgement over the legitimacy of the succession by Lord Fielakepa to the hereditary title Fielakepa will be delivered on Friday, 4 December after he was challenged in a land case brought by his nephew, Tupou Tongaliuaki Aleamotu’a, at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court.
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  • Monday 30 November 2015 5:45pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : As world leaders began to arrive in the French capital to finalise a global agreement on climate change, almost all the independent islands of the Pacific had submitted their new climate action plan – but not Tonga.
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  • Monday 30 November 2015 11:53am


    Paris, France
    : Ten Pacific leaders are on the official batting order to address the world when the final rounds of negotiations for a new agreement on climate change opens in Paris today. They are from Kiribati, Marshall islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Tuvalu, Fiji, Nauru, Palau, Cook Islands, Samoa and Papua New Guinea.
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  • Monday 30 November 2015 9:40am


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : This is perhaps the most embarrassing and disappointing news about a Tongan government in the most recent times. This PM was well known for preaching against the previous Kings and their system of government, for not allowing justice and the voice of the people to be heard by the Government. - Rev Dr Ma'afu'otu'itonga Palu
  • Sunday 29 November 2015 8:54pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A tropical cyclone warning for Niuatoputapu has been been cancelled this evening and replaced with a strong wind warning as Tropical Cyclone Tuni moves away from Tonga’s northern islands. Telephone services for the remote Niuas are currently disrupted by the windy conditions.
  • Sunday 29 November 2015 1:58pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Prime Minister 'Akilisi Pohiva has brought Tonga to an all-time moral low! The "new standard" for government officials is that it is okay to be corrupt as long as you admit you are corrupt when you get caught. We must remove the Prime Minister Now! – Sione Masa.
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  • Sunday 29 November 2015 12:27pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : On its current track Tropical Cyclone Tuni is expected to lie 180km east of Niuatoputapu at 07:00pm this evening, the Fua'amotu Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre advised at 10:00am Sunday 29 November 2015. The next advisory will be issued at 1:00pm.
  • Sunday 29 November 2015 12:05pm


    Paris, France
    : This weekend, representatives and heads of government from around the world arrive in Paris to prepare for the two weeks marathon negotiations that is expected to come up with a legally binding global climate agreement. The new agreement on 11 December could be the most important and significant achievement of any climate summits since Kyoto in 1997. By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor at COP21
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  • Saturday 28 November 2015 5:27pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A tropical depression TD03F center (996hpa) located to the north northwest of Niuatoputapu is slowly intensifying and could possibly become a tropical cyclone in the next 6-18 hours the Fua'amotu Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre advised this afternoon at 4:00pm Saturday 28 November 2015.
  • Friday 27 November 2015 5:40pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The Prime Minister, Hon. ‘Akilisi Pohiva this afternoon, at a Press Conference, sentenced Hon. ‘Etuate Lavulavu for corruption by terminating his ministerial post as Minister of Infrastructure but retained him as Minister of Tourism without pay for five months as from January 2016. No questions were allowed.
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  • Friday 27 November 2015 5:03pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Susitina Ta’ai (17) of Matahau was named Dux of ‘Apifo‘ou College on Friday, 27 November at the Bishop Patelesio Finau and Knight Sofele Kalala Hall, in Ma'ufanga.
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  • Friday 27 November 2015 4:59pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga’s Former Prime Minister Lord Sevele will lead a Commonwealth Observers Group to the Seychelles Presidential Election that will be held on December 3-5.
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  • Friday 27 November 2015 4:54pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A specialist urology team from Australia with local health staff provided free diagnostic and treatment services at Vaiola Hospital from November 17-23.
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  • Friday 27 November 2015 4:47pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Police have named a drowing victim, as Haini Muller (24) from Fatai, who drowned at Hufangalupe Beach, Vaini on 26 November.
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  • Friday 27 November 2015 2:23pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Meeting business women in Tonga and learning about their entrepreneurial journeys, was Christine Forster from the Asian Development Bank Private Sector Development Initiative (PSDI), who was in Nuku’alofa from November 23-17 as part of a review across six Pacific countries.
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