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  • Friday 15 January 2016 5:47pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The price of petrol, diesel and kerosene for Tonga will continue to decrease from this month to February, starting from Monday 18 January.
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  • Friday 15 January 2016 5:24pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga Asset Managers and Associates Ltd. (TAMA) presented its first dividend of $50,000 to Hon. Poasi Tei, Minister of Public Enterprises, for its shareholder, the Government of Tonga on 9 December.
  • Friday 15 January 2016 5:03pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga Airports Ltd. has declared a $1.3 million pa'anga annual dividend for 2014-15 - its highest dividend amount payable to its shareholder the Government of the Kingdom of Tonga.
  • Thursday 14 January 2016 8:40pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Teufaiva Stadium in Nuku'alofa, currently in a very poor condition, is scheduled for a $24 million pa'anga reconstruction project in preparation for Tonga's hosting of the 2019 Pacific Games.
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  • Thursday 14 January 2016 8:18pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The Free Church of Tonga has bought the Mauna Ziona church property sold for $51,000 dollars during an auction earlier this week in Hawaii.
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  • Thursday 14 January 2016 5:19pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : New Year weddings for 2016 have kept the Registry Office in Nuku’alofa busy with more than 30 marriages registered since last week, when government offices resumed working on 4 January after the holidays. Photos by Linny Folau.
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  • Thursday 14 January 2016 5:10pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Strong El Nino conditions, peaking in Tonga in recent weeks, have been among the three strongest El Nino events of the past 50-years, suggested by temperatures recorded in the tropical Pacific Ocean. Rainfall outlook for the next three-months is below average, with a higher chance of a tropical cyclone for Tonga.
  • Thursday 14 January 2016 2:26pm


    Kent, United Kingdom
    : The United Nations recently claimed that the Millennium Development Goal that focused on primary education increased global enrolment from 83% to 91%. Despite these gains, today it is estimated that 124 million children do not attend school and 757 million adults are illiterate.
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  • Wednesday 13 January 2016 8:00pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : “In the sweat of thy face, shall thou eat bread...” PM ‘Akilisi Pohiva told hundreds of civil servants who attended the Public Service Thanksgiving Prayer Service at the Queen Salote Memorial Hall yesterday, 12 January.
  • Wednesday 13 January 2016 7:59pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A new spring water system for Houma village on the outer island of ‘Eua was commissioned on Monday, 11 January.
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  • Wednesday 13 January 2016 7:52pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Annie Joseph who is of Tongan descent died in a hospital in Vanuatu on Thursday, 7 January after allegedly collapsing at her home in a suspected domestic violence case.
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  • Wednesday 13 January 2016 7:46pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Police have ruled out any suspicion in regards to the death of German man, Wolfgang Borner (59) who was found dead at sea in ‘Eua on December 30, 2015.
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  • Tuesday 12 January 2016 6:00pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Two men were released on bail today after they were stopped from leaving Tonga at Fua’amotu International Airport on Monday, 11 January, and charged with using forged documents in relation to forged Tongan passports.
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  • Tuesday 12 January 2016 5:44pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga's Supreme Court has yet to confirm a date for the delivery of a judgment that will decide the fate of Hon ‘Etuate Lavulavu as the Vava’u No. 16 People’s Representative to Parliament.
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  • Tuesday 12 January 2016 5:28pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Police are searching for two men who robbed a Chinese shop in Fasi on Saturday night, 9 January, allegedly using an air gun.
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  • Monday 11 January 2016 5:54pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga’s most lucrative rugby tournament, the Lavengamalie Rugby Cup Tournament offering $168,900 cash prizes ended on Saturday, 9 January, at Teufaiva Stadium when the Marist Rangers walked away with the top prize of $35,000 pa’anga. In second place was Spartans with $20,000.
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  • Friday 8 January 2016 11:04pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Nukunuku rugby team took the Division 2 prize of $12,000 this afternoon, 8 January, in the finals of the Lavengamalie Cup Tournament 2015-16 at Teufaiva Stadium in Nuku’alofa, scoring 43-7 against Malapo’s ‘Ahiohio rugby team. Photos by Caroline Manu Moli.
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  • Thursday 7 January 2016 7:20pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Mateni Topui (62) from the village of Navutoka, in eastern Tongatapu died at Vaiola Hospital on Monday morning 4 January after drinking from a bottle of hazardous weed killing chemicals, which is alleged was mistaken for Tongan medicine.
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  • Thursday 7 January 2016 6:59pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Dr Audrey Aumua has been appointed as the new Deputy Director-General of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), and a representative of the Director-General of the SPC, Dr Colin Tukuitonga to Suva, Fiji.
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  • Wednesday 6 January 2016 5:24pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A German national, Wolfgang Borner (59) was found dead at sea in ‘Eua on 30 December, after he was reported missing on 28 December.
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