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  • Thursday 8 September 2005 6:00pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The Tongan government was back in full operation today, according to Kelepi Makakaufaki, the Secretary for the Public Service Commission.
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  • Wednesday 7 September 2005 6:45pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : All striking teachers returned to work this morning in Tongatapu, according to Viliami Takau, the Director of Education.
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  • Wednesday 7 September 2005 6:15pm


    New Zealand
    : I think the first lot to be removed should start with the Minister of Education, the Director of Education and the three deputies named by the PSA letter of petition. The Minister of Education has quoted far too many bible quotes and with no real results in his part to bring in a resolution to the problems the teachers are now experiencing. - John Rambo
  • Wednesday 7 September 2005 6:15pm


    California, USA
    : Emotions are high and Tongans appear to be happy with the progress of the commoner's strike. Vava'u and Ha'apai continues to show support for the strike and live up to their names (i.e. whoop whoop to the 6 Ib.). - Rick Siale
  • Wednesday 7 September 2005 6:00pm


    UK
    : Prosperity has followed Tonga in the past decades. But it has outweighted the abuse of power and failures of this Government. The inflations, tax rise, consumption tax and other economical blunders have cost this Government to its knees today. - William Mariner
  • Tuesday 6 September 2005 10:45pm


    Arizona, USA
    : The ride has rather been a bumpy one, but given the fact that this was one of the "first" collective fights by the people, against the unrighteous and tyrannical dominion of the Tongan government, 'oku te manatu ki he lau 'a e kau leka, it wasn't bad start at all. - Sione Laione
  • Tuesday 6 September 2005 10:00pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : In the largest protest march in Tonga's history over 10,000 people gathered outside the Royal Palace today calling on the King of Tonga to dismiss the Prime Minister, Prince 'Ulukalala Lavaka Ata, and all of his 14 Cabinet Ministers. Photos by Pesi Fonua and Linny Folau
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  • Monday 5 September 2005 6:00pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga's striking civil servants were told by PSA officials to return to work this afternoon - and then the workers could apply for casual leave to have another day off tomorrow to join another march.
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  • Sunday 4 September 2005 2:30pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The way you are maintaining the website on a daily basis and still continue to provide the same quality service for all other services you offer, is absolutely amazing. Specially considering that its all done by a 4 member team. - Sven Quick
  • Sunday 4 September 2005 2:30pm


    London, United Kingdom
    : The stalemate has been resolved. The Government has waited this long to implement the civil servants wants. The 60%, 70% and 80% rise was affordable by this Government all along. The public confidence and trust has cost this Government dearly. - William Mariner
  • Sunday 4 September 2005 2:00pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga's Cabinet will consider setting up a Royal Commission to review the Constitution with a view to allowing a more democratic form of government for Tonga. by Pesi Fonua.
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  • Saturday 3 September 2005 5:45pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The Tonga Government has conceded to the basic demands of the national civil servants strike, including back-dated 60-70-80% pay rises, no disciplinary actions, and a two year suspension of the salary review that led to the six weeks old strike.
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  • Friday 2 September 2005 11:00pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : High expectations this evening that an understanding would be signed to end Tonga's national strike of civil servants, as it entered its seventh week today, were shattered when the PSA committee postponed a scheduled signing indefinitely.
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  • Friday 2 September 2005 7:15pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Large groups of civil servants from Vava'u and Ha'apai staged two colourful marches in Nuku'alofa today in solidarity with Tongatapu strikers. Photos and story by Linny Folau.
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  • Friday 2 September 2005 6:00pm


    Nuku‘alofa, Tonga
    : This is reflected in the current situation in Tonga, and in the midst of all the upheavals and unrest now experienced by the locals and witnessed by the rest of the world, there is only one assertion I can conclude with that Tonga needs nothing less than a ...“socio-political revolution...” that will revitalize Tongan democracy, if such ever existed, and move the country toward social justice. - Francis Kolo
  • Friday 2 September 2005 5:45pm


    Arizona, USA
    : As I contemplate the on-going struggles between the PSA and the Tongan Government, I feel compelled to vocalize the frustrations that I have been experiencing every time a new article, related to the strike, is released on your website. To my fellow Tongans currently on strike, heed ye not to the monster (Government) yonder! - Sione Laione
  • Friday 2 September 2005 5:15pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga's National Reserve Bank warned the Tongan public today to be on alert for counterfeit notes of all denominations, after counterfeit $10 notes were found by all three commercial banks this week.
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  • Friday 2 September 2005 11:00am


    Australia
    : I am a civil servant who somehow got a chance to work here in Australia on a working visa. I have been an active member of the striker movement from the Ministry of Health and I was very happy to see our Hon Minister on the lawn at Pangai Si'i. I am pretty sure that there is no place like Tonga but it will take a lot of courage and sacrifice before such goal will be achieved. - Siu Fietonu
  • Friday 2 September 2005 10:30am


    New Zealand
    : The Prime Minister of Tonga has been quoted so many times in Parliament, claiming that people are being incited to riot. Are they? Or, is it the case of people finally getting up to do what is right for Tonga: to demand a change in the way their future is constantly being determined by a handful, whose interests are far from that of making a better life for "ordinary" Tongans? - Finehika Vavatau
  • Friday 2 September 2005 10:15am


    Australia
    : I sense that the two issues, pay increases for PSA workers, and a move to change the country's political framework, are being driven to achieve the same purpose - equity in pay rights for workers, and a change to the country's political framework. - Jason Faletau

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