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  • Friday 23 November 2007 5:33am


    'Okalani, Nu'usila
    : 'I he 'eku tohi ni 'e fai ai ha sio fakalukufua ki he anga e tauhi Kulii Le'o (Watchdog) 'a e Pule'anga Tonga, pehe ki he to'onga e fanga kulii taautaha ke tau sio ange pe 'oku hu'u ki fee 'a e fanga Kulii Le'o he teuaki atu ko 'eni ki hono fakahoko e fakalelei fakapolitikale he ta'u 'e ua ka hoko mai. - Kitekei‘aho Tu‘akalau
  • Thursday 22 November 2007 8:37pm


    Kampala, Uganda
    : The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, CHOGM, will be officially opened by HM Queen Elizabeth II in Kampala, Uganda, on Friday. Tonga was represented at the Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers' Meeting by the Tongan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, HE Dr Ngongo Kioa.
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  • Thursday 22 November 2007 7:03pm


    Manila, Philippines
    : The Asian Development Bank ADB and the governments of Japan and Australia are providing $88 million in financing to support the development of Samoa's power sector.
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  • Thursday 22 November 2007 1:15pm


    Neiafutahi,Neiafu, Vava'u
    : My dearest Ms. K. Tohi, You are correct, I, my family and all of Vava'u wish to watch Television Tonga in Vava'u, and not only that, it is our right to watch Television Tonga in Vava'u Lahi. - Heinz Koester
  • Wednesday 21 November 2007 4:33pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Savelino Ma'asi Mafi (20) is the 2007 Dux of Tonga's 'Ahopanilolo Technical College, which specialises in hospitality and commercial cookery.
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  • Law
    Wednesday 21 November 2007 4:28pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Highlighting mediation as a process of settling disputes out of court has been the biggest achievement of Tonga's first Law Week, according to Tonga's Chief Justice Anthony Ford.
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  • Wednesday 21 November 2007 1:45pm


    Utah, USA
    : Where else in the world but with credulous Tongans could he be deemed respectable? Please Mr Harder, Tonga is now addicted to fatty mutton flaps, which no civilized Kiwi dares to eat. Tonga does not need another rejected product from New Zealand.
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  • Wednesday 21 November 2007 12:30pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Koester in his article stated that TBC Directors and Management ordered the broadcast of Fiji 1 TV program on TV-Vava'u and he also stated the reasons why he does not like TBC's airing Fiji One in Vava'u.
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  • Tuesday 20 November 2007 3:26pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga's $118 million loan from China, has to be the sorriest loan application in the world; coming as a request from a poverty stricken country to a nation whose people we have ill-treated, the Kalonikali reports on November 15, quoting 'Eseta Fusitu'a, the Chief Secretary to Government and Cabinet. Highlights from Tonga's newspapers, November 12-15, 2007. An English translation summary by Tevita Fonua.
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  • Tuesday 20 November 2007 3:24pm


    USA
    : My eighty-year-old mother, who is a Tongan citizen and also a US citizen, was on her way to Fiji from Tonga on an Air Pacific flight of November 10, 2007 at 9:am. She checked in her luggage and paid her taxes and she was on her way to the waiting area to board her flight when she was approached by Tongan official (female) demanding money. - Lucia Siulangapo
  • Tuesday 20 November 2007 2:31pm


    Suva, Fiji
    : Transparency International Fiji is calling the Fiji Broadcasting Corporation Ltd to make public its recruitment process in the appointment of the new FBCL CEO, Mr. Riyaz Saiyad Khaiyum.
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  • Tuesday 20 November 2007 12:38pm


    Pago Pago, American Samoa
    : Kolomotu'a's pig owners are weird, come to think about it. Families secure themselves and their property in and feed their pigs outside of their fence. So, the rest of the village of Kolomotu'a is their piggery. Hange pe 'oku pe he ha me'a. This is when the "gentlemen's rule" should be the obvious solution. - Mafi 'o Amerika Samoa
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  • Tuesday 20 November 2007 12:10pm


    Rome, Italy
    : By 2030 an additional 37 million tonnes of fish per year will be needed to maintain current levels of fish consumption for an expanded world population. Because traditional capture fisheries have reached their maximum production levels, fish farming represents the only way to fill the gap. But it will only do so if it is promoted and managed in a responsible fashion.
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  • Tuesday 20 November 2007 11:42am


    Denver, USA
    : A new USGS Circular illustrates the importance of water budgets as an essential tool in addressing concerns about water availability in the 21st Century.
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  • Tuesday 20 November 2007 11:34am


    Sydney, Australia
    : The Japanese Whaling fleet left the port of Shimonoseki in Japan on Sunday the 18 November for the Antarctic to kill over 1000 whales in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary under the guise of 'scientific' whaling.
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  • Monday 19 November 2007 9:15pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The Tonga government's ban on the broadcast of political news by the Tonga Broadcasting Commission may be lifted by early next year, the Minister responsible for government information told Tongan journalists on Friday.
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  • Monday 19 November 2007 5:09pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Two pilot projects were launched in Tongatapu last week by the visiting German Ambassador to Tonga, HE Joerg Zimmermann
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  • Monday 19 November 2007 2:27pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga's 16/11 has been labelled as a 'Day of Shame' by the new Ministry of Information. But now, one year on, there has been no enthusiasm by anyone to remember what happened in Nuku'alofa on that day. Editor's Comment by Pesi Fonua.
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  • Sunday 18 November 2007 12:34pm


    Apia, Samoa
    : Visitors to American Samoa for the 2008 Pacific Festival of Arts should not expect to be able to hire or use four-wheel drives or pick-up trucks. with the American Samoa Government putting a tight leash on the importation of vehicles that emit ozone-depleting substances that contribute to global warming and climate change.
  • Sunday 18 November 2007 12:14pm


    Geneva, Switzerland
    : Road crashes kill 1.2 million people every year and injure or disable as many as 50 million more. They are the leading cause of death among young people between 10 and 24 years. The World Day of Remembrance - the third Sunday of November each year - draws attention to the devastating consequences of these deaths and the need for action.
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