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  • Monday 26 May 2008 6:56pm


    Nuku‘alofa, Tonga
    : The Langafonua Tu'uloa Party is calling on the Prime Minister of Tonga Hon. Dr Feleti Sevele and three other Cabinet Ministers to step down claiming they have breached a Public Proclamation made in 2004 and that their term in office has since expired.
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  • Monday 26 May 2008 6:42pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga's Princess Regent HRH Princess Pilolevu Tuita will open the 2008 Session of the Tonga Legislative Assembly on Thursday, May 29, in the absence of HM King George Tupou V who is away in Hong Kong.
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  • Monday 26 May 2008 6:15pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Highlights from Tonga's newspapers, May 5-22, 2008. An English translation summary by Tevita Fonua.
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  • Monday 26 May 2008 1:49pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The Tautahi Gold thrashed the Upolu Samoa 11-3 and brought to Tonga for the first time the 2008 IRB Pacific Cup in the final of the tournament at Apia Park, Samoa, on Friday, May 23.
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  • Sunday 25 May 2008 10:29pm


    USA
    : 'Oku fu'u faka'ofa 'aupito 'a e 'ata mai 'o e ngaahi tala'a ko'eni' he 'oku 'ikai ko ha'ane toki hoko eni. Ne lahi 'ene 'asi mai mo hono fehu'ia he kuohili' ka na'e pehe'i hifo pe pea hange kuo molia ai pe 'o 'ikai 'ilo pe ko e ha koa' e mo'oni. Ko e ngaahi palopalema pehe ni 'oku ne hoha'asi e ngaahi loto pe 'oku kei lele totonu nai e ngaahi hako 'ea totonu' he ngaahi hingoa Nopele pe 'ikai. - Joshua Nehasi
  • Sunday 25 May 2008 10:00pm


    Auckland, New Zealand
    : The Langafonua Tu'uloa Party is challenging the remaining in office of the four Cabinet Ministers who were appointed by the late king, Taufa'ahau Tupou IV IN 2005.
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  • Saturday 24 May 2008 12:36pm


    Hofoa,Tongatapu
    : Fefe nai e konga koeni: Ne 'ikai maumau, pea 'oku 'ikai maumau, ha kupu he Konisitutone he ko e mafai pe ia 'o e Tu'i ki hono fakanofo minisita ha taha, ne ngaue'aki ke fakanofo Minisita e kau tama ni. 'E ala kalo nai e kau tama ki he tafa'aki ko ia? - Kaniseli Tupou
  • Saturday 24 May 2008 12:32pm


    Melipoane, 'Aositelelia
    : Ka 'oku totonu ke fai mo fakamahino ki he kakai, kapau 'e temokalati kakato 'a e fonua, 'oku 'ikai ko e 'osi ia 'a e palopolema. He ko e taha e palopolema 'e malava ke hoko ko e fe'au'auhi fakakulupu (Party) pe kofe kulupu tene taki e fonua. He ko e kamata 'eni ia ke mahu'inga 'ia e kakai 'i he hu ki Falealea, fakatatau ki he fu'u kau kanititeiti 'o e ta'u ni. - Manuvakai e Kolosi Saute
  • Friday 23 May 2008 7:28pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : In a paternity suit brought by his uncle, the Tongan noble Hon. Havea Tuiha'ateiho appeared in the Nuku'alofa Land Court today.
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  • Friday 23 May 2008 4:49pm


    Pago Pago, American Samoa
    : Only 38% (less than half) of the registered voters of Tongatapu cast votes in this past election. The country is going to be guided by the minority, a democracy by the few and for the fewer. - Mafi ‘o Amerika Samoa
  • Thursday 22 May 2008 10:25pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A jury today acquitted four of the seven men charged with multiple offences relating to the riots of November 16, 2006, in a group trial at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court, but they found the remaining three men guilty on some charges.
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  • Thursday 22 May 2008 2:31pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Viewing the site where the Embassy of Japan in Tonga will be set up in January next year, and meeting senior government officials today was Hiroyuki Orikasa, the Counsellor and Special Assistant for Southeast Asian Issues of the Embassy of Japan in Fiji.
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  • Thursday 22 May 2008 1:26pm


    Manila, Philippines
    : The establishment of Mafia Republics in the Asia Pacific region is a possibility, warned Dean Raul C. Pangalangan, the Professor of Law, University of the Philippines, in a key note speech to open the Transparency International Regional meeting in Manila, Philippines, on May 21. By Pesi Fonua
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  • Wednesday 21 May 2008 8:32pm


    Sene, 'Aositelelia
    : 'E 'ikai pe ha taimi ia 'e 'ata kovi ai 'a e Temokalati; ko e 'fili 'e he kakai 'a e ni'ihi 'i he kupu 'o e sosaieti ke nau hoko ko e pule'anga ke nau fakalele mo tu'utu'uni 'i ha vaha'a taimi pau ki he anga 'a hono pule'i 'o e fonua. Ko e ki'i faka'ali ko 'ena 'oku ngoto-'a-noa pe ia 'i he fu'u ano lelei 'o e Temokalati. - Sam
  • Wednesday 21 May 2008 8:06pm


    Nomuka,Tonga
    : Kole atu ki he Temo-Tonga ke nau fokotu'u atu e fakakaukau ko'enii ki he to'u falealea ko'eni. - Uili Finau
  • Wednesday 21 May 2008 7:34pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a grant of US$11.3 million dollars ( $22 million pa'anga) for Tonga's Integrated Urban Development Project aimed at redeveloping roads and rehabilitation of the drainage system in Nuku'alofa.
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  • Wednesday 21 May 2008 7:30pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The celebrations for the Coronation of HM King George Tupou V will begin in the capital on July 26 with various activities running until August 2, according to a sporting programme that was released today.
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  • Wednesday 21 May 2008 11:05am


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The Australian High Commissioner to Tonga, Dr Bruce Hunt, donated $4,991 pa'anga to the Tonga Red Cross today under its Direct Aid Programme.
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  • Wednesday 21 May 2008 10:32am


    Suva, Fiji
    : As discussed in a May 12 meeting between Secretary of State Rice and Tonga Prime Minister Dr. Feleti Sevele, the U.S. Government is making a good-faith effort to find a way to provide periodic non-immigrant visa (NIV) services in Nuku‘alofa.
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  • Wednesday 21 May 2008 10:24am


    By Mohammad Bashir Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
    : Preparations for Papua New Guinea's new national television station is on target and will be launched on September 16 as promised by the Prime Minister, Sir Michael Somare.
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