Cadet officers ‘Ungatea Tu‘ivailala and Fuatapu Halangahu of the Tonga Defence Sservices graduated from the Royal Military College in Canberra, Australia on June 23.
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Tuesday 16 December 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The arrival home of Tonga's last contingent of 55 soldiers to be deployed in Baghdad for the Operation Iraq Freedom II Peacekeeping Mission, has been delayed until Thursday December 18.
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Tuesday 9 December 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tongan soldiers were given two sets of uniforms as a gift by the Indian Ambassador to Tonga, HE Dr Prbhakara in a handing over ceremony at the Tonga Defence Services Headquarter at Sene yesterday.
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Saturday 22 November 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
China will give the Tonga Defence Services an aircraft in the near future, the Chinese Ambassador to Tonga, HE Mr Fan Guijin promised at the TDS headquarters during a hand-over ceremony of eight trucks.
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Tuesday 9 September 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's King in Council has repealed the Emergency Powers Regulations 2007 and replaced them with new Emergency Powers (Public Safety and Public Order) Regulations 2008, effective from September 5 for 30 days, over an extended area of the capital Nuku'alofa.
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Tuesday 13 May 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tonga Defence Services are learning new NATO codes that can allow for quicker purchase and order of military supplies.
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Monday 21 April 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tonga Defence Services Third Deployment to Iraq is currently serving alongside USA soldiers in a peacekeeping mission after arriving in Baghdad on February 18.
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Saturday 18 August 2007
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Wellilngton, New Zealand
Despite hitting severe turbulence from its government owners over helping fly Australian soldiers to Iraq, Air New Zealand will help transport another troop of Baghdad-bound soldiers on August 18, Stuff NZ reports.
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Wednesday 17 January 2007
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The public will be allowed to return to a changed central Nuku'alofa next week when two months of restricted movement will be lifted and pedestrians and traffic movements will be allowed into the central business district. FROM OUR ARCHIVES.
Thursday 5 August 2004
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Honiara, Solomon Islands
Tongan Military Contingent to the Solomons during the Farewell Military Parade held on the Honiara International Airport grounds, to celebrate the one year anniversary of the arrival of RAMSI in the Solomons, July 24. Photos by Linny Folau
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Wednesday 4 August 2004
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Honiara, Solomon Islands
The Tongan Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Defence, HRH Prince 'Ulukalala Lavaka Ata was interviewed by Linny Folau in Honiara, Solomon Islands, on 24 July 2004, while he was attending the first anniversary of RAMSI, the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomons. Linny, a staffer for the Matangi Tonga Online, was part of a Pacific group media visit to the Solomons and Australia, under an Australian Government program.
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Tuesday 30 December 2003
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Nuku‘alofa, Tonga
The new headquarters of the Tonga Defence Services was officially opened by HM King Taufa‘ahau Tupou IV on December 5. From Matangi Tonga Magazine Vol. 18, no. 3, December 2003.
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Monday 20 March 2000
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Nuku‘alofa, Tonga
Colonel Fetu’utolu Tupou, retired after 23 years as the Commander of the Tonga Defence Services at the end of March and will become the new Tongan High Commissioner to London on May 1. From Matangi Tonga Magazine Vol. 15, no. 1, March 2000.
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Thursday 1 July 1999
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Royal School of Science launched in March 1998 is running at full capacity with 85 students. Captain Va‘inga Tone said, "there is a tight program, each student requires two hours on-line every day, and more people are ussing the on-line services for research." From Matangi Tonga Magazine Vol. 14, no. 3, July 1999.
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