Tonga's Prime Minister Lord Tu’ivakano arrived in Singapore yesterday to renew relations with the Government of Singapore. His visit will end on Thursday, 1 May.
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Monday 28 April 2014
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Singapore
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Thursday 24 April 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Two Tonga High School students, Mahima Parekh and Ineti Felemi are being recognised for essays on “Sustainable Living” that they submitted in an International Schools Essays Competition.
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Thursday 24 April 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Two Methodist schools, Tupou College Toloa and Tupou High School have dominated the medal tally for this year’s Tonga national inter-school athletics competition.
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Wednesday 16 April 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A policeman, appearing as a witness, told the court on Wednesday, April 15 he saw the accused Police Inspector Hala'ufia strangling Kali Fungavaka on the neck and pushing a torch onto his chest when he was inside the watch house, at the Nuku'alofa Police station.
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Wednesday 16 April 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga has acquired a septic tank truck and two rear-package trucks for solid and water waste collections for Tongatapu.
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Wednesday 16 April 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Thousands of students from schools from around Tonga have gathered at Teufaiva stadium in Nuku’alofa yesterday, 15 April for the annual Inter-college Athletics Competition 2014.
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Tuesday 15 April 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The central Nuku'alofa bus stop remained unusually quiet today, the second day of a strike by Tongatapu bus owners, over the rejection by government of their request for an exemption from Customs Duty and Consumption Tax on fuel and motor parts.
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Monday 14 April 2014
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Hong Kong
The Tongan under-20s rugby team have thrashed Hong Kong’s under-20 team, 39 – 16 at the Junior World Rugby Trophy in Hong Kong on Saturday April 12.
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Sunday 13 April 2014
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Hong Kong, China
An ill-disciplined Tongan Under-20’s Rugby team was thrashed by the Georgian U20’s 34 – 10 in Hong Kong on Monday 7 April.
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Friday 11 April 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga’s Public Service Association (PSA) is demanding an additional 20% Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) in their salaries and wages, the Minister of Finance, Hon. 'Aisake Eke told the Tongan Parliament on April 6. Whether or not government could meet the demand would not be clear until the government’s 2014-15 budget was finalized.
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Wednesday 9 April 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Raising the controversial issues of Tongan passport sales and transfers of funds to TongaSat, the Annual Report of Tonga's Auditor General for 2012-13 was rejected by the Tongan parliament last week on April 2. From the House by Pesi Fonua.
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Wednesday 9 April 2014
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Nuku‘alofa, Tonga
When the full moon rises on the evening of Tuesday 15 April at 18:24, a lunar eclipse will be already in progress. The whole moon will be obscured by 20:07. Then for 78 minutes the moon will completely remain inside the shadow of the earth; dark and deprived of sunlight. - By Firitia
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Monday 7 April 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Pacific International Commercial Bank (PICB), Tonga newest bank was opened by HM King Tupou VI this afternoon, April 7, at Loumaile Lodge, Nuku'alofa.
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Monday 7 April 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's first Practice Parliament for Women is a crucial milestone and a very positive step forward for Tonga, said Queen Nanasipau'u Tuku'aho in opening the event today, April 7 in Nuku'alofa.
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Sunday 6 April 2014
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Nuku‘alofa, Tonga
The removal of a Tongan girl by deception from her guardian in Tongatapu, apparently with the assistance of a US Embassy staffer from Fiji and the Tonga Police on 8 March 2013, has come under the scrutiny of a Cabinet Investigative Committee, headed by the Minister of Police, Hon. Siosifa Tu‘utafaiva.
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Thursday 3 April 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tongan economy is expected to rebound during the 2014 Financial Year, according to the Asian Development Bank Economic Outlook for 2014.
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Thursday 3 April 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
King Tupou VI reminded Tongans of their islands’ vulnerabiity to the effects of climate change, in his message for the closing of the 2013 Session of Tonga Legislative Assembly, this morning.
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Thursday 3 April 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tonga Under-20’s rugby team will play the Georgia under-20’s team in the opening match of the Junior World Rugby Trophy tournament in Hong Kong (JWRT) next Monday, April 7.
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Wednesday 2 April 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Thirty representatives will take part in Tonga's first “Practice Parliament for Women” on April 10-11 in Nuku'alofa, a two-day event that aims to encourage women to run for parliament in the upcoming 2014 General Election in November.
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Wednesday 2 April 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A major earthquake that struck off the coast of northern Chile this afternoon has generated a significant tsunami for Chile, with tsunami warnings issued for the Pacific coasts of South America, including Easter Island. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii has now determined that no tsunami threat exists for other coastal areas although some may experience small sea level changes. For all areas covered by this center the tsunami warning and watch are now cancelled (6:00pm Tonga time).
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