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Friday 6 December 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's banks remain flush with funds, and are being urged to lend more to help stimulate an economy that looks as if it has stalled this year, as all key industries in Tonga except for construction recorded falls in lending, according to figures released today.
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Friday 6 December 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga and Tuvalu are among thirteen countries that have not signed a global treaty to ban nuclear tests and are being urged to sign and or ratify the treaty as soon as possible. .
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Thursday 5 December 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
During its first year of operation Tonga's new National Retirement Benefits Fund collected over $6.15 million pa‘anga from its membership of 4,304 employees and 308 employers, and may expect to double its membership in the future as more businesses join the statutory fund, whose administration has been supported by donor funding.
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Thursday 5 December 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Top students of Tonga High School and Tonga College received their awards from Crown Prince Tupouto’a ‘Ulukalala and Prince Tungi, at the annual prize giving ceremonies marking the end the school year for government secondary schools this week. Photos by Linny Folau.
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Thursday 5 December 2013
Honiara, Solomon Islands
Miss Tonga Rosemarie Fili (23) is one of 10 contestants vying for the Miss South Pacific title 2013/2014, held this week in Honiara, Solomon Islands.
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Tuesday 3 December 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga Power Ltd. has announced cheaper tariff rates for the month of December. The new tariff rate for December is 92.82 seniti per kWh, down from 94.45 seniti per kWh (1.63 seniti decrease).
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Tuesday 3 December 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Fifita 'Ofa, a mother whose faces manslaughter charges over the death of her 14-year-old daughter, was released on bail after the case was adjourned to 21 January 2014, to allow the Crown to review the evidence and decide on appropriate charges.
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Friday 29 November 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga’s Electoral Boundaries Commission is proposing to alter the electoral boundaries of two Vava'u constituencies by moving 'Utui village from Vava'u #15 to Vava'u #16.
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Friday 29 November 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga Lord Tu’iha’ateiho pleaded not guilty today to one count of possession of a firearm without a license regarding a .22 semi-automatic pistol. Tentative trial dates was set for November 2014.
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Friday 29 November 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tonga Development Bank (TDB) opened a new Hihifo district branch at Nukunuku on 27 November, its eighth branch in Tonga.
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Thursday 28 November 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A new report states that Tonga is the fourth most over-weight country in the world, and that Non-Communicable Diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, neoplasms and diabetes are a leading cause of adult death, while data showed that 36 percent of Tongan boys and 54 percent of Tongan girls were over-weight or obese. Death rates in the most productive age groups are three times higher than in Australia and New Zealand
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Thursday 28 November 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The World Bank has announced that it has setup a US$5 million support operation to aid Tonga’s recovering economy.
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Thursday 28 November 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The power distribution network of 33 rural villages in Tongatapu will be upgraded over the next five-years with over $38 million pa'anga, in the continuation of a Tonga Village Network Upgrade Project.
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Wednesday 27 November 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A suspended Police Constable Valeliano Manu and two accused Asian nationals were found guilty for the importation of the controlled chemical pseudoephedrine, a precursor to manufacture the illicit drug methamphetamine. They are remanded in custody for sentencing in January 2014.
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Wednesday 27 November 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A seven-member jury has been discharged in a civil trial which has been held for over a week at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court, regarding claims brought by the former Attorney General John Cauchi against the Government of Tonga. The case has been adjourned to January 2014.
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Tuesday 26 November 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Victims of domestic violence will have easy access to free non-judgmental counseling and also to a police officer and a registered nurse, who will be stationed at the Women and Children Crisis Centre in central Nuku‘alofa as part of a new “one-stop-shop” crisis service that was launched today.
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Tuesday 26 November 2013
Sydney, Australia
The Japan International Cooperation Agency JICA has become a new partner to the Pacific Region Infrastructure Facility PRIF, the Asian Development Bank ADB announced today, 26 November.
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Monday 25 November 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A civil-jury trial hearing claims brought by Tonga's former Attorney General John Cauchi against the Government of Tonga is nearing an end as the evidence of witnesses called by the defendant was completed on 25 November, at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court.
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Monday 25 November 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A workshop for Town and District Officers, all men to lead the drive to eliminate violence against women, was launched this morning, 25 November by Lord Vaea at the Davina House, Nuku'alofa.
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Friday 22 November 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's former Prime Minister Lord Sevele, a witness at the Nuku’alofa Supreme Court this afternoon, denied suggestions that his government had tried to “freeze-out” the former Attorney General John Cauchi.
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