Sione Keuate Tupouniua's name was struck off the list of candidates for this Thursday's Parliamentary Election this afternoon, November 23 by Chief Justice, Hon Michael Dishington.
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Tuesday 23 November 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Tuesday 23 November 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's national rugby team, the 'Ikale Tahi kicked off its tour of Europe with a victory over an Italian A outfit, 16-9 on Friday evening, November 19 at Biella, Italy.
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Tuesday 23 November 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
'Ahongalu Fusimalohi, an Oceania Football Confederation OFC Member and the Head of Tonga's Football Federation has been banned by the FIFA Ethics Committee from any football related activity for three years and fined $US10,000.
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Tuesday 23 November 2010
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Four years ago on 16 November 2006 the heart of the Nuku'alofa Central Business District was destroyed by protesters but on November 19 the keys to three new multi storey buildings were handed over to their owners by the Prime Minister Dr Feleti Sevele in a ceremony at the International Dateline Hotel.
Monday 22 November 2010
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Salt Lake City-Utah, USA
A "welfare state" does not produce wealth; it produces dependents on government aids and expatriates' remittances. Our Tongan Pride in feeding our families from our own hard work has diminished because there is no meaningful work available. - Sione Akemaihakau Mokofisi.
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Monday 22 November 2010
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San Francisco,California, USA
According to a "Biography of Queen Salote" written by the daughter of Rev. Wood, 'Atalanga is a private and a summer home of Queen Salote. This property was purchased by the government as a property and/or a gift for Queen Salote. Queen Salote used this property as a home when the summer is too hot in Tonga. - Siosaia Fatani.
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Saturday 20 November 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tongan voters know very little about the structure of the new government that Tonga will introduce following the November 25 election, according to some candidates who have attended village meetings in their constituencies.
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Friday 19 November 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Students of the Government's Tonga Side School in Nuku'alofa today raised about $16,000 pa'anga during a colourful Gala Day held at the school compound. Photos by Linny Folau
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Thursday 18 November 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
When civil servants registered as candidates for the election, their resignations took immediate effect, the Solicitor General 'Aminiasi Kefu said on November 17.
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Thursday 18 November 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Miss Heilala Mafi Tu'inukuafe (18) leaves for Papua New Guinea today to represent Tonga in the 2010 Miss South Pacific Pageant in Papua New Guinea, from November 21-27.
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Tuesday 16 November 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A total of 169 Polling Stations will be set up throughout Tonga's 17 constituencies for the November 25 parliamentary election when 42,067 registered Tongan voters will go to the polls to choose their 17 People's Representatives.
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Tuesday 16 November 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Police arrested a male supporter of a candidate for the coming parliamentary election in Vava'u on November 12, after it was alleged that election posters in Neiafu carried defamatory information about another candidate.
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Tuesday 16 November 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Fineasi Funaki (44) Tonga's former Minister of Tourism who was undergoing dialysis treatment for his kidney in Fiji died in Suva on Saturday, November 13.
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Monday 15 November 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga Power Ltd made a $1 million pa'anga dividend payment to the Government on November 10, the first time ever for a government-owned electricity provider to pay the Tonga government dividend.
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Monday 15 November 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Four Tongan students have won a trip to go to New Zealand this week after creating a winning business plan manufacturing trendy handbags for Tonga's "Youth in Business Dream Big Challenge 2010."
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Monday 15 November 2010
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USA
I find it almost funny that there has been a vacuum in the process of putting together the important pieces that are needed to run a ship. A good plan would have included the crew in the delivery trip to give the crew hands on experience and receive advice from the builder's delivery crew. - John Emberson.
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Monday 15 November 2010
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Sydney, Australia
The Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement TPP is the only new trade initiative being taken by the Obama administration, and is being heavily promoted at the APEC summit this weekend. - Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network.
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Saturday 13 November 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
In a tough new stance against alcohol consumption, Tonga's new liquor legislation comes into force this summer introducing liquor licences and breath testing in an effort to reduce public drunkenness and to change irresponsible drinking attitudes.
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Saturday 13 November 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
For Tonga to raise it's standard of living and to eradicate poverty, candidates for the coming parliamentary election had a few different ideas, including changing lending policies and declaring Tonga to be a "least-developed country".
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Friday 12 November 2010
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Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Enough visits from U.S. Government officials to thank Tonga for her unselfish contribution to the wars in the Middle East (Chairman US Joint Chiefs . . . 10 Nov 2010). Admiral Michael Mullen should see the need to buildup the Tongan Defense Services for future services, and Tonga will always be a friend to the People of America, and England. - Sione Akemeihakau Mokofisi.
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