Pacific Islands leaders and regional information and technology officers meeting in Tonga this week looked at an important regional issue of how to provide affordable international connectivity for all people in the Pacific by 2015.
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Friday 20 February 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga

Friday 20 February 2009
'Aositelelia
Kapau te tau ki'i 'analaiso e lao 'oku fokotu'u ke fakafoki e kotoa e kelekele ki he pule'angaa ko e fo'i 'ohokui fakapolitikale 'eni 'oku 'ikai ha'a ne fu'u mahu'inga fau. Kapau ko e argument 'a e kau temo ko e feinga ke fair e vahe kelekelee, ko e fo'i loi ia. Ko hono 'uhinga he 'oku kei mo'ui lelei 'i Tonga 'a e 'Umu po'uli kae 'i ai ho 'ota. Ko e corrupt 'e hiki mai ki he kau ngaue saveaa. Ko koe pee 'oku ke famili, kaungaa ako mo e kaungaue Saveaa, pea lahi mo ho'o silinii, ko koe ia 'e vave ho'o ma'u ho'o kelekele. - Uili Tu‘ifua Finau
Thursday 19 February 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 59-year-old Tongan-Chinese woman charged with attempted murder is alleged to have used a pistol to shoot at a 40-year-old Tongan-Chinese man at a farm in Tokomololo on January 29, this year.

Thursday 19 February 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The newly established, Manufacturers Association of Tonga (MAT) Inc. elected its Executive Committee on Tuesday, February 17.

Thursday 19 February 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Emergency Powers (Public Safety and Public Security Regulations 2008) have been renewed for another 30 days, until March 19, 2009.

Wednesday 18 February 2009
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The preliminary inquiry of a 59-year-old naturalised Tongan-Chinese woman charged with attempted murder has been postponed to Thursday, February 19.

Wednesday 18 February 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 22-year-old Toshiba Brave Lupus rugby player in Tokyo has been suspended indefinitely after testing positive for marijuana on Friday, February 13.

Wednesday 18 February 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
HM King George Tupou V departed Tonga yesterday for New Zealand for a routine medical check-up, according to the Palace Office in Nuku'alofa.

Wednesday 18 February 2009
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Tupoutu'a Tonutonu Lindborg was one of four proud overseas Tongans from the United States who reclaimed their Tongan citizenship in Nuku'alofa on Monday February 16.

Wednesday 18 February 2009
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Ko e 'uhinga na'e ui 'a e pepa, "Ko e Po'opo'oi", he ko e pepa ni na'e 'ikai ke 'i ai hono kaveinga pau ka na'e kanokato 'aki 'a e me'a kehekehe ma'u pe, pea o'io'i ai 'a e me'a kotoa ke moluu lelei 'a e fo'i mafuu 'i hono tuki fakamatoato'i. 'A ia ko e hingoa 'o e pepa ni ko hono heliaki'i ia 'a hono 'oatu 'e he pepa 'a Misa Peika 'a e katoa 'a e ngaahi fakamatala ki ngaahi 'u me'a na'e fai ki ai hono talanga'i fakapolitikale 'i he 'aho koia, ka 'ikai ko e ngaahi fakamatala fakapalataha pe fakatafa'aki taha 'o e ngaahi me'a 'oku talanga'i. - Daniel K. Fale
Wednesday 18 February 2009
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Belgrade, Serbia
These days diplomacy is "my way or no way" there are no negotiations, only the stronger wins. Every country is led by interests; bigger countries have bigger interests, whilst smaller countries have little influence and do not stand any chance of survival. In short, modern diplomacy has been used by bigger States to gain strategic advantage over other smaller States in the international system. - Ivan Simic

Wednesday 18 February 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Sione Tupou of Ha'ateiho was the lucky winner of $10,000 cash prize in the Back to School draw by Office Equipment in Nuku'alofa on Valentine's Day, February 14.

Monday 16 February 2009
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The Minister of Tourism Hon Fineasi Funaki announced today that the Ministry has outsourced to private contractors the management of the Tonga National Centre and the Queen Salote Memorial Hall.

Monday 16 February 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's first 50 group of seasonal workers departed Fua'amotu International Airport for Sydney this morning, the first to be recruited from the Pacific under the Pacific Seasonal Pilot Workers scheme to Australia for seven months.

Monday 16 February 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Reports from Tonga's newspapers, February 4-12, 2009. An English translation summary by Tevita Fonua.

Monday 16 February 2009
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Sitting proudly in the Tonga Police Commander's chair on February 13, was 11-year-old leukaemia sufferer Ikuna Vunipola, who was delighted with a special visit and tour of the Tonga Police Headquarter at Longlongo.

Friday 13 February 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Women's voices are rarely heard in the Tongan parliament, where only five women have entered the House in the last 35 years. But a group of Tongan women meeting today agreed that unequal representation has to change.

Friday 13 February 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
"You are no doubt the ringleader in the destruction of the Molisi Tonga Supermarket during the riots of November 16, 2006," Chief Justice Anthony Ford told Vilisoni Tauelangi (34) in sentencing him to 11 years imprisonment in Hu'atolitoli Prison today.

Thursday 12 February 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 27-year-old man who robbed $467 pa'anga from the Hot Bread Shop at Fanga was sentenced to five and a half years imprisonment at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court today.

Thursday 12 February 2009
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Paula Fonoifua received a suspended sentence of two years today for riotous assembly and breaking into the Molisi Tonga Supermarket and Leiola Duty Free Shop during the riots of November 16, 2006, in Nuku'alofa.
