Digicel has taken over the naming rights and title sponsorship of Fiji's main provincial tournament, said the chief executive of the Fiji Rugby Union FRU Timoci Tavanavanua yesterday, May 31.
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Sunday 1 June 2008
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Suva, Fiji
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Sunday 1 June 2008
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Manila, Philippines
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved an $11.3 million grant to improve urban infrastructure in Nuku'alofa, thecapital of Tonga, as urbanization and population growth fuel demand for better infrastructure.
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Sunday 1 June 2008
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Geneva, Switzerland
The World Health Organization (WHO) today urged governments to protect the world's 1.8 billion young people by imposing a ban on all tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship.
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Thursday 29 May 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The 2008 session of Tonga's Legislative Assembly opened today by the Princess Regent Pilolevu Tuita, is expected to be the last parliament to sit under Tonga's current constitution. Photos by Linny Folau and Pesi Fonua.
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Wednesday 28 May 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga has scored high ratings in surveys conducted by the World Bank for measuring the ease of doing business. It came in 6th place in a review of 32 small island developing states. Fiji was 4th and Samoa 10th.
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Wednesday 28 May 2008
Sydney, Australia
The legality of the four ministers, appointed by the King after the 2005 election, remaining in office, has been raised by the People's Representatives again. Langafonua Tu'uloa Party have added to the discussion, but it seems that both have missed the point. Maybe this would help. - ‘Inoke Fotu Hu‘akau
Wednesday 28 May 2008
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In a daylight robbery, three armed men ambushed a business cashier and shot her driver outside the commercial branch of the Westpac Bank of Tonga on Monday, May 26, snatching $3,000 cash.
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Tuesday 27 May 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Two men appeared separately in the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court this morning and pleaded guilty to serious offences of destruction of the Pacific Royale Hotel and Fung Shing Supermarket arising out of the events of November 16, 2006.
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Tuesday 27 May 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A drunk driver who hit and killed a mentally-retarded man at Nualei in a motor vehicle accident in February was jailed for nine months today.
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Tuesday 27 May 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Fa‘alongo Mafi (24) received a suspended sentence of one year today in the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court, for taking part in the damaging of the Adiloa Store on Railway Road during the November 16, 2006 riots in Nuku'alofa.
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Monday 26 May 2008
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Nuku‘alofa, Tonga
The Langafonua Tu'uloa Party is calling on the Prime Minister of Tonga Hon. Dr Feleti Sevele and three other Cabinet Ministers to step down claiming they have breached a Public Proclamation made in 2004 and that their term in office has since expired.
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Monday 26 May 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Princess Regent HRH Princess Pilolevu Tuita will open the 2008 Session of the Tonga Legislative Assembly on Thursday, May 29, in the absence of HM King George Tupou V who is away in Hong Kong.
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Monday 26 May 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Highlights from Tonga's newspapers, May 5-22, 2008. An English translation summary by Tevita Fonua.
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Monday 26 May 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tautahi Gold thrashed the Upolu Samoa 11-3 and brought to Tonga for the first time the 2008 IRB Pacific Cup in the final of the tournament at Apia Park, Samoa, on Friday, May 23.
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Sunday 25 May 2008
USA
'Oku fu'u faka'ofa 'aupito 'a e 'ata mai 'o e ngaahi tala'a ko'eni' he 'oku 'ikai ko ha'ane toki hoko eni. Ne lahi 'ene 'asi mai mo hono fehu'ia he kuohili' ka na'e pehe'i hifo pe pea hange kuo molia ai pe 'o 'ikai 'ilo pe ko e ha koa' e mo'oni. Ko e ngaahi palopalema pehe ni 'oku ne hoha'asi e ngaahi loto pe 'oku kei lele totonu nai e ngaahi hako 'ea totonu' he ngaahi hingoa Nopele pe 'ikai. - Joshua Nehasi
Sunday 25 May 2008
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Auckland, New Zealand
The Langafonua Tu'uloa Party is challenging the remaining in office of the four Cabinet Ministers who were appointed by the late king, Taufa'ahau Tupou IV IN 2005.
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Saturday 24 May 2008
Hofoa,Tongatapu
Fefe nai e konga koeni: Ne 'ikai maumau, pea 'oku 'ikai maumau, ha kupu he Konisitutone he ko e mafai pe ia 'o e Tu'i ki hono fakanofo minisita ha taha, ne ngaue'aki ke fakanofo Minisita e kau tama ni. 'E ala kalo nai e kau tama ki he tafa'aki ko ia? - Kaniseli Tupou
Saturday 24 May 2008
Melipoane, 'Aositelelia
Ka 'oku totonu ke fai mo fakamahino ki he kakai, kapau 'e temokalati kakato 'a e fonua, 'oku 'ikai ko e 'osi ia 'a e palopolema. He ko e taha e palopolema 'e malava ke hoko ko e fe'au'auhi fakakulupu (Party) pe kofe kulupu tene taki e fonua. He ko e kamata 'eni ia ke mahu'inga 'ia e kakai 'i he hu ki Falealea, fakatatau ki he fu'u kau kanititeiti 'o e ta'u ni. - Manuvakai e Kolosi Saute
Friday 23 May 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
In a paternity suit brought by his uncle, the Tongan noble Hon. Havea Tuiha'ateiho appeared in the Nuku'alofa Land Court today.
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Friday 23 May 2008
Pago Pago, American Samoa
Only 38% (less than half) of the registered voters of Tongatapu cast votes in this past election. The country is going to be guided by the minority, a democracy by the few and for the fewer. - Mafi ‘o Amerika Samoa
