The Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum and Prime Minister of Tonga, Hon. Dr Feleti Sevele has announced the intention of the Forum Secretariat's Secretary General, Greg Urwin to resign from the position on medical grounds.
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Sunday 11 May 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Sunday 11 May 2008
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Pacific Ocean
Greenpeace yesterday exposed an illegal tuna purse seiner, the Queen Evelyn 168, in a pocket of international waters between Papua New Guinea and the Federated States of Micronesia. This Philippines-flagged vessel was at the site of a transfer of tuna between her sister vessel and a refrigerated mother ship, the Kenken 888. It is likely that a transfer of fish at sea involving an illegal vessel was about to occur, but the arrival of Greenpeace prevented it from taking place as the vessels immediately separated and fled.
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Friday 9 May 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Supreme Court has found that the Minister of Lands unlawfully cancelled the lease of the Fakafanua Centre property to the late Kalolaine Fakafanua, and an injunction will be issued to prevent the Noble Fakafanue, and other defendants, the ANZ Bank, Cabella Construction Ltd and the Minister of Lands from carrying out any further construction work on a new building at the centre, opposite the Queen Salote Wharf in Nuku'alofa.
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Friday 9 May 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
It was party time on the Nuku'alofa waterfront last night with the Jamaican reggae star Shaggy attracting thousands of Tongans young and old to a concert at the Queen Salote Wharf.
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Friday 9 May 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Pita Uele of Malapo appeared in the Nuku‘alofa Supreme Court on May 8 and pleaded guilty to a charge of the destruction of the Molisi Tonga Supermarket during the riots of November 16, 2006.
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Friday 9 May 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
King George Tupou V has appointed Hon. Fatafehi Fuatakifolaha to the noble title Veikune today and effective from January 26, 2006.
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Friday 9 May 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 27-year old man from Nukunuku received a one-year suspended sentence today on two counts of housebreaking into the Shoreline office and the Nuku'alofa Club in the riots of November 16, 2006.
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Thursday 8 May 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
International reggae star, Shaggy, arrived in the Kingdom yesterday ready for his first Tongan concert this evening.
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Wednesday 7 May 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's new telecommunications operator, Digicel Tonga Ltd. officially launched its operation in Nuku'alofa this morning, five months after acquiring Tonfon Communications.
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Wednesday 7 May 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A Charity Musical Concert will be held to celebrate the 60th birthday of HM King George Tupou V and his cousin HRH Princess Siu'ilukitapu on Friday evening May 9 at the Consular House in Nuku'alofa.
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Wednesday 7 May 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Chinese construction engineers, after consulting with property owners who want to rebuild Nuku'alofa's central business district, are now waiting for the Tonga government to finalise the land ownership issues with land owners before planning can proceed further.
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Wednesday 7 May 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Tautahi Gold defeated the Savaii Samoa with 27-17 score in round three of the Pacific Cup at the Teufaiva Stadium on Friday, May 2.
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Tuesday 6 May 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Highlights from Tonga's newspapers, April 28-May 1, 2008. An English translation summary by Tevita Fonua.
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Tuesday 6 May 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tonga Government, with support from the Commonwealth Secretariat, is to appoint a third Supreme Court Judge for a period of two years on Wednesday, May 7.
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Tuesday 6 May 2008
'Aositelelia
Fakamolemole mu'a kae 'ata ke u kau atu he lave ki he kaveinga mahu'inga taha fekau'aki pea mo hotau ki'i fonua. 'Oku malie 'aupito e felafoaki 'a e kau tangata he mala'e ni 'o fekau'aki mo 'enau ngaahi mahino fakatemokalati. Pea 'oku hanga 'e he fo'i ongo malie koia 'o fakapuna ai au ke u kau atu ho'o mou felingiaki, neongo he 'ikai ke faka'aonga'i ia 'e he 'etau kau Politiki Tonga. - Sunia Mafile‘o Finaulahi
Monday 5 May 2008
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Taipei, Taiwan
Two middlemen entrusted with almost $30 million in Taiwanese government funds as part of a secret effort to forge diplomatic relations with Papua New Guinea made off with the money and are refusing to give it back, according to officials in Taiwan. By Jane Rickards
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Monday 5 May 2008
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Suva, Fiji
The Fiji Media Council is shocked and dismayed that on the eve of World Media Freedom day the interim Government should make such a mockery of its claim that the media in Fiji is free. While the media is still coming to terms with the deportation of Russell Hunter it is rocked by the deportation of the publisher of the Fiji Times, Evan Hannah.
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Monday 5 May 2008
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Suva, Fiji
Transparency International Fiji is concerned and dismayed at the unexpected deportation of the Publisher of Fiji Times Mr. Evan Hannah. This sends a very wrong signal to the people of this country and the international community that media outlets are being intimidated and their independence threatened.
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Monday 5 May 2008
USA
Ko e fa'ahinga talanoa eni 'oku lolotonga ngaue'aki 'e he kau feinga liliu' mo e si'i kakai 'oku havala mo puputu'u pe koeha koa' e totonu' (hee mei he mo'oni). Re: "'Ai ke 'uluaki temo a 'api pea toki temo 'a e pule'anga," "He 'ikai tali 'a e liliu ke 'uluaki Temokalati a 'api" - Siosiua Moimoiangaha
Monday 5 May 2008
Nomuka, Tonga
Kataki pe Sione Tu'akoi 'oua te ke sio lalo kia Tokivela (Tocqueville). Ka ke 'eva atu ki ho'omou ngaahi ngaahi 'apiako Ivy League 'o 'eke ki he kau ako ki he American Civilization pe ko e Political Philosophy ko e taha 'o 'enau text book tefitoo ko e Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville 'i hono liliu 'e Harvey Mansfield 'o Harvard. Toe 'eke atu ki he kau ako Politiki ta'u 'uluaki 'i Harvard (Boston), Princeton (New Jersey), pe Columbia (NY), ko e hingoa tu'ukimu'a kuo pau ke nau ako kiaii ko Tokivela. - Uili Tu‘ifua Finau
