Starting in the late 1940s, an exceptional group of visionaries responded to the devastation of World War II by coming together to build new institutions for a new world. Looking back two decades later, former US Secretary of State Dean Acheson said it was like being “present at the creation.” He was not wrong. The international community had come to a new understanding that prosperity is indivisible and must be shared if it is to be sustained. By Gordon Brown.
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Thursday 27 September 2018
New York, USA
Wednesday 26 September 2018
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Some of the Free Wesleyan Church schools in Tongatapu held a Bazaar Day on September 26 in Nuku'alofa.
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Wednesday 26 September 2018
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Thirty-five 5000 litre water tanks were transported in small boats to the people on the small island of ‘Atata, off Tongatapu, on September 26.
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Wednesday 26 September 2018
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Hundreds of women dressed in their finest white clothes with fancy creative hats on September 26, gathered for their annual 'Faka-Sepitema' roll call at the Church of Tonga.
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Wednesday 26 September 2018
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tongan Parliament before lunch yesterday, 25 September confirmed that the Standing Law Committee of the House would scrutinise the Cabinet’s decision to take two former Prime Ministers, Lord Sevele and Lord Tu’ivakano to court in relation to the transference of $90 million from government to Tongasat.
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Tuesday 25 September 2018
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A total of 2665 cannabis plants were uprooted and seized from a bush allotment in Mataika, Vava’u on Monday, September 24 making it Tonga’s largest cannabis bust to date.
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Tuesday 25 September 2018
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Twenty-nine cannabis plants were seized from a bush allotment in Houma, Tongatapu on Monday, September 24.
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Tuesday 25 September 2018
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The alleged male shooter in two petrol station shootings in Fanga and Veitongo on September 5 was further remanded in custody, while his two co-accused, his elder brother and a teenage girl were released on bail.
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Tuesday 25 September 2018
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tonga Rural Innovation Project II, a $24 million pa’anga project for rural community development in Tonga 2018-23, was launched during a stakeholders workshop on September 25 in Nuku’alofa.
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Tuesday 25 September 2018
Everett, Washington
College softball player Lesieli Aholelei was recognised as ‘Collegiate Female Athlete of the Year’ by the Snohomish County Sports Hall of Fame in Everett, Washington on 19 September.
Tuesday 25 September 2018
Suva, Fiji
Ms Cheri Robinson Moors, former Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the National University of Samoa, has been appointed as the Australia Pacific Training Coalition (APTC) Country Director for Tonga and Samoa, starting last month.
Tuesday 25 September 2018
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Twelve Tongan athletes will be competing in athletics, futsal, and swimming, at the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 6 - 18 October 2018.
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Tuesday 25 September 2018
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San Francisco, USA
The addictive qualities of sugar are embedded in its economics. Not everyone who is exposed to sugar becomes addicted; but, as with alcohol, many do. In fact, sugar’s allure is a big reason why the processed food industry’s current profit margin is 5% (up from 1%), and why so many of us are sick, fat, stupid, broke, depressed, and just plain miserable. Robert H. Lustig.
Monday 24 September 2018
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga‘s Minister for Finance and National Planning, Hon. Pohiva Tu‘i‘onetoa, moved for the House to take two former Prime Ministers, Lord Sevele and Lord Tu’ivakano to court for the alleged misappropriation of government funds. From the House by Pesi Fonua.
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Monday 24 September 2018
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Rugby league players in Tonga are being encouraged to open up about the problems of domestic violence in their community, in a NRL initiative called ‘Voice Against Violence’.
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Monday 24 September 2018
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Ninety-six packets of cannabis and cash were seized in the arrest of 10 people in Malapo, eastern Tongatapu on Saturday, September 22.
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Monday 24 September 2018
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 34-year-old man remains missing after he went out diving at Tu’aliku in Lapaha on Saturday, September 22. A search continues.
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Monday 24 September 2018
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A stepfather was found guilty by a Supreme Court judge, on numerous counts that included serious indecent assault of his two young step-daughters and raping one of them, while the mother was found guilty of helping him commit several of these serious sexual offences, which took place last year in Tongatapu. Name suppression was ordered by the judge to protect the identity of the victims.
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Monday 24 September 2018
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Suva, Fiji
A Fiji Dalo Quality manual to help taro growers, buyers and exporters improve the quality of taro being produced and traded for the local and export markets was launched on September 19.
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Monday 24 September 2018
Geneva, Switzerland
At the United Nations General Assembly in New York, global heads of state are meeting on September 26-27 to highlight two major health threats. On the first day, they will discuss strategies to end tuberculosis (TB), an ancient bacterium that remains the world’s deadliest infectious disease. On the second day, world leaders will discuss plans to beat leading NCDs such as cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular and lung disease. Combined, NCDs are responsible for seven out of every ten deaths globally. By Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
