Tongan products such as vanilla and Japanese taro have been successfully promoted in the Japanese market, facilitated by the Pacific Islands Centre (PIC) in Tokyo. By Linny Folau.
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Tuesday 24 November 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Tuesday 24 November 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Sione Noa Niua (23) from Hofoa was announced the Dux of Montfort Technical Institute today, 24 November, securing his place in His Majesty’s Armed Force’s next recruitment in 2016.
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Tuesday 24 November 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Wind power energy may be the next big source of renewable energy, after solar energy, to help reduce Tonga’s heavy reliance on diesel for power generation. Japan’s International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is preparing to carry out a six-months feasibility study on wind power.
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Tuesday 24 November 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tongan citizens will now benefit with a short-stay visa free travel to European Countries (EU) after a Schengen Visa Waiver Agreement was signed on 20 November in Brussels.
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Tuesday 24 November 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A man who poured hot cooking oil on his wife, was found not guilty by a jury of murdering his wife, who died from severe burns in December 2014. He will be sentenced on a lesser charge of manslaughter on 18 December.
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Tuesday 24 November 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Prime Minister Hon. ‘Akilisi Pohiva is not fit to travel this week to take part in three major events in Europe and Malta, including the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM).
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Monday 23 November 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga’s budding film-makers will have their ingenuity tested this week in a challenge that will see them creating short films in only two days – and produced ready to be screened to the public at the annual Film Night on Thursday November 26.
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Monday 23 November 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Christmas holiday celebrations have begun in Nuku'alofa, despite the rainy weather, as children were treated to a special Christmas program by Digicel Tonga on Friday, 20 November at Digicel Square.
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Monday 23 November 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A $5,000 donation from the Nuku’alofa Club to the Sacred Heart Charity was presented by Crown Prince Tupouto’a ‘Ulukalala to Father Francis on Friday evening, 20 November at the club.
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Monday 23 November 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
'Inoke Mapaleve Mo'unga (32) drowned at Laulea Beach in Fatumu, on the eastern coast of Tongatapu, after he was swept away by strong currents on Saturday, 21 November.
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Saturday 21 November 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga’s controversial Foreign Exchange Levy Act 2015 has been suspended, according to Press Statement released by the Ministry of Finance and National Planning yesterday, 20 November.
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Saturday 21 November 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A trial to hear an election petition against Hon ‘Etuate Lavulavu for alleged corruption during his election campaign last year will go ahead on 25 November, after the Chief Justice dismissed two applications by Lavulavu, made on 13 November, for the trial to be adjourned. The Chief Justice stated "This court must...ensure the just but efficient and speedy hearing of an electoral petition and to discourage frivolous applications which have been the intention or effect of delaying the hearing."
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Friday 20 November 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A strong wind warning remains in force for Tongatapu, 'Eua, Ha'apai and Vava'u land areas, while a gale warning remains in force for coastal waters, Tonga’s Fua'amotu Weather Forecasting Centre advised at 7:00pm this evening, Friday 20 November.
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Friday 20 November 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Four people escaped a fire that destroyed the home of Siosifa Fatafehi Fuatakifolaha (formerly Noble Veikune) in Longolongo, Nuku’alofa this afternoon.
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Friday 20 November 2015
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Sydney, Australia
Dr Talia’uli Afeaki was awarded the 2015 Tongan of the Year award by Princess Angelika, the Tongan High Commissioner to Australia on November 13 in Sydney, Australia, an event organised by the Tongan Community Development Australia Inc.
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Friday 20 November 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Prayers for the late Jonah Lomu were flowing in Tonga this morning at the Lomu family home in Longolongo, Nuku’alofa, as they remembered the young man who made the Lomu name legendary.
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Thursday 19 November 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A judgement will be delivered in two-weeks time over the legitimacy of the succession by Lord Fielakepa to the hereditary title Fielakepa, after he was challenged in a land case brought by his nephew, Tupou Tongaliuaki Aleamotu’a.
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Thursday 19 November 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Hundreds of young students from various Primary and Middle Schools of the Free Wesleyan Church (FWC) today performed colourful traditional dances, at the Akoteu grounds in Nuku’alofa.
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Thursday 19 November 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Catering Professionals Tonga, was officially opened for business by Lord Vaea in the Nuku’alofa CBD on Wednesday evening, 18 November - an extension of an established catering service in Auckland, New Zealand that is owned and managed by Kelemete ‘Ahio, from Houma.
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Thursday 19 November 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Lord Fielakepa told the Nuku’alofa Supreme Court yesterday that he was simply following decisions made by King Tupou VI and that his appointment as a trustee of the title, and later as title holder of the estate, was something he never asked for.
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