Volcanic activity with white steam coming out of an area about 20km southwest of Late Island in Vava'u was spotted by a Real Tonga Airline pilot on Monday, February 9.
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Wednesday 11 February 2015
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Wednesday 11 February 2015
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The Office of the Prime Minister is obligated to respond in brief to questions and criticisms raised by the liberal news media, and is dubbed to be the wider views of the public at large, as to why the New Government has been slow in instigating the changes they proposed to the constituents and the people of Tonga, prior to election. - Prime Minister's Office, Government of Tonga.
Tuesday 10 February 2015
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Viliami Taufa, a Tongan national who lives and works in New Zealand has been appointed as an advisor to the Prime Minister, Hon. 'Akilisi Pohiva today, 10 February.
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Tuesday 10 February 2015
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All classrooms at Tupou High School’s Nukunuku Campus have been renovated with over $100,000 pa’anga grant assistance by the Government of Japan.
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Tuesday 10 February 2015
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Bishop Soane Patita Paini Mafi (53) will be made Cardinal at a consistory in Rome on Saturday, February 14, making him Tonga’s first as named by Pope Francis.
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Tuesday 10 February 2015
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Prime Minister Pōhiva’s recent favouritism appointments are the actions of a dictator. - Sione A. Mokofisi – MBA.
Tuesday 10 February 2015
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Tonga's domestic MA60 aircraft operations have been suspended from February 8 and the aircraft has been returned to the government, Real Tonga announced today, citing new legislation that took effect on Sunday.
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Monday 9 February 2015
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The Vava‘u Noble’s Representative to Parliament, who was fined last week after pleading guilty to firearms and ammunition charges, will retain his noble title since his sentencing was less than two years.
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Monday 9 February 2015
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A local drama group “On the Spot” will put on a show in Ha’apai this week to help cheer-up residents in the outer island community that was devastated by Cyclone Ian last year. By Finau Fonua.
Monday 9 February 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's "de facto" new government of Prime Minister 'Akilisi Pōhiva, who masterminded the hijacking of the majority ballots cast by voters on November 27, 2014 general elections, is basking delightfully in power today. Thanks to the local media's adoration of this political "sophism" . . . - Sione A. Mokofisi – MBA.
Monday 9 February 2015
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Tonga High School held its two-days Annual Sports today looking for its best athletes in preparation for the upcoming Inter-College Sports competition usually held in April.
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Monday 9 February 2015
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Mr. Prime Minster my wish is this: Keep your son, give him a rocking top level grade government salary with a radical pension plan, hire another
relative as your uniformed driver and please have the Treasury buy a brand new Pajero for yourself as PM with a personalized license plate preferably
saying "YO PM." - Gabe Fatafehi.
Sunday 8 February 2015
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Confusion over changed ownership of the government newspaper, the Tonga Weekly, has left the publisher-editor Faka'osi Maama and his staff deeply concerned over their jobs and the future of the paper, which has stalled during the take-over.
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Friday 6 February 2015
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Mo'ale Finau is the new governor of Ha'apai, the Acting Secretary to Cabinet, 'Aholotu Palu confirmed at noon today, 6 February.
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Friday 6 February 2015
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The Lord Tu’ilakepa was fined $10,000 Pa’anga on charges relating to illegal possession of firearms and ammunition yesterday, February 5.
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Friday 6 February 2015
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Tonga High School ex-student Motekiai Langi from Kahoua, has been signed to play American football for Brigham Young University (BYU) in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Thursday 5 February 2015
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Vaiola Hospital's Paediatric Ward has been gifted with a $100,000 playground, presented by the Tae Kami Foundation, this morning, 5 February.
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Thursday 5 February 2015
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The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) has announced its intentions to increase local Tuna catches for Pacific Islanders in order to improve food security. The plan is to expand the use of Fish Aggregating Device (FAD) to improve the local capacity for Tuna catches.
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Thursday 5 February 2015
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Fiji will officially change its national flag on October 10 this year. Fiji’s Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama in announcing the move on Monday February 3 stated that the new flag should “reflect Fiji’s position in the world today as a modern and truly independent nation state.”
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Monday 2 February 2015
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The delay in the completion of the reconstruction of residential houses that were destroyed by Cyclone Ian in Ha'apai on 11 January 2014 has made life extremely difficult for families who are still living in tents a year on from the disaster, the People's Representatives for Ha'apai told the Tongan Parliament last month.
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