Around 100 people from various sectors attended a “Tonga Foresight Xchange 2014” held today, 19 August, which aims to discuss and agree upon future priorities they want to see implemented through government policies.
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Tuesday 19 August 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Tuesday 19 August 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 62 year-old American man, Antone Thomas Pedras is facing deportation after his appeal against a removal order was dismissed by the Supreme Court.
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Tuesday 19 August 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A disturbing internet video highlighted by the New Zealand media yesterday shows what appears to be four Fijian men being shot dead in the ocean by Asian seaman from on board a fishing vessel.
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Monday 18 August 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Three-months out from Tonga's General Election on 27 November, the countdown to the big day has begun in Nuku'alofa.
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Monday 18 August 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga Law enforcement agencies signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 15 August to share information and work together in order to tackle serious financial and commercial crimes.
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Monday 18 August 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The ‘Ikale Tahi will play Scotland on November 22 in the town of Kilmarnock, Scotland.
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Monday 18 August 2014
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Honolulu, Hawaii
After visiting Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands, the United States Secretary of State, John Kerry, on August 14 expressed his concern over the effects of Climate Change on Pacific Islands.
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Monday 18 August 2014
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Melbourne, Australia
Tonga’s Australian Football team, the “Tonga Thunder” outclassed Japan 136 – 15 at the International Cup (AFL World Cup) in Melbourne, Australia on Saturday 16 August.
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Friday 15 August 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The semi-finals of the Tongatapu Secondary Schools Rugby went ahead today, Friday 15 August at Teufaiva Stadium despite a game being stopped last week due to spectators fighting.
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Friday 15 August 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Cheaper fuel prices have been announced by the Tonga Competent Authority to be effective from Monday 18 August.
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Friday 15 August 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The ‘Eua Agricultural Show 2014 was held today, Friday 15 August at the Niu'eiki grounds in Angaha, attended by King Tupou VI.
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Friday 15 August 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Private Sector Development is "the backbone" of the work of Development Financial Institutes in the Pacific; to provide capital for the Private Sector to enable their business ventures to grow, Anna Mendiola, the ADFIP chairperson, said in opening its regional meeting at the Fa'onelua Convention Centre, in Nuku'alofa yesterday, 14 August.
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Thursday 14 August 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tonga Tennis Association is sending a team of eleven local junior players on a tour of American Samoa and Fiji.
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Thursday 14 August 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga’s AFL team the “Tonga Thunder” were thrashed by South Africa 82 – 17 in the International Cup (AFL world cup) in Melbourne, Australia yesterday 13 August.
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Thursday 14 August 2014
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Sydney, Australia
Suicide rates in Pacific Islands are some of the highest in the world reaching up to 30 per 100,000 in countries such as Samoa, Guam and Micronesia, doubling the global average, with youth rates even higher.
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Thursday 14 August 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Three Nomuka fishermen rescued on a reef in the Lau Group last week, remain on Oneata Island waiting for rough seas to calm before they can be transported to Suva for their return to Tonga.
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Wednesday 13 August 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Pacific Island Tuna Industry Association (PITIA) has complained that Albacore and Bigeye Tuna stocks are continuing to decline in the Western Pacific as a result of overfishing.
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Wednesday 13 August 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Ark Peace, a Naval Hospital Ship from China arrived this morning at Vuna Wharf on a one-week visit to provide medical services to the people of Tonga.
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Tuesday 12 August 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Civil works to resurface and strengthen the runways at Tonga's Fua‘amotu International Airport and Lupepau’u International Airport starting this year, are expecting to be completed in 2015, under a $31 million pa'anga project financed by the World Bank.
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Tuesday 12 August 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Ministry of Revenue & Customs is announcing a new small business tax after changes to the Income Tax Law that brings everyone into the new turnover system that began on 1 July 2014. The new tax is compulsory unless business owners apply for an option to remain in the current profit based system.
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