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Thursday 9 August 2012
Bangkok, Thailand
Unacceptable physical abuse is causing long-term damage to the lives and futures of far too many children in East Asia and the Pacific, according to a report released by UNICEF, August 8.
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Thursday 9 August 2012
Brisbane, Australia
Frothy volcanic rock called pumice, thrown out by Tongan eruptions in 2006, transported around 80 species of marine creatures to Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
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Wednesday 8 August 2012
Yeosu, South Korea
Tonga's National Day was celebrated at the Expo 2012 Yeosu, South Korea with the hoisting of the Tongan flag and the playing of the national anthem at the Expo Hall on August 6.
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Wednesday 8 August 2012
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Communications costs in Tonga are under pressure as the Tonga Government aims to collect more than $10 million pa'anga revenue from the communications and public enterprises sector in the current financial year.
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Wednesday 8 August 2012
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Surgeons in the Pacific Islands are limited in resources but they should be proud of what they are able to achieve, the 11th Pacific Islands Surgeons Association Conference heard at the opening of the biennial conference being held in Tonga from August 7-10.
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Tuesday 7 August 2012
Houma, Tongatapu
When Valerie Adams won a Silver Medal for New Zealand in the women's shot-put at the London Olympics this morning, her extended family at her mother's native village of Houma, in Tongatapu was cheering with pride.
Tuesday 7 August 2012
Auckland, New Zealand
After one of the largest recent La Niña periods on record, which caused drought in the Pacific Island countries of Tuvalu and Tokelau, the Pacific Ocean is returning to a near normal state. - The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research NIWA.
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Monday 6 August 2012
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Fourteen line Ministries under a restructured government came into being in July, with the Prime Minister currently acting as the Minister for Police and for Defence.
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Monday 6 August 2012
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
China will this month officially handover the Nuku'alofa Central Business District Project, financed with a TOP$118 million loan to the Government of Tonga.
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Monday 6 August 2012
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Manase Afuha'amango won the Mr Tonga 2012-13 title at the Queen Salote Memorial Hall, Nuku'alofa on Saturday night, August 3.
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Friday 3 August 2012
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga has reversed its decision to close the fishing of sea cucumbers for three years and re-opened in June with 10 licenses issued bringing the government some short term cash in licensing fees, but against the best advice of its fisheries experts who warn that closure is the best option for managing the sea cucumber stock sustainably.
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Friday 3 August 2012
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The United States has stepped up its commitment to work with its Pacific Island partners with the second visit to the region by the US Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Kurt M. Campbell, and the Pacific Fleet Commander, Admiral Cecil Haney, with an interagency delegation.
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Thursday 2 August 2012
Lautoka, Fiji
The Tongan Women's Sevens team will face off against the top teams in the region in their bid to secure a qualification spot, at the Oceania Women's Sevens Championship on August 3.
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Thursday 2 August 2012
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tongan parliament was in an uproar this afternoon as members who supported a Motion for a Vote of No Confidence in the Prime Minister were given the floor to counter the written response of the Prime Minister that had been read to the parliament over the previous five days of sitting. From the House by Pesi Fonua.
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Thursday 2 August 2012
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Two women have become heads of Tonga's overseas missions, with HRH Princess Latufuipeka appointed as Tonga's new High Commissioner to Australia, while Tania Tupou becomes Tonga's first Ambassador to Japan.
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Thursday 2 August 2012
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Lord Nuku returns to the Tonga Legislative Assembly after winning the 'Eua Nobles Representative seat, in this morning's nobles by-election, at the Palace Office in Nuku'alofa. Photos by Linny Folau.
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Wednesday 1 August 2012
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
‘Uliti Uata (75), a People’s Representative to the Tongan Parliament was admitted to Vaiola Hospital on Monday and is waiting to be sent overseas for medical treatment, according to an official from Vaiola Hospital today, August 1.
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Wednesday 1 August 2012
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Prime Minister Lord Tu'ivakano is the first recipient of the Shepherd of the Sea Award in recognition of the government's leadership in keeping Tonga as a whale sanctuary. The new award comes from a US based anti-whaling group the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.
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Wednesday 1 August 2012
Melbourne, Australia
The Melbourne Tapa exhibition will be launched by HRH Princess Latufuipeka Tuku'aho in Melbourne on Thursday 2 August in her first official duty as the High Commissioner of Tonga to Australia, at the start of a five-day Melbourne tour. Photos Loketi Niua Latu.
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Tuesday 31 July 2012
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Kurt Campbell, the US Assistant Secretary of State for the East Asian and Pacific Affairs, arrives in Tonga on August 1, the first stop of a tour that includes six other Pacific Island countries.
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