Tonga’s high speed internet is expected to be commissioned on August 21 by King Tupou VI. The fibre-optic cable network would then go live to the public, said Paula Ma'u the CEO for the Ministry of Information and Communication.
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Tuesday 16 July 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Tuesday 16 July 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga Police are seekng DNA tests to help identify two individuals who died in separate incidents, while inquests will be held this week.
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Monday 15 July 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Three men who assaulted a woman shopkeeper and stole $200-300 cash from a Havelu store on Saturday night, July 13 are being sought by Tonga Police.
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Monday 15 July 2013
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Nuku'alofa
While Tonga's sovereignty and its right to make its own decisions is undeniable, but the wisdom of those decisions, surely, must be in harmony with our neighbours and the rest of the Western world that we are a part of. Editor's Comment by Pesi Fonua.
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Sunday 14 July 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
HRH Prince Taufa'ahau Manumataongo was baptized at the Centenary Church of the Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga in Nuku'alofa, this morning, 14 July. Photos by Pesi Fonua.
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Friday 12 July 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A driver who tried to answer her mobile phone has been charged with reckless driving after the car she was driving ran off the road and up a power pole stay-wire, at Tofoa, yesterday evening, July 11.
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Friday 12 July 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Supreme Court in Nuku‘alofa will hear three Causes of Action filed by John Cauchi, against the Government of Tonga on November 19-21, 2013. Cauchi, Tonga’s former Attorney General, is claiming over AUD$500,000 in special damages and relief.
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Friday 12 July 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A court order has suspended Tonga's Minister of Police, lawyer Siosifa Tu’utafaiva, from practising law for one year, following a recommendation of a disciplinary committee of the Tonga Law Society.
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Friday 12 July 2013
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Nadi, Fiji
A highly anticipated meeting between Pacific Island countries, on climate change and disaster risk management concluded yesterday in Nadi, Fiji, in a new joint effort to represent the concerns of the countries in a region that is most vulnerable to the effects of climate change and sea level rise.
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Friday 12 July 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Ten Tongan police officers have completed short-term professional development training and on the job attachments in New Zealand, under a Tonga Police Development Program.
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Thursday 11 July 2013
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Neiafu, Vava'u
Free medical services are being provided this week to some of Tonga’s isolated islands through a floating health care clinic, under the Sea Mercy programme .
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Thursday 11 July 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Governor of the National Reserve Bank of Tonga Siosi Mafi left the bank on 5 July after 10 years as Governor.
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Wednesday 10 July 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A new commercial bank, the Pacific International Commercial Bank, was awarded a license to operate by the National Reserve Bank of Tonga on July 2, and is expected to open in about six months time as the fifth bank in Tonga.
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Wednesday 10 July 2013
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Auckland, New Zealand
I am surprised by the reaction from within Tonga and abroad regarding the MA60 and its "safety" record. It seems to be largely scaremongering and overstated comments by an under-informed public. While I agree there are better suited aircraft for Tonga ... I don't personally think the MA60 deserves its bad rap, and everyone needs to calm down. What people really need to worry about is not the aircraft but crew competency and airport safety. - Peter White
Tuesday 9 July 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Economic cooperation with the emerging Asian economies is important for the economic recovery of Pacific Islands, Forum Economic Ministers agreed at the 17th Forum Economic Ministers Meeting (FEMM) in Nuku'alofa from 4-5 July.
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Tuesday 9 July 2013
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Australia
I have just googled the so called “safe” plane the Deputy Prime Minister has referred to and have found an interesting history of accidents, which I have cut and pasted from Wikipedia. What concerns me the most is the recent record from 2009 to well, last month – two accidents in one day. - Concerned Tongan.
Tuesday 9 July 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Two Tongan scholarship students have completed their university studies in the People’s Republic of China.
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Tuesday 9 July 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The New Zealand government has suspended its promised multi-million dollar aid to develop tourism in Tonga, over safety concerns around the new Chinese-made MA60 aircraft that the Tonga government plans to use for the domestic inter-island service.
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Monday 8 July 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A young man (19) died in a house fire, while three others escaped, on early Sunday morning July 7, at Halaleva in Tongatapu. Police investigating the blaze said the three who escaped did not know that the victim, who was their friend, was sleeping inside the timber house.
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Monday 8 July 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's government celebrated the gift of a new MA60 aircraft from China at a handover ceremony attended by King Tupou VI at the Fua'amotu Domestic Airport on Saturday July 6. Deputy Prime Minister Samiu Vaipulu, who sought the aircraft from China, said in an emotional speech that it was the first of its type in the region, but it was sad that it had not been accepted by the United States and New Zealand.
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