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Tuesday 6 December 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Christmas carols were performed in central Nuku'alofa on Thursday night December 1, in a special program organized by the Sisu koe Fetu'ungingila Church Group.
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Tuesday 6 December 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Government of Tonga will close down for the Christmas and New Year holidays between December 23 and January 2.
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Tuesday 6 December 2011
Wellington, New Zealand
An independent audit has found that poor record keeping was behind the alleged misuse by the Tongan government of a New Zealand grant, and there was no evidence of fraud, according to a statement from New Zealand Foreign Affairs.
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Friday 2 December 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Government Secondary Schools, Tonga High School and Tonga College held their prize giving ceremonies this week, concluding the 2011 academic year for schools in Tonga.
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Friday 2 December 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Galaxy Queen Pageant 2011 will be crowned this evening, December 2, at the end of a colourful three day contest that is living up to its reputation of fantasy and fun.
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Thursday 1 December 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga currently has only two known surviving HIV/AIDS cases.
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Thursday 1 December 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Ambassador to the United States, HE Tu'a Taumoepeau-Tupou and the Vice President of the World Bank, Mr James Adam signed an agreement on November 23 in Washington DC for the release of USD $9 million budgetary support to Tonga from the World Bank.
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Thursday 1 December 2011
Auckland, New Zealand
As HIV diagnoses continue to rise in New Zealand, the New Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF) and New Zealanders affected by HIV, will mark World AIDS Day on Thursday, 1 December. In 2010, 149 people were diagnosed with HIV in New Zealand, continuing the trend of increased numbers since 2003.
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Wednesday 30 November 2011
Suva, Fiji
"The goal of SOPAC is to apply geoscience and technology to realize new opportunities for improving the livelihoods of Pacific communities. Geographic Information System GIS and Remote Sensing is clearly a technology which can contribute to realizing improving livelihoods." - Dr Russell Howorth, the director of SOPAC.
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Tuesday 29 November 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Westpac Bank of Tonga in its effort to make banking easier for its customers, launched a new mobile phone banking service in Nuku'alofa on November 28, allowing registered customers to perform select banking transactions from their mobile phones whenever and wherever there is mobile coverage.
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Tuesday 29 November 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Digicel Tonga opened a new state of the art flagship store on Taufa'ahau Road on November 22, worth an investment totaling over USD$200,000, making the store the first of its kind in Tonga streamlining all its customer access and products in one place from mobiles, internet and television.
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Tuesday 29 November 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A new Tonga Police Community Post was opened at the Fakafanua Centre in Ma'ufanga this morning, 28 November, making it the sixth post in Tongatapu under the Tonga Police Community Policing Strategy, aimed at ensuring a safer community through the police working closely together with the members of the community to crack down on crimes.
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Tuesday 29 November 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's national Under 18 Rugby team, currently touring New Zealand for the first time, has secured two victories out of its four matches, after defeating the Auckland Marist Club and the Northland District under 18.
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Tuesday 29 November 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Fonoi village, home to 100 people in the outer islands of Ha'apai, received an early Christmas present from the Government of Japan who provided them with 26 new 5,000 litre water tanks.
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Tuesday 29 November 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A combined prize giving ceremony for the Free Wesleyan Church's three high schools, Tupou College, Tupou High School and Queen Salote College, was held at the Queen Salote College Hall on November 24, attended by hundreds of students and parents.
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Tuesday 29 November 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the White Ribbon Day 25 November, was marked in Tonga as part of a campaign to end violence against women in the world.
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Tuesday 29 November 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A mentally disturbed patient, suffering from schizophrenia, was convicted of manslaughter and was sentenced to 23 years in prison by Justice Robert Shuster at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court on 24 November.
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Thursday 24 November 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Okinawa Traditional Performing Arts Tour from Japan visited Tonga on the last leg of a South Pacific Tour, presenting a free performance at the Queen Salote Memorial Hall in Nuku'alofa on November 23.
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Thursday 24 November 2011

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Awards for achievement in non-formal studies of tourism, hospitality, music, entertainment, and dance were made by the 'Unuaki 'o Tonga Royal Institute at their annual prize giving ceremony on November 19, 2011. The Director of the institute, 'Akosita Havili Lavulavu said that the motto of the 'Unuaki 'o Tonga Royal Institute UTRI, "Education for All" and its mission to "Move Tonga Forward", were being realized through the increased participation of young Tongans in non-formal education.
Thursday 24 November 2011
Chengdu, Sichuan, China
The Tongan Ambassador to the People's Republic of China H.E. Mr. Siamelie Latu was one of the speakers at the opening of the First Ecological and Elderly Health Forum held in Heming Mountain – the "Sacred City" of Taoism Origin in Chengdu, Sichuan Province Tuesday 15 to Friday 18 November 2011. – Tonga Beijing Embassy.
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