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Sunday 21 August 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
About 30 Tongan seamen have lost their jobs because Singaporean registered ships had rejected their seamanship certificates issued by the Tonga Maritime Polytechnical Institute, the Minister for Training, Employment, Youth and Sports, the Hon. Fe'ao Vakata told parliament on Tuesday, 16 August.
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Saturday 20 August 2011
Pago Pago, American Samoa
Hi ai a e He, Hi ai a e He Tonga E, Tonga E, tu'u 'o va'inga mokomoko pe Hi ai a e He, Hi ai a e He Ikuna pe Ikuna'i te tau fiefia pe Hi ai a e He, Hi ai a e He Ko e va'inga keta fakaha ho ta anga'i tangata Hi ai a e He, Hi ai a e He Malohi, Fo'i pe Mahanga, Te u kei Tonga pe ki he ngata'anga. Hi ai a e He, Tonga. – Mafi 'o Amelika Samoa.
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Friday 19 August 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The 'Ikale Tahi beat the Flying Fijians 32-20 in a Rugby World Cup warm test match at Churchill Park, Lautoka, Fiji this afternoon.
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Friday 19 August 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
New Zealand and Tonga Police have confirmed there is a connection between the Tongan male charged in relation to the cannabis bust in Tongatapu and the alleged methamphetamine scam that saw three Tongan men charged in Auckland. The men were named in court appearances this week.
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Friday 19 August 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Police Commissioner Chris Kelley is still considering a possible return to Tonga following government's move not to renew his contract, which prompted him to take his leave on August 6, before his contract ends on September 22.
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Friday 19 August 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Nuku'alofa turned out in red today, Friday August 19 in support of Tonga's National Rugby Team 'Ikale Tahi who meet the Flying Fijians in their second test match in Lautoka at 4:30pm.
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Friday 19 August 2011
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
The Internet and World Wide Web (www) hold the keys to global knowledge once the privilege of a few who were lucky to be educated overseas. This is more powerful than the mere use of e-mails, visiting Websites, and chatting on your mobile phone. A computer makes world information available "ubiquitously" (anywhere, and everywhere). – Sione Akemaihakau Mokofisi
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Friday 19 August 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Teuaki ki he tau Tonga!! Teu lea pea tala ki mamani katoa Ko e ‘Ikale Tahi kuo halofia. Ke ‘ilo ‘e he sola mo e taka Ko e ‘aho ni te u tamate tangata, ‘A e haafe mo e tautua‘a Kuo hu‘i hoku anga tangata. Te u peluki e molo mo e foueti taka, Pea ngungu mo ha loto fita‘a – Sipi Tau.
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Thursday 18 August 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Multi-million pa'anga projects to improve public roads throughout Tonga over the next two years have started while others are on the drawing board to be financed under three different programs funded by Chinese loans and a grant from the Asian Development Bank.
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Thursday 18 August 2011
Pago Pago, American Samoa
I fully understand the democratic system where one is presumed innocent until proven guilty. However, it is no difference from telling a criminal, "you have been found guilty . . . but while your appeal is pending, we are promoting you . . ." This is most embarrassing coming from a country that brags of having the most educated population per capita in the Pacific if not in the world. When will we ever learn? – Mafi 'o Amerika Samoa.
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Thursday 18 August 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Six candidates – all men, have registered today for the September 15 by-election for Tongatapu 9 constituency in Nuku'alofa.
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Thursday 18 August 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A Bill to terminate the government's contribution to the Retirement Fund Scheme for Public Servants was unanimously voted for by the Tongan Legislative Assembly 10-0 on Monday, 15 August.
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Wednesday 17 August 2011
Suva, Fiji
Deputy Secretary Nides thanked the King for Tonga’s support of the international community in Afghanistan through the deployment of the Royal Tongan Marines. The United States applauds Tonga for its move to a more full democracy through its first popular majority parliament in elections last year and its ongoing development of an active and vibrant civil society. – US Department of State.
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Wednesday 17 August 2011
Auckland, New Zealand
Three people who had attempted to arrange the sale of several hundred kilograms of methamphetamine that were alleged to be stockpiled in Tonga have been arrested today, August 17, by the Auckland Police Drug Squad.
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Wednesday 17 August 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Returning last night from an pre-Olympics seminar in London, Takitoa Taumoepeau the Secretary General of Tonga's National Olympic Committee said today that he is targeting a small Tongan team of about nine to eleven athletes to compete in the 2012 London Olympics and that the London riots would not change their plans.
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Wednesday 17 August 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
After the Tongan Parliament passed the government's Budget for 2011/12 on Wednesday, 29 June a final copy of the official Budget has not been published and therefore neither the government ministries nor the public know exactly what is the government's economic policy for the current financial year.
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Wednesday 17 August 2011
Lausanne, Switzerland
Three former FIFA executive committee members banned in a World Cup bidding scandal, including Tonga's 'Ahongalu Fusimalohi, will have their appeals heard no sooner than October, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Monday. Meanwhile, Fusimalohi has become a Special Adviser to the Tongan Prime Minister and he was named by TASA as its Chef de Mission for the London Olympic Games next year.
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Tuesday 16 August 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A Joint Operation by Tongan and New Zealand police on Friday, August 12 seized 83 pots of young cannabis plants at Nualei in Tongatapu and one Tongan male was arrested.
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Tuesday 16 August 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A Second Tonga Court of Appeal Session for 2011 is to be held in the last week of September and will hear over 10 appeals, including the Crown's appeal against sentences imposed in the Ashika trial.
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Tuesday 16 August 2011
Australia
AFL TONGA Tigers team has defeated France with an impressive 48-7 score in its second match in its first international debut at the AFL International Cup 2011 in Australia, on August 13.
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