The selling of fishing licenses with little or no obligation to the resource owners is not a smart fisheries management decision. PITIA appreciates the need for an influx of income to national budgets, but the sustainability of our resources and the ability to continue to earn from our ocean is our overarching economic goal.
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Monday 14 January 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Sevens team will leave for Fiji tomorrow to compete in the 2013 Uprising 7's Tournament in Lautoka from January 18-19.
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Monday 14 January 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A tropical cyclone may develop in the next 30 to 36 hours, effecting the Niuas, Vava’u and Ha’apai.
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Monday 14 January 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Seven officers of the Tonga Defence Services have successfully completed post-graduate studies from various universities.
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Friday 11 January 2013
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Northland, New Zealand
A 15 year-old Tongan girl and her friend are being praised for their heroism after rescuing two drowning men off a beach in northland, New Zealand.
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Thursday 10 January 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Standing Committee on Legislation will resume its public consultations next week.
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Thursday 10 January 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Prime Minister, Lord Tu'ivakano has formally announced his Cabinet for 2013.
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Wednesday 9 January 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Acquiring a business license in Tonga will now be easier under a new Business License Registration Regulation. It comes as part of parliament’s amendments to the Business Registration Act last year.
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Tuesday 8 January 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
HE Mr Thomas Roth, Australia's 14th High Commissioner to Tonga in a farewell reception at the Australian Residence, Mirrabooka on Friday 4 January 2013 welcomed colleagues, friends and acquaintance.
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Tuesday 8 January 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The 'cheap' tuna fishing license fees that the Tonga government sells foreign fishing boats, 'a tear drop in the ocean.'
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Friday 4 January 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The government’s repayment of loans poses a fiscal challenge in 2013, this according to the Asian Development Bank’s Pacific Economic Monitor.
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Friday 4 January 2013
Sacramento-California, USA
There was a call for comments on the proposed Bills, I thought it my duty to address the Legal Aid Bill. The Legal Aid Bill sounds like a good idea, but there are several aspects of it that are big problems. – Samisoni Tuloa.
Thursday 3 January 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
‘Oku ou fiefai ha tali ki he tukuaki’i hala funga ‘i he fakamahamahalo mo e loto taufehi’a ke fakangali kovi’i ‘a e ‘Eiki Minisita Fefakatau’aki, Takimamata & Ngaahi Ngaue ‘a e Kakai 'e he Paati Temokalati 'a e 'Otuanga'ofa PTO fekau’aki mo e ngaue fakaati ko Hinavakamea mo Tunavakamea 'oku teuteu'i 'aki 'a e hu'anga ki he Uafu Ko Vuna. - Dr Viliami Uasike Latu.
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Wednesday 2 January 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Four girls and one boy were born at Vaiola Hospital on New Year day, Tuesday, 1 January 2013.
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Friday 28 December 2012
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Three violent robberies occurred in Nuku'alofa during the Christmas week.
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Friday 28 December 2012
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's suicide rate for 2012 stood at nine, yesterday, 27 December; two more than the seven suicides recorded in 2011.
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Thursday 27 December 2012
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Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Matson Inc., a leading US carrier in the Pacific will take over the services that Reef Shipping has been providing for Tonga and other Pacific islands nations in the New Year.
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Thursday 27 December 2012
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Madrid, Spain
When Aids pandemic pounced on the African continent, the "condom industry" began to use the contagion to make a maneuver of marketing and get more subsidies for the production and delivery of condoms. The business of death had come. - Clement Ferrer.
Monday 24 December 2012
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The year 2012 has been an eventful year for Tonga, and a real test of the ability of government, and the people of Tonga to get the new system of government to work properly. Editor's Comment, by Pesi Fonua.
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Monday 24 December 2012
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's ancient stonework monuments are unique in the Pacific, and the largest of them, Lapaha's Paepae 'o Tele'a tombs, are to be submitted for recognition as a World Heritage Site.
