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Tuesday 7 June 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Two talented Tongan singers Olivia Kolo (24) and Roslynn Mahe (37) have made it into the second round of Avon's first Online Global Talent Search and need all the support they can get from their Tongan fans.
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Friday 3 June 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Export market access is a very difficult game but the level of organization in Tonga's horticultural and agricultural export sector is ahead of other Pacific Islands, a regional team leader noted on June 1 at the launch of the Tongan phase of a Pacific Horticultural and Agricultural Market Access Program (PHAMA).
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Friday 3 June 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Following the opening of the first session of Tonga's reformed parliament on June 2, a committee met today to form a reply to the Speech from the Throne made by King George Tupou V.
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Friday 3 June 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 19-year-old girl has pleaded guilty to four counts of indecently assaulting a minor, a boy aged 11, committed in February this year at Ha'asini, in Tongatapu.
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Thursday 2 June 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Members of the 'Ikale Tahi, Tonga's national rugby team for the Churchill Cup Tournament in the UK will assemble in London tomorrow, June 3 to prepare to prepare for the tournament starting on June 8.
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Thursday 2 June 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
HM King George Tupou V opened Tonga's reformed parliament, this morning, June 2 noting that large scale reforms are needed to change Tonga "from an impoverished country, which missed out on most opportunities to improve its circumstances in the 20th Century to a prosperous one of the 21st Century".
Thursday 2 June 2011
Suva, Fiji
Bula Matangitonga, I drew this and just thought I'd share it with Matangitonga Online. This is just a view on Lt Col Mara, Tonga and Fiji. Vinaka Saki Vakaciwa saki [at] saki [dot] net [dot] au ( saki [at] saki [dot] net [dot] au)
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Thursday 2 June 2011
'Okalani, Nu'usila
Kataki kae fokotu'u atu e ki'i tohi ni fekau'aki mo e Headline "Ha me'a 'oku hoko mali 'o Fielakepa Li'aki 'a Nopele Fielakepa 'e hono mali" 'a e Taimi 'o Tonga Vol 22, Fika 21/Pulelulu 25 Mē, 2011. 'Oku mau fie fakahā heni 'a 'emau ongo'i faka'ofa'ia mo fakatumutumu 'i he ma'ulalo faufau kuo a'u ki ai 'a e loto mo e 'atamai 'o e tokotaha na'a ne tohi 'a e article . . . - Johnny Taione.
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Wednesday 1 June 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 37-year-old man from Vaini was found guilty on two counts of attempted armed robbery and carrying arms with the intention to commit an offence, when he threatened a man with a .22 bolt-action rifle at the Yellow Pier in April 2010.
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Wednesday 1 June 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The historical opening of the first session of Tonga's newly reformed parliament will be held tomorrow Thursday, June 2 with a state opening by King George Tupou V, including the fanfare of brass bands and marching students that will be missed by the Prime Minister Lord Tu'ivakano.
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Wednesday 1 June 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Liu Lirong who was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment on Monday, May 30 is appealing both her conviction and sentence for people trafficking, trading in prostitution and keeping a brothel.
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Wednesday 1 June 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's first Tobacco-Free Village, Kala'au, is taking a stand against tobacco-related deaths by declaring itself to be a "smoke-free" area, and the village is being rewarded by the Ministry of Health.
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Tuesday 31 May 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Another drugs charge has been filed against Lord Tu'ilakepa a former Speaker of the Tonga Legislative Assembly and a current Vava'u Nobles' Representative.
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Tuesday 31 May 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Three students from the primary, secondary and tertiary levels in Tonga became the first winners of Westpac Women's Education Grants that assists with the cost of their local education.
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Tuesday 31 May 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Since the end of the Cold War, the larger Western powers, the US and UK, started to lose interest in the Pacific. From a Western security perspective, the day-to-day management of the region was handed over to Australia and New Zealand. Unfortunately, in an increasingly multipolar world, all sorts of new foreign policy options are available. By Cleo Paskal.
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Tuesday 31 May 2011
Noumea, New Caledonia
Health workers throughout the Pacific region will raise their voices of warning about the dangers of tobacco smoking to a higher level today, May 31, as countries and territories mark World No Tobacco Day. - SPC.
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Monday 30 May 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Ms Liu Lirong (45) a Chinese national who was found guilty on seven counts, including human trafficking, keeping a brothel and trading in prostitution was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by Justice Robert Shuster in the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court this afternoon, May 30.
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Monday 30 May 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Prominent Polynesian leaders including the Maori King, the Head of State of Samoa, the Paramount Chief of Samoa, along with Fiji's first lady, and a guest of Tonga's king, the Fijian Lt. Col. Tevita Mara, gathered at the Royal Palace in Nuku'alofa yesterday to celebrate the 85th birthday of HM the Queen Mother Halaevalu Mata'aho.
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Sunday 29 May 2011
Sydney, Australia
I read in the Matangi Tonga that the former Fiji military strongman Ratu Tevita Mara "wants a democratic government back in Fiji". Although I would like to see a return to democratic rule in Fiji, I will not be joining any opposition of which Ratu Mara is a part. - Rajend Naidu.
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Friday 27 May 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Lieutenant Colonel Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba Mara, one of the four Fijian senior military officers who with Commodore Bainimarama overthrew the democratically elected government of Fiji on 5 December 2006 has confessed that what they did was illegal.
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