Tonga's new Attorney General Mr Neil Adsett was appointed as a Senior Counsel by Chief Justice Hon Michael Dishington Scott, at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court on Friday, March 16.
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Monday 19 March 2012
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga

Sunday 18 March 2012
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Three years ago today, Tonga's King George Tupou V passed away in Hong Kong.

Sunday 18 March 2012
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The restructuring of the Tonga Rugby Football Union will be completed by the end of May when a new board of directors will be elected to administer the new Tonga Rugby Union Inc., according 'Aminiasi Kefu, Tonga's Solicitor General and the interim Deputy Chairman of the Tonga Rugby Union authority.

Friday 16 March 2012
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's National Rugby Sevens Team for the Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens Tournament will leave Tonga tomorrow, March 17.

Thursday 15 March 2012
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Violence against women has become a way of life for some Tongan families, according to a report that was published last month by the Ma'a Fafine mo e Famili Inc., a local women's non government organization.

Thursday 15 March 2012
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's fourth contingent of 55 marines to Afghanistan departed Fua'amotu International Airport for the United Kingdom this afternoon, March 15, 2012.

Thursday 15 March 2012
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The New Zealand government's 2012 In Country Awards has granted 330 scholarships for Tongan students to study at approved tertiary institutions in Tonga during the 2012 school year.

Wednesday 14 March 2012
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London, United Kingdom
Vijay Krishnarayan, heralding from Trinidad and Tobago and current Deputy Director of the Commonwealth Foundation, has been appointed Director of the intergovernmental organisation.

Wednesday 14 March 2012
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'Eua, Tonga
A 27-year-old woman has been charged with 24 counts for alleged embezzlement, falsification of accounts and theft, valued at $99,000 from her former employer, the Melie Mei Langi Company, 'Eua branch.

Tuesday 13 March 2012
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Zurich, Switzerland
The former head of Tonga's Football Federation 'Ahongalu Fusimalohi has lost his appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport CAS, against a decision by the FIFA Appeal Committee, banning him for two year from taking part in any football-related activity and a fine of $7500 Swiss Francs.

Tuesday 13 March 2012
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Twelve former employees of the Westpac Bank of Tonga, Nuku'alofa Branches who have been charged with multiple counts of embezzlement were released on bail by Magistrate Salesi Mafi yesterday, March 12.

Tuesday 13 March 2012
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga High School Ex-students Association aims to raise $1 million to mark the 65th anniversary of Tonga High School THS on July 4, by charging ex-student to put their names on their Memorial Wall.

Monday 12 March 2012
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London, United Kingdom
One of the great benefits of today's technology-based world is the range of opportunities it offers to understand and appreciate how others live: we can see, hear and enter into the experience of people in communities and circumstances far removed from our own. - Elizabeth R

Monday 12 March 2012
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The winners of the Westpac 2012 essay competition on the theme 'Which girl or woman, past or present inspires you and why' were awarded with $4600 cash prizes on Thursday, March 8.

Sunday 11 March 2012
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Geneva, Switzerland
Mr Alex Kerangpuna of Papua New Guinea PNG has commenced work as Trade Policy Officer based in the Office of the Delegation of the Pacific Islands Forum PIF to the World Trade Organisation WTO in Geneva, Switzerland. - Pacific Islands Forum.

Sunday 11 March 2012
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Suva, Fiji
Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama, the self-appointed Prime Minister of the Republic of Fiji, will officially opened the Pacific Islands News Association PINA's 2012 Pacific Media Summit on Tuesday, March 27 at the Lagoon Resort, Pacific Harbour, Fiji.

Sunday 11 March 2012
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints LDS have more schools in Tonga than anywhere else in the world, the Commissioner of the LDS Church Education System, Elder Paul V. Johnson told Matangi Tonga during a one-day stop over in Tonga to attend the annual conference of Pacific Principals' of LDS church schools at Liahona on March 8.

Saturday 10 March 2012
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tongan government has launched new initiatives in its campaign to end violence against women and girls, the Solicitor General, 'Aminiasi Kefu told a gathering to celebrate the International Women's Day 2012 on Thursday, March 8.

Thursday 8 March 2012
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A new FM radio station, 98FM, the Le'o 'o e Kakai (Voice of the People) will start broadcasting on March 12 from the Ma'a Fafine mo e Famili centre, Fasi, Nuku'alofa.

Thursday 8 March 2012
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A Special Investigation Task Force of the Tongan Police is investigating an embezzlement network at the Nuku'alofa Branch of the Westpac Bank of Tonga, the Acting Police Commissioner Taniela Faletau said that ten former employees have been charged with multiple counts of embezzlement, the highest number of employees to be charged with crime against one private company in Tonga.
