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
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga

Friday 19 August 2011
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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.

Friday 19 August 2011
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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.

Friday 19 August 2011
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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

Friday 19 August 2011
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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 tautuaa
Kuo hui hoku anga tangata.
Te u peluki e molo mo e foueti taka,
Pea ngungu mo ha loto fitaa Sipi Tau.

Thursday 18 August 2011
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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.

Thursday 18 August 2011
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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.

Thursday 18 August 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Six candidates all men, have registered today for the September 15 by-election for Tongatapu 9 constituency in Nuku'alofa.

Thursday 18 August 2011
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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.

Wednesday 17 August 2011
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Suva, Fiji
Deputy Secretary Nides thanked the King for Tongas 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.

Wednesday 17 August 2011
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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.

Wednesday 17 August 2011
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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.

Wednesday 17 August 2011
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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.

Wednesday 17 August 2011
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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.

Tuesday 16 August 2011
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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.

Tuesday 16 August 2011
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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.

Tuesday 16 August 2011
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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.

Tuesday 16 August 2011
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'Okalani, Nu'usila
'E fakafoki 'e 'Akilisi mo Sitiveni Halapua 'a e fatongia ki hono tanaki mai 'o e ngaahi fakamatala ki hono ngaue'aki 'e he NDC 'a e no mei Siaina, koe'uhi koe'uhi ko hono faka'ata 'e he Palemia ke 'oua 'e fakafo'ou 'a e aleapau ngaue 'a Kelley pea mo e kei hook atu 'a e Minisita Lao ko e 'Ateni Seniale. - Dr Fotu K.V. Fisi'iahi.

Tuesday 16 August 2011
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Sydney, Australia
Tonga is seeking a US$26.9 million grant from the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank to support the installation of a broadband cable network for Tonga next year.

Monday 15 August 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's sports team leaves next week to compete in 15 sports in the South Pacific Games in New Caledonia, beginning on August 27.
