Kumala noodles, duck raising, mushrooms-growing and methane-generating pits are projects that Tonga will see under a new TOP$1.6m China technical grant.
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Tuesday 1 February 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Monday 31 January 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A year after signing hydrocarbons exploration and mining agreements with the Tonga Government, a US-based venture capitalist group announced in Nuku'alofa on January 27 that they aimed to start exploratory drilling for oil in Tonga's seabed in 2014 - and they celebrated the occasion with not only a project presentation but also a guest performance by a Las Vegas singer flown to Tonga.
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Monday 31 January 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A short sharp earthquake magnitude 5.8 centred 83 km (51 miles) SSW from Nuku'alofa, was felt in the capital this evening at about 7:03 pm, where it shook buildings for a few seconds.
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Monday 31 January 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's fledgling Members of Parliament are undertaking an intensive one-week workshop in Nuku'alofa aimed at equipping them with the knowledge on the workings of the Tonga Legislative so they could carry out their job as legislators more effectively.
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Monday 31 January 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 20-year-old male offender, Fakalesi Mafi, will serve a one- year imprisonment for abetment to an armed robbery where his co-accused beat up a shop owner with a rock and fled with $1,000 cash.
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Sunday 30 January 2011
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Davos, Switzerland
Leaders of international trade union bodies at the Davos World Economic Forum meeting this week have welcomed the strong emphasis placed by French President Nicolas Sarkozy on tackling global unemployment and poverty . . . - ITUC Online.
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Saturday 29 January 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
New Zealand has committed $5.2 million pa'anga over three years to support the development of tourism in Tonga by funding the development of marketing activities and heritage sites to supporting community-based tourism association projects.
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Saturday 29 January 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Six candidates for the 2010 Parliamentary Election who failed to lodge an election spending statement were each fined $500 pa'anga each at the Fasi Magistrate's Court on Friday, January 28. While summons have been issued on another six candidates on the same charge.
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Friday 28 January 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The new Minister of Health Hon 'Uliti Uata was welcomed by the Director of Health Dr Siale 'Akau'ola and executive members of the Ministry of Health in their first meeting held at the at Vaiola Hospital on January 27.
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Friday 28 January 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Preliminary Inquiry for the former Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Lord Tu'ilakepa, who is charged with illegal firearms, ammunitions and illicit drugs offences, begins on April 26 at the Fasi Magistrate's Court.
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Wednesday 26 January 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
'Ulita Uata 75, the Ha'apai Constituency No. 12 People's Representative was appointed by the Princess Regent, HRH Princess Pilolevu Tuita as the Minister of Health yesterday, January 25
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Wednesday 26 January 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Lord Vaha'i (38) and 'Amelia Tuna Vaetuikoloa Tuita (21) were married at the Tokaikolo Church at Ha'ateiho in Tongatapu on Monday, January 24.
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Wednesday 26 January 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Theft tops the list of the most committed crime in Tonga between 17-23 of January, the Deputy Commander of Police, Taniela Faletau said yesterday, and he urged parents to look after their sons and to get to know their whereabouts at night, so that they don't get involved in criminal activities.
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Wednesday 26 January 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Australia Day was celebrated early in Nuku'alofa on January 21, hosted by the new Australian High Commissioner to Tonga HE Mr Thomas Roth.
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Wednesday 26 January 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tropical Cyclone Wilma hit Tonga's Ha'apai group yesterday morning, January 25, tearing off dozens of rooftops, with reports of houses collapsing and power poles falling, as the centre of the Category 3 cyclone passed over central and southern Ha'apai, moving toward the south west.With photos by Uikelotu Paletu'a.
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Wednesday 26 January 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Air New Zealand's Tuesday service between Auckland and Los Angeles via Nuku'alofa and Apia was disrupted yesterday, January 25 due to Cyclone Wilma.
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Tuesday 25 January 2011
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Fua'amotu,Tongatapu,Tonga
As Cyclone Wilma continues to move South-southwest at about 8 knots, the National Weather Forecasting Centre Fua'amotu at 4.35am today, 25 January warned that on this track the cyclone center is expected to lie near 30km south of Vava'u or about 80km north-northeast of Lifuka by around 1pm today.
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Monday 24 January 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Lord Tu'ilakepa, the former Speaker of the Tonga Legislative Assembly, is to appear at the Fasi Magistrate's Court on Thursday, January 27 on charges relating to illegal firearms, illegal ammunitions and illicit drugs.
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Monday 24 January 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The evidence presented at the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the sinking of the MV Princess Ashika will not be admissible in the manslaughter trial set to begin on February 7 at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court, but the prosecution is expected to call their own witnesses.
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Monday 24 January 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Royal Land Commission is on the final phase of its three-year work program to inquire into and review Tonga's existing Land Acts and practices, with the continuation of a wide range of public hearings in Tonga this month and in Australia in March.
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