Great imagination but you may have missed proper island protocols. What must be understood, is that Blood is thicker than politics, especially in our island nation. Ma'afu, Tu'i Fiji, will not be the one serving Ratu Tevita Uluilakepa Mara . . . There will Ceremonial Attendees serving Ratu Mara and Ma'afu. Sione Lousiale Kava.
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Tuesday 14 June 2011
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Auckland, New Zealand
Please, Bainimarama, Please, the ball is in the Tongan's side of the court, but the delay in returning the ball with a forehand needs someone with strong guts. Getting rid of the Wildcat is doable, but we need a Brave Mouse to hang the bell on to the cat's neck. - Dr Fotu K.V. Fisi'iahi.
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Tuesday 14 June 2011
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Suva, Fiji
I would like for someone to tell me, whether giving a fugitive from Fiji a Tongan Passport will benefit the country in the future, or we better give it to these stateless children who are born in Tonga to Tongan Mothers, and are the future of Tonga. - Sitani Masima.
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Tuesday 14 June 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
THE Tongan Government is standing firm on its claim to Teleki Tonga and Teleki Tokelau, having successfully re-erected a navigational beacon on Teleki Tokelau last week.
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Monday 13 June 2011
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South Korea
A Tongan sportsman Pita Taufatofua (27) received an honorary award in South Korea last week during the visit to the country by Tonga's Prime Minister.
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Monday 13 June 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Only eight harvesting licences have been issued so far in the 2011 sea cucumber harvesting season - an usually slow start this year, said Poasi Ngaluafe, the Head of the Research Division of the Ministry of Fisheries today, June 13.
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Monday 13 June 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Ikale Tahi was beaten 41-14 by England's Saxons at Kingsholm, Gloucester, England this morning, June 13, Tongan time.
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Friday 10 June 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Twenty licences have been issued to whale watching operators in Tonga for the 2011 Whale Watching Season, from June to November.
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Friday 10 June 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Fiji's Lieutenant Colonel Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba Mara has left Tonga on a commercial flight for Australia, apparently on Thursday, June 9.
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Friday 10 June 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The critical task of downsizing Tonga's civil service has been deferred until next year while the government is trying to figure out how to make the cuts that have defied resolve for over a decade. By Pesi Fonua
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Friday 10 June 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
In the early morning hours of 16 June 2011, Tonga will experience another lunar eclipse. That is just the moment that the moon sets and the sun rises. The total eclipse, running from 8:22 to 10:22, therefore happens in the morning when it is daylight and nothing is to be seen. - Firitia Velt.
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Thursday 9 June 2011
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United Kingdom
The 'Ikale Tahi beat the USA Eagles 44-13 in its first pool game in the Churchill Cup, UK, this morning June 9, at 4.30 am Tongan time.
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Thursday 9 June 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A manhunt is continuing for two escapees who broke out of the new Huatolitoli Prison three days ago.
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Thursday 9 June 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
On their first day of sitting after the opening of parliament the House pledged its support to the king in a Letter of Reply to the Speech from the Throne. After that all the members received $2000 laptops, but some members complained that they didnt know how to use computers. The Prime Minister adjourned the sitting so they could all go and whine outside. From the House, a translation and summary of parliament. Minute no. 4, June 7, 2011. By Pesi Fonua.
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Wednesday 8 June 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
An armed robber held up the Talahiva Restaurant in central Nuku'alofa, in the early hours of this morning Wednesday, June 8 and fired a pistol into the ceiling before he fled with cash.
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Wednesday 8 June 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The resignation of David Wright as Chair of Tonga Power Ltd. was confirmed by Tongas Ministry of Public Enterprises today.
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Wednesday 8 June 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A ten years prison sentence was imposed on a 31-year-old man from Fatai in Tongatapu for abetment to armed robbery committed at the Tu'imatamoana Wharf in May 2010 but his co-offender is still on the run.
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Wednesday 8 June 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The pending court case against Lord Tu'ilakepa who faces six illicit drugs and illegal firearms and ammunitions offences is adjourned to September 19, to fix a date for a Preliminary Inquiry to begin at the Magistrates Court in Nuku'alofa.
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Tuesday 7 June 2011
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Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
With all due respects, however, His Majesty is wrong on promoting another bureaucratic appointee called the Lord Chancellor. Borrowed from an old English practice, which has been abolished, the independence of the Judiciary Branch cannot be guaranteed by the office of the Lord Chancellor. Only parliament can be the guarantor of Judiciary Independence, as in the American political system. Unlike the British, Australian, nor the New Zealand political systems, Tonga has a head of state with Veto Power similar to the US President. Sione Akemeihakau Mokofisi.
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Tuesday 7 June 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
At the opening of parliament on June 2 the King's message from the throne begs the question of what has happened to the constitutional amendment that the House worked into overtime to pass in January and that was enacted in March? . . . it might be possible that there has been a break-down in communication between the new structure of Government and the King and his Law Lords. From the House, by Pesi Fonua.
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