The retiring Commander of the United States Pacific Command in Hawaii, Admiral Timothy J. Keating, dropped into to Tonga for lunch, arriving in a private aircraft on Friday, September 4, on a three-hour farewell visit.
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Monday 7 September 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Monday 7 September 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Queen Salote College's annual bazaar held on Saturday September 5, attracted a crowd of shoppers eager to buy the quality handicrafts made by students.
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Sunday 6 September 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The question is not whether Fiji's dictator Frank Bainimarama will fail or not, but rather when? Yes, when will he realise that he will never succeed in his false and conceited quest for a reformed Fiji?
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Friday 4 September 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga will send 77 athletes to compete at the 8th South Pacific Islands Mini Games in the Cook Islands, expected to attract over 1000 athletes from the region, September 21 to October 2.
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Friday 4 September 2009
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Neiafu, Vava'u
Dozens of cruising yachts are sailing in the Port of Refuge Harbour this week for Tonga's first "Annual Regatta Vava'u" that opened Thursday September 3.
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Friday 4 September 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A well-known Tongan patriarch Joe (Siosaia) Tu'ilatai Mataele (84), died on Thursday, August 20 at Vaiola Hospital and was laid to rest on Saturday, August 29 at the seafront Mala'e'aloa Cemetery, Kolomotu'a, Nuku'alofa.
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Thursday 3 September 2009
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Honiara, Solomon Islands
The Secured Transactions Act effective now, will make it easier for people to access business and consumer loans, using personal property as collateral.
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Thursday 3 September 2009
Tonga
Ko 'eku ki'i fehu'i pe 'aku hili hono lau e ngaahi feme'a'aki 'a e Falealea 'i he Lipooti ko ia 'a e Komisoni ki he liliu fakaolitikale. 'I he'eku lave'i vaivai ne 'ikai ha ngaahi fokotu'u (recommendation) ne ha he lipooti ko eni. Ka 'i he ngaahi feme'a'aki 'a e Falealea 'oku nau tipeiti kinautolu 'o hange kuo 'osi maau e lipooti. - v
Wednesday 2 September 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Paea Williams (25) the newly-crowned Miss Heilala 2009-10 will represent Tonga at the Miss South Pacific Pageant in Fiji in November, and the talented entertainer, aims no less than to bring back the crown.
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Wednesday 2 September 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Donations to assist families who lost relatives in the Ashika ferry disaster, are flowing into Tongan trust funds, with over $1 million pa‘anga collected so far from local and overseas people.
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Wednesday 2 September 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The skipper of the yacht "Santana" who fell overboard, and was lost when his safety line broke, in the mid-South Pacific on August 20, has been identified as a British national, David Michael Parkinson (64), Tonga police have confirmed.
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Wednesday 2 September 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Armed robbers who held up a Nuku'alofa shopkeeper on Thursday, are being hunted by police.
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Wednesday 2 September 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's sole duty free enterprise, the Leiola Group Ltd is branching out from its airport duty free operation to offering its high branded products to local retailers.
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Wednesday 2 September 2009
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London, UK
The Commonwealth Secretary-General, Kamalesh Sharma, today announced that the Republic of the Fiji Islands stands fully suspended from membership of the Commonwealth with immediate effect.
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Tuesday 1 September 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
John Cauchi, Tonga's first independent Public Prosecutor and Attorney General warned the Tongan media that the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the sinking of the passenger ferry MV Princess Ashika will be conducted like a court of law.
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Tuesday 1 September 2009
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Queensland,Australia
The High Commissioner of the Kingdom of Tonga with residence in Canberra, Australia, His Royal Highness The Crown Prince Tupouto'a-Lavaka and Commander of the Tonga Defence Services (TDS), Brigadier Tau'aika Uta'atu, visited the Army Aboriginal Community Assistance Programe (AACAP) in Mapoon, Queensland on Wednesday 26 and Thursday 27 August.
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Monday 31 August 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
This is a Preliminary Statement to inform the public about the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the sinking of the M.V . Princess Ashika.
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Monday 31 August 2009
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Suva, Fiji
The editor-in-chief of the Fiji Times says he has received another threat, and he is taking it seriously.
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Friday 28 August 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A New Zealand national, the sole person found on board a distressed yacht "Santana", is being questioned by the Tongan Police after telling rescuers that his captain had disappeared last week on a voyage between Rarotonga and Nuku'alofa.
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Thursday 27 August 2009
Pago Pago, American Samoa
'I he fekau 'a e Poate 'o e Kalapu Fofo'anga 'o Amerika Samoa, ko e va'a ngaue 'o e Tongan Community of American Samoa, 'oku 'oatu heni 'e mau fakamalo lotohounga ki he Matangi Tonga 'i hono fakaa'u mai e ngaahi ongoongo mo e 'ata 'o e me'afaka'eiki mamahi kae fakahisitolia koia ne fai he toka'anga 'o e Princess Ashika. - Mafi ‘o Amerika Samoa
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