'On The Spot', a talented young Tongan singing group received an award for the "Best Commonwealth Band/Artist" musical video, at Marlborough House, London on August 12, 2010, International Youth Day. Three girls, singers 'Emeline Kite, Minaira Fifita and Nisyola Fifita, and two boys, guitarist Samiu 'Ofa and cinematographer Malani Wolfgram travelled to London to receive their award.
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Wednesday 18 August 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Wednesday 18 August 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Two prison escapees are still on the run this week, as escapes from Tonga's main prison, Hu'atolitoli at Vaini, have hit record levels with 33 escapes by 10 prisoners over the past seven months, the highest ever recorded in Tonga's prison history. By Linny Folau
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Wednesday 18 August 2010
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Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Our political reform will not be completed without Judiciary Independence. His Majesty wants to preserve His privileges to appoint and dismiss justices. This is an egregious breach of democratic principles: The Constitution must be amended to remove those privileges from His Majesty's Executive power. - Sione Akemeihakau Mokofisi.
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Wednesday 18 August 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Electoral Commission formally met for the first time at 2.30pm on Friday 13 August at the office of the Commission in Nuku'alofa. It will meet on as required basis, but Pita Vuki will be responsible for the daily operations of the Commission.
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Monday 16 August 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Eighty five new wooden cyclone resistant houses are to be built on higher ground on the tsunami-devastated island of Niuatoputapu, with construction expected to begin before January.
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Monday 16 August 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
'Parliamentary Process in a Democracy' was the subject of a three day workshop held in Tonga last week by a New Zealand parliamentary delegation.
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Saturday 14 August 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Brigadier Tau'aika 'Uta'atu, Commander of the Tonga Defence Service, said that as of yesterday, August 13, he had not received any written report from the Solomon Islands following Thursday's fatal shooting in a rock throwing incident in which one person died and another was injured.
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Saturday 14 August 2010
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Honiara, Solomon Islands
Tongan soldiers in the RAMSI force deployed to the Solomon Islands have shot dead a Honiara local while responding to a drunken brawl, the Solomon Islands police commissioner has alleged.
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Saturday 14 August 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Chief Justice Anthony Ford during his last day in office on August 13 stressed the importance of ensuring the independence of the Tongan judiciary.
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Saturday 14 August 2010
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Fasi,Nuku'alofa,Tonga
The Maritime Monument Design competition launched this week is a sad attempt at reparation that is far too little and comes way too late. The memorial wall was a selfless gift to the families of the victims in the hope that it would go some way towards appeasing their grief.- Tanya Edwards.
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Friday 13 August 2010
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Honiara, Solomon Islands
RAMSI Special Coordinator, Graeme Wilson, expressed his deepest regret at the tragic death of a Solomon Islands man in a fatal shooting by RAMSI security forces on the outskirts of Honiara yesterday, August 12.
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Friday 13 August 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's team for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India starting on October 3-14 is expected to be announced in the first week of September.
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Friday 13 August 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga is sending four contingents of soldiers to Afghanistan to support the Western Allied War on Terror. The Tongan Prime Minister, Dr Feleti Sevele in an interview said that Tonga has previously supported requests from both the USA and the UK for soldiers to fight their battles overseas. But this time Dr Sevele says "let's not kid ourselves that is all plain sailing." By Pesi Fonua.
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Friday 13 August 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 15-year-old girl from Ha'alaufuli drowned in Vava'u waters on August 11 after a small fishing vessel loaded with a funeral party of 39 people sank on its way from Neiafu to Ovaka Island.
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Friday 13 August 2010
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Apia, Samoa
The Pacific Media Association (PacMA) was formed in Apia, Samoa, today at a meeting of media representatives from around the Pacific region. The new organisations stated goals are to promote and defend the values of media freedom, ethics, good governance, and to provide training for all media in the Pacific region.
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Thursday 12 August 2010
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
In a strong statement accusing the Tonga Government of attempting to influence the Judiciary, the President of Tonga's Law Society, Laki Niu, yesterday afternoon called a move to set up a new Royal Commission of Inquiry into the matter a "farce".
Thursday 12 August 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
As president of the Tonga Law Society, I wish to express my serious concern about the approval by Privy Council of a Royal Commission of Inquiry to inquire into reports that Government has attempted unduly to influence the independence of the judiciary, as conveyed in a media release of the Prime Minister's Office on 5 August 2010.- Laki Niu, President, Tonga Law Society, 11 August 2010
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Wednesday 11 August 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Lirong Liu, a Chinese national, pleaded not guilty to seven counts of trafficking persons into Tonga, keeping a brothel and trading in prostitution when he appeared at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court this morning, August 11.
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Wednesday 11 August 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Chief Justice Anthony David Ford will preside over his last case in the Tonga Supreme Court on Friday, August 13, before he leaves for New Zealand the following day.
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Wednesday 11 August 2010
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Shanghai, China
The Tonga National Day at the World Expo in Shanghai, China was celebrated on August 2 where HRH Princess Pilolevu Tuita urged visitors to come to visit the Pacific region and its islands.
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