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Thursday 25 September 2008
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Legislative Assembly of Tonga will host a workshop next week on "Parliament and the Media", aiming to generate awareness, cooperation and mutual respect between parliamentarians and journalists.
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Thursday 25 September 2008
Geneva, Switzerland
World Standards Day is celebrated each year on 14 October to pay tribute to the efforts of thousands of experts worldwide who collaborate within IEC, ISO and ITU to develop voluntary International Standards that facilitate trade, spread knowledge and disseminate technological advances.
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Thursday 25 September 2008
USA
Of all the noises our PRs have been making in the last few decades, it bothers me that their silence toward Nautilus Minerals exploration is deafening. It worries me that they are not questioning the activity that will potentially impact our resource that provide for our basic subsistence, the ocean. Nautilus Minerals' mission in the area, as they say, is for exploration. Exploration is good, but what is being done after the exploration is completed is bothersome. - Tevita U. Langi
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Wednesday 24 September 2008
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's third contingent of 55 soldiers who were on a peacekeeping duty in Iraq arrived home on Saturday, September 20.
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Wednesday 24 September 2008
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
White 'Faka-Sepitema' today, September 24, in Tonga saw hundreds of women lay preachers of the Church of Tonga dressed in white gathering for their annual roll call. Photos by Linny Folau
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Wednesday 24 September 2008
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Quddus Fieliea, the coach of the 'Ikale Tahi is the new coach of the Pacific Islanders combined team to tour Europe in November.
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Tuesday 23 September 2008
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga has been ranked No. 138 in the 2008 Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index CPI that was released in Berlin, Germany this morning.
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Tuesday 23 September 2008
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A Halaleva man who forcefully entered a home at Tofoa armed with a rifle and stole goods valued at $15,640 pa'anga was sentenced to 10 years and six months imprisonment on Monday, September 22.
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Tuesday 23 September 2008
Nadi, Fiji
The diredtor of Tonga's Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Forests and Fisheries Mr Penisimani Vea signed a project for the provision of urgent assistance to small farmers and poor food consumers totaling US$250 000.
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Tuesday 23 September 2008
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A public raffle to raise funds to help the two paralysed Aussie Rules players, Paumolevuka Tu'i (18) and Mafua Kiokata (22) hospitalised after a tragic accident in August, was launched in Nuku'alofa today. Bruce Shaw, the organiser, hopes to raise at least $20,000 pa'anga by raffling off a replica of the rugby jersey worn and personally signed by the World XV rugby players who played against the Tongan XV team in honour of the king's Coronation.
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Tuesday 23 September 2008
Manila, Philippines
Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda and Tonga Prime Minister Feleti Vaka'uta Sevele (during a short visit to Manila) discussed a wide range of economic issues including the impact of high oil and food prices on Tonga's economy.
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Monday 22 September 2008
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
On a voyage of discovery looking for the copper, gold, zinc and silver, known to be in the sea bed near Tonga's undersea volcanoes, Nautilus Minerals Tonga Ltd. started its 2008 Tongan offshore mineral exploration campaign on Saturday September 20.
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Monday 22 September 2008
Hyderabad, India
Princess Pilolevu Tuita led a Tongan delegation to the Pacific Asia Travel Agencies PATA Travel Mart 2008 in Hyderabad, India from September 16-19.
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Monday 22 September 2008
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The collapse of some financial credit institutions n the United States this month has not directly impacted Tonga, according to the Minister of Finance Hon. 'Afu'alo Matoto today.
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Monday 22 September 2008
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
After 11 years of closure, Tonga has lifted its ban on the fishing of sea cucumbers but only for a limited six month period per year, confirmed the Deputy Director of the Ministry of Fisheries ‘Ulunga Fa‘anunu today.
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Monday 22 September 2008
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Kalonikali on September 11 reports that Radio and Television Tonga are not for sale, according to Tonga Broadcasting Commission general manager 'Elenoa 'Amanaki, but a consultant is here to review TBC's operation. Highlights from Tonga's newspapers, September 11-17, 2008. An English translation summary.
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Monday 22 September 2008
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Palu Aviation Services opened a new shed at the Fua'amotu International Airport, marking the fast-growing company's sixth birthday on September 17.
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Sunday 21 September 2008
Auckland, New Zealand
The vulnerability of some Pacific Island states to military takeover is a prime motivation for regional forum leaders who are pushing so strongly for Fiji to return to democracy. Toke Talagi, who assumed chairmanship of the Pacific Islands Forum at its leaders' annual summit on Niue last month, believes forum member countries have to take a strong stand to dissuade any groups contemplating grabs for power. By John Andrews
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Friday 19 September 2008
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The key security challenges that Pacific Island Nations have to address are not military threats but other threats that range from climate change to "good governance" and corruption, the commander of the Tonga Defence Services, Brigadier General 'Uta'atu stated on September 17 before the opening of a Pacific-Island Nations Security Collaboration Workshop in Nuku'alofa.
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Friday 19 September 2008
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea's national government is set to launch its television station today, Sept 17, with broadcasting expected to start at 6pm until midnight on channel two.
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