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Tuesday 31 March 2009
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Kalafi Moala, the Publisher of the Taimi 'o Tonga newspaper launched his new book In Search of the Friendly Islands in Nuku'alofa on Saturday, March 28.
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Tuesday 31 March 2009
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
In August, the islands of Lifuka and Foa in the Ha'apai group, will receive a visit from a US Navy ship bringing a team of doctors, veterinarians, dentists and engineers who will conduct medical and civic action programs ashore.
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Tuesday 31 March 2009
London, UK
Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma has called on G20 leaders to look beyond their own interests as the 'T20': "the Trustees of the whole world's interests".
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Monday 30 March 2009
Port Waikato,New Zealand
Tongan, Michael Burling of Gisbourne won the 2009 Hyundai Pro Longboard Tour on Saturday March 28 at Port Waikato, New Zealand.
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Monday 30 March 2009
New South Wales,Australia
I wish to suggest that we must slow down the current process, which is aimed at bringing about a radical change to the political system in Tonga by the year 2010. - Rev Dr Ma‘afu Palu
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Monday 30 March 2009
New York, USA
Tonga's prodemocracy movement tightly hold Lord Acton's tail when he said, "Absolute power corrupts absolutely." For years, they intoxicated the mass with that quote as if it is another absolute proposition from our Creator. Let me try to debunk Acton's nake half-truth.
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Sunday 29 March 2009
Alaska, USA
Ko e fehu'i ko 'eni 'oku ha 'i lalo' 'oku ne 'omai 'a e fo'i malie hange tofu pe ko e fakakaukau ki he fakamatala 'a e 'Etita ki he liliu ta'e fakalao koia 'o e fakalea 'o e tu'utu'uni 'a e Falealea 'a ia na'e 'osi kasete'i. Ko e fekumi 'a e fakafofonga (Sue) NZ 'oku 'ikai ke ne maumau'i 'e ia ha Lao he ko 'ene feinga kiha solova'anga 'o 'ene palopalema'. Kapau ko au 'a e fakafofonga NZ ko 'eni' te u fakahko pe 'a e fehu'i tatau ki he PM neongo 'oku 'osi 'i ai 'a e lao 'o e fonua.
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Sunday 29 March 2009
Rome, Italy
The People's Republic of China has agreed to make available to FAO a $30 million trust fund to support developing countries in improving their agricultural productivity to achieve the Millenium Development Goals. The agreement signed yesterday in Beijing also marks China's entry into FAO's donor community.
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Sunday 29 March 2009
Suva, Fiji
Acting Military Commander Colonel Pita Driti has attacked Fiji's largest newspaper The Fiji Times again - and also Fiji Television. He claims both news organisatons are biased against the military.
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Friday 27 March 2009
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Reports from Tonga's newspapers, March 25, 2009. An English translation summary by Tevita Fonua.
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Thursday 26 March 2009
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A sulphuric mix of Tonga's sabbatical laws and last week's volcanic eruption on Hunga Ha'apai that led to the cancellation of Saturday evening's Air New Zealand 767 flight into Fua'amotu International Airport, is causing headaches for Tongan fish exporters who had perishable cargo destined for the USA and Japan. By Mary Lyn Fonua.
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Thursday 26 March 2009
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Developing a new style of community policing unique to Tonga is in the pipeline, following the completion of a Tonga Police nation-wide community consultation and survey on March 17.
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Wednesday 25 March 2009
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A jury this afternoon at the Nuku‘alofa Supreme Court found five men not guilty of sedition charges relating to the riots and destruction of Nuku'lofa, November 16, 2006.
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Wednesday 25 March 2009
Washington DC,USA
We are living through a time of global economic challenges that cannot be met by half measures or the isolated efforts of any nation. Now, the leaders of the Group of 20 have a responsibility to take bold, comprehensive and coordinated action that not only jump-starts recovery, but also launches a new era of economic engagement to prevent a crisis like this from ever happening again. By Barack Obama
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Tuesday 24 March 2009
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Governor of Ha'apai, the Noble Malupo (56) and three other men, reported missing at sea for two days last week, were located by a Royal New Zealand Air Force Orion on Friday.
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Monday 23 March 2009
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Two Air New Zealand night flights to Tonga were postponed over the weekend due to the potential hazard presented by a plume of volcanic ash and steam coming from the continuing Hunga Ha'apai eruption close to Tongatapu.
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Sunday 22 March 2009
New York, USA
Modern Tonga was born, as Pacific historians claimed, out of a marriage of convenience between monarchy and Christianity, may I propose that postmodern Tonga should be conceived out of a marriage of necessity between philosophical, cultural, and political motifs and paradoxes which constitute Tonga's political reality. We need to reflect deeply on how to merge the present political reality and the democratic ideals, traditions and post-modernism, culture and politics, monarchy and democracy. Any attempt to create a short-cut solution by unreservedly embracing democracy is, nothing short of political suicide. - Senituli Penitani
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Saturday 21 March 2009
Suva, Fiji
The editor-in-chief of Fiji's second largest newspaper, the Fiji Sun, Samisoni Kakaivalu has resigned.
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Friday 20 March 2009
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The eruption of the tiny volcanic island of Hunga Ha'apai, 62 km away from the capital Nuku'alofa, could be seen glowing on the horizon last night and has become a tourist attraction today with charter boats and flights taking people on short excursions to the area.
Friday 20 March 2009
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A private jet arrived at Fua'amotu International Airport this week for a 12 hour stopover bringing a group of 75 Americans who dropped into Tonga for breakfast, to see a special performance of Tonga's extraordinary Lakalaka. The group who were on a Smithsonian Journey and Starquest Expedition's Extraordinary Cultures Tour, arrived in Tonga at mid-night on Wednesday, March 18, and left at mid-day Thursday, March 19.
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