Tongan women have made submissions to the Constitutional and Electoral Commission to incorporate gender perspective into Tonga's reform process, the Deputy Director of Women's Affairs, Polotu Fakafanua-Paunga, told the 53rd session of the Commission on the Status of Women, at the United Nations in New York on March 6.
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          Wednesday 11 March 2009    
  
          
          
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  New York, USA
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          Wednesday 11 March 2009    
  
          
          
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  New York, USA
  In Pacific economies women's work in homes and communities is invisible or unaccounted for in formal economic equations. There is a need to recognise that a country's resources also include these human and community resources, Professor Marilyn Waring of New Zealand, said at the 53rd Commission on the Status of Women (CSW53) in New York.
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          Tuesday 10 March 2009    
  
          
          
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  Nuku'alofa, Tonga
  A witness told the Nuku‘alofa Supreme Court today that on November 16, 2006 he saw and heard the accused Siale Fihaki's speech at Pangai Si'i, where he made reference to certain properties, shortly after they were damaged.
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          Tuesday 10 March 2009    
  
          
          
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  Nuku'alofa, Tonga
  There is a great need for assistance for the disabled in Tonga and a challenge remains to assist the caregivers of the disabled year-round, Salote Fukofuka told Tongan community leaders who gathered at a Prayer Breakfast on Sunday, March 8 for International Women's Day.
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          Monday 9 March 2009    
  
          
          
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  Nuku'alofa, Tonga
  Bluewater Metals South Pacific Ltd, an Australian exploration company the newest in Tonga, will begin looking for high-grade copper-gold-zinc-silver deposits in our waters in the second half of this year.
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          Monday 9 March 2009    
  
          
          
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  Nuku'alofa, Tonga
  The Jacques Cartier, a Light Transport Landing Ship of the French Armed Forces is in Nuku'alofa on a friendly visit, during its regional patrol of the South Pacific waters.
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          Monday 9 March 2009    
  
          
          
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  Dubai, UAE
  Tonga's National Seven a-side Rugby team, the Digicel Tonga 7, reached the Rugby 7's World Cup Plate Semi Finals to be defeated by Australia 19-22 in Dubai on March 7.
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          Monday 9 March 2009    
  
          
          
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  London, UK
  This year the Commonwealth commemorates its foundation sixty years ago. The London Declaration of 1949 was the start of a new era in which our member countries committed themselves to work together, in partnership and as equals, towards a shared future.
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          Saturday 7 March 2009    
  
          
          
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  Paris, France
  Each year, International Women's Day (IWD) provides an occasion for taking stock of progress and reflecting on the challenges that remain in the pursuit of gender equality. - A message from Mr Koichiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of International Women's Day, March 8.
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          Saturday 7 March 2009    
  
          
          
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  Nuku'alofa, Tonga
  Contesting the meaning behind an alleged speech made by PR Teisina Fuko "telling people to go to the Prime Minister's Office" took up the latter part of the morning of March 6 in the fifth day of a jury trial of six accused of sedition.
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          Saturday 7 March 2009    
  
          
          
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  Nuku'alofa, Tonga
  A crown witness who initially told the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court that he saw and heard the alleged speech made by defendant Tevita Fifita on television before November 16, changed his statement at the end.
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          Friday 6 March 2009    
  
          
          
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  Suva, Fiji
  The Movement for Democracy in Fiji (MDF) welcomes the decision of the recent Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) held in London on March 4, 2009.
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          Friday 6 March 2009    
  
          
          
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  Nuku'alofa, Tonga
  Reports from Tonga's newspapers, February 26 - March 4, 2009. An English translation summary by Tevita Fonua.
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          Friday 6 March 2009    
  
          
          
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  London, UK
  The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) gave Fiji's Interim Government a stern warning on Wednesday, March 4, that it could face suspension from the Commonwealth if it fails to meet the benchmarks that were set out by the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders in their meeting in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea on January 27.
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          Friday 6 March 2009    
  
          
          
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  Suva, Fiji
  One of Fiji's most experienced diplomats says coup leader Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama's military background makes it difficult for him to accept advice.
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          Friday 6 March 2009    
  
          
          
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  Nuku'alofa, Tonga
  Tonga customs officials today said they are investigating the truth of a report that Tonga was a destination for stolen cars being smuggled out of Malaysia.
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          Thursday 5 March 2009    
  
          
          
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  Nuku'alofa, Tonga
  The ANZ Bank Tonga branch opened its new headquarter at the Fakafanua Centre, Ma'ufanga, this morning, built at a cost of $4.5 million pa'anga.
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          Wednesday 4 March 2009    
  
          
          
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  Nuku'alofa, Tonga
  Defining the meaning of the word "bloodshed", took up most of the morning of the second day of a jury trial of six accused charged with sedition relating to the events of November 16, 2006 in Nuku‘alofa.
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          Wednesday 4 March 2009    
  
          
          
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  Nuku'alofa, Tonga
  Groups of bullies and thugs are blamed for starting street brawls between school boys from Liahona High School and Tonga College in Nuku'alofa on Friday, February 27 that could result in over 110 boys being charged for offences.
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          Wednesday 4 March 2009    
  
          
            
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    Salt Lake City-Utah, USA
  Before anthropologists investigate the ancient past, they might want to consider a little history of recent past. -Sione A. Mokofisi
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