The US Secretary of State, Condoleeza Rice, has agreed to a request from Tonga's Prime Minister, Dr. Feleti V. Sevele, for applications by Tongan citizens for Non-Immigrant Visas to the United States to be lodged and processed in Nuku'alofa, during a bilateral meeting in Washington DC on May 13.
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Thursday 15 May 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Thursday 15 May 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Total Australian Official Development Assistance (ODA) to the Kingdom of Tonga will increase from an estimated $15.7 million in 2007-08, to an estimate of $19.3 million in 2008-09, this includes an increase in bilateral assistance from an estimated $12 million in 2007-08 to an estimate of $13.2 million in 2008-09.
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Thursday 15 May 2008
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Washington, USA
The U.S. Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice met the Prime Minister of Tonga, Dr. Feleti Sevele in Washington, yesterday, May 14.
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Thursday 15 May 2008
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London, UK
The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group on the Harare Declaration CMAG, called on the Fiji Interim Government to expedite its preparations for an Elections under the current constitution.
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Wednesday 14 May 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The 2008 the Tonga Legislative Assembly will be officially opened by HM King George Tupou on Thursday, May 29.
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Wednesday 14 May 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Hon. Lupepau'u Tuita finalised a divorce with her husband Matai'ulua Fusitu'a on Thursday, May 8 when the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court granted her divorce application.
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Wednesday 14 May 2008
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Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
The Greenpeace ship Esperanza has been confronting Taiwanese fishing boats in international waters between Papua New Guinea and the Federated States of Micronesia.
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Wednesday 14 May 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Developing renewable energy for Tonga is to be a focus under a new European Union-Tonga partnership programme, which may lead to a joint position for Tonga, the Pacific Islands Forum countries and the EU in future climate change negotiations.
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Wednesday 14 May 2008
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Brisbane, Australia
'Oku ou kole ke u hufanga he fakatapu ka e fai ha kau atu he paenga talanoa 'o e vahaope. -'Inoke Fotu Hu'akau
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Wednesday 14 May 2008
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Nomuka, Tonga
Taha e vaivai'anga mo e to'anga 'o e temo Tongaa pea mo e ngaahi fonua langalangahake ko e 'ikai ha kau taki 'oku fakatoukatea e poto faka'atamai mo e fakapotopoto fakaeongo (intellectual and emotional intelligence). Tokolahi e kau ma'u mata'itohii ia, kae fiu'akumi ha ni'ihi 'oku loloto fakaeloto (deep people). - Uili Tu'ifua Finau
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Tuesday 13 May 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tonga Defence Services are learning new NATO codes that can allow for quicker purchase and order of military supplies.
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Monday 12 May 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Tautahi Gold continued its winning games in round four of the Pacific Cup, after it demolished the Fijian Barbarians with a 20 to nil score at the Teufaiva Stadium on Friday, May 9.
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Monday 12 May 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
King George Tupou V hosted a charity classical concert on Friday, May 9 at the Consular House, Kolomotu'a, raising about $20,000 for the Child Cancer Foundation.
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Monday 12 May 2008
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Suva, Fiji
With only one year remaining to the May 2009 deadline, Fiji and six other pacific island countries are beginning to feel the pressure to complete their submissions to the United Nations to claim extra ocean space.
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Monday 12 May 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Na‘e lava lelei 'a e 'uluaki fakataha 'a e Komiti Si'I (Sub-Committee) 'a e Komiti Langa Fakalakalaka 'a Vava'u (Vavau Development Committee) moe kau fakafofonga falaealea foo'u ma'ae vahefonua Vava'u ki he 2008-2010, 'i he ho'ataa Pulelulu, 7 'o Mee, 'I Nuku'alofa.
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Monday 12 May 2008
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Honiara, Solomon Islands
Regional media organisations PINA and Pacnews must be immediately moved away from Fiji and the Bainimarama regime's intimidation, a major media event was told.
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Monday 12 May 2008
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Manila, Philippines
High oil prices are already a concern in the Pacific region, but the recent surge in world food prices has yet to be fully felt in the Pacific, according to a new Asian Development Bank (ADB) study, "Living with High Prices".
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Sunday 11 May 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum and Prime Minister of Tonga, Hon. Dr Feleti Sevele has announced the intention of the Forum Secretariat's Secretary General, Greg Urwin to resign from the position on medical grounds.
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Sunday 11 May 2008
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Pacific Ocean
Greenpeace yesterday exposed an illegal tuna purse seiner, the Queen Evelyn 168, in a pocket of international waters between Papua New Guinea and the Federated States of Micronesia. This Philippines-flagged vessel was at the site of a transfer of tuna between her sister vessel and a refrigerated mother ship, the Kenken 888. It is likely that a transfer of fish at sea involving an illegal vessel was about to occur, but the arrival of Greenpeace prevented it from taking place as the vessels immediately separated and fled.
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Friday 9 May 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Supreme Court has found that the Minister of Lands unlawfully cancelled the lease of the Fakafanua Centre property to the late Kalolaine Fakafanua, and an injunction will be issued to prevent the Noble Fakafanue, and other defendants, the ANZ Bank, Cabella Construction Ltd and the Minister of Lands from carrying out any further construction work on a new building at the centre, opposite the Queen Salote Wharf in Nuku'alofa.
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