Tonga's government this evening committed to a USD$56 million concessional loan from China to help with the reconstruction of Nuku'alofa's Central Business District, using a Chinese leading contractor.
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Friday 19 October 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Thursday 18 October 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Pasifiki Trade Fair 2007 was officially opened by the Minister for Labour, Commerce and Industries, Hon Lisiate 'Akolo at the Queen Salote Memorial Hall yesterday, October 18.
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Thursday 18 October 2007
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Bangkok, Thailand
Ricky Westerlund's father told his son not to become a farmer. The Westerlund family had been farming for generations in the Alaisa district of their Pacific island country Samoa. But Ricky was highly educated and already working as a civil engineer. That's rare in Samoa, where about 90 percent of the people till the land.
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Thursday 18 October 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The French Minister for Overseas States Christian Estrossi and a French delegation to the Pacific Forum meeting were welcomed to Tonga by the Tonga Rugby Union at a dinner reception at the Liku'alofa resort last night.
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Thursday 18 October 2007
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Brussels, Belgium
Today, October 17, the UN International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, Global Call to Action against Poverty GCAP's members and supporters, united by wearing white wristbands, are standing up to protest against the massive levels of poverty and inequality still persisting today.
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Wednesday 17 October 2007
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Neiafu, Vava'u
The Republic of Fiji will hold a Parliamentary Election during the first quarter of 2009, Commodore Frank Bainimarama told Pacific Forum leaders in Neiafu, Vava'u this morning.
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Wednesday 17 October 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The New Zealand Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Helen Clark was not snubbed when she arrived at the opening of the Pacific Islands Forum in Nuku'alofa yesterday, 'Eseta Fusitu'a the Master of Ceremonies said today, blaming a faulty sound system for her apparent failure to announce the entrance of Miss Clark.
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Wednesday 17 October 2007
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Paris, France
Eritrea has replaced North Korea in last place in an index measuring the level of press freedom in 169 countries throughout the world that is published today by Reporters Without Borders for the sixth year running.
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Wednesday 17 October 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Pacific Islands Forum leaders are on retreat at Neiafu, Vava'u today.
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Tuesday 16 October 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The independent countries of the Pacific can be proud of the achievements of the South Pacific Islands Forum and owe a debt to two great statesmen who founded it, Tonga's King George Tupou V noted in opening the 38th meeting of the Forum at Pangai Lahi in Nuku'alofa this morning.
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Tuesday 16 October 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Pacific Islands Air Services Agreement, Jonah Lomu and the Whale Pacific Strategy, and the Regional Information Technology may have very little in common, but after a cocktail that was hosted by the Secretary General of the Forum Secretariat Greg Urwin last night, they appeared to have all agreed, that it was a good evening out.
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Tuesday 16 October 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The European Union EU will give a grant of 43 Million Euros to 13 Forum Island Countries on Thursday, October 18, after they sign the Country Strategy Papers, the European Commission Director General for Development, Stefano Manservisi told Pacific Leaders in Nuku'alofa yesterday, October 15.
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Monday 15 October 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Highights from Tonga's newspapers, October 3-11, 2007. An English translation summary by Tevita Fonua.
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Monday 15 October 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
An unhealthy life-style in the Small Island States of the Pacific is a problem of the greatest concern to SIS leaders, the Prime Minister of Niue, Mr Young Vivian, told a Press Conference in Nuku'alofa this afternoon.
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Monday 15 October 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The situations in Fiji and in the Solomon Islands are two of the main issues that will be discussed in the Forum Island Leaders Meeting opening tomorrow, October 16, in Nuku'alofa.
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Monday 15 October 2007
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Suva, Fiji
We are delighted to invite you to visit us at our first ."BUY USA" Catalog Event at the Pasifiki Trade Fair from October 18-20, 2007 at the Queen Salote Hall, Nuku‘alofa. The Embassy will be in Booth 19. This first-ever trunk event by the Embassy in Tonga, provides you a unique opportunity for your company to view the catalogs and samples of U.S. companies.
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Sunday 14 October 2007
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London, UK
Commonwealth Secretary-General Don McKinnon will address the 38th Pacific Islands Forum summit in Nuku'alofa, Tonga, on 16 October 2007 at the opening of the three-day meeting. In a revamped Pacific Islands Forum format, the Secretary-General will be the only non-Pacific Head of Government to be given the opportunity to address the leaders in their plenary executive session.
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Friday 12 October 2007
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Sydney, Australia
Rugby icon Jonah Lomu has joined the fight against whaling by fronting a campaign to be launched at an event for 21 regional leaders, including Australian Prime Minister John Howard, attending the Pacific Island Leaders Forum in Nuku'alofa, Tonga on Monday 15 October.
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Friday 12 October 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
About a hundred Civil Society members from around the Pacific region are in Nuku'alofa to seek a Sustainable Pacific Community, by participating in the Regional Civil Society Organisation Forum opening today.
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Friday 12 October 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Proud graduates of the 'Unuaki 'o Tonga Royal University received their Certificates and Degrees from Queen Mother Halaevalu Mata'aho in their graduation ceremony last night.
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Tonga weather forecast from yr.no, delivered by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute and the NRK. See also Fua'amotu Weather Forecasting Center, Tonga, for latest local weather bulletin.