Patients in the old Medical and Paediatric Wards of Nuku'alofa's Vaiola Hospital will move into new wards in the new hospital complex in January, the Minister of Health Dr Viliami Tangi said on Friday.
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Monday 3 December 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Friday 30 November 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Revenue Commission is flexing its muscles in the collection of overdue taxes, and recently three businesses have been forced to close their doors because of the non-payment of Consumption Tax.
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Thursday 29 November 2007
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Manila, Philippines
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing a $1 million grant to improve the capacity of Pacific developing member countries in using statistical data for developing economic and social policies and managing their implementation.
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Thursday 29 November 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The status of Tonga's political reform remains exactly where it was stuck when the members of parliament voted on it before the closure of parliament at the end of October 2007. Editor's Comment. By Pesi Fonua
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Thursday 29 November 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A national Sports Week and a Hall of Fame, two new initiatives of the Ministry of Training, Employment, Youth and Sports, will be launched on Sunday, December 2.
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Wednesday 28 November 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Whale Watching Industry appears to be in a state of stagnation, particularly at the popular tourist destination of Vava'u, where experienced operators are blaming everything from ad hoc government policy on licensing to a poor domestic air service for the failure to reach expected growth.
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Wednesday 28 November 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tongan Minister for Lands, Survey, Natural Resources and Environment, Tuita has called on the Pacific Islands Applied Geoscience Commission's (SOPAC) Governing Council to consider the decision made by the Forum Leaders to rationalize SOPAC's function in a constructive way.
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Wednesday 28 November 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Digicel Pacific Ltd's expansion to Tonga with the acquisition of Tonfon Communications, was announced by executives of the two companies in Nuku'alofa yesterday.
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Tuesday 27 November 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonfon Communications increased its wireless capacity last week to cope with a rapidly growing demand for bandwidth by Tonga's internet users.
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Monday 26 November 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Highlights from Tonga's newspapers, November 15-22, 2007. An English translation summary by Tevita Fonua.
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Monday 26 November 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The second group trial of seven defendants charged in relation to the destruction in Nuku'alofa during the November 16 riots entered its seventh day today as the examination of witnesses continues.
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Monday 26 November 2007
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Manila, Philippines
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) recently approved Pacific Regional Operations Business Plan 2007-2010 targets poverty reduction in ADB's 14 Pacific developing member countries through increased cooperation between nations, additional cross-region services and an improved environment for private sector development.
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Monday 26 November 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
HM King George Tupou V left Tonga on Saturday for the United Kingdom on an extended trip that will keep him away from home for two months.
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Monday 26 November 2007
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Brussels, Belgium
The ITUC and Global Union Federations are participating in a global initiative to stop violence against women, running from 25 November (UN Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women) until UN Human Rights Day on 10 December.
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Monday 26 November 2007
'Okalani, Nu'usila
'Oku lahi e ngaahi me'a ia 'oku mahino mai he me'a 'a e 'Eiki Minisita. 'Uluaki ta 'oku 'ikai ko e palopalema 'a e tu'utu'uni huluhulu ngaue pe guidelines. 'Oku ou tui 'oku 'osi 'i ai e me'a pehe 'a e potungaue pea mo e ngaahi me'a faka'efika. Pea ne toe me'a mai 'o pehe ne fakaha ange 'e he pule 'o e TBC 'oku 'I ai e 'asenita fakapolitikale 'ene kau ngaue pea koena ko e taha ena 'ene kau 'ofisa ma'olunga Nanise Fifita 'oku ne toe filingaua he fokotu'utu'u fa'u guidelines 'a e pule'anga. - Pola Loiti
Monday 26 November 2007
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'Oku 'ikai ke fai ha ofo ia 'o hange ko e fakamatala 'a e tangata faifatongia koia ma'a Tonga ko Chief Justice Anthory Ford. - Joshua Moimoiangaha
Sunday 25 November 2007
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Kampala, Uganda
India's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Mr. Kamalesh Sharma, has been selected the new Commonwealth Secretary-General slated to take over the reins of office on 1 April 2008.
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Saturday 24 November 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
For your information Mr. Koester, Tonga Broadcasting Commission - TBC, does not have anything to hide and again I would like to enlighten you that Tonga Broadcasting Commission was and is still a commercially operated business giving free service to the public.
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Saturday 24 November 2007
Neiafutahi,Neiafu, Vava'u Lahi
I read in Matangi Tonga and other publications about the news conference pertaining to objective and balanced reporting. I am not surprised by the recalcitrant attitude of the Tonga Broadcasting Commission Chief News Editor towards the Minister of Information's planned journalist guideline for government media outlets. - Heinz Koester
Saturday 24 November 2007
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Kampala, Uganda
he Queen's speech at the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Uganda, 23 November 2007.
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