The funeral of the late Hon. ‘Akau‘ola, the Governor of Vava‘u, will be held on the island of Taunga in Vava‘u this week.
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Monday 10 October 2005
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Monday 10 October 2005
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's local television stations marked two milestones recently.
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Friday 7 October 2005
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Four outstanding female athletes from high schools in Tongatapu were awarded $100 pa'anga each by Hon. Fanetupouvava'u Tuita at the Prime Minister's Office conference room on October 4.
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Friday 7 October 2005
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Hamilton, New Zealand
Small Pacific islands are being marginalised in the process of trade liberalisation, says Tongan scholar Halahingano Rohorua who has won an award from the New Zealand Association of Economists (NZAE) for her analysis of a small Pacific island community under threat from global trade liberalisation.
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Friday 7 October 2005
Las Vegas-Nevada, USA
I wish to express my sincere appreciation to Professor Mahina for his clarification of his theoretical framework of Ta-va social theory. The basis of the approach is clearer to me and its limitless applications on social issues in general. I am particularly impressed with its originality and unique Tongan blend. I wish to briefly discuss some elements of the approach and move into small economic extension of it. - Thomas Monson Uata
Thursday 6 October 2005
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Two senior Tongan noblemen have died suddenly this week - Hon. 'Akau'ola (70) this morning, and Hon. Tu'i'afitu (72) on Monday. They were both Vava'u estate holders.
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Thursday 6 October 2005
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The first shipment of Tongan squash to Japan for 2005 will leave Nuku‘alofa at the end of next week with 3200 tonnes of Tongan squash.
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Thursday 6 October 2005
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga will tender its domestic air service for other operators if the monopoly air service of Peau Vava'u does not improve within 30 days, the Prime Minister told parliament on September 27, responding to criticism over the failure of Tonga's one airline policy.
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Thursday 6 October 2005
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A strong earthquake measuring 6.1 occurred close to Nuku'alofa, at 11.07 p.m. local time last night, but no damage has been reported.
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Wednesday 5 October 2005
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
It will be a big pay day for many of Tonga's civil servants next week when they collect back pay for the weeks they were on strike.
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Wednesday 5 October 2005
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
More Tongans will die prematurely from diseases associated with tobacco smoking as a result of the government's recent changes to tobacco policy, warns the Tonga Medical Association this week, charging that government has allowed itself to be influenced by the tobacco industry to quietly lower taxation on tobacco.
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Tuesday 4 October 2005
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Prime Minister Prince 'Ulukalala Lavaka Ata, told parliament last week that the country cannot afford to pay for the demands won by civil servants. He said that during the six week strike the Government's stance was to maintain peace. They could not afford the demands they had agreed to and that was basically what the country would find out.
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Tuesday 4 October 2005
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Following the acceptance by government of the demands of Tonga's striking civil servants for a 60, 70, 80% salary rise on September 4, Tonga's Minister of Finance, Hon. Siosiua 'Utoikamanu has been attending development and finance meetings in New York, and recently in Barbados, in the West Indies.
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Monday 3 October 2005
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Six of Tonga's oldest women including 105 year old Funaki Hafoka of Afa and103 year old Sesilia Pau'u Lakie of Houma, were treated to free phone cards so they could call their families and friends on the women's day Faka-Sepitema last Friday.
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Saturday 1 October 2005
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
While the Friday Taimi 'o Tonga and the Talaki claimed that the Ministry of Forestry has been operating illegally, the other three newspapers, the Tuesday Taimi, the Kele'a and the Kalonikali featured other lead stories.
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Saturday 1 October 2005
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga will host the 19th Miss South Pacific Pageant on November 11 at the Queen Salote Memorial Hall, Nuku'alofa.
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Thursday 29 September 2005
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Fine Titaa was found not guilty today, September 29, by a jury on charges of manslaughter by negligence and reckless driving.
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Wednesday 28 September 2005
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
When Virgin Blue starts flying to Tonga from Sydney and Auckland on October 31 with its renown cheap airfares, it could start a price war with the other airlines currently serving Tonga - Air New Zealand who launches a new Airbus service on the same date, Polynesian Airlines who have recently increased flights to Tonga, and Air Pacific.
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Wednesday 28 September 2005
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
It was Faka-Sepitema today, September 28, for hundreds of women lay preachers of the Church of Tonga and other Wesleyan churches who, dressed in white, gathered for their annual roll calls.
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Tuesday 27 September 2005
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Fewer customs officers and a restructured Customs Department were the secrets for a successful tax collection by the Customs and Trade Division (CTD) during August, according to the Commissioner for Revenue, Sifita Tangi.
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