A 21 year old man who thought he was helping a young couple to meet in secret, is now facing manslaughter charges in the Tongan Supreme Court this week, after the couple died in a fatal motor accident in January 2003.
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Tuesday 10 August 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Monday 9 August 2004
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Canberra, Australia
The Tongan Defence Service is to help Australia provide housing facilities to Australian Aborigines.
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Monday 9 August 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
From the House, Minute no. 24, Monday July 26. 'Uliti Uata queried the logic of the penalties for the non-payment of income tax. He said that Inland Revenue Department has been forwarding their assessment of income taxes from 1997 up to 2003 and demanding the payment of penalties and interest.
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Friday 6 August 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
When the Ministry of Civil Aviation announced on Tuesday, August 3, that by August 15 only one airline will be operating Tonga's domestic air service, it sparked off another national economic and political turmoil.- by Pesi Fonua
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Friday 6 August 2004
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Suva, Fiji
o SANZAR has turned down the possibility of the Pacific Islanders team being allowed to join the Super 12 competition? by Professor Wadan Narsey
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Thursday 5 August 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's second military contingent for the Solomon Islands returned home on July 27, after completing their six-months tenure of peace keeping duty.
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Thursday 5 August 2004
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Honiara, Solomon Islands
Tongan Military Contingent to the Solomons during the Farewell Military Parade held on the Honiara International Airport grounds, to celebrate the one year anniversary of the arrival of RAMSI in the Solomons, July 24. Photos by Linny Folau
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Wednesday 4 August 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Minute No. 23 The trouble with the illegal practice of double invoicing, $3 million unpaid Sales Tax, Sea Star Company owed $3.7 million to government, Sea Star borrowed $600,000 from the Tonga National Trust Fund. From the House. By Pesi Fonua
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Wednesday 4 August 2004
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Nadi, Fiji
Non Government Organizations (NGOs) from Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu, Tonga and the Marshall Islands, meeting in Nadi today have called for a greater NGO role in Pacific Governments annual Budget processes. They have also put a strong case to have this participation properly funded by Government so that the voice of people in poverty and other disadvantaged groups may be heard at all points in the budget process.
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Wednesday 4 August 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Minute No. 22: Proposed amendment of the Regulation for the Ship Registration Act was to enable the Fuakavenga II to be registered in Tonga, Tonga pays $1 million to the Pacific Forum Line and $1 million to the Hartman Shipping Group of Germany so that Tonga may have the option of buying back the ship after eight years, the Regulation and the Act have been amended and the ship was reregistered earlier this year but the amended regulation was brought in for the House to approve, Death Grant of $15,000 for soldiers who die on the battlefield or during a military exercise, in addition his next of kin will be paid his pension from government. From the House. By Pesi Fonua
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Wednesday 4 August 2004
Sydney, Australia
I wasn't aware that we Tongan who have acquired citizenship overseas, were not allowed to renew our Tongan Passport when it expires. This was a shock to me last month when I arrived at the immigration office, Nuku'alofa. I am asking you to generate a bit of discussion about this issue as I personally believe that we are being hard-done by. - Poli Tuaileva
Wednesday 4 August 2004
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Honiara, Solomon Islands
The Tongan Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Defence, HRH Prince 'Ulukalala Lavaka Ata was interviewed by Linny Folau in Honiara, Solomon Islands, on 24 July 2004, while he was attending the first anniversary of RAMSI, the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomons. Linny, a staffer for the Matangi Tonga Online, was part of a Pacific group media visit to the Solomons and Australia, under an Australian Government program.
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Sunday 1 August 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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if Tonga restored the political rights enjoyed by its citizens before 2003 when it was above the median, it might qualify for access to tens of millions of dollars in US aid funding." Tonga has been dropped from a list, announced on July 20, of the world's poorest countries that the United States will allow to become candidates in 2005 for a new multi-billion dollar aid fund.
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Friday 30 July 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga is sending an 18-members strong team, five of them competitors, to the 28th Olympic Games to be held in Athens, Greece, from August 13-29, in four sporting events, Archery, Athletics, Boxing and Judo.
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Friday 30 July 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A fist-fight broke out in the Tongan Parliament on Wednesday 28 July, between two Members 'Etuate Lavulavu and 'Akilisi Pohiva, resulting in their suspension from the House.
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Wednesday 28 July 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga is scheduled to become a member of the World Trade Organisation in early 2005, Moana Taukolo of the Tonga Ministry of Labour and Commerce, told a three-day National Seminar on WTO issues in Nuku'alofa early this month.
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Tuesday 27 July 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
From the House, Minute No. 21: regulations relating to the Public Service Act, public servants may be penalized by Heads of Department for offenses, withdrawal of etra-ordinary gazette no. 19. By Pesi Fonua
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Monday 26 July 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tonga government has today announced the appointment of Mrs 'Emeline Tuita as its first Ambassador to the People's Republic of China.
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Monday 26 July 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Masao Paasi was appointed as a Relieving Police Magistrate for Tonga on July 19.
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Sunday 25 July 2004
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Honiara, Solomon Islands
Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara was the centre for great celebration on July 24 to mark the anniversary of the arrival of RAMSI at the Solomon Islands and to celebrate a new, safer and a better Solomon Islands. By Linny Folau
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