Robert Matthews from Australia has been appointed as the new CEO of the Tonga Power Ltd starting in Nuku'alofa on 9 March for the next three-years.
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Thursday 19 March 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A Papua New Guinea based bank, BSP, is expected to take over the operations of Westpac Bank of Tonga in May when the legal transition is completed.
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Wednesday 18 March 2015
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Tonga has signed the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture that promotes food security. on 16 March.
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Wednesday 18 March 2015
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The Ministry of Commerce, Tourism and Labour have announced higher fuel prices for the month starting March 16. The increase comes after months of lower fuel prices.
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Thursday 12 March 2015
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The Tanoa Hotel Group from Fiji will take over Tonga's International Dateline Hotel for redevelopment this year, aiming to transform the seafront hotel and reopen as Tanoa Dateline in mid-2017, with a Tongan four star standard.
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Thursday 12 March 2015
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A ban on airline passengers importing fruit from Auckland, New Zealand, to Tonga remains enforced by Tonga's Quarantine authorities.
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Sunday 8 March 2015
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Although Free Trade Agreements with trading partners provide opportunities for market access for Pacific Islands products, generally businesses in Tonga lack awareness of the rules, says Viliame Rova who facilitated a workshop this week in Nuku'alofa.
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Thursday 26 February 2015
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Electricity tariffs are to be cut from March 1 in tariff reductions annouced by Tonga Power Ltd.today February 26.
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Wednesday 25 February 2015
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A Tonga government review has stated that Tonga has fallen behind in three Millennium Development Goals: poverty eradication, gender equality and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) which are at a “crisis level”.
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Monday 23 February 2015
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Tongan handicrafts were showcased at the Las Vegas Rugby Sevens competition two weeks ago, February 13-15 in a promotion organised by the Tongan Handicrafts and Cultural Tourism Support Programme (HCTSP).
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Thursday 19 February 2015
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Tonga's over all Public Debt at the end of January 2015 stood at $392.6 million pa‘anga or 48.4% of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP), according to financial statistics released by the Ministry of Finance this week.
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Friday 13 February 2015
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The Ministry of Commerce, Tourism & Labour has announced further cuts to fuel prices in addition to the cuts that occurred last month.
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Thursday 12 February 2015
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Tonga Power Ltd's multi-million acquisition of Tonga Gas Ltd. was marked today with a reduction in LPG price announced during a ceremony at the Touliki Terminal in Ma’ufanga.
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Thursday 29 January 2015
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Tonga’s national electric company, Tonga Power Ltd has announced an 8.5% reduction in the electricity tariff. The new prices will be effective from this Sunday, February 1.
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Thursday 29 January 2015
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Westpac today, 29 January announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell its banking operations in Samoa, Cook Islands, Solmon Islands, Vanuatu and Tonga to the Bank of South Pacific Ltd BSP for A$125 million.
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Wednesday 14 January 2015
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Huge cuts in fuel prices have been announced for the next month effective from Friday January 16, the Tonga Ministry of Commerce, Tourism & Labour announced today, January 14.
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Monday 12 January 2015
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A model renewable power system for Ha’apai is being developed by a post-graduate student at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand.
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Friday 9 January 2015
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Running a business in Tonga is getting harder, according to a new World Bank report titled “Doing Business 2015”. The annual report assesses the “ease of doing business” in countries across the world. Tonga's ranking was dragged down by poor ratings for property registration, difficulties in resolving insolvency and poor shareholder rights.
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Tuesday 6 January 2015
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Viliami Takau (39) of Ma’ufanga has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer for the Tonga Chamber of Commerce & Industry (TCCI).
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Wednesday 24 December 2014
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Tuna longline fishing countries have agreed to limit Tuna catches in the Western and Central Pacific, according to the Western & Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC), after a meeting earlier this month in Samoa.
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