Access to the internet and a computer centre of their own was a welcome Christmas present for members of the 'Ofa Tui mo e 'Amanaki Centre for the handicapped.
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Monday 15 December 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Friday 12 December 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Minerals exploration on Tonga's seabed is slowly getting into a momentum as a second research ship, the R/V Onnuri left Nuku'alofa, on Wednesday, December 10 to look for copper, gold, zinc and silver on the sea-bed to the south of Tongatapu.
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Wednesday 3 December 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Smiles and tears were brought to members of the Alonga Centre today after Christmas came early for them when they received food and other products from a three minute Digicel Trolley-dash at the Si'i Kae Ola Supermarket on Hala Taufa'ahau.
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Wednesday 19 November 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tongan squash exports shipped a total of 2,200 tonnes of squash to Japan and South Korea this year.
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Wednesday 12 November 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Eight hundred Tongan Seasonal Workers will leave Tonga to work in the Australian horticultural industry in July 2009.
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Monday 10 November 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The newly appointed General Manager of Digicel, Tonga Crystal Middleton-Lunn, has launched a huge marketing campaign, giving away large cash prizes and this month offering a NZD$60,000 vehicle as a prize a to win customers over to the growing cell phone network.
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Monday 27 October 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's largest squash exporter, Nishi Trading Company Ltd., is targeting to export a total of 1,200 tonnes of squash to Japan and South Korea, a slight increase from their 900 plus tonnes exported last year.
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Monday 20 October 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's official Foreign Reserves held by the National Reserve Bank of Tonga for September rose by $37.2 million, from $91.3 million to $128.5 million, an amount equivalent to 5.3 months of imports.
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Thursday 16 October 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's No. 1 economic problem is that it cannot provide employment for its growing population, including the estimated 2000 school leavers who annually join the work force, according to an Asian Development Bank report that looks at why Tonga's economy is not achieving its potential.
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Wednesday 8 October 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's official Foreign Reserves for August 2008 rose by $5.1 million to $91.3 million, following seven months of decline.
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Wednesday 8 October 2008
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Neiafu, Vava'u
Kiwis snatched the top prizes in the 2008 - 17th Tonga International Billfish Tournament held in Vava'u from September 4-9.
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Wednesday 8 October 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The lending capability of both the Westpac Bank of Tonga and ANZ Bank Tonga will not be directly affected by the current financial crisis in the USA.
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Tuesday 30 September 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The General Manager of Tonga Broadcasting Commission Elenoa 'Amanaki (63) hands over the reins on public broadcasting when her four-year contract ends on Tuesday, September 30.
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Monday 22 September 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
On a voyage of discovery looking for the copper, gold, zinc and silver, known to be in the sea bed near Tonga's undersea volcanoes, Nautilus Minerals Tonga Ltd. started its 2008 Tongan offshore mineral exploration campaign on Saturday September 20.
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Monday 22 September 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The collapse of some financial credit institutions n the United States this month has not directly impacted Tonga, according to the Minister of Finance Hon. 'Afu'alo Matoto today.
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Monday 22 September 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
After 11 years of closure, Tonga has lifted its ban on the fishing of sea cucumbers but only for a limited six month period per year, confirmed the Deputy Director of the Ministry of Fisheries ‘Ulunga Fa‘anunu today.
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Monday 22 September 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Palu Aviation Services opened a new shed at the Fua'amotu International Airport, marking the fast-growing company's sixth birthday on September 17.
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Friday 12 September 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A new low-carb beer was introduced to the top end of the Tongan beer drinking market with a launching at the Janfull International Dateline Hotel on Thursday night, September 11.
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Tuesday 9 September 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The process of privatising government enterprises in Tonga made two steps forward and one step backward in July.
The government sold its remaining 75 per cent shareholding in the Leiola Group Ltd., Tonga's sole Duty Free enterprise, to the Pacific Retail Ltd. for $6.06 million pa'anga; and its 40 per cent shares in the Westpac Bank of Tonga to Westpac for $25 million pa'anga. Then government bought back the national power generation unit from Shoreline Power for $US17.7 million and handed it over to its own company Tonga Power Ltd.
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