Solar power is the most efficient renewable energy method in Tonga, students from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand found after investigating various renewable energy projects during a one-week trip.
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Monday 24 August 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tongan fruit pickers are taking part in two leadership and training programs launched on Monday, 24 August in Nuku'alofa.
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Monday 24 August 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Pacific Retail Limited (PRL) have sold their Office Equipment Ltd. business to Pancom Holdings Limited (PHL) in a privately negotiated sale that closed in June 2015.
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Monday 24 August 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Recycled clothing, a popular informal business in the Pacific Islands, has become a highly-organised industry across the region and now in Tonga, with the opening of a new business venture by the 'Uta'atu family, called Value City (Tonga) Ltd. on Saturday.
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Wednesday 12 August 2015
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The prices for petrol, diesel and kerosene in Tonga will decrease for August to September starting on Monday, 17 August.
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Sunday 9 August 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tonga Government does not have an investigation project to find out if Tonga civil servants are considered unpaid, the Minister of Finance and National Planning, Dr ‘Aisake Eke said. “There is no investigation, but a review of the salary structure,” he said in a statement on August 7.
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Thursday 6 August 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tonga government plans to spend allegedly $2.2 million USD (around $4.6 million pa'anga) on an investigation project to find out if Tongan civil servants are over-paid or under-paid.
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Monday 3 August 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A proposal for government to finance the 2019 Pacific Games with Consumption Tax, instead of a levy on profit from foreign currency exchange transactions was presented by Bernie Poort from the ANZ Bank and Dan Henson from the Bank of the South Pacific to the Minister of Finance, Hon. ‘Aisake Eke during a Tonga Chamber of Commerce special meeting on Friday, 31 July.
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Tuesday 28 July 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga sat for the first time this year on a 33-member Council of the International Seabed Authority after being elected last year for a four-year term.
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Tuesday 28 July 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A new Ikale Lager brewed by the Royal Beer Co. Ltd. was launched by Crown Prince Tupouto’a ‘Ulukālala at the Small Industry Centre last Friday, 24 July.
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Thursday 16 July 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The price of petrol and diesel for Tonga increases for July-August, while kerosene price drops starting today, 16 July.
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Tuesday 14 July 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Bank South Pacific (BSP) a Papua New Guinean bank has taken over the operations of the Westpac Bank of Tonga.
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Tuesday 14 July 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A Coronation Royal Agricultural Show is expected to be opened by King Tupou VI on 5 August in Niuatoputapu, a national event that follows after the coronation celebrations wrapped up on 7 July in Nuku’alofa.
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Wednesday 1 July 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The price of electricity went up by 2.96 seniti per KWh through out the Kingdom today, 1 July.
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Monday 29 June 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga new currency notes and coins were launched by HM King Tupou VI this morning, 29 June, at the Fa’onelua Convention Centre.
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Monday 15 June 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The prices of petrol, diesel and kerosene have continued to increase for June-July, with new retail prices to be effective on Tuesday, 16 June.
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Friday 5 June 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga Development Bank paid a dividend of $848,433 pa’anga to the Government of Tonga, its only shareholder on Friday, 5 June.
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Monday 1 June 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Heilala Vanilla this month celebrates its 10th year in business since its first vanilla harvest in Vava‘u in 2005.
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Friday 29 May 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The new Mata ‘o e La‘a Solar Facility that will provide 3% of Tongatapu's energy demand with green energy, was received for Tonga by HM King Tupou VI at Vaini in an official handover of the project this morning, 29 May.
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Friday 22 May 2015
Tokyo, Japan
A Trade and Investment Promotion Forum Festa was officiated yesterday morning, 21 May by the President of the Republic of Palau, the co-Chair of the Seventh Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (PALM) at JETRO Tokyo, Japan.
