Bula Matangitonga,
I drew this and just thought I'd share it with Matangitonga Online. This is just a view on Lt Col Mara, Tonga and Fiji.
Vinaka
Saki Vakaciwa
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Thursday 2 June 2011
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'Okalani, Nu'usila
Kataki kae fokotu'u atu e ki'i tohi ni fekau'aki mo e Headline "Ha me'a 'oku hoko mali 'o Fielakepa Li'aki 'a Nopele Fielakepa 'e hono mali" 'a e Taimi 'o Tonga Vol 22, Fika 21/Pulelulu 25 Mē, 2011. 'Oku mau fie fakahā heni 'a 'emau ongo'i faka'ofa'ia mo fakatumutumu 'i he ma'ulalo faufau kuo a'u ki ai 'a e loto mo e 'atamai 'o e tokotaha na'a ne tohi 'a e article . . . - Johnny Taione.
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Sunday 29 May 2011
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Sydney, Australia
I read in the Matangi Tonga that the former Fiji military strongman Ratu Tevita Mara "wants a democratic government back in Fiji". Although I would like to see a return to democratic rule in Fiji, I will not be joining any opposition of which Ratu Mara is a part. - Rajend Naidu.
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Thursday 26 May 2011
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Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Lt. Ratu Tevita Mara should file for a Tongan political asylum status. He is a victim of a repressive dictatorship under Dictator Bainimarama who usurped power in Fiji's 2006 coup de' tat from a democratically elected government. - Sione Mokofisi.
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Monday 23 May 2011
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Suva, Fiji
Bainimarama made a televised statement claiming that Tonga had breached Fijian Sovereignty. Remember, breaching a country's sovereignty involves international law. Accusations must be proven, diplomatic channels must be exhausted and above all, the rights of a person must be respected whether chief or commoner . . . - Fredetheon Kava.
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Thursday 19 May 2011
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Sydney, Australia
Given Ratu Mara is a close relation of the Tongan Royal Family, it doesn't strike me as odd that the Tongan Navy would assist by rescuing him, given he was living in a military dictatorship. If one of my family members was in strife, I too would do what I could in my powers to help them out. - Natasha Lemoto Hanisi.
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Wednesday 18 May 2011
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Sydney, Australia
The extraction of Ratu Tevita Mara from within Fiji waters is a game-changer. If your navy is patting itself on the back at such audacity, then they should realise that breaching territorial waters is nothing, but what they have done will have implications well into the future between our two countries. - Mareko Vuli.
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Friday 13 May 2011
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Australia
Virtually all public figures in Tonga, including politicians of any colour, failed dismally to assist or set forward a firm plan of how to achieve better standard of living for Tongans. It was mainly the late King who had a vision to that effect, starting from the Tonga Commodities Board in the late 1950s. The last was the Passport Scheme, a fund raising excercise for the purpose of investing the proceeds. - S. Ma'afu Tupou.
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Sunday 8 May 2011
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Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Kuo lapasi 'e he lao hu koloa mo e tu'utu'uni faka-mo'ui lelei 'o 'Aositelelia 'a e ngaahi anga faka-fonua 'o e kakai 'o e Pasifikí 'i hono faka-taputapui 'o e ngaue 'aki 'o e Kava Tonga. - Sione Akemeihakau Mokofisi.
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Tuesday 19 April 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The hike in the price of fuel is blamed on a drop in the value of the Tongan pa'anga against the US dollar. Not true. - Firitia.
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Friday 25 March 2011
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'Okalani, Nu'usila
Ne te'eki tu'otaha ke u faka'ikai'i 'a e lelei 'a e ngaue kuo fakahoko 'e he Komisiona Polisi mo 'ene Potungaue. 'Ikai 'aupito. Ko 'eku faka'amu ke nau fokotu'u ha'anau kautaha ke nau fakahoko 'a e ngaahi alea pehe ni kae tu'u tau'ataina e kau Polisi ke fakahoko honau fatongia.- Dr Fotu K.V. Fisi'iahi.
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Thursday 24 March 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
'Oku 'ikai te u tui tatau pea mo Dr. Fisi'iahi ki hano fokotu'u 'o e kautaha ki he kau Polisi koe'uhi ko 'enau ta'efiemalie. 'Oku hanga 'e he tohi ni 'o fakaha mai heni e mamaha 'o e fakakaukau 'a Dr. Fisi'iahi pea mo e si'i 'ene 'ilo ki he lao mo e kakano 'o e ngaue mo e fatongia ko ia 'o e Komisiona Polisi. - Samiu Sika.
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Thursday 17 March 2011
'Okalani, Nu'usila
"Koeha 'a e 'uhinga 'o e polisi?" "Kiate au ko e polisi ko e taliangi ta'etoefehu'ia . . ." Malie ee! Tangane kau tangata mo e kau fefine ho'omou loto lahi ke mou ngaue ke veteki aa 'a e fo'i Tukufakaholo koia ko e Taliangi Ta'etoefehu'ia, mei homou ngaue'anga. - Dr Fotu K.V. Fisiiahi.
Sunday 6 March 2011
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Los Angeles, California, USA
I write this letter with humble and sincere concern for the future and the development of Tourism in our Kingdom. I am just floored that "private" business owner(s) saw the need to stand their ground leading to the loss of the opportunity for the hit TV Show "Survivor" to be filmed in Vava'u. I do hope that the Producers of Survivor will see that their decision to pull the show from Tonga was based on the myopic view of a few and not the majority of our people. - Paul Tu'ivai.
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Thursday 3 March 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
'Oku ou fakamalo atu heni ki he'etau Kau Loea 'i Nu'u Sila Mataitini Fotu, Sione Fonua mo 'Amelia Saafi ho'omou feinga 'oku fai ke fakamahino pe ko e 'api ko 'Atalanga na'e fakatau 'e he Pule'anga. 'Oku mahu'inga ho'omou 'ohake 'a e me'a ni he 'oku tau fanongo pe 'oku 'i ai mo e 'api 'o e Pule'anga 'i London, San Francisco mo New York, ka ko hai kuo sio he ngaahi Tohi Fakatau 'api ko ia. - Sione 'Uhilamoelangi Liava'a.
Thursday 3 March 2011
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Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Mr. Public wants to see a published list of the directors' salaries, and on down to the meter-person. Have they been offered salary reductions, early retirements, etc., to reduce labor costs? A comparison of those salaries to the public sector's comparable wages should shed some light on how efficient and cost-conscious TPL's management is. - Sione Akemeihakau Mokofisi.
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Monday 10 January 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Prime Minister, Lord Tu'ivakano has formed his cabinet and last Tuesday, January 4, the new cabinet ministers took charge of their Ministries in preparation for their formal swearing-in on Thursday, 13 January. EDITOR'S COMMENT.
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Tuesday 28 December 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
As we await the opening of Tonga's new Parliament before January 13, Nuku'aofa is buzzing with speculation over the likely composition of the new Cabinet that Prime Minister Tu'ivakano is about to name.
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Wednesday 22 December 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Chairman of the Tonga Rugby League can be confident in the knowledge that what occurred to his wine was actually the law of Tonga being rightfully enforced, and not a planned conspiracy against the Tonga Rugby League, as he apparently believes. - Peter Nash, Deputy Commissioner of Revenue Customs & Trade Division
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Wednesday 22 December 2010
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North Carolina, USA
I fear for the future of my adopted country when, after four years of supposed progress, it seems like nothing has really changed. I pray my pessimism is unfounded, and indeed that these elections will usher in a new government and a better future for Tonga. However, from a distance, it seems like the power remains in familiar hands, and that these hands have and will continue to be self serving, without the accountability that elected officials must show. - Scott Yurcheshen.
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