The Tonga government will establish a new embassy in Tokyo, Japan, during the coming 2012-13 financial year, following the approval by the Tonga Parliament of a budget of over $5.73 million for running Tonga's nine overseas missions, on Thursday, June 21. From the House, by Pesi Fonua.
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Monday 25 June 2012
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Monday 25 June 2012
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga will have a new national domestic airline, flying by early 2013, the Deputy Prime Minister Hon. Samiu Vaipulu told the Tongan Parliament on Monday, June 18. From the House by Pesi Fonua.
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Tuesday 19 June 2012
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A letter with a motion for a Vote of No Confidence in the Prime Minister was presented to the Speaker of the Tongan Parliament, Lord Lasike, yesterday, June 18, the Chief Clerk of the House, Sione Tekiteki confirmed this afternoon.
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Sunday 10 June 2012
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Minister of Finance, Hon. Lisiate 'Akolo presented a tight national budget of $332.2 million to the Prime Minister, Lord Tu'ivakano on Friday morning, June 8, at the Cabinet Room, and gave the public an opportunity to see an overview before it is tabled into parliament this week.
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Saturday 9 June 2012
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tonga Government is facing up to the challenges presented by the current global financial crisis by developing a strategic plan to revive the economy, HM King Tupou VI said in opening Tonga's 2012-13 parliamentary session yesterday, June 7. He reminded the MPS that the livelihood of the people was in their hands.
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Friday 8 June 2012
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Hundreds of secondary school students marched through central Nuku'alofa yesterday morning to mark the opening of the Tongan Legislative Assembly's 2012-13 session.
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Tuesday 5 June 2012
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
HM King Tupou VI will open the 2012-2013 parliamentary session on Thursday, June 7, a spokesperson from the Parliament Office confirmed this morning, June 5.
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Monday 14 May 2012
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Two workshops on Anti-money Laundering, and the Combating of Terrorist Financing were opened in Nuku'alofa this morning, May 14.
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Wednesday 2 May 2012
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The 2011-2012 session of the Tonga Legislative Assembly was "softly" closed by Crown Prince Tupouto'a 'Ulukalala this morning, May 2.
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Tuesday 1 May 2012
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tonga Legislative Assembly held a special sitting today, to discuss two reports on a National Spatial Planning and Management Bill 2011 and a National Retirement Benefits Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2011.
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Wednesday 18 April 2012
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga is eager to learn from your experiences and share your knowledge, HM King Tupou VI told members of parliament from Commonwealth countries when he opened the 2012 mid-year Executive Meeting of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association at the Fa'onelua Convention Centre, Nuku'alofa this morning.
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Monday 16 April 2012
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The 2012 mid-year Executive Meeting of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association CPA will be opened by HM King Tupou VI at the Fa'onelua Convention Centre, Nuku'alofa on Wednesday April 18.
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Monday 16 April 2012
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
FROM OUR ARCHIVES: Tonga's political reform introduced an elected government for Tonga in 2010 when constituencies voted for their favourite personalities, but the process lacks vision, according to one of the architects of the reform. Dr Sitiveni Halapua believes that Tonga's new electoral system needs to be revised, so that when a new government is elected into power, it should already have a clear vision of where they are taking Tonga. Interview by Pesi Fonua.
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Friday 2 March 2012
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The long awaited report of a Parliamentary Select Committee on how the Nuku'alofa Development Corporation NDC administered and spent the TOP$118 million loan from China for the reconstruction of Nuku'alofa, is still being prepared, according to Dr Sitiveni Halapua, a member of the Select Committee.
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Thursday 9 February 2012
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
As members of Tonga's Parliament try to navigate their way through political reform with their newly inherited political control, they have found themselves struggling with the fact that the auditor general is under the jurisdiction of the Speaker and the Parliament itself. From the House, by Pesi Fonua.
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Tuesday 7 February 2012
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's parliament has agreed today for a nine-members select committee to preside over a Motion to dismiss the auditor general for misconduct, after four and a half days deliberation in an emergency session. From the House, by Pesi Fonua.
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Monday 6 February 2012
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Three days after a motion to dismiss the auditor general was tabled into the Tongan Parliament by the Prime Minister, Lord Tu'ivakano and the Minister of Finance, Hon. Sunia Fili, the House still could not figure out how to deal with the motion. From January 31 to February 2 the House appeared to have made one step forward to make a decision, and then two steps backward to where it ended up. From the House, by Pesi Fonua
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Monday 6 February 2012
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's parliament met yesterday, January 31, to pass a decision on a Motion for a Resolution to dismiss the auditor general, Pohiva Tu'i'onetoa, for bad behavior, but the special session ran into some problems. The motion will effectively put the auditor general on trial by parliament - and complicated by the fact that the House is the judge, the prosecutor and also the plaintiff. From the House by Pesi Fonua.
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Saturday 21 January 2012
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Lord Tu'ivakano (58) is Tonga's new Prime Minister Designate, after winning over 50% of a secret ballot in a Special Meeting of the Legislature to Elect a Prime Minister this morning.
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Monday 16 January 2012
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tonga Lesgislative Assembly plans to open its 2012 session in February, on a date to be set.
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