The closure of the Tongan parliament on Thursday, September 30 was a historical and a memorable event for Tonga but was not celebrated with the usual fanfare for the closing of the annual session.
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Saturday 2 October 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Thursday 30 September 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Legislative Assembly will close today, September 30, for the last time under the current government.
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Tuesday 28 September 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
With only three weeks left until candidates register for the Tonga General Election set for November 25, it is expected that some high level public servants will resign their posts in order to stand for election to parliament.
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Tuesday 28 September 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's King George Tupou V will not close the last session of the Tonga Legislative Assembly on its historic closing on Thursday, September 30, the last under the existing system before a new system of government is introduced.
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Monday 27 September 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's new Chief Justice Hon Michael Dishington Scott started his new position at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court today, Monday September 27.
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Thursday 23 September 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A Media Dialogue providing a forum for journalists and the public to question candidates who are running for the Tonga General Election continued in Nuku'alofa on September 22.
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Monday 20 September 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Public Service Commission has to date, not received any resignations from public servants who are planning to run as candidates in Tonga's General Election on November 25.
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Monday 20 September 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Chief Police Magistrate Samiu Palu (64) died suddenly on Saturday, September 18 after collapsing at his plantation in Tongatapu.
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Friday 17 September 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
IN the lead up to the Tonga General Election on November 25, a Media Dialogue began in Nuku'alofa providing a forum for journalists and the public to question candidates who are running for election.
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Wednesday 15 September 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Registration of candidates for the 2010 Tonga General Election would be held for two days on October 21-22, Election Supervisor Pita Vuki said today.
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Tuesday 14 September 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
With only two and a half weeks before this year'se session closes, Parliament will be sitting to complete a number of bills, including a Bill for Tonga Police 2010, a Bill for National Identity Card 2010, as well as others.
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Wednesday 8 September 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The final session of the Tonga Legislative Assembly under the current system is set to close in the last week of September.
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Monday 6 September 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Prime Minister had made an "unwarranted attack on the judiciary" Justice Warwick Andrew said today in a statement answering assertions made by Dr Feleti Sevele last week in a row over the judge's resignation and early departure from Tonga.
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Sunday 5 September 2010
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Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Does Mr. Hola think that Tonga will do a better job than the British Lord Chancellor? After 1,400 years, former Prime Minister Tony Blair finally agreed in 2003 to close it down. It had run afoul of the law for many years, and had violated basic democratic principles. - Sione Akemeihakau Mokofisi.
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Friday 3 September 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
About 40,000 Tongan voters have registered for the 2010 Tonga General Election, to be held in November, after the final round of registration closed throughout Tonga on Tuesday August 31.
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Friday 3 September 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Registration of candidates for the 2010 Tonga General Election will be held for two days in October on a day to be announced soon, said the Election Supervisor Pita Vuki on September 2.
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Wednesday 1 September 2010
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Suva, Fiji
I must admit that the departure of two senior judges of the Supreme Court in recent times is quite disturbing. As a developing nation, this trend is a sign of an unhealthy judiciary and the state must inquire as to how this can be reversed. - Freddy Kavaha'apai.
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Tuesday 31 August 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Prime Minister Hon Dr Feleti Sevele in a press conference today strongly disputed a statement made by the departing Mr Justice Warwick Andrew that he was not allowed to continue to sit in the Supreme Court by virtue of a cabinet decision.
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Tuesday 31 August 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A Supreme Court Judge and former chairman of the Ashika Inquiry, Mr Justice Warwick Andrew left Tonga abruptly yesterday, August 30, more than a month before his contract was due to expire on October 5, after he said he was told not to continue hearing cases and to hand over his files to the Chief Justice
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Monday 30 August 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
I would maintain there is accountability with check and balance in place with the appointment and functional duties of the office of Lord Chancellor and others, to ensure independence of the judiciary. The repealed Judiciary Services Commission, glaringly lacked accountability with the required check and balance in place, to ensure, as Mokofisi has relayed, it does not run afoul of the law. - Moto Ki Lau Hola.
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