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Tuesday 15 April 2008
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Highlights from Tonga's newspapers, April 3-10, 2008. An English translation summary by Tevita Fonua.
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Friday 4 April 2008
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
About 67,000 Tongans have registered to vote in Tonga's 2008 General Election, the Electoral Officer Pita Vuki, said this morning.
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Tuesday 25 March 2008
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
‘Akanete Lauti, the former Director of the Friendly Islands Human Rights and Democracy Movement, who resigned in order to run in the April General Election, is disappointed with the decision that an assessment will be done to determine her comeback.
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Monday 17 March 2008
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
'Inoke Hu'akau is one of 28 candidates who are contesting the three Tongatapu People's Representatives seats in Tonga's April 24 Parliamentary election, and appears to be the only one expressing strong views against the proposed reform program that was passed by parliament before it closed last year, that politicians are working to introduce in 2010.
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Thursday 28 February 2008
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Seventy one candidates were registered yesterday to compete for the nine People's Representative seats in Tonga's April 24 Parliamentary General Election.
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Thursday 14 February 2008
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Although some candidates for Tonga's April parliamentary general election are campaigning under the banners of emerging political parties, the candidates will still be standing for election as individuals.
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Tuesday 8 January 2008
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's 2008 Parliamentary Election to be held on April 23 for the Nobles Representatives and April 24 for the People's Representatives is on schedule, according to the government electoral officer, Pita Vuki.
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Law
Monday 10 December 2007
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A revision of the licence of the New Zealand lawyer Christopher Harder to practice in Tonga is still being looked at by Christopher's representative in Tonga, Clive Edwards and the President of the Tonga Law society, Laki Niu, said the Registrar of the Tongan Supreme Court, Manako Vi.
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Law
Wednesday 21 November 2007
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Highlighting mediation as a process of settling disputes out of court has been the biggest achievement of Tonga's first Law Week, according to Tonga's Chief Justice Anthony Ford.
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Law
Friday 16 November 2007
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Judicial Independence to secure people's rights is a worldwide concern, according to Judge J. Clifford Wallace, a former US Chief Judge who was in Nuku'alofa last week for the 17th Pacific Judicial Conference.
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Tuesday 13 November 2007
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The House resumed after several weeks of recess, first to enable government to prepare and to host the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in mid-October, and then to enable members to attend the 125th anniversary celebration of Tonga College at the end of October. The day's working agenda was a "carrot on a stick" approach. From the House, an English translation summary from the Tongan vernacular, by Pesi Fonua.
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Law
Thursday 8 November 2007
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tongan law practitioner licence granted to a disgraced Auckland lawyer Christopher Harder is being reviewed by the Tongan judiciary, after his admission to the Tongan bar caused an uproar among legal profession in New Zealand.
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Tuesday 30 October 2007
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
HM King George Tupou V will officially close the 2007 session of the Tongan Legislature on Thursday, November 1 at the Queen Salote Memorial Hall, Nuku'alofa.
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Monday 22 October 2007
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tongan Legislature will resume its session on Monday October 29 after a month of adjournment due to the Pacific Island Leaders Forum Meeting held in Nuku'alofa last week.
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Law
Monday 24 September 2007
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tongan Judiciary has introduced a new court procedure, to enable disputing parties to negotiate out-of-court settlements through mediation.
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Friday 21 September 2007
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The debate became so confusing that on the final day, Thursday, September 13, Noble Luani, the Chairman of the Parliamentary Reform Committee, pleaded with the Chairman of the Whole House Committee to call for votes, saying they had reached a "Tower of Babel" crisis, "You ask for a nail, you are given a hammer. You ask for a bucket, you are given an axe!" he complained. From the House, by Pesi Fonua.
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Thursday 20 September 2007
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
As one of the few loyal friends of America in the world, the Kingdom of Tonga has been rewarded with nothing but empty thanks from the U.S. Government. As most recently as a couple of years ago the U.S. Consul from the Suva Embassy, in Fiji, had the guts to lecture the Tongan Government as a "human-rights violator."
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Thursday 13 September 2007
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Seven People's Representatives, working under a misconception that the Parliamentary Committee for Political Reform has the overall authority to decide on a new political system for Tonga, were pushing for the reform to be implemented next year, or in 2009. From the House, by Pesi Fonua.
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Monday 10 September 2007
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
People's Representative, Samiu Vaipulu, who had just been to Vava'u, told the House that the report that MOW daily labourers walked out from their jobs was incorrect, they walked out because there was no work and no money to pay them with. From the House, by Pesi Fonua.
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Wednesday 5 September 2007
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The House appeared to have got off to a wrong start today and the fault lay with those at the helm, the Speaker Noble Tu'iha'angana, Chairman Noble Lasike and the Chief Clerk of the House Tevita 'Ova. The Speaker and the Chairman were not able to keep the debate on track allowing PRs to wander and get lost, while the Clerk let some questions be asked several times. From the House, by Pesi Fonua.
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