There is a great need for assistance for the disabled in Tonga and a challenge remains to assist the caregivers of the disabled year-round, Salote Fukofuka told Tongan community leaders who gathered at a Prayer Breakfast on Sunday, March 8 for International Women's Day.
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Tuesday 10 March 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Monday 9 March 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Jacques Cartier, a Light Transport Landing Ship of the French Armed Forces is in Nuku'alofa on a friendly visit, during its regional patrol of the South Pacific waters.
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Monday 2 March 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Before heading off to the World Cup in Dubai March 5-7 the Digicel Tonga 7s team and their management, took time out of their hectic training schedules to visit the Children's Ward at Vaiola Hospital in Nuku'alofa last week
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Saturday 28 February 2009
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Toowoomba, Queensland,Australia
Take a musical journey from the classical tones of Europe to the laid-back rhythms of Polynesia with renowned pianist, Dr Marilyn Meier Kapavale who will perform on Sunday March 21 at the USQ Arts Theatre in Toowoomba.
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Wednesday 18 February 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 22-year-old Toshiba Brave Lupus rugby player in Tokyo has been suspended indefinitely after testing positive for marijuana on Friday, February 13.
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Wednesday 18 February 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
HM King George Tupou V departed Tonga yesterday for New Zealand for a routine medical check-up, according to the Palace Office in Nuku'alofa.
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Monday 16 February 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Sitting proudly in the Tonga Police Commander's chair on February 13, was 11-year-old leukaemia sufferer Ikuna Vunipola, who was delighted with a special visit and tour of the Tonga Police Headquarter at Longlongo.
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Friday 13 February 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Women's voices are rarely heard in the Tongan parliament, where only five women have entered the House in the last 35 years. But a group of Tongan women meeting today agreed that unequal representation has to change.
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Monday 9 February 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Queen Victoria, the largest cruise ship ever to visit Tonga arrived in the Nuku'alofa harbour this morning.
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Friday 6 February 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Youth leaders from the 'Ship for World Youth' met up with Tongan school students today during a special visit to the Fasi mo e Afi Government Primary School in Nuku'alofa and were welcomed with dancing and food.
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Thursday 5 February 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The cruise ship Nippon Maru, arrived in Nuku'alofa this morning with 283 youths from 12 different countries on a voyage in the South Pacific that aims to foster cooperation and friendship among youth leaders on board.
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Saturday 31 January 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
When the Arizona Cardinals meet the Pittsburgh Steelers to decide the Super Bowl XLIII Championship on Monday (Sunday USA time) in Tampa, Florida, watched by most of the United States; a Tongan is going to be a champion, because this year both teams have Tongan-born players as starters.
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Saturday 31 January 2009
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Tampa, Florida,USA
From Tonga to Tampa with stops in Arizona and California - Taitusi Lutui grew into a guard with massive girth and a matching sense of humor who plays a decidedly Tongan brand of football for the Arizona Cardinals, US sports writers are saying on the eve of this year's Super Bowl, noting that in Tonga they watch the Super Bowl on Monday instead of Sunday.
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Friday 30 January 2009
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Kahuku, Hawaii
Tongan-born Uikelotu Chris Kemoeatu (26), the offensive guard for AFC champions Pittsburgh Steelers will play his first Super Bowl XLIII Championship against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday, February 1 in Tampa, Florida.
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Wednesday 28 January 2009
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Nuku'alofa,Tongatapu
Fe'ao Latu, the Tongan rugby player who died suddenly in France on January 11 was laid to rest this afternoon at Punga Cemetery, Lakepa, Tongatapu.
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Friday 23 January 2009
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Cahors, France
The funeral of Tongan rugby player Fe'ao Latu (28) is expected to be held at Lakepa in Tongatapu next week.
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Thursday 22 January 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
TONGAN international goalkeeper, Mele Likiliki of Fasi mo e Afi, is a nominee for the Oceania Football Confederation's Women's Player of the Year 2008 Award.
She is among 15 top women football players from Oceania who have been short-listed for the OFC's top award to be announced in April.
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Wednesday 21 January 2009
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Perigueux, France
The life of Tongan flanker Fe'ao Latu was celebrated by family and friends in a Memorial Mass held at the Perigueux, Saint Front Cathedral, the largest cathedral in Southwest France, on Monday, January 19. Memorial mass at Saint Front Cathedral
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Wednesday 21 January 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The human race has around five billion years to plan their evacuation from planet earth, says scientist Chas A. Egan, Tonga's only astrophysicist, "because five billion years from now the sun will burn itself out and life on earth will not be sustainable." By Pesi Fonua
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Friday 16 January 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
One of the oldest remaining wooden buildings of Nuku'alofa, known as 'Shirley Baker's House', which is over 140 years old, was demolished today. Photos by Pesi Fonua
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