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  • Thursday 12 May 2005 5:01pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga's new parliamentary Speaker of the House, Noble Veikune, and two other men pleaded not guilty to bribery charges after they appeared for their arraignment in the Nuku'’alofa Supreme Court today, May 12.
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  • Thursday 12 May 2005 11:00am


    California, USA
    : I have so much concern with companies that market a traditional Pacific Islands product claiming to be theirs. Firstly, I am a Pacific Islander who has been conducting proper scientific research on Noni for a very long time. - Edgar Cocker
  • Thursday 12 May 2005 9:56am


    Tokyo, Japan
    : A Tongan rugby player was arrested in Japan after an argument with a female professional wrestler in a nightclub district of Tokyo, on Monday, according to a story that ran in Japan's national newspapers this week.
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  • Wednesday 11 May 2005 5:04pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Christine 'Uta'atu, a Nuku'alofa accountant operating as 'Uta'atu and Associates was awarded a final payment today of $5,441.80 for a counterclaim lodged against Paradise International Hotel Proprietary and Christopher Racine for failing to pay an outstanding account.
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  • Tuesday 10 May 2005 4:18pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Samiu Molitoni Naislai (48), a Bingo organiser in Nuku'alofa, appeared in the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court today to answer a civil action brought by Tui International Limited for failing to pay an outstanding account.
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  • Monday 9 May 2005 5:14pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Nuku'alofa will be a Rasta Town on June 1, when the reggae Superstar, Lucky Dube, will be in town for a one-night concert at the Teufaiva Outdoor Stadium.
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  • Monday 9 May 2005 4:46pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : 'Oto'ota Tapa'atoutai (64) of Patangata, Nuku'alofa, was found guilty of false pretences at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court on May 5.
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  • Monday 9 May 2005 4:45pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The 2005 session of the Tongan Legislative Assembly will be officially opened on Thursday, May 26 by HM King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV.
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  • Monday 9 May 2005 4:12pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Issues highlighted in the four newspapers published in Tonga, for the week April 30-May 6, included the goings-on with the Customs Department at Queen Salote Wharf, the Parliamentary By-election, and the up-grading of the Fua'amotu International Airport by a Chinese company to allow 747s and the Airbus 380 to land.
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  • Friday 6 May 2005 4:30pm


    Auckland, New Zealand
    : I take my hat off to the PDP and congratulate them for a 'landslide' victory over the THRDM. I say landslide since they have existed for only 22 days but they have gained 1 seat in the people's 11 places in Parliament (9 PR and 2 Cabinet ministers). Compare that with the 8 seats by the THRDM who have been in existence for more than 10 years.
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  • Thursday 5 May 2005 11:23pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga's sacked Minister of Police, William Clive Edwards, will re-enter the Tongan parliament after snatching a Tongatapu People's Representative seat in today's by- election.
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  • Thursday 5 May 2005 5:57pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : After Tonga's squash growers this week became totally confused over how the new Consumption Tax applied to their businesses, the Minister of Finance has come out and promised them exemption from the CT on agricultural imports.
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  • Thursday 5 May 2005 5:12pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Polling started slowly in Nuku'alofa in today's By Election to elect two new People's Representatives to the Tongan Parliament - one from Tongatapu and the other from the two Niuas .
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  • Thursday 5 May 2005 4:15pm


    Kyoto, Japan
    : According to the APALC report, 6% of Tongans in California have a Bachelor Degree. My interest is the comparison between the Tongans in New Zealand (National level) and California (one State). The latest 2001 New Zealand population census recorded 40,716 Tongans of which 23,334 are aged 15 and above. Thus the figure in the quote above, implies 9,771 (24% of Total Tongan), or 5,600 (24% of age 15 and above) Tongans in New Zealand have a Bachelor Degree. -Raelyn L. 'Esau.
  • Thursday 5 May 2005 3:18pm


    Suva, Fiji
    : A trilateral security discussion among the United States, Australia and Japan that first was initiated in August 2002 will be intensified and elevated to the foreign ministerial level, according to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
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  • Thursday 5 May 2005 12:24pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Results of the Tongan May 2005 By Election for a new Tongatapu No. 3 People's Resentative, and a new Niuatoputapu and Niuafo'ou People's Representative.
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  • Tuesday 3 May 2005 4:39pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A settlement action brought by Hon. Dr Feleti Sevele against a newspaper publisher, Sangstar Saulala, has failed.
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  • Tuesday 3 May 2005 4:27pm


    Newbury, United Kingdom
    : As a Member of Newbury RFC, I would like for you to know what a marvellous ambassador for Tonga Johnny (Sione) has been these last months.
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  • Tuesday 3 May 2005 4:00pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The Nobles 'Ahome'e, and Lasike have been chosen today as the new Nobles Representatives to replace the nobles who were recently appointed as Ministers.
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  • Monday 2 May 2005 6:15pm


    Sydney, Australia
    : Ko e lea tau e mala’e ‘o e politiki ‘i he fonua mo e kuonga kotoa pe ko e fo’ilea koia ko e .”KAKAI” (people). Ka ko e lea’ni ‘oku mafulifuli hono ‘uhinga, ‘a ia ko hono kakano ia, ‘o makatu’unga ‘i he va (relation) ‘o e “founga fakahoko ngaue’ mo e “kaveinga’ ‘a ia ‘i he faka-politikale ‘oku nofo kainga ai e ongo fakakaukau ‘e ua: -'Inoke Fotu Hu'akau
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