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  • Monday 30 April 2012 5:34pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Crown Prince Tupouto'a 'Ulukalala (27), first in line to the Tongan throne will wed Hon Sinaitakala Tu'imatamoana 'i Fanakavalangi Fakafanua (25) on 12 July, 2012 at the Centenary Church, Saione in Nuku'alofa.
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  • Monday 30 April 2012 12:43pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The Royal International Hotel, near Tonga's Fua'amotu International Airport will today, Monday, April 30 have a new name, the Scenic Hotel Tonga, said Ross Brljenich, the hotel's general manager.
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  • Monday 30 April 2012 12:33pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Justice James Burchett (81), Tonga's longest serving judge of its Court of Appeal, for 20 years, retired from the service on Friday, April 27.
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  • Friday 27 April 2012 10:50am


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The first six directors of Tonga's first National Retirement Benefits Fund were announced last night following an election yesterday, April 26.
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  • Thursday 26 April 2012 7:13pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga is one of two countries bidding to host the Pacific Games for the first time in 2019. Tonga's Prime Minister Lord Tu'ivakano, in supporting the bid, said that a nomination for Tonga to host the games would provide a much needed financial injection into the economy.
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  • Wednesday 25 April 2012 2:14am


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The Government of Tonga plans to launch a new weekly newspaper next month, becoming the fifth weekly newspaper in Tonga.
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  • Tuesday 24 April 2012 10:49pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A stash of burgled items, including a dental air compressor stolen from Vaiola Hospital, was recovered after raids on 10 locations by a special investigative team, that was set up by the police to crack down on an epidemic of housebreakings and theft that has plagued the capital, Nuku'alofa, for a long time.
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  • Tuesday 24 April 2012 4:28pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The Tonga Tourist Association now has 181 financial members, as well as 280 members from 14 affiliated groups, throughout Tonga, and branches in Australia and the United States of America, the Annual General Meeting was told on April 21, when the new executive officers and committee for 2012 was elected.
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  • Tuesday 24 April 2012 1:27pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : ANZAC Day 2012 will be observed in Tonga on Wednesday 25 April with a dawn service at the Cenotaph to commemorate the servicemen and women from Australia, New Zealand and Tonga who fought and died in the interests of world peace.
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  • Tuesday 24 April 2012 9:47am


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : FROM OUR ARCHIVES, 24 April 2012. Two Tongan grandmothers who attended India's Barefoot College last year, have returned home with new skills ready to start installing new solar panels to provide electricity in under-privileged homes in their swampland community of 'Isileli. FROM OUR ARCHIVES, 24 April 2012.
  • Monday 23 April 2012 11:05am


    Manila, Philippines
    : In the Western Pacific Region, two to three million people per year contract diseases that could be prevented by immunization. These diseases cause severe illness and, in some cases, death, the World Health Organization (WHO) stated in launching World Immunization Week on April 23.
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  • Saturday 21 April 2012 8:49am


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Government this afternoon announced the reassignment of four of its Cabinet Ministers effective on 1 May.
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  • Saturday 21 April 2012 8:41am


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : An Air New Zealand flight to Auckland was delayed an hour from departing Fua'amotu International Airport this afternoon, due to a breach in security, after two passengers boarded through the VIP area and had not been properly screened.
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  • Saturday 21 April 2012 8:31am
    Spawnbreezie in Nuku'alofa this morning


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Singer Spawnbreezie is in Nuku'alofa and will perform a concert tonight at 'Api Fo'ou College Hall, in Ma'ufanga.
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  • Thursday 19 April 2012 6:37pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Government is understood to have reshuffled six of its Cabinet Ministers this month but they have not taken up their new portfolios.
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  • Thursday 19 April 2012 6:33pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Charles Cato of New Zealand is to join the Supreme Court of Tonga as its third judge, after his appointment was confirmed by the King in Council on April 4.
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  • Wednesday 18 April 2012 7:25pm


    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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  • Tuesday 17 April 2012 4:50pm


    Washington, USA
    : Dr. Jim Yong Kim, in response to his selection by the World Bank's Executive Directors as 12th President of the World Bank, spoke of a global consensus around the importance of inclusive growth in a rapidly changing world. He believed there was a need to foster an institution that responds effectively to the needs of its diverse clients and donors, and among other things, "amplifies the voices of developing countries".
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  • Tuesday 17 April 2012 3:56pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The first sitting of Tonga's Court of Appeal for this year started on April 16-27 and will hear eight appeal cases, at the Supreme Court in Nuku'alofa.
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  • Tuesday 17 April 2012 11:52am


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Hon Simon Tu'ivakano celebrated his first birthday on Saturday, April 14, at Tau'akiloto, Kolofo'ou, Nuku'alofa.
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