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  • Thursday 12 July 2007 5:21am


    Arlington, Virginia,USA
    : A global environment fund that revolutionized how international partners work together to protect the world's biologically richest and most threatened regions today announced $50 million in new funding.
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  • Wednesday 11 July 2007 8:06pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Twenty Tongan seasonal workers will leave for New Zealand on July 20, the first group of what Tonga's Minister of Labour hopes will amount to 600 to 700 workers joining the new RSE scheme this year.
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  • Wednesday 11 July 2007 4:43pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The Speaker read out the result of the election of new staff of the House. The position of Clerk Folio was won by Tupou Manuofetoa with 14 votes, and in second place was Popua Mafi with seven votes. Popua would become a reserve phonographer. For the position of security officer, there was a tie between Siaosi Peleki and Simione Lilo, so the House would vote again at 1.30pm.
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  • Wednesday 11 July 2007 12:52pm


    UK
    : Tonga's turmoil with the economy and politics in the last decade has been decaying away and will continue to decay. During the strikes, I wrote a letter to MatangiTonga and stating that the future of Tonga is gloomy. This forecast is an understatement and has not been witnessed yet, even after the burning of the central business area. - William Mariner
  • Wednesday 11 July 2007 11:58am


    Pago Pago, American Samoa
    : Te u lave atu ki he felauaki ki he tukuhau mo e feinga ke tu'usi pe fakasi'isi'i 'a e tupu (profit) 'a e ngaahi koloa lalahi 'aki hano haupapa 'aki kinautolu e tukuhau 20%, 40, %, 60%. - Sione Lousiale Kava
  • Tuesday 10 July 2007 7:29pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The Minister of Finance said that 2007 is a very difficult year because on November 16 about 20% of Tonga's GDP was destroyed in one day and it was difficult to establish the real state of the economy because they have not been able to value all that was lost during 16/11. PR Samiu Vaipulu expressed his concern that it would take many generations to repay government loans.
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  • Tuesday 10 July 2007 7:04pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A parliamentary Tripartite Committee with a mission to carry forward the Political Reform that was initiated by the National Committee for Political Reform (NCPR) met for the first time yesterday, July 9.
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  • Tuesday 10 July 2007 4:26pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Photos by Linny Folau.
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  • Tuesday 10 July 2007 9:02am


    Oregon,USA
    : If government were to lower the taxes across the board they would not only stimulate their economy but attract many more businesses, which would cause a snowball effect and revive Tonga's economy. - Cliff Johnston
  • Monday 9 July 2007 6:30pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Wearing costumes as weird and wonderful as their names, nine fakaleities hotly contested Tonga's Miss Galaxy Queen 2007-08 crown, putting on a razzle-dazzle show at the Queen Salote Memorial Hall on the night of Friday July 6. Photos by Linny Folau
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  • Monday 9 July 2007 6:16pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : 'Akilisi Pohiva continued to argue that business profits should be reduced. From the House, by Pesi Fonua.
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  • Monday 9 July 2007 5:27pm


    Suva, Fiji
    : Private sector representatives, major business leaders, Government Ministers and senior officials from the region are gearing up for the inaugural Pacific Islands Business Forum (PIBF).
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  • Friday 6 July 2007 7:24pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Three members of the Public Service Association PSA, Vili Vete, Mele 'Amanaki and Sione Taione presented a Letter of Petition to the Private Secretary of the king, Sateki 'Ahio at the Palace Office at 4 pm this afternoon.
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  • Friday 6 July 2007 7:13pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The Public Service Association (PSA) has demanded that the Public Service Commissioners (PSC) resign from their appointments because of the following main reasons
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  • Friday 6 July 2007 5:43pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A second Tonga Defence Service deployment to Iraq is expected within the next few weeks, the US Ambassador to Tonga Mr Larry M. Dinger said in Nuku'alofa on July 4.
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  • Friday 6 July 2007 4:50pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga Airports Ltd. a Tonga government-owned company took over the management of all Tongan airports on July 2.
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  • Thursday 5 July 2007 9:30pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga's Miss Galaxy Queen Beauty Pageant for 2007 lived up to its reputation as an outrageous and fun-packed fashion show, kicking off a three nights event at Nuku'alofa's Queen Salote Memorial Hall last night, July 4. Photos by Linny Folau.
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  • Thursday 5 July 2007 5:53pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga's Court of Appeal will start its 2007 session at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court on July 17.
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  • Thursday 5 July 2007 12:02pm


    Apia, Samoa
    : It's hoped the spirit of the 13th South Pacific Games in Samoa will branch towards the environment with a 'Play it clean and green' campaign to be launched by SPREP, UNDP and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE).
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  • Wednesday 4 July 2007 12:37pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : For some time the Directors of Global Insurance Limited, Insurance Corporation of Tonga Limited and Dominion Insurance (Tonga) Limited have considered carefully how best to serve the ongoing insurance needs of our mutual clients and the Tongan economy.
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