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  • Monday 18 February 2013 10:05pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The Mango Tree Centre at Houmakelikao and the Ngele'ia Government Primary School, who offer supporting services to people with disabilities in Tongatapu, were awarded grants by the Japanese Ambassador to Tonga, HE Dr Kazuchika Hamuro, on Friday February 15.
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  • Monday 18 February 2013 9:56pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Five months after the death of Kali Fungavaka, who was injured while in police custody, the Preliminary Inquiry of five Tongan police officers and one civilian who are charged with manslaughter will be held on February 25-27, at the Nuku'alofa Magistrate's Court.
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  • Monday 18 February 2013 4:45pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : 'Anaseini Palu Vava'u Tupou Cousins (89) was laid to rest at Kolomanatau Cemetery in Houma on Saturday afternoon, February 16.
  • Monday 18 February 2013 4:43pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga's prices for Diesel, Kerosene and Petrol for February-March 2013, effective today 18 February, have increased compared to the prices approved by the Competent Authority for the previous month.
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  • Monday 18 February 2013 2:43pm


    Suva, Fiji
    : Australian researchers from Queensland University’s “Pacific Agricultural Research for Development Initiative (PARDI)” are leading a vegetable research project know as PGS (Participatory Guarantee Systems) in Fiji and the Solomon Islands to help identify ways to strengthen food production and manufacture in the region.
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  • Sunday 17 February 2013 9:24pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The Tongan noble, Baron Fielakepa (51) was laid to rest at Paini-tu'u-ua Cemetery in Haveluloto on February 15. The funeral was attended by HM King Tupou VI and Queen Nanasipau'u.
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  • Thursday 14 February 2013 7:58pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Two very high-ranking Tongan police officers are under an investigation into allegations that 33 convictions of Tongan citizens were ordered to be "wiped" from police records over several years, under an unwritten policy that was tacitly approved by a former and now deceased Minister of Police.
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  • Thursday 14 February 2013 5:15pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A Fafa Island Holiday Resort employee, Mosese Ongosia (28), who died at Vaiola Hospital on 7 February, was one of two staff who collapsed while bailing out a septic tank on the island.
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  • Thursday 14 February 2013 9:33am


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A new tax regime for small businesses in Tonga, offering flat tax rates on turnovers of under $100,000, has been drawn up by government in a proposed amendment to Tonga's Income Tax Act 2007.
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  • Wednesday 13 February 2013 7:54pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga's new Minister of Police, Prisons and Fire Services and Revenue Services, Siosifa Tu'utafaiva, is being challenged by a disciplinary committee of the Tonga Law Society.
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  • Wednesday 13 February 2013 7:15pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) is calling on Peoples from all Pacific Islands to report information from tagged turtles to their National Environment or Fisheries Department.
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  • Wednesday 13 February 2013 7:14pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Dr Kolini Vaea, a general surgeon at Vaiola Hospital in Tongatapu has been selected as one of five Pacific Islanders of the Greg Urwin Awards for 2013.
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  • Tuesday 12 February 2013 8:19pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : 'Anaseini Palu Vava'u Tupou Cousins (89) passed away early Saturday morning February 9 at Fangasiale-Mahina Fekite residence in Fasi. She was Queen Nanasipau'u's aunt and a younger sister of late Baron Vaea of Houma.
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  • Tuesday 12 February 2013 6:51pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Six kindergartens in six Vava'u villages, have received computers in preparation for the 2013 school year, donated by a Tongan businessman, Mosese Uele.
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  • Monday 11 February 2013 9:51pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : When the crunch of Tonga's huge debt to China becomes critical in the new financial year 2013-14, the government, naturally, will be looking for someone to blame. ... The failure of the government and parliament to present a transparent, accountable and comprehensive report on the destruction and the reconstruction of the Nuku'alofa CBD remains the most controversial issue for the government of Lord Tu'ivakano, since he came into office on December 2010. Editor's Comment by Pesi Fonua
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  • Monday 11 February 2013 8:47pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : An e-commerce project that started offering free online booking development to small-medium sized accommodation businesses in Tonga two years ago is now in full swing across 11 Pacific Islands.
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  • Monday 11 February 2013 1:05pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The Tongan noble, Baron Fielakepa (51) passed away early yesterday morning Sunday February 10, at an Auckland hospital.
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  • Friday 8 February 2013 5:11pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The Tonga Government has allocated $1 million to finance a new Agricultural Export Marketing Fund aimed at providing short term loans to exporters who buy exportable produce from farmers. Three agricultural produce exporting companies have been selected to access the funds.
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  • Thursday 7 February 2013 8:38pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A 15-year-old Tongan youngster from New Zealand has been recruited by a major AFL Club to play “Aussie Rules” football.
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  • Thursday 7 February 2013 8:36pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The Seabourn Quest from the United States visited Nuku'alofa on February 6 with 336 passengers and 347 crew. It departed for Fiji yesterday afternoon at 5pm after a tsunami watch issued for Tonga and warning for Fiji was cancelled.
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