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Saturday 16 June 2012 4:21pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A homicide investigation is underway in Nuku'alofa after the body of a 44-year-old shopkeeper was found in his premises in the CBD on Friday evening.Premium content
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Friday 15 June 2012 8:16pm
Port Vila, Vanuatu : The European Union is committed to conclude comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreements EPAs with the Pacific region, said the President of the European Union Council and Danish Minister for Development Cooperation, Christian Friis Bach. By Linny Folau in Port Vila.Premium content
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Friday 15 June 2012 5:32pm
Port Vila, Vanuatu : The current 37th Session of the ACP-EU Joint Council of Ministers Meeting from June 14-15, is discussing issues that will define relations of the African, Caribbean and Pacific group and the European Union for the future. By Linny Folau in Port Vila.Premium content
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Friday 15 June 2012 4:09pm
Canberra, Australia : Australia is the largest single ultimate destination for Chinese direct investment, and though Australia is a relatively small economy, it is likely to remain one of China's largest foreign investment destinations for a while to come. At the same time, the scale and pace of growth in Chinese direct investment has led to populist reactions that have challenged the open investment regime in Australia and, in particular, raised policy questions about whether investments by state-owned enterprises (SOEs) need to be treated differently from private investment. By Peter Drysdale, Australia National University.Premium content
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Friday 15 June 2012 3:52pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Immigration New Zealand in Nuku'alofa is alerting the public to a scam in Auckland that is selling "visas" for New Zealand.Premium content
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Friday 15 June 2012 11:00am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A project to reduce the cost of sending remittances from New Zealand and Australia to Tonga and seven other Pacific islands is succeeding, Kim Hailwood and Jonathan Capal of Developing Markets Associates Ltd, said in Tonga on Wednesday, June 13.Premium content
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Thursday 14 June 2012 5:17pm
Port Vila, Vanuatu : The African, Caribbean and Pacific Group has responded in solidarity to the concern and frustration voiced by its Pacific member states over an apparent lack of commitment from the European Union to conclude comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreements. By Linny Folau in Port Vila.Premium content
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Thursday 14 June 2012 5:05pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The signing of a lease agreement for the University of the South Pacific to lease 14 acres of Tonga government land on Saturday, June 9, marked the beginning of an expansion of the operation of the USP in Tonga.1 commentPremium content
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Wednesday 13 June 2012 12:20pm
Port Vila, Vanuatu : The Pacific States of ACP strongly voiced frustrations over an apparent lack of commitment by the European Union to conclude comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreements for a free trade area with the Pacific region, during the 95th Session of the ACP Council of Ministers Meeting on June 12. By Linny Folau in Port Vila.Premium content
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Tuesday 12 June 2012 5:05pm
Port Vila, Vanuatu : The 95th Session of the ACP Council of Ministers Meeting was opened on June 11, with an emphasis to reinvent ACP as a group to ensure a more solid relationship with the European Union and become a world player under a changing global landscape.Premium content
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Tuesday 12 June 2012 3:33pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongan graduates from the University of the South Pacific celebrated their graduation in Tonga for the first time on Saturday June 9.Premium content
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Monday 11 June 2012 10:05pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Under 20 National Rugby Team left this morning, June 11 to participate in the IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy tournament to be held in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.Premium content
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Monday 11 June 2012 3:53pm
Port Vila, Vanuatu : More than 300 officials from the European Union and the Group of African, Caribbean and Pacific States will convene this week in the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu for one of the most important meetings of the year between the two groups.Premium content
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Sunday 10 June 2012 11:46pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two triathletes from the Friendly Islands Triathlon (FIT), 'Alo Fe'iloakitau and Kantaro Oishi will be competing in the 2012 Baramon King Goto Nagasaki International Triathlon at Goto City, Fukue Island, Nagasaki, Japan on June 17.Premium content
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Sunday 10 June 2012 2:40pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Minister of Finance, Hon. Lisiate 'Akolo presented a tight national budget of $332.2 million to the Prime Minister, Lord Tu'ivakano on Friday morning, June 8, at the Cabinet Room, and gave the public an opportunity to see an overview before it is tabled into parliament this week.Premium content
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Saturday 9 June 2012 5:02pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga Government is facing up to the challenges presented by the current global financial crisis by developing a strategic plan to revive the economy, HM King Tupou VI said in opening Tonga's 2012-13 parliamentary session yesterday, June 7. He reminded the MPS that the livelihood of the people was in their hands.Premium content
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Friday 8 June 2012 6:31am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Hundreds of secondary school students marched through central Nuku'alofa yesterday morning to mark the opening of the Tongan Legislative Assembly's 2012-13 session.Premium content
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Friday 8 June 2012 5:59am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A National Tree Planting ceremony was held on Tuesday, June 5 at the Nuku'alofa waterfront marking two important events, Tonga's 150 years of Emancipation and the launching of the Environment Awareness Week.Premium content
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Thursday 7 June 2012 12:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Aloma Johansson was re-elected as President of the Tonga Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc. at its annual general meeting in Nuku'alofa, last night.Premium content
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Thursday 7 June 2012 9:31am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Minister for Labour, Commerce and Industries Hon 'Isileli Pulu will attend the 95th Session of the ACP Council of Ministers and 37th Session of the Joint ACP-EU Council of Ministers Meetings, on June 11-15 in Vanuatu.Premium content