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  • Wednesday 9 September 2015 5:02pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Two youths have been charged with disturbance in relation to a school brawl that broke out on Friday, 4 September at the bus station in Nuku’alofa.
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  • Wednesday 9 September 2015 11:25am


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A motion/resolution by Lord Tu‘ilakepa to try to put the position of the Prime Minister's Personal Assistant under the civil service, was rejected by the Tongan Parliament yesterday, 8 September. The concern was that the civil service has a recruitment procedure whereas the PM's son was appointed privately to the position. From the House by Pesi Fonua.
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  • Tuesday 8 September 2015 5:13pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The ‘Ikale Tahi squad received their new off-field outfits donated by former English Prop Phil Vickery and his company Raging Bull, ahead of the Rugby World Cup which starts in England 18 September to 31 October.
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  • Tuesday 8 September 2015 4:48pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The ‘Ikale Tahi defeated Romania 21-16 in its final Rugby World Cup warm-up match held on Saturday, 5 September at Stadionul National de Rugby Archu de Triumfin, Bucharest. Photos by Mihai Georgescu
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  • Monday 7 September 2015 11:09pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : An appeal by the Kele’a newspaper, its publisher and editor, against a Magistrate's Court decision was dismissed by Lord Chief Justice O. G. Paulsen in the Nuku’alofa Supreme Court on 1 September.
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  • Monday 7 September 2015 5:54pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : More than 20 Tongan patients who are suffering from congenital heart defect and rheumatic heart disease will be receiving life changing operations from an Australian team of medical professionals at Vaiola Hospital.
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  • Monday 7 September 2015 5:47pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Police reported two accidental deaths on Saturday, 5 September that included a diver who died from decompression while diving in Tongatapu, and a man who fell from a van.
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  • Monday 7 September 2015 5:42pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A 37-year-old man is in hospital after a masked man shot him in the thigh during an armed hold-up at a petrol station in Ma’ufanga early Friday morning, 4 September.
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  • Saturday 5 September 2015 11:06am


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The smashing of the protective walls around Tonga’s War Memorial and removal of its memorial plaques, during the site clearing for St. George’s Palace construction at Pangai Si’i last week might possibly be illegal.
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  • Friday 4 September 2015 5:23pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga’s Heilala Vanilla extract has been used to produce Lewis Road Creamery Fresh Vanilla Milk that is currently being sold in New Zealand.
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  • Friday 4 September 2015 5:17pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tafakula, a multi-national military exercise is being held in Tongatapu from Thursday August 27 to Saturday 11 September.
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  • Friday 4 September 2015 5:00pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The ‘Ikale Tahi squad to face Romania on Saturday, 5 August has been named by Head Coah Mana ‘Otai.
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  • Friday 4 September 2015 4:58pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga’s Court of Appeal second session will hear 12 appeals from September 7-18 at the Supreme Court in Nuku’alofa.
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  • Thursday 3 September 2015 8:24pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A Supreme Court decision on whether or not People's Representative, Mateni Tapueluelu, will lose his parliamentary seat, will be made on 12-13 November, Lord Chief Justice O. G. Paulsen, stated yesterday September 2.
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  • Thursday 3 September 2015 7:52pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : New rainwater harvesting systems, structural reinforcement and weather proofing projects were completed in four Tongatapu villages on 25 August, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
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  • Thursday 3 September 2015 5:53pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A new Clean Green Tonga campaign was launched by Crown Prince Tupouto’a ‘Ulukalala on Monday, 31 August in Nuku’alofa.
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  • Wednesday 2 September 2015 6:12pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A $5 million landing craft Voea Late for His Majesty’s Armed Force being built under Australia’s Pacific Patrol Boat program, was showcased in Newcastle this week.
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  • Wednesday 2 September 2015 6:05pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A parade to celebrate Tongan medalists who completed in the 2015 Pacific Games and 2015 Special Olympics in July was held this afternoon 2 September, in Nuku’alofa.
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  • Wednesday 2 September 2015 5:53pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Member states of a Commonwealth Virtual Currencies Working Group, including Tonga, reached a consensus to consider adapting or enacting new legislation to regulate virtual currencies, in London last week.
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  • Wednesday 2 September 2015 5:45pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The Chinese Government will be reconstructing a new $70,000 pa'anga dormitory in Pangai used by students from the outer island of 'Uiha that was badly damaged by Tropical Cyclone Ian in Ha'apai last year.
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