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  • Thursday 7 May 2015 6:03pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The price of electricity has gone up by 5.16 seniti to 80.15 per kWh as of May 1, 2015.
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  • Thursday 7 May 2015 5:22pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The Heilala Festival program for 2015 was released today, 7 May by Semisi Sika, the Chairman of the Heilala Festival Committee.
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  • Thursday 7 May 2015 9:49am


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The misconception around abortion and same-sex marriage is just a cover-up for attacks against CEDAW. We need to start talking about the real fears in people, particularly men who are in high positions of power and use these powers to control the masses - the real fear is about women and women's rights overall. The real fear is about giving up male privileges. If we want to talk open and honestly let's get down to business and stop using CEDAW as an excuse. - 'Ofa-Ki-Levuka Guttenbeil-Likiliki
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  • Wednesday 6 May 2015 5:21pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A celebration by the Kolovai-Australia community was held in Sydney on Friday 24 April, in preparation for the coronation celebration on 4 July.
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  • Wednesday 6 May 2015 9:52am


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A group of Pacific Islanders are currently reviewing the effectiveness of Australia’s development aid assistance to the Pacific Islands.
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  • Wednesday 6 May 2015 9:45am


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The Toa Samoa 18-16 defeated Tonga’s Mate Ma’a Tonga in a thrilling match in the 2015 Pacific Test on May 2 in the Gold Coast.
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  • Tuesday 5 May 2015 5:41pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The Vendemiaire, a surveillance frigate of the French Navy is in Nuku'alofa this week on a goodwill visit and to conduct joint training exercises with the Tonga Navy.
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  • Tuesday 5 May 2015 11:37am


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : ‘Oku ‘ikai ke poupou ‘a e kau Taki Lotu ‘o e Fonua ki he Talite CEDAW, he ‘oku mahino ‘oku ‘ikai ko ha Talite lelei eni ki Tonga. Ko hono taumu’a ke tu’unga tatau ‘a e tangata mo e fefine. ‘Oku tui ai ‘a e kau Taki Lotu, ko ‘etau tali ‘a e Talite ko eni, ko e matapā ia ke tali kotoa mo e ngaahi Kupu kuo tau tuku mavahe, pea ko e toki tu’unga fakaloloma lahi eni ki he fonua pea kovi ange ko hono pa’usi’i ai ‘a e lotu faka-Kalisitiane mo e ‘Otua Mafimafi na’a Ne foaki mai ‘a e Tau’atāina Faka-‘Otua ma’a Tonga. - Kau Taki Lotu ‘o Tonga.
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  • Monday 4 May 2015 10:33pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Lord Tupou a former President of TASANOC was awarded the Olympic Order by the President of the International Olympic Committee IOC, Hon. Tomas Bach at the Grand Pacific Hotel, Suva Fiji on 1 May.
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  • Monday 4 May 2015 10:27pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Sione ‘Afa Teisina (28) who had been on the run for two-months was arrested by police on Friday night, 1 May for the alleged unlawful imprisonment of his partner at a plantation in Puke, Tongatapu.
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  • Monday 4 May 2015 5:38pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga's annual 'Fakame' or Children’s Sunday was held on 3 May with children beautifully dressed in their finest to perform rituals, recite bible verses and hymns in Methodist churches throughout Tonga.
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  • Monday 4 May 2015 11:34am


    Lautoka, Fiji
    : Australia’s protest at the execution of two of its citizens in Indonesia is futile, only symbolic and definitely hypocritical, by any standard.
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  • Sunday 3 May 2015 9:25pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga has been struggling during the past few years to get its domestic air services to operate efficiently. Tevita Palu, owner of Real Tonga Airlines, said that the grounding of the MA60 and the sudden termination by government of their lease agreement has plunged his operation into a more difficult situation.
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  • Saturday 2 May 2015 5:47pm


    London, UK
    : It has been reported on the social media that your Government wants a Royal Commission to investigate Tonga’s passport ‘scandal’; may I suggest that your Government also propose a Royal Commission enquiry into the burning of Nuku’alofa in 2006. – Senolita Swan.
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  • Saturday 2 May 2015 5:18pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : ‘Oku lahilahi ‘a e ta’efiemalie ‘i he anaga hono fakalele ‘o e ngaahi pisinisi ‘a e Pule’angaa ‘ehe kau Talekita kuo hilifaki kia kinautolu ‘a e fatongia ko hono tokanga’i ‘a e koloa ‘a e kakaii. – Sione Tu’itupou Fotu.
  • Friday 1 May 2015 7:54pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga’s Mate Ma’a Tonga will play Samoa on Saturday May 2 in the 2015 Pacific Test at Gold Coast in Australia.
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  • Friday 1 May 2015 7:38pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A 37-year-old man who was allegedly shot in Sopu on 19 April is in serious condition at Vaiola Hospital after avoiding medical attention for 10 days.
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  • Friday 1 May 2015 6:28pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Let Journalism Thrive! is the theme for the 2015 World Press Freedom Day which will be celebrated on May 3.
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  • Thursday 30 April 2015 8:44pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Fifty eight days to go before the coronation celebration of HM King Tupou VI begin on 27 June, the capital Nuku'alofa is already in a celebration mood. A billboard for the King and Queen put up by Friends Cafe in the centre of Nuku'alofa is the latest reminder of the coronation countdown.
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  • Thursday 30 April 2015 8:43am


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Four workshops in Cybercrime and Electronic Evidence Training are being held to assist criminal justice professionals in Nuku’alofa from 24 April to 1 May.
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