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  • Tuesday 16 December 2014 5:13pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : HE Mr Huang Huaguang, the Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Tonga handed over $40,414 worth of digitizing equipment and a video camera to Siale 'Ataongo Puloka, the Deputy Private Secretary to the King of Tonga on 12 December.
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  • Tuesday 16 December 2014 4:14pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Fuel prices have been significantly lowered for the month starting today December 16, 2014. The cuts follow significant reductions made last month.
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  • Tuesday 16 December 2014 2:23pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A container-load of rotten meat in plastic wrappers dumped off Tongatapu's scenic cliffs at Makeke yesterday, with the knowledge of the Ministry of Health, left a trail of stinking sausages on the lookout, foul plastic strewn down the cliff face and a sea of brown boxes and plastic bags washing against the coastline.
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  • Tuesday 16 December 2014 11:37am


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : ‘Etuate Lavulavu and his school the ‘Unuaki-‘o-Tonga Royal Institute vacated the Tonga National Centre compound at Tofoa on Friday, 12 December, as ordered by Tonga's Court of Appeal.
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  • Tuesday 16 December 2014 11:31am


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The President of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping has pledged to provide $115 million Yuan (36 million Pa’anga) in aid to Tonga.
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  • Friday 12 December 2014 4:54pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga’s Deputy Commissioner of Police, Viliami ‘Unga Fa‘aoa has been made the Acting Commissioner of Police effective from 5 December, following the retirement of Police Commissioner Grant O’Fee.
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  • Friday 12 December 2014 3:32pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Almost 2,000 people turned up to watch the Laughing Samoans in a sold-out concert that left the crowd in fits of laughter last night, at the Queen Salote College Hall.
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  • Friday 12 December 2014 3:10pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A network of civil groups in the Pacific has made a plea for Pacific Island Governments to end current free trade negotiations, ahead of the Pacific Islands Forum dialogue on PACER-Plus in Nadi today.
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  • Friday 12 December 2014 2:39pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Three Tongans received cash prizes for their short stories on ‘Human Rights in Everyday Life’ marking the International Human Rights Day on Wednesday, 10 December in Nuku'alofa.
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  • Thursday 11 December 2014 11:06pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : By Wednesday next week, the 26 newly elected members of the Tongan Parliament should be ready to proceed and elect a Prime Minister, said 'Etuate Lavulavu, the spokesperson for seven independent People's Representatives.
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  • Thursday 11 December 2014 7:55pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The PACER Plus negotiations were launched at the Cairns Pacific Forum Leaders Meeting in 2009, marked the start of negotiations on PACER-Plus, a trajectory that has actively discounted the concerns of the Forum Island Countries (FICs) in favour of the policy interests of Australia and New Zealand. – Pacific Civil Society.
  • Wednesday 10 December 2014 5:58pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The Tonga government has made millions of pa'anga available on soft loans for business investors, and Tatafu Moeaki, the CEO for the Ministry of Finance are calling on Tongan businesses to take advantage of the opportunities.
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  • Wednesday 10 December 2014 5:32pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Over 400 graduates from three Government Post-Secondary Education Institutes received their certificates and diplomas today during a combined award ceremony in Nuku‘alofa. Photos by Linny Folau.
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  • Wednesday 10 December 2014 4:55pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Trade ministers and officials from 16 Pacific countries including Tonga will begin negotiations on a proposed regional free trade agreement known as PACER-Plus (Pacific Agreement on Closer Economy Relations) tomorrow, December 11, in Nadi, Fiji.
  • Wednesday 10 December 2014 4:49pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The popular comedic duo the Laughing Samoans are in Tonga for two concerts of hilarious laughter on December 11-12 in support of the Walk on Walk Strong Foundation (WOWS) for child cancer.
  • Tuesday 9 December 2014 8:06pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga may have a new Prime Minister at the earliest by Christmas Eve, according to the Interim Speaker of the Tongan Parliament, Lord Tupou, who said that the first chance to call a meeting for the secret ballot would be 24 December.
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  • Tuesday 9 December 2014 6:53pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Ko e me'a mahu'ingna taha ki hotau fonua he momeniti ko'eni ke fai mo mou fokotu'u ho'omou Kanititeiti ki he Palemia. He kuo tau hange ha me'alele 'oku pikisia pe ia he pelepela 'o hono fale tau'anga te'eki a'u ki he hala. - 'Inoke Fotu Hu'akau.
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  • Tuesday 9 December 2014 2:49pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The newly-elected People’s Representative for Ha‘apai no. 12, Vili Manuopangai Hingano, has gained one extra vote in a ballot recount last week, confirming his lead by four votes.
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  • Tuesday 9 December 2014 2:46pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Next week the Tonga Government’s public service will close down at 4:30pm Friday, 19 December, its last working day, before the beginning of its Christmas and New Year holidays.
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  • Tuesday 9 December 2014 2:43pm
    Tupou I


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A public holiday, “King Tupou 1 Day” was held yesterday December 8, in respect of Tonga’s first Christian King and founder of the modern Kingdom of Tonga, King George (Siaosi) Taufa’ahau Tupou I.
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