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  • Friday 21 December 2007 7:15pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Rise Up - the hottest hip hoppers in town - free styled their way to win the $1,000 cash prize in last night's Hip Hop Competition hosted by Nuku‘alofa's Cool 90FM.
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  • Friday 21 December 2007 7:05pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The Tonga Government has announced today that it intends to sue the Kele‘a newspaper for alleged defamation over a letter to the editor that the Prime Minister's Office objects to.
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  • Friday 21 December 2007 11:38am


    Auckland, New Zealand
    : 'Oku 'ikai ha lea fe'unga mo taau ke fakaha 'aki e fakamalo tu'a ni ki he ngaue kafakafa kuo fai 'e he Matangi Tonga' 'o lave ai e Tonga kotoa pe 'i he kolope 'i hono tufaki e ngaahi ongoongo mei hotau ki'i fonua 'ofa'anga. 'I he mamata ki he fotu malimali 'a e famili Matangi Tonga mo e popoaki talamonu' 'o e Kilisimasi, 'oku hange 'oku ne fakamanatu mai e lea 'o e ngaahi kuonga' talu hono ui fakatenetene a Tonga 'e Cpt Cook "The Friendly Islands" ("Otumotu Anga'ofa). - Sosaia Moimoiangaha
  • Thursday 20 December 2007 6:17pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The Tonga Rugby Football Union TRFU was ordered for the second time by the Supreme Court to hold an Annual General Meeting, this time to be held tomorrow, Friday December 21.
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  • Thursday 20 December 2007 4:52pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Rising from the ashes, a new Fung Shing Supermarket was opened for business at Fasi mo e Afi on Wednesday December 19.
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  • Thursday 20 December 2007 9:05am


    Melipoane, 'Aositelelia
    : 'Oku taku foki 'i mamani ko 'Atenisi 'a e 'uluaki senita 'o e kau 'atamai masila. Pe ko e fuofua sosaieti pe kakai na'a nau tali ke ngofua e taungutu ki he kau ma'u mafai, pe ko e kau Pani (hange ko e Tu'i, Nopele, Hou'eiki) mo e ha fua. Mahalo 'e mahino ange kapau te u fakalea 'o pehe ko e foufua sosaieti 'eni na'a nau tali 'oku 'ikai ke 'iai ha taki ia 'oku tapuha e taungutu ki ai. He na'a nau tui 'oku mafai lahi ange 'a e taungutu ia 'oku tonu mo mo'oni, 'i ha toe mafai pule, pea 'oku 'iloa ia he ngaahi 'aho ni ko e Fakaanga. - Manu tali ui mei Fanga
  • Thursday 20 December 2007 5:09am


    Marlborough,New Zealand
    : Associate Minister of Immigration Shane Jones is in the Marlborough-Nelson region today to find out first hand from industry and Pacific representatives, how the Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) policy is rolling out.
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  • Wednesday 19 December 2007 6:50pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Kupufonua Folau, the only member of the first 16/11 group of accused to be found guilty by a jury, received a suspended sentence of nine months imprisonment on Friday, December 15.
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  • Wednesday 19 December 2007 4:49pm


    Honiara, Solomon Islands
    : RAMSI is committed to supporting the Solomon Islands police in their current efforts to ensure a free and fair environment for this week's election of a new prime minister.
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  • Wednesday 19 December 2007 12:28pm


    Brussels, Belgium
    : "In their home countries, it is very often the shortage of decent work that forces workers to emigrate, so they are not doing it out of choice but as a means of survival. In the host countries, however, these migrants are mainly caught up in the most insecure, arduous and degrading forms of work, that is, the least 'decent'. The issue of decent work therefore needs to be at the centre of policies related to migration", stated Guy Ryder, ITUC General Secretary, on the eve of International Migrants Day.
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  • Wednesday 19 December 2007 11:55am


    Jayapura, Papua
    : Indonesian state prosecutors seized Friday 60 copies of a book they say could divide Papua politically, while critics have accused them of robbing local people of their freedom of expression.
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  • Wednesday 19 December 2007 11:32am


    New Zealand
    : On 9 December 2007 I posted a Christmas message peace plan on the Internet for the King and the people of Tonga to think about over the festive season. In a very short period of time I have received much feed back. Some of the response was positive, some negative but most was in the middle with comments similar to "Christopher, you have held up an interesting idea, now let it go and set it free." - Christopher Harder
  • Wednesday 19 December 2007 10:33am


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Highlights from Tonga's newspapers, December 10-13, 2007. An English translation summary by Tevita Fonua.
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  • Wednesday 19 December 2007 9:39am


    Manila, Philippines
    : The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is extending a $5.9 million grant to support Samoa's efforts to increase the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in education.
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  • Tuesday 18 December 2007 10:19pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A dismissed telecommunications engineer was awarded a total of $150,846 in entitlements as well as a lifetime pension from the TCC, by Mr Justice Warwick Andrew at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court on Friday, December 15.
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  • Tuesday 18 December 2007 9:07pm


    USA
    : Holo pe mu'a e vahevahe kae tuku mu'a ke u hao atu 'o fakalavelave ki he fokotu'utu'u kuo vahevahe mai tokua ko e visone ki he fakalelei'i 'o e tu'unga 'oku 'i ai hotau ki'i fonua 'oku tau 'ofa ai'. - Siosaia Moimoiangaha
  • Monday 17 December 2007 6:48am


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Editor, I had a Nightmare, about Harder's "I had a Dream". ... It is clear that this troubled Lawyer has quickly been absorbed into the mentality and rhetorical language like a megaphone for 'Akilisi, 'Uliti Uata, Clive Edwards, Lepolo Tanusila, 'Isi Pulu and the Pangai Si'i mob. -'Inoke Fotu Hu'akau
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  • Monday 17 December 2007 6:14am


    'Okalani, Nu'usila
    : Ne u fiu he feinga ke mahino'i e tohi 'a e tangata loea koena ko Harder. 'Asili ai 'ene tohi fakapapalangi pea mo e ngaahi me'a 'oku ne fokotu'u mai 'i he'ene tohi. Ko e me'a pe 'oku ha'u kia au, kuo kamata ke liliu mo'oni e loea ni. 'O 'uhinga ko e ngaahi me'a 'oku ou to'o mei he'ene tohi 'oku hange eni ha'ane vetehia ki he ngaahi me'a kuo ne 'ilo ki ai. - Pola Loiti
  • Sunday 16 December 2007 6:30am


    Sydney, Australia
    : I am less confident that the proposal set forth by Mr Christopher Harder will resolve anything in the current as well as the future political situation of Tonga. To be sure, I do believe in apologizing and forgiveness in response. However, to think that an apology from all parties involved in the heinous crimes of 16/11 and a pardon from the King of Tonga will rectify the current political situation in Tonga is unavoidably laughable. -Rev Dr Ma'afu Palu
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  • Saturday 15 December 2007 7:21pm


    UK
    : In my letter 'Kingdom of Tonga' dated 13/12/07 I said that - quote "I am also baffled as to why a Lawyer chooses to publish an explosive letter to the world and in doing so by-passes or seeks to by-pass the Judiciary System altogether, where criminal cases related to 16/11 incidents are waiting to be heard." Today, I decided to do a bit of research about this Lawyer to see who he really is. I typed in his name to the search box, hit the return key and bingo! Now, I would like to address Mr Harder on this Forum and invite him to explain to the Tongan People the real reason behind the Peace Plan for Tonga. He wrote and published this farcical plan knowing that the possibility of any of it ever happening is virtually Nil. - Senolita Swan

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