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  • Thursday 24 August 2006 6:32pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Royal Tongan Marines who took part in a United Nations Multinational Peacekeeping training exercise in Mongolia will return home this week.
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  • Thursday 24 August 2006 6:11pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga's new rubbish tip Tapuhia, which was completed on August 18, can't be used because it has no management body in place to run it.
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  • Thursday 24 August 2006 8:38am


    USA
    : 'Oku ou kole fakamolemole atu pe kapau na'a ku faka'aa'i ho'o mohe', kae tuku ai leva keta talanoa he kuo ke 'a mai. 'Oku ou fakamalo atu Siosiua ko ho'o fie tali hoku fononga. 'Oku 'ikai ngofua 'i he 'etau nofo faka-kolo mo fakafamili ke fakaulu ha taha 'i he loto kolo' pe 'e kai tu'u he hala 'o fa'itoka 'o hange 'oku 'ikai ke ne toka'i mai ha taha'. 'Uluaki 'o e maumau 'oku ne fakaha mai 'a e ta'etoka'i, ta'efaka'apa'apa, ta'emingao, fakataau mo e ngaahi 'ulungaanga 'oku ha'aha'a hono natula' 'o hange ha ma'ehu mei pulotu'. - Siosaia Moimoiangaha
  • Thursday 24 August 2006 8:16am


    Canberra, AUSTRALIA
    : Ko e fehu’i leva kou fai kia au, ko e ha’eku me’a’e fai, te u to e tatau atu ai pe, he ko e ui faikava e’e ua ki loto Ma’ananga mo e te’eki pe ke paasi ia ke palu ha efe.’E hange foki ha sio lalo pea’e hange ha ilifia atu kapau he ‘ikai ke u tali atu ho’omo ui faikava. Ka’oku ou kole pe he talamalu 'o Lo'au mo e fonua ke’oatu’a’ene founga ketau’inasi ai, pea me’a ki ai’a e hau’atea’oku me’a. Kou kole atu kia koe pea kia Moimoiangaha ke mo fakamolemole’o’eiki pe kamo tali mai’a e ngaahi fehu’i ko’eni fekau’aki mo’eku’atikolo katau toki vakai pe’e palu hotau efe, pe te u tatau atu pe he: - Siosiua Tofua‘ipangai
  • Wednesday 23 August 2006 5:10pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga has today requested a postponement of the Pacific Forum meeting it was to host in October, because of concern over the increasingly frail health of the King of Tonga.
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  • Wednesday 23 August 2006 5:10pm


    Auckland, New Zealand
    : Na’e mei tonu pasika ange ke fakaikiiki mai ‘e Lafitani ‘a hoku kaunga fononga pilikimi he mitia ‘i Tonga, Nu’usila pea mo Aositelelia ‘a ia ‘oku makatu’unga ai ‘a ‘ene mamahi ka kuo ne pae fakataha kimautolu ki ha fokotu’unga ‘o tukuaki’i na’a mau halaia kotoa ko hono tanu ‘o e ngaahi me’a lelei ‘o Tonga kae fakae’a pe ha ngaahi fakaanga ke hange ko ‘emau kaveinga ngaue tokua ko hono fakangalikovi’i ‘a hotau kau taki pea mo e fonua. Mei he kamata ‘o a’u ki he piliote faka’osi ‘o ‘ene fakamalanga ‘oku hala’ataa ke ‘asi mai ‘oku ‘i ai ha fo’i me’a lelei ‘e taha kuo fai ‘e he mitia he ngaahi fonua ni ki he ‘etau nofo. - Sefita Hao‘uli
  • Wednesday 23 August 2006 4:45pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Noble Tu'’ipelehake (49) won the Tongatapu Nobles' By-Election today, and took the seat in the Tonga Legislative Assembly that was vacated by his brother, the late Prince Tu'ipelehake.
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  • Wednesday 23 August 2006 4:15pm


    Canberra, Australia
    : When was the last time you were in Tonga to witness the state of our country in terms of development? It appears that our neigbours are moving onto fourth gear whilst we are still on first gear for obvious reasons.
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  • Wednesday 23 August 2006 8:46am

    : Ko e `uhinga lahi `oku `omai mei Oakland, ko e pehe tokua `oku makatu`unga `ene fokotu`u mei ha`ane ...“observe...” `a e fai fatongia ko ia `a e `Ofisi ko `eni. `Oku `ikai ha`ane lave mai pe ko e ha `a e ola ko ia `ene vakai (observation) ki he ngaahi fai fatongia ko `eni, kae hopo hangatonu pe ki he`ene aofangatuku malohi ko ia ke tapuni `a e `Ofisi. - ‘Ofa ki Tonga
  • Wednesday 23 August 2006 7:58am


    Canberra, Australia
    : Kou kole atu ki he tangata ni ke ne kataki fakamolemole ‘o lafo mai ‘i ha ‘isiu mei he ‘eku tohi keta talanga mo felafoaki ai, mo ta vahevahe ke ‘inasi ai e kau lau kupenga vahaope. - Siosiua Tofua‘ipangai
  • Tuesday 22 August 2006 7:26pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A freak tornado struck three vessels linked together, in a search and rescue mission in Ha'apai last Friday that nearly ended in tragedy for 35 crewmen on board.
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  • Tuesday 22 August 2006 6:00pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : There is no security threat in Tonga, Forum leaders have been assured, and the Pacific Islands Forum meeting is still scheduled to be held in Nuku'alofa from October 23-25, Tonga's Prime Minister Hon. Dr Feleti Sevele told the Tongan parliament yesterday. There was reported concern by Pacific Leaders for their safety while attending the Forum Meeting because of threats of protest by a pro-political reform group.
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  • Tuesday 22 August 2006 5:22pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Ta Kupesi, is the poetic title for a new book of research undertaken by 12 Tongan educators into various aspects of education in Tonga.
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  • Tuesday 22 August 2006 12:14pm


    USA
    : Ko e totonu foki 'o e fakahinohino ke fai 'i he founga ke 'oua tete toe fihia he founga 'oku fai e feinga ke fakalelei'i. Kuo toe tu'u hake e tangata fekumi 'a Lo'au' ia mo e fakatonutonu pea toe fai pe 'a e fo'i 'ulungaanga kuo ne fakaanga'i'. - Siosaia Moimoiangaha
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  • Tuesday 22 August 2006 6:09am

    : Ko e ngaahi felafoaki ‘oku fai he ngaahi pepa mo e mitia ki hotau fonua tupu ‘anga, pea kau atu ki ai e ngaahi pepa ‘a e ‘u fonua muli lahi tefito ki NZ mo ‘Aositelelia, ‘oku fu ‘u malie faufaua. He ‘oku nau hanga ‘o fakafotunga mai ‘a e tui mo e mahino ‘a e fakataau taha mo e fakatokolahi ki hotau hisitolia mo e ngaahi me ‘a ‘oku hoko totonu mo mo ‘oni, pea mo e ngaahi me ‘a hala mo ‘ikai mo ‘oni. - Siosiua Tofua‘ipangai
  • Tuesday 22 August 2006 5:15am


    Oakland,California, USA
    : I have been observing the services provided by the Tonga Consul in the San Francisco Bay Area, and I have to admit that it is a great waste of time. I truly feel, and I am certain that I'm not the only one feeling this way, that the government of Tonga could find ways to spend their money, that maybe beneficial to the government and for the people of Tonga. - Concerned Citizen of Tonga
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  • Sunday 20 August 2006 7:16am


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Na ‘e ‘i ai e lave ‘a e ‘Etita ‘o e Kele ‘a, Tavake Fusimalohi, ‘o ne fehu ‘ia pe ‘e anga fefee hano fuatautau ‘a e ngaue ‘a e Fale Alea he houa 16 mo e konga ‘i he vahenga ko e $700 he uike kae faingata ‘a ‘ia e tokolahi ‘a e fonua he ngaue houa ‘e 40 he uike ki he $100 pe. - Kite Tu‘akalau
  • Sunday 20 August 2006 6:15am


    Ukraine
    : Christian people of Ukraine pray for health of Christian Monarch His Majesty Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, King of Tonga.- Most Rev.Yuruy Yurchyk, D.D., Archbishop of Donetsk and Mariupol, CHURCH OF UKRAINE
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  • Sunday 20 August 2006 6:03am


    Melbourne, Australia
    : This rumour was spread in a Radio Australia report on the basis of one statement from 'Akilisi Pohiva, which I am sure he now regrets. - Besi Wood
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  • Saturday 19 August 2006 5:51pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga's Ministry of Labour, Commerce and Industries will hold a series of WTO consultative workshops, starting next month to inform Tongans about new trade terms and tax reform that is being put into place.
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