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Monday 29 December 2003 3:36pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tongan Squash Exporters' Council is seeking a $6 million loan for the purpose of compensating squash growers who were hurt by low returns from their sale of squash to Japan this year.
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Monday 29 December 2003 3:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : It was a miserable grey Christmas for the residents of Popua and Fangaloto areas of eastern Nuku'alofa, when they woke up on Christmas morning in a choking cloud of smoke. Premium content -
Monday 29 December 2003 2:53pm
Suva, Fiji : A Tongan national has been appointed as the Forum Representative for Forum Island Countries (FICs) to the World Trade Organisation based in Geneva. Premium content -
Monday 29 December 2003 12:19pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two men were shot and wounded during a shooting incident at the western end of the Tuimatamoana Wharf, Nuku'alofa, in the early hours of Sunday December 21. Premium content -
Tuesday 23 December 2003 3:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Asked about the Australian government's reaction to Tonga's controversial new media laws, the Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer told a Press Conference in Nuku'alofa on December 17 that "We are not the regional policeman . . . the moral judge and jury for the region, it is not our job." Premium content -
Friday 19 December 2003 4:03pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The hundreds of Tongan school leavers who finish Form 5 every year with no prospects or getting a job, will in 2004 be given the chance to continue with their studies and learn a skill. Starting in February, the newly established 'Unuaki 'o Tonga Royal Institute (UTRI) will offer Form 5 level English graduates the opportunity to either study Foundation Level, Form 7, or to take a technical course at the Institute. Premium content -
Friday 19 December 2003 3:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga police officers returning to duty in the Solomons, were pictured at the Fua'amotu International Airport, Tonga on December 18. Premium content -
Thursday 18 December 2003 4:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said in Tonga that Australia was uping its effort and making stronger or more forceful contributions in the Pacific. Premium content -
Thursday 18 December 2003 12:22pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The first marijuana case to be tried under Tonga's tough new Illicit Drugs Control Act was dismissed by Chief Justice Ward at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court on December 8. Premium content -
Friday 12 December 2003 10:00am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongans will be invited to submit their views to a multi-level New Zealand government inquiry into its relationship with Tonga. Premium content -
Thursday 11 December 2003 3:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Waiting for visas to New Zealand, the queue of people outside the New Zealand Immigration Service Offices, in Nuku'alofa, starts building up early in the morning during the countdown days to Christmas. Premium content -
Thursday 11 December 2003 3:05pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A Korean ship owner Daug Blk Kim and his Tongan captain, Vailele Taukitoku were acquitted by Chief Justice Gordon Ward at the Nuku'alofa Supreme court on December 9 for fishing in the Tonga waters without a Foreign Fishing Vessel Licence. Premium content -
Thursday 11 December 2003 12:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An Australian woman, Mandy Millar, was ordered to serve a 14 day prison sentence in Tonga for contempt of court, during a custody battle over her four year old daughter. Premium content -
Wednesday 10 December 2003 3:38pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : British High Commissioner to Tonga, Mr Paul Nessling: “It is great to have a degree in molecular biology but out there, we are desperate for nurses, teachers, youth workers, social workers, plumbers, carpenters, electricians, cooks, IT engineers and many others with skills.” Premium content -
Monday 1 December 2003 10:30am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Drug trafficking, terrorism, and the spread of HIV aids are the latest menaces to worry Pacific leaders, says Sir Julius Chan, the former Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea. - Matangi Tonga, Vol. 18, No. 3 Premium content -
Monday 1 December 2003 10:16am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Democratic reform will help to preserve the dignity of the King, and his links with his people, says Taimi 'o Tonga publisher, Kalafi Moala. - Matangi Tonga, Vol. 18, No. 3 Premium content -
Monday 1 December 2003 10:14am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A Royal Commission of Inquiry to probe into the operation of the Royal Tongan Airlines was established by the Tongan government in early November, and aims to present a report by December 14. - Matangi Tonga, Vol. 18, No. 3 Premium content -
Monday 1 December 2003 10:12am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Reaching out to Tongan women to explain their rights, and to help eliminate discrimination against them, is the aim of a newly formed women's working group. -Matangi Tonga, Vol. 18, No. 3 Premium content -
Monday 1 December 2003 10:09am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Rev. Simote Vea said that sermons tend to be prophetical and they are worried that with the new draconian law restricting free speech, if government will try to prosecute church ministers who are prophesying things which may sound anti-government. -Matangi Tonga, Vol. 18, No. 3 Premium content -
Monday 1 December 2003 10:06am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongan communities realise they need new skills and more income. - Matangi Tonga, Vol. 18, No. 3 Premium content
