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Tonga

Type: Country

Name: Tonga

population: 103,058

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582 articles

First Reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 Documents

Tide turning on Pacific domestic violence

The UNiTE forum has heard that violence against women is the world's most common human rights violation. [stock.xchng]A spokeswoman for the United Nation's End Violence Against Women campaign, UNiTE, says the program is making progress on the issue in ... [ Published 8 hours ago by Australia Network News ]

Entities: Domestic Violence, Marshall Islands, Tonga

First Reported 15 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 1 Documents

Tonga Block PSC commences first oil production at 500 bpd

JAKARTA: Tonga Block PSC owned by PT Capitalinc Investment Tbk, an investment company focuses on the upstream oil & gas sector in Indonesia, has commenced first oil production at the rate of 500 barrels per day from Tonga-01 oil well.Mosesa Petroleum, ... [ Published 15 hours ago by Bisnis ]

Entities: Tonga, Oil Production, Capitalinc Investment

First Reported 15 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 1 Documents

Call for minimum wage increase

Tales of people working 70 hour weeks and still struggling to afford food were heard at the launch of a campaign calling for a higher minimum wage today.Campaigners are pressuring the government to increase the minimum wage from $13.50, an amount they ... [ Published 15 hours ago by stuff.co.nz ]

Entities: Minimum Wage, Tonga, Workers, Workers' Union

First Reported May 22 2012 - Updated 17 hours ago - 1 Documents

Black and white

Jonathan Small, the treasure-hunter and escaped convict from the Andaman jails in Conan Doyle’s The Sign of Four had a Man Friday called Tonga, a native of the Andamans who had followed Small to England. On his first proper appearance on board the river ... [ Published May 22 2012 by Calcutta Telegraph ]

Entities: George Edalji, Tonga, ASTIGMATISM, Cattle, Anson Ltd

First Reported May 22 2012 - Updated 19 hours ago - 1 Documents

Tonga names Pacific Nations Cup squad

Tonga will bring together players based in 10 countries to compile its squad for next month's Pacific Nations Cup rugby tournament.The 28-man squad named on Tuesday by head coach Toutai Kefu includes players based in Tonga, Australia, New Zealand, England, ... [ Published May 22 2012 by Taiwan News Online ]

Entities: Tonga, Kurt Morath, Toutai Kefu, Finau Maka, Taniela Moa

First Reported May 22 2012 - Updated May 22 2012 - 1 Documents

New budget estimates to be lower than current financial year, but expenditure increases

Tonga’s estimated budget for the next financial year 2012/2013 has decreased to TOP$317 million (US$176 million) from TOP$344.6 million (US$191 million) last year.The minister of Finance, Lisiate 'Akolo told reporters the emphasis of the new budget is ... [ Published May 22 2012 by Pacific Islands News Association ]

Entities: Fiscal Year, Tonga, Foreign Aid

First Reported May 22 2012 - Updated May 22 2012 - 1 Documents

Businesses believed to cope with new Tonga pension fund.

The chief executive of Tonga’s National Retirement Benefits Fund, which is a compulsory scheme for private sector workers, says he thinks businesses will be able to cope with the additional cost.Under the scheme starting in July, the employee and the ... [ Published May 22 2012 by Radio New Zealand International ]

Entities: Tonga, Workers, Retirement Benefits

First Reported May 22 2012 - Updated May 22 2012 - 1 Documents

Tonga discussing future of Afghanistan commitment

News, current affairs & topical conversations from Australia, Asia and the Pacific ... [ Published May 22 2012 by ABC Radio Australia ]

Entities: Tonga, Afghanistan, Australia

First Reported May 21 2012 - Updated May 21 2012 - 2 Documents

Tonga: Tonga: General Logistics Planning Map (as of 16 May 2012)

Country: TongaSource: Logistics Cluster,World Food Programme ... [ Published May 21 2012 by ReliefWeb - Latest Updates ]

Entities: Tonga, Logistics, UN World Food Programme

First Reported May 21 2012 - Updated May 21 2012 - 1 Documents

Call for Tonga tuna exporters to add value to beat rising costs.

The secretary general of the Fishing Industry Association of Tonga says the only way to for tuna exporters to beat rising costs is to add value to their product before it goes offshore.The comment comes as the fisheries ministry declares its intention ... [ Published May 21 2012 by Radio New Zealand International ]

Entities: Tonga, Fishing Industry, Vacuum

First Reported May 21 2012 - Updated May 21 2012 - 1 Documents

Digicel and VeriFone launch unique Mobile Wallet payments service in Tonga

Digicel today launched an innovative addition to its Digicel Mobile Money service offering which sees customers in Tonga being able to pay for goods and services through any mobile phone using NFC technology – and without the need for a bank account or ... [ Published May 21 2012 by Spasifik Magazine ]

Entities: Digicel, Mobile Wallet, VeriFone Systems Inc, Tonga

First Reported May 21 2012 - Updated May 21 2012 - 1 Documents

Tonga government pushing to rejuvenate tuna industry.

An assessment of the number of tuna in Tongan waters is underway as part of a government bid to rejuvenate the industry.At its peak more than a decade ago about 30 local boats were fishing for tuna and the record yearly catch was 2,000 tons.Climbing fuel ... [ Published May 21 2012 by Radio New Zealand International ]

Entities: Tonga, Short Ton, Albacore

Quotes

"That's why I have faith for the future in seeing these inspiring young people at our own meetings from the Marshall Islands, from Tonga, from Fiji, who are young men and young women who are activists in their own communities."

Tide turning on Pacific domestic violence [Australia Network News - 8 hours ago]

"The lucky thing is that they don't have children yet. There's six of us in a three-bedroom house, some people are sleeping in the garage."

Call for minimum wage increase [stuff.co.nz - 15 hours ago]

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Call for minimum wage increase [ Published 15 hours ago by stuff.co.nz ]
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R10bn needed to fix roads [ Published May 22 2012 by The New Age Online ]
Militant killed in infiltration bid on loC [ Published May 22 2012 by msn.co.in ]
Tonga names Pacific Nations Cup squad [ Published May 22 2012 by Taiwan News Online ]
New budget estimates to be lower than current f... [ Published May 22 2012 by Pacific Islands News Association ]
Ba Industries backs Fijian Made [ Published May 22 2012 by Fiji Sun ]
All the Stars are Coming out for our Anniversary [ Published May 22 2012 by e-Travel Blackboard ]
Businesses believed to cope with new Tonga pens... [ Published May 22 2012 by Radio New Zealand International ]
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Murienua residents closer to generating their o... [ Published May 22 2012 by Cook Islands Herald ]
Protecting the future of Taro [ Published May 22 2012 by Cook Islands Herald ]
China /Cook Islands relations the way of the fu... [ Published May 22 2012 by Cook Islands Herald ]
Black and white [ Published May 22 2012 by Calcutta Telegraph ]
RWC 2015 draw adds extra spice to season [ Published May 22 2012 by Info News ]
Tonga discussing future of Afghanistan commitment [ Published May 22 2012 by ABC Radio Australia ]
Samoa Post Disaster Needs Assessment- Following... [ Published May 21 2012 by World Bank ]
Father's body pulled from harbour [ Published May 21 2012 by Manawatu Standard ]
Tonga: Tonga: General Logistics Planning Map (a... [ Published May 21 2012 by ReliefWeb - Latest Updates ]
Tonga: Tonga: General Logistics Planning Map (a... [ Published May 21 2012 by ReliefWeb - Latest Maps ]
Queen's Controversial Banquet Lunch In Windsor [ Published May 21 2012 by Windsor People ]
Search for missing dad resumes [ Published May 21 2012 by Manawatu Standard ]

Blogs

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Is it Racist to Criticize Islam? [ Published May 21 2012 by Solsticewitch13's BOS ] !--[if gte mso 9]>Normal 0false false falseEN-CA X-NONE X-NONEMicrosoftInternetExplorer4<![endif]-->!--[if gte mso 10]> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; ...
America the exception: 7 other treaties the U.S... [ Published May 17 2012 by FP Passport ] p>The Obama administration, this month, decided to take up the fairly unrewarding task of pushing for the ratification of the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea . In a piece for FP today, James Kraska explains why ratification is long overdue ...
World Bank: Debt ‘still a huge issue’ for devel... [ Published May 16 2012 by Raw Story ] Years after debt campaigners succeeded in persuading the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank and G8 to abolish debts worth billions of dollars owed by developing countries, figures show total external debts are once again on the increase.Data ...
A developing world of debt [ Published May 16 2012 by News: Datablog \| guardian.co.uk ] More than a decade after the cancellation of billions of dollars of debt, developing countries owe $4tn … and counting Years after debt campaigners succeeded in persuading the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank and G8 to abolish debts worth ...
What type of competition laws do different coun... [ Published May 14 2012 by Core Economics ] Tweet I was part of a great workshop last week looking at competition laws in really small countries – as in Pacific Island States, such as Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, Samoa and Tonga. The forum raised a bunch of questions about how to structure competition ...

Audio/Video

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Tonga Increasingly Under Sway of China [ Published Apr 26 2012 by WSJ.com Video - Digits ]
Tonga Increasingly Under Chinese Influence [ Published Apr 22 2012 by WSJ.com Video - News ]
Thousands Mourn Dead Tonga King [ Published Mar 27 2012 by Associated Press - YouTube ]
Tonga salutes former king [ Published Mar 27 2012 by News On ABC - YouTube ]
Tonga holds funeral of King George [ Published Mar 27 2012 by Al Jazeera - YouTube ]

Press Releases

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Digicel lanza el primer servicio de pagos Walle... [ Published May 14 2012 by PR Newswire: Business Technology ]
Digicel Launches World's First Fully Inclusive ... [ Published May 14 2012 by Financial Services ]
Digicel lança primeiro serviço de pagamentos vi... [ Published May 14 2012 by PR Newswire ]
Digicel lance le premier service de paiement su... [ Published May 14 2012 by PR Newswire ]
Anadarko Achieves First Oil at Its Gulf of Mexi... [ Published Mar 12 2012 by Marketwire - Breaking News Releases ]