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Mobile money transforming transactions in the Pacific
May 18, 2012
Cell phone users in Tonga can now use their mobile phones in much the same way as they can use a plastic banking card to pay for goods and services in shops; and they do not need a bank account to transfer and receive money fromA overseas.. The idea of using a special chip in cell phones with a prepaid account has allowed the service to expand ….
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May 18, 2012
Tonga’s annual Heilala Festival will be held this year under a theme “Tourism is our future”, on JulyA 16-28. A Heilala Festival tentative program released on May 16, has festivities starting on July 16 with a Liahona/Saineha Alumni Float Parade in centralA Nuku’alofa. On July 17, is a cultural evening consisting of Tongan singing competitions.A…
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Father charged with indecent assaults in ‘Eua
May 17, 2012
A 61-year-old father has been charged by police with 12 counts of indecent assaults and attempted incest on his 13-year-old daughter inA ‘Eua. The Acting Police Commissioner Taniela Faletau said today, that the accused has been released on bail and is awaiting trial, but the victim has been relocated toA Tongatapu.
Tongan labourers look for increased opportunity in Australia
May 16, 2012
Tonga is keen to explore the offer by Australia for manual labourers to work in their cotton fields, cane farms, tourism and accommodation industry, and even in their mining industry, said Meleoni Uera, the Deputy Director of Tonga’s newly established Ministry of Internal Affairs, which is also responsible forA employment.
Digicel launches NFC-based mobile wallet payments with VeriFone
May 15, 2012
Digicel Pacific Limited, a mobile network operator across the Pacific and a division of the Digicel Group, has deployed VeriFone mWallet services and NFC-enabled payment systems to offer its entire customer base access to the latest NFC technology to facilitate Mobile Money transactions.
Tonga hosts workshops on Anti-money Laundering and to Combat Terrorist Financing
May 15, 2012
Two workshops on Anti-money Laundering, and the Combating of Terrorist Financing were opened in Nuku’alofa this morning, MayA 14.
Tongan PM leaves for Okinawa next week
May 11, 2012
The Embassy of Japan in Nuku’alofa is also sendingA a journalist, Telesia Adams, the editor of the Taimi ‘o Tonga newspaper and two high school students, Mosese Uili from Tonga College and ‘Ilaisaane Namoa from Queen Salote College.
Pacific becomes a leading producer of oxygen
May 11, 2012
A total of eleven States and Territories in oceania have agreed to join the “One tree one day a life” initiative, a move that would make the Pacific a leading producer of oxygen on the planet, a veritable oxygen lung for the world.
Top NZ cop to lead Tongan police
May 11, 2012
A top New Zealand police inspector who headed 2011 Rugby World Cup security is to become the Tongan Police Commissioner.
Solar mother delights Sopu families with first electric lights for their homes
May 8, 2012
After years of living with candle-light, two families in the Sopu area of Nuku’alofa, were overjoyed to receive the first electric lights in their homes, after a TonganA grandmother Siutiti Halatoa who trained in solar engineering in India last year, installed the first solar panels under a community led project, this morning MayA 8. Siutiti a ….
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