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Experts: Tonga Volcano Eruption Triggers Unprecedented Climate Impacts
MENAFN
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April 30, 2025
(MENAFN) The 2022 Hunga volcano eruption in Tonga unleashed an extraordinary steam plume, causing unprecedented climate effects, primarily driven by water vapor rather than sulfur, according to New Zealand and Tongan scientists. In a collaborative...
News Release – DOH Confirms Ninth Travel-Related Dengue Virus Case of 2025
Governor of State of Hawaii
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June 28, 2025
STATE OF HAWAIʻI KA MOKU ʻĀINA O HAWAIʻI JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR KE KIAʻĀINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH KA ʻOIHANA OLAKINO KENNETH FINK DIRECTOR KA LUNA HOʻOKELE DOH REPORTS NINTH TRAVEL-RELATED DENGUE VIRUS CASE OF 2025 25-073 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE...
RexoSwap Promotes Bitcoin Payment Pilot in Tonga, Strengthening Global Compliance Development
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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January 31, 2025
New York, Jan. 31, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Recently, the leading digital asset trading platform RexoSwap announced its formal support for Tonga's Bitcoin payment pilot project, helping the country establish a more modern digital payment...
Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade Hon. Peter Shanel Agovaka signed and ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapon
Solomon Islands Government
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September 26, 2024
Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade Hon. Peter Shanel Agovaka signed and ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapon Solomon Islands signed and ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. at the margins of...
PM MANELE ATTENDS LEADERS’ PLENARY MEETINGS AND BILATERALS IN TONGA
Solomon Islands Government
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August 30, 2024
PM MANELE ATTENDS LEADERS’ PLENARY MEETINGS AND BILATERALS IN TONGA Prime Minister honorable Jeremiah Manele attended the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum meeting for the first time as the head of the government. The PIF leaders meeting took place in...
Tonga Launches its National Single-Use Plastics Roadmap
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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September 4, 2024
26 August 2024, Nuku'alofa Tonga - The Kingdom of Tonga today launched a National Single-Use Plastics Roadmap aimed at phasing out single-use plastics (SUPs) in the country. This strategic roadmap will provide a clear pathway for targeted actions...
PM Manele to the PIFLM53
Solomon Islands Government
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August 23, 2024
PM Manele to the PIFLM53 Prime Minister Hon. Jeremiah Manele will depart this weekend for the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ Meeting, which begins in the Kingdom of Tonga early next week. The Pacific Islands Forum, the highest political...
Championing Disaster Resilience in Tonga
UN International Training and Research Center
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December 2, 2024
In 2017, Luisa – still new to the disaster management field – joined the second cycle of the UNITAR Women’s Leadership in Tsunami-based Disaster Risk Reduction Training Programme. Since 2016, the programme has been implemented with the support of...
ADB, Solomon Islands, Tonga Sign Agreements for Sustainable Energy Transition Projects at COP29
Asian Development Bank
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November 20, 2024
BAKU, AZERBAIJAN (20 November 2024) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the governments of Solomon Islands and Tonga have signed grant and loan agreements for energy projects on the sidelines of COP29. The ADB-supported projects will help the...
UN Resident Coordinator undertook brief courtesy visit to PM Manele
Solomon Islands Government
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November 12, 2024
UN Resident Coordinator undertook brief courtesy visit to PM Manele The United Nations Resident Coordinator for Solomon Islands, Fiji, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu Mr. Dirk […]
Comer Announces Third Hearing on China’s Political Warfare and the Federal Government’s Failure to Address CCP Influence Operations
House Committee on Oversight and Reform - Washington D.C.
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September 17, 2024
WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) announced a hearing titled “Defending America from the Chinese Communist Party’s Political Warfare, Part III.” This is the third hearing in the Committee’s...
Remarks by Your Excellency Fei Mingxing, Chinese Ambassador to Samoa Upon the Occasion of the Donation to SPREP from the Government of the People's Republic of China
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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September 12, 2024
To Jointly Work Toward a More Resilient Pacific Mr. Sefanaia Nawadra, Director General of SPREP, Ladies and gentlemen, Talofa lava. Today, on behalf of the Chinese Government, I am very pleased to present a donation of US$200,000.00 to the...
Children’s Home Society of North Carolina Launches New Reality Series to Recruit Foster Families
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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July 1, 2025
Greensboro, NC, July 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- This July, Children’s Home Society of North Carolina (CHS) will debut a first of its kind online reality series following a family through the foster care licensing process. “Real Families, Real...
6 Years On: Improving District-Level Disaster Preparedness in Tonga
UN International Training and Research Center
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September 3, 2024
When the 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha’apai eruption and tsunami happened, Lavinia was in the US. Far from Tonga, she found emotional support with fellow overseas Tongan alumni Sandy Siutiti Tuipulotu and Simata-e-la'ā Palu, both of whom were in...
Visit by Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, Second Minister for Education and Second Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Mohamad Maliki Osman to the Kingdom of Tonga for the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting, 26 to 29 August 2024
Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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August 26, 2024
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office, Second Minister for Education and Second Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Mohamad Maliki Osman will visit Tonga from 26 to 29 August to attend the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders Meeting. The PIF is...
MFAET Minister and delegation joins PIF Forum Leaders meeting in Tonga.
Solomon Islands Government
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September 1, 2024
MFAET Minister and delegation joins PIF Forum Leaders meeting in Tonga. Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade Minister, Hon. Peter Shanel Agovaka and delegation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade including the...
Opening Remarks, Honourable Toeolesulusulu Cedric Pose Salesa Schuster, Minister of Natural Resources , Environment and Lands at the 4th Executive Board Meeting, SPREP, 4 September 2024, Apia, Samoa
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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September 5, 2024
Distinguished delegates, esteemed colleagues, and honored guests, Talofa and Welcome to Samoa and this Fourth SPREP Executive Board Meeting with its theme "A Resilient Blue Pacific Continent Free of Plastics," aligning seamlessly with the 2050...
How the Kingdom of Tonga is dealing with the scourge of End of Life Vehicles
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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August 7, 2024
6 August 2024, Funafuti Tuvalu - The mountain of End of Life Vehicles (ELVs) is an imposing challenge for the Kingdom of Tonga. Statistics show that the main island of Tongatapu has accumulated more than 30,000 ELVs over the years – and with more...
Transcript of Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan's Joint Press Remarks with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, 31 July 2024
Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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July 31, 2024
Minister Dr Vivian Balakrishnan: Good afternoon, everyone, and a very warm welcome to Singapore. Thank you to my good friend Tony. We live in an age of extraordinary opportunities and challenges. Technological developments have raced ahead at a...
ADB, Australia, and Tonga Partner to Commission Climate-Resilient Wharf at Nuku’alofa Port
Asian Development Bank
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July 12, 2024
NUKU’ALOFA, TONGA (12 July 2023) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today joined the Governments of Australia and Tonga in a commissioning ceremony for Wharf 1, the latest milestone of the Nuku’alofa Port Upgrade Project. Tonga Prime Minister...