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A Very Sad Day in Tonga (Updated)
Early this morning, one of the ferries that operates between the Tongan Islands sank with 79 people on board, almost all of them Tongans. The boat l…
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Spending the Night at the Police Station
I woke up last Tuesday morning in a Tonga Police station. In fact, I ended up spending 15 hours with the Police at the Police Station and it was NO…
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A Whale of a Day
This morning, I was calling on bank clients in the small outer island village of Matamaka. I was with Oholei, one of the loan officers at the Tonga…
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The Great Vava’u Clean-up
When you walk around Vava’u today, the island is immaculate. It hasn’t been this clean since the King’s Coronation last August . There is no litter…
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They Call This Cheating in the USA!
Monday night, just after 10pm, I’m laying in bed. The doors are closed and the lights are out. I’ve just finished watching a movie and I am going …
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Looking Forward
It’s been more than two years since I received my invitation to become a Peace Corps volunteer in Tonga. That invitation had the date I would begin…
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From TV to Tonga
Larry Handley WCPO- TV, Cincinnati, Ohio July 2, 2009 It was a beautiful March day in 1989 when I arrived at TV20 in Gainesville, Florida (at my own …
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