A week after the explosion, whose power NASA estimated to be the equivalent of 500 Hiroshima bombs, more help is on the way among amid fears that this could overexpose the country to Covid-19

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  Starlink has been granted a 'temporary provisional permit' to operate in the country; a condition of the permit is that it is required to facilitate local payment methods for Tongan businesses and provide details of the terminals used

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  Tonga

  Tonga's communications regulator, MEIDECC, has notified Starlink, the global satellite internet network, to discontinue all services to its roaming subscribers on the mainland and in the seas of Tonga

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  Tonga

  Tonga's first Anti-Corruption Commissioner, a New Zealander, Chris LaHatte, was sworn in before the Cabinet; first executive director, Tongan lawyer Mele Fakatouato Mangisi, was appointed in June to lead the office after 17 years of approved legislation

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  Tonga

  The first National Standards Roadmap was launched at the Liku'alofa Centre in Tofoa, contributing to the implementation of quality standards for development in Tonga, in collaboration with Pacer Plus and Standards Australia

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