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News suppression - changing times
Announcing the death of His Royal Highness' Prince Tu'ipelehake and Princess Kaimana in a road accident in the United States,
Not too many generations ago, the news would await official mention or even hinting from the Government News Guardians, but today the plethora of Tongans overseas, aided by alternate instantaneous communications mediums such as the telephone, and the Internet, significant news have become much more difficult to control/manage.
The latest example of this new transition in Tonga is the news of the death, and official confirmation of the death of their Royal Highness' without any actual connection with the Tonga Government or the Tonga Palace Office.
KTVU.com http://www.ktvu.com/news/9476411/detail.htmlThe San Mateo County Coroner identified two of the dead as Prince Tui Pele Haka and his wife Princess Kaimana, who were in the Bay Area on a humanitarian mission. Their deaths sent shock waves through the Tongan community.
The news was first hinted to most Tongans by Matangi Tonga's news-release, which I picked up through shuggySface's post @ our forum.
Confirmation was found through a local news KTVU bulletin.
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