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DIGICEL (TONGA) ONCE AGAIN CAPTURED THE HEARTS OF MANY!

Thursday 12^th May 2011: Digicel (Tonga) is still continuing with their development throughout the communities in Tonga. This was given to one of the most historical village in the Kingdom, Lapaha.

The village of Lapaha is well-known for its historical monuments situated in its mass landscapes and was known to be the old capital of Tonga in the past centuries. Nowadays, Lapaha is the most populated area in the Kingdom with many people travelling back and forth from village to village.

Digicel (Tonga) was approached last month by the Police district from Lapaha raising the issue in need of computers for their fellow officers to communicate with their families overseas.

This help lead to local committee of villagers approaching Digicel (Tonga) for more aid towards the bad conditions to one of their most used road in the village Hala Ue’ikaitau. It is measured to be 500m.

 Digicel (Tonga) staff was greeted by the District Officer of Lapaha and the fellow Police officers stationed in the village on Thursday 12^th of May 2011.  They were really happy with the five Lorries of crushed coral aggregate to help reconstruct their roads for the ongoing transportation of people within the villages.

It has been prominent that the world nowadays are facing a difficult financial crisis, this includes the Pacific island nations. 

The Noble of the village, Kalaniuvalu attended the ceremony and showed appreciation to the Digicel (Tonga) staff.

Noble Kalaniuvalu Fotofili of Lapaha says ‘On behalf of Princess Siulikutapu and the people of Lapaha, I humbly thank Digicel(Tonga) for helping with the reconstruction of this road , and I hope that the relationship between the village of Lapaha and Digicel(Tonga) will continue to grow into a positive road for all of us’.

The community development initiated by Digicel (Tonga) will be an ongoing process to see the small villages in Tonga come into a much better future with its people.

About Digicel

After nine years of operation, Digicel Group Limited has 11 million customers across its 32 markets in the Caribbean, Central America and the Pacific. The company is renowned for delivering best value, best service and best network.

Digicel is the lead sponsor of Caribbean, Central American and Pacific sports teams, including the Special Olympics teams throughout these regions. Digicel sponsors the West Indies cricket team and is also the title sponsor of the Digicel Caribbean. In the Pacific, Digicel is the proud sponsor of several national rugby teams and also sponsors the Vanuatu cricket team.

Digicel also runs a host of community-based initiatives across its markets and has set up Digicel Foundations in Jamaica, Haiti and Papua New Guinea which focus on educational, cultural and social development programmes.

In 2004, Digicel developed Digicel Rising Stars – an annual talent show to support aspiring young music artists in the Caribbean. The show has spanned the Eastern Caribbean, Haiti, Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago ranking as one of the top-rated shows.

Digicel is incorporated in Bermuda and its markets comprise: Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, Bermuda, Bonaire, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Curacao, Dominica, El Salvador, Fiji, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Nauru, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, St Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos and Vanuatu. Digicel also has coverage in St. Martin and St. Barts in the Caribbean.

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