Archive - 2010

Pre-school children of the Messipe community at Blacksand are expected to have a new classroom ready for them right at their doorstep before school begins next year.

The History Makers Church (HMC) initiated a four-month pre-school classroom project with labour assistance from Messipe community in making a difference in the lives of their children.

Education is a fundamental human right in which every child is entitled to.

It is critical to development as individuals and as a society.

Save the Children Vanuatu has grave concern over a media report regarding three teenagers in Lugainville facing sex charges which included publishing child pornography.

It is clear police are now investigating these allegations which are a direct breach of Child Protection Rights. Every adult and child has rights and responsibilities. In this case if the trio who allegedly raped the girl and send nude pictures of her to others are aged 0-18 years old they fail their responsibility to respect the right of this girl and effectively exploit her.

Vila Central Hospital (VCH) was busy throughout Christmas weekend.

Over 129 people visited the Vila Central hospital outpatients on December 24.

While thousands of people enjoyed Christmas celebrations, 80 people- mostly children received treatment at the VCH on December 25-Christmas Day.

Over 117 people, mainly adults, passed through the outpatients department for medical treatment on Sunday December 26 which was Family Day.

The people of Jaravalivu Village in inland Santo are masters of agricultural crops but when it comes to protein food the villagers depend heavily on a special type of lizard found in their area.

This is what Vanuatu Fisheries Aquaculture Officer, Glen Alo found while introducing prawn farming to the village to give it another option for stable protein source.

Situated inland in the country’s biggest Island, Jaravalivu people have no access at all to fish and other saltwater resources that many coastal communities depend on for protein.

Viewers of TBN Christian Television and listeners of FM 90 Christian broadcast in Port Vila have questioned why these Christian stations have stopped transmissions over the past weeks.

But Daily Post was told that both TBN and FM 90 Christian radio stopped operations due to technical reasons and financial reasons.

A TBN and FM 90 local spokesman told Daily Post that that while TBN programs are received from the USA, the only support that Vanuatu received from TBN were the initial technical equipment.

Vanuatu Cricket is pleased to announce today the final selection of the Digicel Vanuatu National Under 19 Cricket squad and officials who shall be taking part in the upcoming Pepsi International Cricket Council (ICC) East Asia-Pacific (EAP) Under 19 Cricket Trophy which shall be held on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland from 4-12 February 2011.

1. Patrick Matautaava
2. Jelany Chilia
3. Samson Kalworai
4. Jaxies Samue
5. Kendy Kenneth
6. Shem Sala
7. Ronald Tari
8. Callum Blake
9. Nalin Nipiko
10. McDonald Obed
11. Jamal Ngwango
12. Tommy Tastuki
13. Ravin Arutam

Semi matj long blong fes divisen i tekem ples yestedei aftanun long 6pm  bitwin 21 Jump wetem Taodoru, mo i lukim Taodoro i fofetem 21 Jump blong kasem faenol wetem Bladinia FC be ino olsem we Daily Spot i bin ripotem yestede se Bladinia bambae hemi mitim 21 Jump long faenol.

Niufala Spot Ofisa Mr. Jeff i talem se oli jes faenemaot long las minit long Wednisdei se Taudoro hemi stap yet blong pleim semi faenol matj blong hem.

Vanuatu Handball Federation (VHF) hemi bin sendem wan Under 20 Men Skwad i bin go patisipet long Oceania Challenge Trophy we hemi 2010 World Cup Qualification Roan (WCQR)insaed long Oceania region we i lukim Vanuatu, New Zealand, Australia, Cook Island, Solomon Island mo Samoa oli bin pat blong hem.

Central Port Vila came to a standstill yesterday morning as vehicles and pedestrians made way for almost 3,000 Pathfinders in uniform as they marched through central Port Vila to Saralana to support good health.

Director General of Health Mark Bebe praised the Organisers of the Parade from the Vanuatu Seventh Day Adventist Mission for taking the Government Ministry of Health onboard its gigantic parade.

The Natural Disaster Management Office (NDMO) will be conducting an assessment on Gaua Island early next year.

The assessment will be done following the latest volcano alert bulletin for Gaua, issued by Geo-hazards, which reported that the alert level of the Gaua volcano has been lowered from level two to level one.

Therefore, the assessment that would be carried out would determine whether it is safe to re-locate the people from the western part of the island to the east, after they were advised to evacuate their area due to continuous eruptions at the beginning of this year.