Archive - Apr 2011

Vanua’aku Pati turned a new page in its history on Easter Sunday when its President allowed his young Members of Parliament assume ministerial portfolios while the President became an ordinary government backbencher.

Former PM Natapei, who was stabbed in the back by deposed Prime Minister Sato Kilman had every reason to see Mr Kilman ousted because Mr Kilman allegedly “betrayed the trust” Natapei accorded him as Deputy Prime Minister during his term at the helm.

Natapei waited four months before he finally got his revenge last Sunday, April 24.

Vanuatu Rugby 7s skwad blong Pasifik Gems oli pruvum long ol fan long Easter Mandei se oli redi blong flyem flag blong Vanuatu long bigfala rijinol tunamen ia taem oli kam blong winim wan strong skwad blong host kaontri blong Pasifik Gems (PG) Niu Caledonia long wan sko blong 14-12.

Niu Caledonia hemi bin stap lid long 12-0 be i lukim Vanuatu hemi manej blong kam bihaen blong putum 2 late try we wan long ol las try ia i kam long kapten blong nasonal skwad Waute Chichirua we i lukim hemi manej blong convetem try ia mo semtaem givim niufala Vanuatu tim wan fes eva viktri olsem wan tim.

Dear Editor,

Thank you Tumas blong allowem mi samll space ia blong save putum small comment blong mi ia long behalf blong mi mo ol people blong mi we i stap long Torres, folem services blong Air vanuatu long pekoa Airport i stap mekem, especially blong stap delay blong sendem ol cargo blong mifala long Torres we i stap kam long Vila mo ikam stap long Pekoa Airport for about a month before mifala i just resivim.

And by the time cargo i arrive ol goods insaet long Parcel ino gud finis mo sam rat i kakai finis.

Dear Editor,

Allow me to reflect on a good article by VANGO in DP issue no 3218.

In addition to the democratic legitimacy of Vanuatu's WTO accession process, there is the question of institutional legitimacy of WTO itself. The Doha round of negotiations started in 2001 and are to conclude in 2011.

The Doha round of negotiations are at an impasse because the EU and the US have increased their agricultural subsidies instead of reducing the same.
With the crisis in Europe and the USA, there is little if any prospect that EU or USA will commit to reducing agricultural subsidies.

A representative of youths in Port Vila has said young people are tired of political instability.

Eugene Melep who lives in Fresh Wota said young people are not happy to see the constant change of government and political instability.
“It seems politicians are constantly fighting for power for their own personal interests.

“We are tired of seeing such politics because it has existed since 1980.

“Our leaders are not portraying a good example to young people who want to enter politics in the future.

By MCSN Christopher Farrington, Pacific Partnership 2011 Public Affairs Service members attached to Destroyer Squadron 23 (DESRON 23), embarked aboard HMNZS Canterbury, took part in an Australian New Zealand Army Core (ANZAC) Day ceremony in Port Vila, Vanuatu, April  26, 2011.   

Five young and famous, yet humble Fijian siblings from Pacific Harbour glided in on Eagles Wings to land quietly in Port Vila last December without the knowledge of the media.

But as sure as the sun rises each morning, they started to fan the environment with their spiritual, soothing voices so successfully that they are bombarded with gifts from their ni Vanuatu fans wherever they perform.

The Union of Moderate Parties (UMP) leader, Serge Vohor, has played his cards well in a strategy that has not only resulted in the party securing the post of prime minster but also it is expected to have a positive effect for his political group in the general election next year.

Among the big political parties, UMP is the only party that has no visible division among its leaders.

The party secured eight members of parliament in the 2008 general election, second highest from Vanua’aku Party.

These eight MPs were secured in four out of Vanuatu’s six provinces.

Member of Parliament for Santo Rural, Samson Samsen, officially confirmed his affiliation to Labour Party of Deputy Prime Minister, Joshua Kalsakau, yesterday afternoon.

MP Samsen made this move less than a week after he and three other MPs withdrew from the Vanuatu Republican Party.

In a short ceremony between Samsen and the Labour Party, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Public Utilities and Infrastructure, who is also President of the Labour Party welcomed the Santo MP into his party.

Thirty women’s groups in Port Vila have elected the Director of Best for Women’s Centre, Lily Hanghangkon the new President of Port Vila Town Council of Women(PVTCW) and Daisy Warsal her Deputy yesterday without any challenge because they were the only two nominated for the top posts.

The election took place in the Ball Room of Le Lagon Hotel after a daylong workshop to review the Vanuatu National Council of Women Constitution on Monday.