Archive - Jun 5, 2011

The recent 36th session of the Joint ACP/EC Council of Ministers’ Meeting held in Brussels early this week has unanimously accepted and officially approved the offer by the Government of Vanuatu to host the 37th session of Council when it meets next year in Vanuatu.

Port Vila Volleyball League Independence Knockout (KO) is just around the corner and Port Vila Volleyball League wishes to remind the local clubs about their registration.

 With the upcoming knockout, the 2nd round of the women’s championship games have been cancelled and will continue on 18 August together along with the men’s program.

Ol Nasonal Supa Lik (NSL) maj we oli bin tekem ples yestede i lukim wan win mo wan fofet.

Fes maj long 1pm Tupuji Imere i ronwe wetem wan 3-1 win ova long Shepherds United.

Tupuji Imere straeka Rodney Serveux hem nao hem man of the match afta we hemi kam blong nettem 2 poen mo midfil straeka Bula Kalsopa hemi kam blong silim win blong Tupuji long sekon haf.

Poen blong Shepherds i kam thru long Kalo Ken.

Vanuatu Futbol Federesen (VFF) Teknikol Dipatmen hemi stap apil i go long ol klab blong letem ol pleia blong olgeta we nem blong olgeta i stap insaed long pri skwad blong Pasifik Gems blong oli mas attendem ol trening sesen.

o ¬Mi harem se politicians are making themselves look ridiculous talking about fair and balanced reporting. The Ministry of Public Utilities have appointed a new Media spokesman who isn't a journalist lecturing us on media ethics. It would help if he understood how media operates before sending in ridiculous letters claiming that all media is bias towards his honourable minister. He hasn't answered any of the concerns raised from fully documented sources. The government should be employing journalists in position of PR and Media Relations, not politicians on the payroll. Silip!

Dear Editor,

Leadership is at the same time a blessing and a curse. Leaders like to have the allegiance and esteem of their followers but such is rarely the case especially when not elected into Parliament.

Inherent in humanity are differences of opinion, and these differences cause some to be for certain leadership and against and jealous of other leadership.
The day Saul is presented as King over Israel, by God's decree, a faction of men grumble against him.

Dear Editor,

Those who believe they are recruited into the Public Service to play politics have totally missed the point.

Public servants are professionals recruited on merit to carry out their duties in line with the Public Staff Manual to make sure that the Public Surface machinery functions.

Yes the policies that they are expected to carry out are endorsed by politicians but they are not hired to play politics because they are not hired by political parties like political appointees.

Vanuatu will take part in the Deep Sea Mineral Regional Workshop in Nadi, Fiji from June 6 through to June 8.

Some of the world’s leading specialists on issues relating to deep sea minerals will attend the three-day workshop in Nadi.

The Deep Sea Minerals Project administered by SOPAC, a division of SPC, and funded by EU will address legislative, regulatory, capacity requirements and environmental issues pertaining to deep sea minerals and mining for countries in the Pacific region over a four –year period.

On May 11 Live & Learn In-country Director, Mr Ian Kalsuak, Geoff Robinson, Advisor to Live & Learn Vanuatu and Jimmy Tes Finance and Administration Manager presented before the Councillors of TAFEA Province a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).

Live & Learn recognise that there is increasing devolution and responsibilities of Provincial Councils within Vanuatu in relation to Social, Economic and Environmental issues at the Community Level.

From Friday, May 20th to Sunday, May 22nd, 2011, 40% of the electricity consumed by of Port Vila residents was a green energy.

This energy, produced by UNELCO’s wind mill, allowed to avoid emission of 107 tons of C02 in the atmosphere.

In the nights of Friday, May 20th and of Saturday, May 21st, the green energy reached 70% of the electricity production of Port Vila, which represents a savings of 41,000 litres of diesel oil on 3 days.

So the savings of diesel oil are directly taken into account in the calculation of the tariff.