Archive - Jun 2011

The Vanuatu Reserve Bank is celebrating its 30 years of operation with a rare celebration beginning at six o’clock Sunday morning.

Deputy Governor Peter Tari welcomed the staff and invited guests to the ceremony followed by a prayer by senior staff member Noel Vari.

A brief on the event followed by the Declaring the Opening of the Celebration was made the Governor, Odo Tevi.

The RBV 30 Years Committee enabled the RBV Ladies Club and RBV Football Club to each present their items.

NTM Inner Life Ministries is still sending its missionaries to Solomon Islands from Vanuatu.

On 31st May 2011 NTM Inner Life sent its most recent missionary to go and serve in the Solomon Islands.

That latest missionary to join other NTM Inner Life team in the Solomon is Pastor Steward Nasse.

Pastor Steward Nasse has been serving as the Senior Pastor for Black Sand NTM Inner Life church until he was appointed to his new post in the Solomon Islands.

The French Ambassador recently signed an agreement to provide partial funding to sustain the operation of the Francophone Investment Unit (FIU) at the Vanuatu Chamber of Commerce.

Before signing the funding agreement she praised the unit for the achievements during the last years of operations to promote French investors into the country.

VTO visits Sky Garden Hotel & Restaurant

793 days (Edward Natapei), 143(Sato Kilman), 19(Serge Vohor), 35(Sato Kilman), 10 (Edward Natapei) and current (Sato Kilman).

The five figures above are the number of days a Prime Minister (including purported +interim) and his state ministers lasted in a government since the 2008 General elections.

It is simple and anyone can work out for themselves why political instability and political changes is outrageously costing the taxpayers of Vanuatu dearly and why it should be avoided at all costs again.

Malekula Member of Parliament (MP) Meltek Sato Kilman Livtunvanu is the new Prime Minister of the Republic of Vanuatu.

The new prime minister was elected with 29 votes supporting his nomination while his rival for the head of government, Santo MP Rialuth Serge Vohor had 23 votes.

The nomination of Sato Kilman for Prime Minister was moved by Pentecost MP Ham Lini Vanuaroroa and seconded by Tanna MP Harry Iauko.

And the nomination of Serge Rialuth Vohor for Prime Minister was moved by Port Vila MP Edward Nipake Natapei and second by Port Vila MP Patrick Crowby.

Christmas in Gizo, Solomon Islands, 1991. A single bare fluorescent tube and whatever sunlight can struggle through the spider-webs and old advertisements for Coca Cola on tiny windows provide the only illumination for the shop, one of about a dozen look-alikes scattered along the town’s dusty main street.

There is so much happening on the political front that it needed a strong will power to finally overcome the temptation of taking that course in this diary. I trust colleagues on the ground are always the best placed to make some sense of it for you. But surely there is nothing more palatable than a full serve of intriguing Vanuatu politics to go with your weekend breakfast, whatever that is for you this morning.

Nasonal Pasifik Gems skwad we naoia oli stap pripea from ol frenli maj wetem Solomon Aelans mo Fiji, Eksekutif blong Vanuatu Futbol Federesen oli givim kasem Mandei nekis blong ol pleia we oli stap insaed long pri skwad be oli no stap attendem ol trening blong ol mas present long taem ia.

Eksekutif hemi mekem strong toktok ia afta we sam memba blong pri skwad oli no even mekem wan effot blong attendem ol trening sesen.

Seveners i kam blong bukum las ples insaed long premia lik afta we oli kam blong winim Academy long wan sko blong 2-0 long Tosdei wik ia oltaem long Port Vila Stadium.

Seveners we oli bin dominetem full maj ia oli bin makem tufala poen blong olgeta long fes haf long 38 minit thru long substitute straeka Timothy Job mo long 45 minit thru long Reece Lerr.

Afta long tufala poen ia Academy oli no save riplae bak nomata we oli bin gat sam janis long fored blong gol blong Seveners long taem ia.