Archive - Jul 2011

The Natatok Indigenous People’s Democratic Party ( NIPDP) launched its constitution, platform and flag, on Monday afternoon at Pango village on Efate, by the Party President, Efate MP and Minister for Foreign Affairs Alfred Carlot.

The launching ceremony was witnessed by church leaders, chiefs, women and children of Pango village and supporters from Erakor and the surrounding villages.

Defending champions New Caledonia are targeting their sixth Pacific Games title this year but know hanging onto their crown will be far from straightforward when the tournament kicks off next month.

The hosts have been placed in a strong-looking Group A with Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Guam, American Samoa and Tuvalu, and face one of their most challenging matches first up in the form of a youthful yet talented Vanuatu side.

Vanuatu hemi redi blong pleiem ol wantok blong Solomon Aelans tede long 3pm daon long Port Vila Stadium.

Ripot we i kasem Daily Sport long Vanuatu pri skwad long Teouma Academy i lukim ol boe oli redi blong mitim bageken Solomon Aelans mo toktok ia ‘revenge’ i stap long agenda blong tim.

Daily Spot i andastan se ol fes 11 blong tede bambae hemi semak long hemia we oli bin mekem sekon frenli agensem Fiji long Fiji, smol deferens nomo ating bambae i luk apiarens blong Golden Boot blong 2010/2011 O Lik Fenedy Masauvakalo long straeking fos.

The zoning of Luganville town and the Sanma Province needs to be addressed so that development can take place in their proper zoned areas.
For this to happen in the town area, the Lugavanville municipality needs to strengthen its planning section.

This was a concern raised by the LMC Town Planner during a recent informal discussion with AusAID and all the stakeholders in Luganville on the issue of zoning.

Sex offenders’ fate to be decided by Court next week

To commemorate Children’s Day the Sanma Counseling Centre carried out a major awareness on abuse to five schools in Luganville.

Mrs Annie Philemon of the Sanma Counseling Centre said schools that responded to the program included Luganville Sarakata Centre school, Sarakata SDA School, St. Therese school, St. Michel School and Bombua School.

Philemon reported that she was happy with the outcome and performance of the students in all schools following the awareness.

Wunpuko village on West Coast Santo is expected to go through a double celebration as the country celebrates 31 years of independence because Telecom Vanuatu Limited (TVL) will be expanding its network coverage to the area.

Once this happens it will be one of the biggest developments for the area since Independence in 1980.

The people of Wunpuko are happy and are looking forward to this dream come true as they will soon have the access to communicate with families anywhere.

Work has already begun which has seen the installation of the network tower last month.

Dear Editor,

Dear Editor,

I am continuously amused by MP Alfred Carlot and his antics in our people's high office of the Foreign Affairs. It is well understood that Vanuatu heavily depends on generous aid donors for projects and the like and China's one of them.

China has now been "demanded" to inject funds into the government budget, what next....pay salaries??

Does this mean China have a say in the running of our beloved country, which the founding fathers including Mr Donald Kalpokas have sacrificed a lot for?
I sincerely hope not!!

How has the Vanuatu Budget been spent?

Dr Andrew Hodgetts and his family left Vanuatu for Australia on Monday, 25th July 2011. The Hodgetts spent a month holidaying in the country while at the same time assisting the Agathis Clinic.

Dr Andrew served at Agathis Clinic while his wife worked at NTCU school at Agathis.