Archive - Aug 18, 2011

OFC Just Play Program we i bin tekem ples long Port Vila Stadium stat long Mandei mo i finis yestede i lukim ol patisipen blong program ia oli kam blong lanem ol basic blong hao nao program ia i save developem olgeta mo ol pikinini blong ol skul mo eria we oli kam blong representem.

Dear Editor,

It would not make any difference about the Independence of our brothers until we made dialogue with the Government of Indonesia, they are the authority who are governing West Papua.

Remember MSG member countries are independent or partly governing part of a country in the case of Kanaky of New Caledonia.

The only way forward is to grant them Observer statues and MSG countries have to call a meeting of minds between Indonesia and West Papua to discuss the way forward that leads to independence of West Papuan brothers within Indonesia.

Dear Editor,

The DP reported Saturday (13/8) that parliament is to sit next Friday to discuss the Bill for the Supplementary Appropriation Act of 2011 which allows additional monies to be issued from the Public Fund if authorised by parliament.

Given that the additional funds requested include a 52 million vatu allocation for MPs (a million vatu each), I think parliament will probably not have too much trouble approving the allocation.

Residents of show ground area on santo are now blessed with water after ten long years of much struggle and hard work to raise funds for the project.
As they celebrate this remarkable achievement of community support which is the basis of this establishment leaders of the community all said they struggle from year 2000 until this year when their dream to have running water on their doorstep finally came to reality.

Nguna and Pele islands on North Efate took a leap step forward to introduce their own five year development goals at an organised Forum held on Nguna in August 2010.

Takara community on North Efate has become the first to spearhead school classrooms to be built with full local materials. Not only that but also the local people are taking charge of the construction work of all classrooms.

And the funds invested in the purchase of materials and the construction of the traditional classrooms goes directly into the community.

The Fiji’s Police Commissioner recently visited the Vanuatu Police Force Headquarter.

The purpose of his visit was to maintain a strong and close relationship with the Vanuatu police after the signing of an agreement between Vanuatu and Fiji police Force in March early this year in Fiji.

During his visit, the Vanuatu Mobile Force welcomed him with a quarter guards before he met the Vanuatu Police Commissioner, Mr Joshua Bong.
Fiji’s Police Commissioner, Brigadier General Ioane Naivalurua met with Commissioner Bong in the VPF conference room.

High Risk inmate Jean Michel was recaptured Monday evening at around 8.00 pm.

His recapture leaves his colleague detainee Moses Kilton the last escapee still on the run.

Michel was recaptured by the staff of the Correctional Services and taken back to his legal custody in the high risk Correctional facilities.

Meanwhile Kilton is believed to be in hiding somewhere above the Mele Maat area on Efate.

Correctional Services Director Johnny Manarango said the authorities are combing this area to take him back into legal custody.

Supporters of political parties are cautious on the process in selecting their candidates for the 2012 general election.

And some are of the view that the country needs to adopt the two party system of government.

In a mid hour VBTC talkback show on Monday, the majority of those who called to contribute in the show were satisfied that one of the issues need to address in order to have stability is to have candidates with good leadership skills.

Two hundred delegates from 22 island countries and territories in the Pacific region met with experts from around the world at the 3rd Session Pacific Platform for Disaster Management to examine “a way forward” to reduce the risks of disasters including the impacts of climate change that are affecting development in the Pacific Region.