Archive - Aug 19, 2011

Dear Editor,

Anyone unsure about why Vanuatu should join the WTO would hopefully have heard an interview this morning with Ham Lini on Radio Australia.

According to Ham, the reason why the country should join is that the land divers in Penetcost would get some money. Ham did not explain what he meant but the interviewer assumed he was referring to intellectual property rights; bungee jump operators around the world watch out.

Dear Editor,

Sapos finance blong Vanuatu ino gud I gud blong gavman I talemaot klia nomo se yumi stap long trabol mo I talemaot wea ples nao 14 milien vatu or hamas we I bin stap long budget I ko long hem?

Mi olsem wan konsen sitisen mi talem olsem from naoia we praes blong copra iko daon, I luk olsem gavman too I sot long mani.

Naoia ikat toktok se bae gavman I karemaot mani blong sam Dipatmen blong hem blong putum iko long narafala eria.
Wea ples nao yumi stap long hem naoia?

Nasonal Futbol skwad blo Vanuatu i no nidim fisikol nomo be spirijual preperesen tu blo ol i rere blo go lo Pasifik Gems long New Caledonia long namba 26 Okis nekis wik.

Mo ol pleya blong Nasonal skwad oli kasem pat blo spirijual preperesen ia taem we Enam Presbyterian jioj lo Erakor haf rod i welkamem olgeta lo woship sevis blong olgeta las Sandei.

Pasta Lesluy Bong hem I talem long Daily Spot se ol mama blong Enam Presbyterian jioj ol i bin mekem ol pleia filim se ol i pat blo kongregeisen afta we ol i welkamem olgeta wetem ol smael mo hangem flawa long olgeta bifo sevis i stat.

Vanuatu Petank Federesen i stap luk fowod naoia blong ripresentem kala blong hem long wan intanasonal petank tunamen we bae i kohed long manis decemba yia ia long Noumea, Niu Caledonia. Bigfala tunamen olsem i tekem tuketa ol jampion petank pleia blong Franis, Canada, Malaisia, Thailand, Australia, Niu Zealnde, Tahiti, Wallis mo Futuna mo ol jampion blong ol kantri mo territory blong Carribean Blong tekem pat long intanasonal kompetisen olsem Vanuatu i mas pripea mo redi gud blong sendem wan delegesen blong hem.

Emmie Sope hemi mekem histri long Vanuatu futbol olsem wan long olgeta fes eva Ni-Vanuatu woman we hemi tekemap wan posisen insaed long bigfala body blong futbol long Oceania rijen mo Daily Spot i bin gat janis blong toktok wetem hem abaot wok blong hem olsem OFC Just Play Teknikol Kodineta.

Afta long ol fes raon gem blong 32 overs kompetisen we i stap tekem ples naoia long Port Vila las sarere namba 13th August long Independence Park field long morning, i lukim Under 17 tim blong Paama Sharks i plei Malapoa College mo result blong gem ia i soem Paama nao i kam blong winim gem ia afta we oli winim toss mo sendem Malapoa College blong bat fastaem.

Bold scammers have moved the level of scam messages from individuals to targeting international renowned names of Financial Service Providers -and the latest is none other but the Western Union Money Transfer company.

Western Union’s Money Transfer (Vanuatu) Ltd Country Director John Litchfield sent an urgent circulation yesterday, advising the public of a scam message under the Western Union Money Transfer name, cautioning everyone to discard it as it is “100% scam”.

The premise harped by our officials for Vanuatu’s negotiation package into the World Trade Organization (WTO) is to put us on a level playing field with our trading partners and major world economies such as the US, EU countries, Japan, Brazil, and China.

By being members of the WTO, we can trade goods across foreign borders at reduced or zero taxes, openning potential for trade and access into new markets. It also guarantees us a voice to hold any country no matter how big, accountable for unfair trading practices such as protectionisms etc.

For years journalists would berate me at the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat for what they saw as the sheer uselessness of the annual leaders meetings and the empty promises they would make each year and then never do anything to implement.

Then one day, one of my many superiors at the Forum Secretariat asked me to review the various communiqués of the leaders’ summits and the results would have been funny if the reality of the yawning gap between what was promised and the facts on the ground were not so wide. The journalists were right!

Today the general public will be given a chance to visit a French Navy ship, Jacques Cartier while she berths in Port Vila this week.

The French Navy ship commanded by Lieutenant Commander Amaury de Bellaing arrived yesterday in Port Vila in a courtesy visit.

According to the French Embassy the Jacques Cartier will be open for visit to the general public from 2pm to 5pm today and also the same time tomorrow.

Jacques Cartier (L9033) is a Batral (“Light ferry ship”) vessel with a length of 80 meters and can cruise up to a speed of 16 knots.