Archive - Feb 2012

There’s no Union of Moderate Parties congress as huge with soaring number of supporters that have defected from other parties than this 24th Congress at Eratap, on Efate.

Party President, 57-year-old Rialuth Serge Vohor, who has held the reins of control in the UMP since 1988, told Daily Post in an exclusive interview Monday.

“We have eliminated the elements of hypocrisy and selfishness within the UMP hierarchy and see how the party has progressed in numbers. In some regions (political) there are virtually no other parties because everyone has joined UMP,” Vohor said.

To build a new business takes a lot of work – and careful consideration.  How will you make what you sell?  Will you need to take a training course?  What equipment will you need?  Where will you buy supplies?  Will you need to hire someone to work with you?  There are many questions you need to answer, even before you start.

Australia is holding its breath over a power struggle that could see a new Prime Minister elected today if Kevin Rudd can successfully muster the backing of enough MPs from the 103 labour party caucus members.

“There is something stronger than determination in someone who always wants to succeed and this was the case with the late Father Walter H. Lini,” the Vanuatu Prime Minister Santo Kilman said of the leadership in a nation during the Lini Memorial Day.

While reminding the people of Vanuatu to look back at the leadership quality that one of the founding fathers of Vanuatu had in him, the current Prime Minister said such leaders are not just appointed by people but by God.

A 16-year-old boy has been sentenced to five years imprisonment by Supreme Court in Luganville for raping an Australian volunteer at knife point.

This incident occurred on the island of Pentecost on January 11, 2011.

The incident occurred after the victim, who was part of the Australian missionary youth group touring the villages of South Pentecost to do missionary works, was making her way alone to Ranmawot village where her group was based after attending a church service at a nearby  village.

On February 23, 2011 Townsville Bulletin’s Tony Raggatt reported that there was more to the story about the receivership of Magnetic International Resort’s management company Halmarn Pty Ltd.

Halmarn, whose sole director was listed as Donald McGrath, has left a trail of bad debts to small businesses as well as significant debt, believed to be more than A$1 million to the Bank of Queensland.

A consultation meeting by the Vanuatu Institute of Technology (VIT) stakeholders was held in Port Vila last Thursday. The purpose of the meeting was to set a strategic plan for the country’s national technical institute for the next five years.

“The Vanuatu Institute of Technology has completed ten years of service to the students, the community, and our country as a whole under the VIT Act.

Tafea Boxing Lik bambae i kam laef bageken lo tis kaming Fraede namba 10 Februari wetem wan opening knokaot we bambae i tekem ples lo Lowanatom Boxing komplex stret long Lenakel taon.

Follem ripot we Daily Spot i kasem i lukim, i gat ova long 4 klab we oli soem interes mo oli stap lukluk i stap se bambae i gat ova long 15 faet long taem ia.
Opening tunamen ia bambae i helpem ol boxing otoriti long Tanna blong save mekem wan pri seleksen blong rere from Nasonal Gems long manis Mei long Torba Provins.

Plante long ol futbol fan we oli tenap long Port Vila Munisipol Stadium long Sarere las wiken oli no bin digestem gud haelaet blong dei ia we hemi Amicale mo Tafea maj, we Amicale i kam blong winim long 1-0, afta we oli talem se pefomens blong tufala tim ino mitim ekspektesen blong olgeta.

The journey towards the Women’s Football Tournament at the 2012 London Olympics begins in just a few days as Tonga gets set to host Stage 1 of the Oceania qualifiers from 1-7 March.

Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu will compete in a round-robin tournament at the Loto-Tonga Centre in Tongatapu with the group stage followed by a final, the winner of which will go on to play number one seed New Zealand in a home-and-away play-off scheduled for 31 March and 4 April.