Archive - Mar 20, 2012

Just Play Festival we hemi tek ples las wiken long Port Vila Stadium, i lukim 100 pikinini we oli kam long Vila North mo Central Skul oli kam blong tekem pat long spesel program ia.

Dei ia hemi spesel from i lukim oli dividem long 2 pat. Fes pat blong dei ia i lukim ol pikinini oli go long ol grup raon long fofala tent we oli setemap long fored blong grandstand mo lisen long ol aweaness long taem ia.

Amicale FC hemi topem premia divisen klasmen afta long 6-0 win ova long Ifira las wiken.

Wan hatrick blong foma Tafea straeka Jean Nako, 2 poen blong Alick Maemae mo wan blong Fenedy Masauvakalo hemi inaf blong sendem ol Vanuatu jampion i go long top blong tebol afta we oli stap kam sekon bihaen long Tafea.

Taem we rafri, Robinson Banga hemi blowem wisel long stat blong maj ia Amicale hemi stampem otoroti blong hem afta we i lukim ol dominetem everi eria long fil mo oli no tekem longtaem nating blong faenem baksaed blong net blong Ifira.

Dr Shin Young-soo, the World Health Organisation (WHO)’s Regional Director for the Western Pacific, has expressed “full support” for the Philippines Department of Health’s efforts to raise tobacco taxes and prices.

“Higher cigarette prices would discourage young people from starting and encourage smokers to quit,” Dr Shin says.

Australia recently passed legislation to increase the cost of a pack of 30 cigarettes to US$ 19.

WHO advocates a tax of at least 70% of retail price. In the Philippines, the tax on the most-sold brand is only about 22%.

Shefa Provincial President Lami Sope wishes to make it clear that his council cares and respects its clients to effect service delivery in their areas, which is why it has spent Vt2 million in the present road construction works towards the historic EU-ACP joint meeting to be held in Port Vila this coming June.

Vanuatu is regarded as one of Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) identical tribes within the Melanesian region.

This statement was made by PNG’s High Commissioner to Vanuatu, Brian Yombon-Copio when presenting his credentials to the Acting President, Esmon Simon last week.

“This relationship is made evident through the participation of the two countries in some of the programs of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG),” said the PNG High Commissioner based in Honiara, Solomon Islands.

A business mentoring workshop will be held in Port Vila starting today to help local business men and women to improve profitability, devewlop new markets and at the same time lead them to become local business mentors themselves.

The two day workshop which starts today and ends on Wednesday 20 will be conducted by Business Mentoring Experts from New Zealand. The workshop is being funded by the New Zealand Government as part of the strengthening of business sector growth for Vanuatu business men and women.

International Francophonie Day may fall on March 20 annually but for the Onesua Presbyterian College in 2012 it is one week celebration which kicks off today.

Head of the college’s French Department Richard Jenery informed that Onesua’s 460 students will be engaged in various exciting and educational organised activities throughout the week including Quiz competitions, poems and posters competition.

“More than half of the 460 students study French,” explained the French teacher.

The public of Port Vila have questioned why the Utilities Regulatory Authority (URA) has delayed granting UNELCO Vanuatu agreement or license to introduce prepaid meter system in the capital Port Vila and the surrounding villages.

Some members of the public contacted Daily Post to question why it has taken so long for a government statutory body to grant UNELCO an agreement that will help the masses of electricity users in Port Vila who are ordinary citizens.

Nasama Resort officially opened over the past long weekend with the Resort welcoming its first two sets of guests, Danielle Bradbury and James Brooking and Maree and Tony Hollebone of Australia.

Various countries concerned at the potential for climate change to cause life on earth as we know to change forever have been enacting laws aimed at slowing the process by putting limits on carbon emissions. Vanuatu’s legislators, however, have been busy on their own, quite different, Climate Change Bill.