Archive - Mar 8, 2012

No, not those ones - the ones underneath your truck! Got your attention though, which would not have been so easy to do if the headline included the word ‘roadworthy’ – the bane of all our lives at this time of year and guaranteed to provoke a few letters to Editors.

The second week of February saw Wan Smolbag youth centre open its clubs. The response has been phenomenal with classes such as literacy and cooking having 50 or more participants.

Michael Taurakoto, WSB’s CEO says this shows the growing popularity of the youth centre whilst at the same time highlighting the key issue for our leaders; what does Vanuatu offer the thousands of youth not attending school or leaving at the end of primary?

Vanuatu Republican Party President, Maxim Carlot Korman has been asked to resign from his position as the Party President by his vice, Mr. Jean-Yves Chabod.

In what could be another split and power struggle in another major political party as the country braces itself for another general election, Mr Chabod blamed the oldest and longest serving Member of Parliament for manipulating the Party for ‘self-interest’ and ‘selfishness’.

The Union of Moderate Parties has the potential to cause some upset in some constituencies that are won traditionally by particular parties.

Political reports about the progress of the Opposition Union of Moderate Parties in the islands during the three day Congress has convinced the UMP President Rialuth Serge Vohor that UMP could win extra seats in 2012 elections.

Prior to going to print yesterday Daily Post was advised that the venue for Public consultation on the Chicken Farm at Bellevue has been changed from Chief’s nakamal to the Chicken farm itself on Bellevue.

The Department of Environmental Protection and Conservation (DEPC) originally called for the public consultation meeting for this Saturday 3rd March 10am at the Chiefs Nakamal.

From this meeting the DEPC will decide whether or not an Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) is needed for the large and intensive
chicken farm that is currently under construction in

Computer and the related technologies are very much in use today. People and businesses depend on different computer technologies to do many tasks which may be very important to them. The internet, e-mails and IT in general are very helpful in this regard but there are certain problems which reduce the efficiency of these technologies. Spam e-mails are one such problem.

Custom owners and residents of the Second Lagoon are meeting to decide what action they should take over the changed land usage at Vila City College.
Until late last year the area was Reserved for Education. Vila City College provided places for 350 students on the main road between rapidly expanding population centres (Etas, Teouma, Teouma Ville and Rentabao) and the town. The private school functioned over a number of years from 2002 / 3 having been granted a mortgage of VT 33 million from the National Bank of Vanuatu.

The Vanuatu Australian Police Project (VAPP) has been a very helpful and willingly aiding the Vanuatu Police Force throughout the past years of its establishment until today.

February 29 saw a very important meeting for the Project Management Group (PMG who went through the achievements to date and also to discuss future activities of VAPP post June 2012 and post December 2012.

VPF has been progressing a lot since 2006 when the project was first established under the VPF Capacity Building Project then VAPP Project commencing February 2011.

Ni-Vanuatu eligible voters living in New Caledonia may choose candidates who stand in the islands of their origin in the 2012 Parliamentary Elections instead of casting their votes for candidates in Port Vila constituency.

The Minister for Internal Affairs has instructed the Electoral Office to advise the Ministry of legal provisions for the registered voters living in New Caledonia to vote for candidates of their choice in their islands of origins instead of casting their votes for candidates in the Port Vila constituency.

Hash House Harriers clubs are found world-wide – some say its a ‘running club with a drinking problem’ while others think it’s a ‘drinking club with a running problem’.