Help on the way to SANMA

I applaud the Government and its international partners for this initiative and I have to admit, this project is a whole lot better than education’s mission to distribute taro to the islands.

As we get comfortable with Omicron in Efate, the other islands that make up our great nation is beginning to weathering the COVID storm. We know two things about it, it’s less severe and highly transmittable.

I’ll be the first to admit that most of us don’t have the perfect dietary plan for each meal and most times canned food is all we have, so to the families in the infected islands, don’t be fooled by Port Vila’s laxed atmosphere after a month of COVID, stay hygienic and load-up on the vitamins.

Pentecost masks were shipped after the island tested positive.

That’s like eating your cake first and blowing the candles off when you’re done.

I’m glad that there are good vaccination rates on the islands, some have turned to a cure before the virus ever arrived, I just hope they consider this international inoculation as well.

We’re receiving more vaccines, more support and more positive cases unfortunately, but on the plus side out of our 7000+ positive cases over 6000 have recovered.

Colour me surprised but it seems like the numbers are on our side.

I know it’s very difficult to be optimistic when you’re living in Vanuatu, especially when the price of electricity recently increased but yes, there might just be something good we can talk about at the nakamal.

For those of you who didn’t know, yes, the price of electricity increased straight after the price of fuel.

I know we shouldn’t shoot the messenger, but if the messenger is the utility regulator, then by all means, open fire.

When has the price of electricity been regulated? Better question, since border closure, when have we been given a break from paying all these bills?

While elephants are endemic in African and Asian countries, I believe that Nat-Geo should visit Port Vila because we have a lot of rare white elephants in our Capital.

Aside from the cost of living constantly on the rise, at least we can rest easy knowing that our SANMA brothers and sisters will receive some much-needed assistance in the battle with COVID.

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