Thursday, May 23, 2013
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Haiti and the international aid scam

Haiti is often decried for corruption but look at how reconstruction contracting works: it may be legal but it's still graft

Holy Week – Parliament – VCC ... etc

Behind The News, Opinion

Vanuatu is founded on traditional Melanesian values, faith in God and Christian principles as stipulated in Vanuatu's national constitution.

A reminder to whole the population of Vanuatu of our last's week's 'Behind the News' column “Where is Vanuatu going?” and or as the late Grace Molisa said in her book 'Wea nao Rod' Where is the road?

Things are moving, socially, economically, politically and religiously, everything is moving around that so often people find themselves at the crossroads, and don't know where exactly they are going...

Vanuatu I stap go wea..

Behind the News

In three months, Vanuatu will celebrate its 31st Year of Independence... 31 years of maturity... an occasion for each and all of us to be able to think or rethink of how Vanuatu has grown since July 30, 1980.

As Vanuatu is growing, people are witnessing and experiencing more challenges than before and those challenges will either benefit or destroy someone's life, communities or this nation as a whole.

However a question that each one should ask him/herself is  'Vanuatu I stap go wea? Or where is Vanuatu going?

PIC to represent Vanuatu Tourism in Japan


Due to financial constraints, the Vanuatu Tourism Office (VTO) Board of Directors, in its December 2009 meeting, has agreed to terminate the VTO representation Office in  Japan at the end of March 2010. 

The VTO recognizes the important role that this office has played and would especially like to commend Mr Tomita Hiroshi for playing a huge part in raising Vanuatu’s profile in Japan. 

During the years Tomita-san represented VTO  the number of visitors from Japan have increased until 2008 when there was a decrease by 21% due to economic conditions in Japan. 

However, in 2009 the numbers were increase again by 9% despite the global crisis and this was due in part to efforts by Mr Tomita-san.  

For this reason we would like to take this opportunity to thank Tomita-san for  all the work he has done. 

Thank you Tomita-san  for your dedication and the effort you have put in promoting Vanuatu to increase the visitor arrival figures from Japan to Vanuatu. 

The management and Directors of  VTO recognize your efforts and would like to wish you well in your next existing endeavour.  

On this note I am also pleased to introduce PIC as the main point of contact for VTO from now on. 

The Vanuatu Tourism Office Board recognizes that there is need to have someone in Japan so have endorsed the Pacific Island Centre (PIC) as the VTO’s main contact in Japan for any general enquiries regarding Vanuatu with effect from April 2010.

Pacific Andes set to sail world's biggest factory vessel

QINGDAO, China: Integrated seafood company Pacific Andes International is positioning itself to ride the next big wave, which it believes will come from the South Pacific Ocean.

Its new flagship factory vessel will go into operation next month, and this is expected to help raise the profit margins at its fishery business to as high as 50 per cent, up from 35 per cent.

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