[New post] Govt to reveal position on PACER Plus following briefings, says PM

WordPress.com bobmakin posted: " Prime Minister Charlot Salwai is holding briefings on PACER Plus, the project of the two large neighbours, New Zealand and Australia, to assist island economies. PACER (Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations) Plus is intended to create job" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on Vanuatu Daily Digest Govt to reveal position on PACER Plus following briefings, says PM by bobmakin PM Charlot Salwai… to decide Vanuatu's position on PACER Plus shortly. Photo: Graham Crumb/imagicity.com (CC BY-SA 3.0) Read more of this post bobmakin | September 6, 2016 at 1:51 pm | Tags: agribusiness, crime, custom, food security, infrastructure, PACER Plus, politics, public health, public sanitation, trade, Vanuatu, women | Categories: The Daily Digest | URL: http://wp.me/p2A4RK-1iL Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Vanuatu Daily Digest. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://ift.tt/2cuZhWs Thanks for flying with WordPress.com

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[New post] Vanuatu’s women again denied justice as culture of male violence goes unpunished

WordPress.com bobmakin posted: " The weekend press was full of stories of violence. The Independent: Killer gets seven years in jail. Daily Post: Lengkon Assault: three drivers acquitted. Saturday's Daily Post also had a Man charged over alleged attack on expat chef. Today's Daily Po" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on Vanuatu Daily Digest Vanuatu’s women again denied justice as culture of male violence goes unpunished by bobmakin The weekend press was full of stories of violence. The Independent: Killer gets seven years in jail. Daily Post: Lengkon Assault: three drivers acquitted. Saturday's Daily Post also had a Man charged over alleged attack on expat chef. Today's Daily Post: Alleged Assault – an expat pilot claims he was assaulted by drunken police officers. Today's Daily Post has Chairperson of the Women Against Crime and Corruption Jenny Ligo saying the acquittal of the bus and taxi drivers confirms Vanuatu has many dishonest individuals. However, there was a lack of sufficient evidence to strengthen any case against the drivers. Ligo claims "women will continue to be denied their right to justice." Read more of this post bobmakin | September 5, 2016 at 4:06 pm | Tags: Air Vanuatu, aviation, crime, gender-based violence, police, politics, Vanuatu, violence against women | Categories: The Daily Digest | URL: http://wp.me/p2A4RK-1iH Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Vanuatu Daily Digest. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://ift.tt/2crDrjC Thanks for flying with WordPress.com

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[New post] The little-known history of New Hebridean labourers in 19th century New Zealand – a tale waiting to be told

WordPress.com dailyvanuatu posted: " About sixty thousand Melanesians, almost all of them from (present-day) Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands, were brought to Queensland to toil in that state's sugarfields in the nineteenth century. Today, the descendants of some of these 'blackbirded' la" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on Vanuatu Daily Digest The little-known history of New Hebridean labourers in 19th century New Zealand – a tale waiting to be told by dailyvanuatu A New Hebridean flaxworker in the Hokianga region of the north island of New Zealand, c. 1872, photographed by Daniel Mundy About sixty thousand Melanesians, almost all of them from (present-day) Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands, were brought to Queensland to toil in that state's sugarfields in the nineteenth century. Today, the descendants of some of these 'blackbirded' labourers make up Australia's South Sea Islander community. In Vanuatu and in the Solomons many families remember ancestors who suffered in Queensland. Historians have told the story of Queensland's bonded labourers in essays and books and documentary films.But the stories of the Melanesians who were brought to New Zealand have seldom been told. Only a relatively small number of Melanesians came to New Zealand, and few of them stayed permanently. But their presence prompted debates in the media and in parliament, and led to the creation of an historic set of photographs.Read more of this post dailyvanuatu | September 4, 2016 at 1:15 pm | Tags: blackbirding, labour, New Hebrides, New Zealand, Vanuatu | Categories: History, Long Read | URL: http://wp.me/p2A4RK-1ix Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Vanuatu Daily Digest. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://ift.tt/2cpqAkI Thanks for flying with WordPress.com

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[New post] Constitutional Review Committee hands in report on proposed amendments to Constitution

WordPress.com dailyvanuatu posted: " The Constitutional Review Committee (CRC), established by Parliament earlier this year to review the Bill for the proposed amendment of the Constitution, has handed in its report to the Office of the Speaker of Parliament this week. The CRC was" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on Vanuatu Daily Digest Constitutional Review Committee hands in report on proposed amendments to Constitution by dailyvanuatu The Constitutional Review Committee hands over its report: (L to R) Agnes Tari (secretariat, State Law Office), Christine Lahua (secretariat, State Law Office), Ham Bulu (NUP rep), Hon. Edwin Macreveth (Acting Speaker), Hon. Ralph Regenvanu (Chair and GJP rep) and Hon. Johnny Koanapo (Vice-Chair, and VP rep). Read more of this post dailyvanuatu | September 4, 2016 at 8:00 am | Tags: Constitution, electoral reform, politics, Vanuatu | Categories: The Daily Digest | URL: http://wp.me/p2A4RK-1is Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Vanuatu Daily Digest. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://ift.tt/2bUiH2o Thanks for flying with WordPress.com

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[New post] Unbudgeted allowances cost Govt Vt 64 million

WordPress.com bobmakin posted: " Acting allowances to civil servants have cost the government over Vt 64 million in the past six months – expenses Government had not budgeted for. The Finance Department advised this could mean the sudden reduction of other planned expenditures. The p" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on Vanuatu Daily Digest Unbudgeted allowances cost Govt Vt 64 million by bobmakin Ulei airstrip, Ambrym – site of a land ownership ruling given by a land tribunal made up of just one chief. This ruling has been declared unlawful – see below for more. Acting allowances to civil servants have cost the government over Vt 64 million in the past six months – expenses Government had not budgeted for. The Finance Department advised this could mean the sudden reduction of other planned expenditures. The projected budgets for these allowances were zero, says Radio Vanuatu. It is to be hoped lessons will hereby be learned. Lessons should also be learned from a declaration of kastom land ownership by a council of chiefs which met as a land tribunal but whose decision has been ruled unlawful and quashed Read more of this post bobmakin | September 2, 2016 at 12:53 pm | Tags: education, land, politics, Vanuatu | Categories: The Daily Digest | URL: http://wp.me/p2A4RK-1ij Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Vanuatu Daily Digest. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://ift.tt/2bWZDUD Thanks for flying with WordPress.com

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