Vanuatu

Samoa won the toss and chose to bat but may have regretted that decision as they lost their first wicket in the first over and the wickets continued to tumble throughout.

At 5 for 23 it was going to take a big recovery for Samoa to post a defendable score and unfortunately their remaining batters were not up to the task.

Vanuatu’s bowlers shared the wickets with player of the match Tony Tamata (2/6 off 5 overs), Obed Yosef (2/1 off 0.4 oers), Stephane Sandy (2/8 off 5 overs) and William Nalisa (2/10 off 4 overs) all picking up two wickets each.

The argument over who owns Matthew and Hunter has flared again, with the Vanuatu government upset that a New Zealand research vessel landed scientists on the islands recently after asking for permission from Noumea, but not Port Vila.

Stuart Kaye, Director and Professor of Law with the Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security tells Bruce Hill the Matthew and Hunter issue has been a sore point ever since Vanuatu achieved independence in 1980, but it's not something that will cause lasting damage to relations.

Vanuatu 2017 and VASANOC (Vanuatu Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee), with the generous assistance of the Carbine Club of Vanuatu, this Friday will be auctioning the 2000 Olympic Games Torch signed by Olympic Gold Medallists Cathy Freeman of Australia in Athletics and Barbra Kendall of New Zealand in Sailing.

The Carbine Club has been operating in other countries for 50 years. It was first founded as a men’s luncheon club in Melbourne in 1961 and is named after the legendary racehorse, Carbine.

From 1980 kasem tedei hem i bin serem tingting blong hem  abaot Vanuatu blong tedei.

Yu save luk diferent kaen sculpture wetem diferent kaen vison : i gat blong mekem pikinini i laf wetem eksample blong rile blong kantri blong mifala.

Wan dugong i gat wan surf planche mo nem blong pis ia hemi lo franis : la traversée légendaire.

Be olsem i gat pis wetem strong tingting long hem blong talem posisen blong hem long narawan artist blong tedei.

The soil was too hard and dry and infertile for gardening. 

When Tropical Cyclone Pam, struck Vanuatu in 2015 and caused serious damage, it flooded and destroyed her land. Thus, she was forced to return to River Valley to recover her plot, walking for more than four hours for a return trip. 

Speaking during a debate of the UN general assembly in New York, a Vanuatu representative said his government continued to receive reports of human rights violations in Papua.

Setareki Waqanitoga said hundreds of Papuans were recently arrested by Indonesian police for holding peaceful demonstrations.

Mr Waqanitoga welcomed acknowledgement of the Papua situation by UN Special Rapporteurs on basic rights.

But he called on the UN Human Rights Council to do more.

Be from wanem i stap olsem ? From wanem everiwan i no toktok Bislama nomo ?

« Apu blong mi hemi bin talem storian blong Lilisepsep , be mi no kasem evrisamting from mi no save stret lanwis» Pikinini blong tedei i mas lanem fulap lanwis.

Taem we pikinini i stap long skul hemi mas lanem franis o inglis , samtaem tugeta,  wetem fren blong hem o taem we hemi go long sto, hemi mas toktok Bislama, be taem we hemi stap long haos hemi mas toktok lanwis wetem famili blong hem.

Be from wanem, evriwan i stap toktok lanwis ?

Mr Ivers is the Technical Director as well as Secretary General of Oceania Judo, and spent four days in Port Vila to have interviews with key judo people in Vanuatu and visiting the Korman venue, where judo matches will take place.

“The building is big and has the perfect size - not too big so it can lose its intimacy, the crowd will be close, and it will bring the excitement, but obviously there’s still a lot of work to do at the venue,” he said.

Also during Mr Dadon’s visit to Vanuatu, he is to meet the Vanuatu Government’s Acting Prime Minister, Joe Natuman.

Given that Mr Dadon has been a youth advocate for a long time, the Vanuatu Ministry of Youth and Sport’s Acting Director, Paul Nalau, seized the opportunity to show him some of what the Ministry is doing for young people in Vanuatu.

The ship, Braveheart, has been carrying around a marine science team around the Matthew and Hunter islands.

The uninhabited islands have been claimed by both Vanuatu and France since 1976, when France annexed them for New Caledonia ahead of Vanuatu being granted independence.

Vanuatu's prime minister, Charlot Salwai, said that the New Zealand team had asked the government in New Caledonia if it could carry out research, but not Vanuatu.

He said the ship was in Vanuatu's waters illegally.