Vanuatu

Sponsors of the Van2017 Pacific Mini Games set history yesterday, when they were engaged to plant Sandalwood Trees, under the “Medals for the Environment Program’’.

“Committed to the communities in which it is developing its operations, Pacific Energy is proud to be the Ambassador of the Medals for the Environment program, and to be part of the Legacy Tree Planting,” said Nicolas Leflon, the General Manager of Pacific Energy in Vanuatu.

Wanpela long ol bikpela wok oa projek oli stap insait nau em long lukim olsem igat healthy wei i kamap long ol gavaman departments na ol skul long Vanautu.

Glendin  Illajah, Education Service  Cordinator wantaim Vanautu Edcation Ministry i tok health emi bikpela samting long ol pikinini na dispela plan blong Japanese Interantional Corporation Agensi i gutpela blong halivim long mekim ol skul pikinini igat healthy tingting long skul blong ol.

Dispela plan tu i lukluk long  ol skul long  wanem ol kain drink oli mas salim  ol long canteen blong ol pikinini long baim.

lfira held Mauwia to a one-all draw in the last match of the competition last Saturday.

The team only needed a draw to win.

“Our next focus is the Top Four Competition to find the winner to represent Port Vila in the OFC Champions League in 2018,” said the club’s Vice President Kalpovi Mangawai.

“We know teams like Amicale, Tupuji Imere and the defending champion, Erakor Golden Star will be tough in the Top Four next Saturday and we must now think about next (this) week’s competition which will be tougher than the Digicel Premier League.”

The decision follows the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's passing of a pro-Palestinian resolution in October 2016 that denied Jewish ties to the Temple Mount.

NDMO Director Shadrack Welegtabit said they are also looking into a report of food packages and medicines being out of date or expired.

During the response phases, the NDMO only received reports of injuries sustained by two people in Toga and Merelava.

A statement said the injured people received treatment from medical teams and are reported recovering.

Mr Welegtabit, said the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) will make further enquiries to confirm any information regarding the possibility of fatalities during Tropical Cyclone Donna.

Mr Sope, who had been a longtime supporter for independence in East Timor, was speaking after being awarded the "Order of Timor Leste" in the capital Dili, for his contribution to that country's successful struggle for freedom.

It is the highest honour East Timor can bestow.

RNZI reports Mr Sope has long been an advocate for West Papua and West Papuan self determination

At the end of last year he was pushing for Vanuatu to become a member of the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonisation to counter Indonesia's influence.

While pinning the medal on Mr Sope at a ceremony in Dili, the East Timor President Taur Matan Rauk, a former guerilla fighter against the Indonesian military, thanked him for his support during the struggle for independence.

He told Mr Sope that while fighting in the mountains he heard the Vanuatu politician's voice coming across the ocean.

Mr Sope said to support a people's struggle without setting foot in the country is one thing, but to actually go there after the country had become free from colonial rule was a totally new experience.

Tafak is now in his late 70’s and remembers being a National player for the New Hebrides.

He was very emotional when he was given the opportunity to be one of the guest alongside with the Chief Poilapa Simeon, and to hold the Sagoa, and be part of history.

The Vanuatu Rural Electrification Project II (VREP II), which will be co-funded by the Scaling Up Renewable Energy Programme and the New Zealand government, aims to private nearly 9,000 homes and 37 public buildings – including community halls – with access to renewable energy.

Martin Tete will represent Vanuatu on the team.

A former Solomon Islands prime minister, Sir Francis Billy Hilly will lead the observer team.

Other members are former Fiji president, Ratu Epeli Nailatikau, and Phillipe Ajapunya a member of the political bureau of the FLNKS in New Caledonia.

The MSG was invited to send a team at the invitation of the PNG government.

Polling is scheduled to begin June 24 and end on July 8.