Vanuatu

In its latest warning, the country's meteorological service says the category four system is currently about 235 kilometres east of Tanna, and 185 kilometres east-northeast of Aneityum.

The cyclone is moving in a southwest direction at 11 kilometres an hour, with winds of 165 kilometres an hour at its centre.

Owners of the company, David Beauchamp and Harry Atisson congratulated the girls for making it to the squad and wished them good luck in Cook Islands.

“We are a new company in town but we already support other sport disciplines in Port Vila, Vanuatu.” Said David Beauchamp.

“We supply uniforms for the Vasanoc team that went to Nanjing Games in China in 2014, the games in Glasgow in Scotland and last year we decorated the team Vanuatu that went to Papua New Guinea Games in 2015.”

The cyclone is moving in a west-southwest direction at 10 kilometres an hour, and is currently about 225 kilometres east-northeast of Aneityum, and 270 kilometres east of Tanna.

Ula has winds of 165 kilometres an hour close to its centre.

Taleo was last month convicted on two counts of dangerous driving after he was involved in two serious accidents with police trucks.

He will be sentenced on the 25th of January.

The ceremony in December is believed to be the first for an inmate, let alone two, to get married to their sweethearts while they remain behind bars.

Current Head Elder of Kaweriki Church Tom Kalo Langitong, who took the two inmates through their Bible studies said one of them had already served six years at the Low Risk Correctional Centre while the other one year.

Rarua told Daily Sports that after much observation he has high expectations of this batch of young girls and believe they can match or even perform better than the bronze wining U20 team from last year.

The 50 years lease agreement has been signed by the Minister of Youth and Sport, Mr. Samson Samsen, VFF President Mr. Lambert Maltock and the Sport Commission chairman Mr. William Nasak at the Youth and Sport Office in Port Vila on Tuesday 5 January.

“I am delighted that VFF has been able to reach an agreement with the Government today.” said  Mr. Maltock.

This year, 183 candidates are standing, with the Electoral Commission expected to release a final list tonight that could potentially add 80 more.

The sole female candidate in Port Vila, Nadia Kanegai, who is standing for the People's Progressive Party of the caretaker prime minister Sato Kilman, says women are keen to participate in politics.

Visions of people from one of the world’s last tribal societies meeting around an active volcano in remote Vanuatu, as if regarding it as a kind of all-knowing spiritual force, ranked among the year’s most memorable films.

The authority was able to reach an agreement with NZ thanks to assistance from the Pacific Horticultural and Agricultural Market Access (PHAMA) Programme.

Throughout the Pacific, woven mats and tapa cloths are used for social, ceremonial and decorative purposes. These handicrafts are often bought by tourists as a cultural memento of the Pacific Country they visited.