Vanuatu News
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VANUATU, 2017/07/20
Vanuatu’s new hospital, the Mauna operating theatre in Abwatuntora on Pentecost was opened yesterday and has by presently seen its initial patient, a patient who had reportedly travelled several times before to Vila without being treated successfully. The man has presently been operated in the new theatre on is home island and is pleased with the result. Mauna is the dream of North Pentecost chiefs and people and was initial discussed in 2014. The initial clinically qualified surgeon (as well the initial in the country), Dr Richard Leona, was at that conference and shared the dream of the Raga people.
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AUSTRALIA, 2017/07/20
With Australian Government assistance through TVET and the local virgin coconut oil production company, Bella Trading Vanuatu on Ambrym island is improving both quality and quantity of virgin coconut oil production. The Department of Industry has been training in the use of cold press machines given to communities through Australia’s Direct Assistance Programme.
Upskilling is going ahead apace. TVET has been particularly supportive of Ambrym women trying hard to improve their management skills.
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VANUATU, 2017/07/20
The official handover of the Vanuatu Revenue Review final statement looking into reform and modernisation, yesterday, has resulted in excellent coverage in last weekend’s media. Those most closely involved are pleased with the work undertaken.
From the Statement will be drawn conclusions concerning gain tax, and the statement makes it abundantly clear, as does the Statement, that Government Revenue does not meet the billions required of it. Minister Pikioune sees a revenue shortfall instantly of Vt 5 billion. Other Government sources put the figure closer to Vt 2 billion. But a shortfall means something surely has to be done.
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VANUATU, 2017/07/20
The Governments of New Caledonia and Vanuatu are conference as they do annually. Their venue is the National Convention Centre in Port Vila. The Vanuatu Prime Minister and the President of the New Caledonian Government are conducting the bilateral conference to discuss development assistance between the two nations. Radio Vanuatu News did not mention if the issue of Matthew and Hunter islands was on the schedule.
Vanuatu has enjoyed a fruitful relationship with the people of the New Caledonia in terms of economic resources, political support, social funding and human resources, the Prime Minister said. He observed that that relationship should continue between the two nations.
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VANUATU, 2017/07/20
An electoral college will convene to select a new president of Vanuatu on July 3.
The chief of national position was left vacant next President Baldwin Lonsdale died on Saturday. According to a writ issued by the chief justice, nominations for presidential candidates can be filed before next Wednesday. The electoral college will again vote to nominate a candidate.
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CHINA, 2017/07/20
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday sent a congratulatory message to Tallis Obed Moses, Vanuatu's new president.
In the message, Xi said China-Vanuatu relations have maintained sound momentum of development since the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two nations.
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AFGHANISTAN, 2016/12/11
A university education may expand your mind. It will as well fatten your wallet. Data from the OECD, a club of rich nations, show that graduates can expect far better lifetime earnings than those without a degree.
The size of this premium varies. It is greatest in Ireland, which has a high GDP per chief and rising inequality. Since 2000 the unemployment rate for under-35s has swelled to 8% for those with degrees – but to additional than 20% for those without, and nearly 40% for secondary school drop-outs. The country’s wealth presently goes disproportionately to workers with letters next their names.
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NEW ZEALAND, 2015/05/24
Recently, two very powerful and damaging storms have wreaked havoc in the Western Pacific: Cyclone Pam and Typhoon Maysak. These were two of the majority intense storms to impact this region in the completed 15 years and, by some metrics, the worst ever recorded — and they occurred about a month apart. Climate change, once again, was said to have added to their intensity, which has a lot of Pacific Islanders extremely worried.
The belief that climate change will force Pacific Islanders to leave their homes is not new. Currently, there is a pending appeal before the Supreme Court of New Zealand involving an I-Kiribati man who is requesting that he and his family be allowed to remain in New Zealand permanently due to the belief that the people of Kiribati face indirect persecution from human-induced world warming.
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AFGHANISTAN, 2015/01/20
Low oil prices will not provide a sufficient updraught to dispel the clouds hanging over the world economy, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday.
In a sign of its increasing gloom about the medium term economic outlook, the IMF cut its world economic increase forecasts by 0.3 % points for both 2015 and 2016, despite believing cheaper oil represents a “shot in the arm”.
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AFGHANISTAN, 2015/01/20
The richest 1 % are likely to control additional than half of the globe’s total wealth by next year, the charity Oxfam reported in a study released on Monday. The warning about deepening world inequality comes just as the world’s business elite prepare to meet this week at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
The 80 wealthiest people in the world all own $1.9 trillion, the statement found, nearly the same all shared by the 3.5 billion people who occupy the bottom half of the world’s gain scale. (Last year, it took 85 billionaires to equal that figure.) And the richest 1 % of the people, who number in the millions, control nearly half of the world’s total wealth, a share that is as well increasing.
