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Pacic Partnership 2011 program

ofcially opens today in Luganville

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Vanuatu

celebrating

people and forestPage 2

Vanuatu blong plei from

namba tri ples tede

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Royal celebrationsPage 6

Obama slams birth

claims 'sillinessPage 8

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Govt may also lodgeconstitutional case: PMBy Royson WilliePrime m in ister serge

Vohor stated yesterday that

the Oppositions initiative to

lodge a constitutional peti-

tion has prompted his gov-

ernment to look at doing the

same but this time to ask the

court whether the ormer

prime minister was elect-

ed according to the require-

ments o the constitution.

Vohor said when ormer

Speaker o Parliament,

George Wells, prevent-

ed the media rom making

a live coverage or cover-

ing the election o ormer

prime minister Sato Kilman,

many people did not know

that the election was not

done through secret ballot

as required by the constitu-

tion.

He said while the pub-

lic did not witness this, the

MPs in parliament witnessed

what happened.

He said the ormer prime

minister was declared unop-posed by the Speaker and

declared as prime minister

without ullling the require-

ments under Article 41 o

the constitution which states

that the election o a prime

minister shall be made by

secret ballot.

PM Vohor said he does

not have anything against

ormer prime minister, Sato

Kilman, but because o the

issue o legal challenges to

interpret the constitution, he

believes this is one area that

needs clarication.

I am thinking o ind-

ing a lawyer to le a case in

court to interpret the powers

o a prime minister who was

elected through the proc-

ess o voting and that o a

declared prime minister who

never went through the vot-

ing process.

This does not need a

commission o inquiry into

it because all o us leaders

o this country were in par-

liament at that time and we

witnessed it, Vohor said.

Meanwhile, the prime

minister announced that his

government will be appoint-

ing independent Commis-

sions o Inquiry (COI) thatwi ll look in to ou ts ta nd-

ing issues that include that

o NISCOL, threats to press

reedom, and the copra sub-

sidy.

o To Pge 2

By Jane Joshuathe suPreme Courtwill

sit2pm today to hear a ur-

ther amended urgent Consti-tutional application lodged

by the Opposition bloc,

applying in essence that

the decisions o the First

Respondent (Speaker o

Parliament) and Second

respondent (Republic o

Vanuatu) in decla ring and

removing the First applicant

(MP Sato Kilman) as Prime

Minister o Vanuatu dated

April 24, 2011 as unconstitu-tional and o no legal eect.

The Appellants legal

counsel Thursday aternoon

agreed that the rst Consti-

tutional application was not

val id ater the lodging o

the amended constitutional

application led on Wednes-

day April 27, and asked that

the court intervene and inter-

pret the question o absolute

majority.Chie Justice Vincent Lun-

abek refected that there two

dierent scenarios here- un-

damental rights and breach

o constitutional rights.

In consideration o the

Prime Ministers undamen-

tal rights and provisions

in the constitution Oppo-

sition leader MP Kilman is

maintaining inringement o

seven sections in the Con-stitution, these are section

39(1), 49 (1), 43(2 and 3)

and 5(1) d which in response

the respondents legal coun-

sel said that in light o the

urgency o the case time

is needed to get detailed

extractions rom the Speak-

er o Parliament.

In deliberating the proc-

ess and relevance o the 12

Opposition MPs who arethe second applicants, the

inringement o constitution-

al rights and that they were

appointed by the Prime Min-

ister, they were removed

as second applicants in the

case.

o To Pge 2

Constitutional or unconstitutional? 12 applicants crossed out in urgent Constitutional application as Supreme Court sits to interpret absolute majority

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[ 2 ]vanuatu Daily Post | Friday April 29, 2011

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General situation:A low pressure, north of NewZealand, extends a trough to thesoutheast of Vanuatu, while aridge of high pressure existsover the southern group.

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Forecast for today:Cloudy conditions with few showers and thun-der expected over the group. Light to moderatenortheast, east and southeast winds persistthroughout.

Yesterdays record-ed weather variables

(8am-8am)Sola

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Pekoa(Santo)

Lamap(Malekula)

Bauerfield(Vila)

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Rainfall (mm) 0.2 NIL 4.0 NIL Trace NIL NIL

Max. Temp (c) 32.0 21.0 30.5 /// //// 30.0 30.2

Min. Temp (c) 21.5 23.0 21.5 24.7 22.9 17.0 22.0

Mariners:E/NE winds 12/17 knots expect-ed over the northern and centralwaters while E/SE winds 12/17knots over the channel andsouthern waters; light to mod-erate seas to 1.0 metre.

Compiled byThompson MarangoVanuatu willbe joiningother countries around the world

to celebrate this year 2011 as

the International Day o Forests.

The launching will be ociated

today at the Le Lagoon Resort in

Port Vila.

The launching will kick start

activities that Vanuatu will beimplementing to raise aware-

ness about the three main goals

that have been identied to be

promoted; importance o the or-

est, ways to protect and develop

orests and their resources, the

importance o reorestation, and

the proper ways to plant trees.

The importance of forests

Forest which covers a third

o our planets land ullls many

roles such as providing renew-

able raw materials and ener-gy, maintaining biodiversity,

and protecting land and water

resources. To mention a ew

major ones, orest is the source

o ood, clean water, clean air,

shelter, shade, irewood, etc

According to acts, the live-

lihoods o 1.6 billion people

depend on orests, over 40% o

the worlds oxygen is produced

by rainorests, orests are home

to 80% o the worlds terrestri-

al biodiversity, more than a quar-ter o modern medicines, worth

an estimated US$ 108 billion a

year, originate rom tropical or-

est plants.

Protect and develop the forestDue to their importance,

orests have to be protected

to ensure the sustainability o

its benets. To mark the Inter-

national Year o Forest people

are encouraged to take care

o the orests by minimizing

orest clearance. Avoid mak-ing gardening on hilly plac-

es, because cutting down trees

in such areas can lead to land-

slides. Trees along riverbanks

and river mouth should not be

cut down.

ReforestationReorestation is the restock-

ing o existing orests and

replanting o tree that have

been depleted, an eect o

deorestation. Reorestation

can be used to improve thequality o human lie by soak-

ing up pollution and dust rom

the air, rebuild natural habitats

and ecosystems, mitigate global

warming since orests acilitate

biosequestration o atmospheric

carbon dioxide, and harvest or

resources, particularly timber.

2011 was declared as Inter-

national Year o Forests by the

Unites Nations General Assem-

bly to raise awareness on

sustainable management, con-servation and sustainable devel-

opment o all types o orests.

Vanuatu to celebrate people and forest

o From Front PageHe said the Council o Minis-

ters has agreed in principle that

the persons that will be in the

COIs will be proessionals and

know what they are doing but

not those who have conficts o

interest or have outstanding inthe institution that will compro-

mise their position.

These he said may include

academics and those who have

knowledge o the Companies

Act, which companies such as

NISCOL are registered under.

He said i this independent

COI inds that there are areas

that need needs the attention o

the law then so be it as no one

is above the law.

In the area o press reedom,

Vohor said being one o the

leaders who initiated Compre-

hensive Reorm Program (CRP)

o which one o its principles is

good governance, the people

must be shown a good example

o how a country is governed

where people know that their

rights are protected. He said it

is true that media must always

be balance in their reporting buthe is one o those that supports

press reedom.

He said reports that a media

organisation is looking at bring-

ing in an overseas prosecutor

to deal with its case is a serious

issue that does not refect well

not only on the government but

the law-enorcing arm o the

government.

He said i there are set-

backs, especially in the judicial

sector that prevent the law to

take its ull course then he will

make sure these obstacles are

removed.

Govt may also lodgeconstitutional case: PM

t h e c o m m u n i t i e s o fMotalava in Torba province

have realised the importance

o natural disaster preven-

tion, preparedness and miti-

gation.

The community disaster

action work was taken place

during the second week oApril in the village o Neren-

ingman and in Rah Island.

The activities carried out

were: the replant o trees on

the coastal line, the digging

o drainage in lood prone

areas and the creation o rub-

bish disposal.

Chie Laurent Jean, chair-

man o Motalava council o

chies, said that Vanuatu Red

Cross engagement with his

people in Motalava is crucial

as it helps educate the com-

munity to not only ocus on

development but also to con-

sider disaster risk that the

community is exposed to aspart o their own develop-

ment. The community disas-

ter action plan are integrated

into the chies 10 years work

plan and thus much ocus is

now put in place to ensure

ull completion o the action

plan implementation.

The three targeted com-

munities in Motalava have

inserted the action plan into

the chie yearly plan. The

days allocated to the chies

are Monday and Friday.

However, the chies have

agreed that the action plan

be implemented as soon as

possible to increase the com-

munity resilience. The com-

munities o Motalava are

overwhelmed with commu-

nity commitments and it isor these reasons the chies

have allocate a day to the

community to work on their

action plan.

Al l Co mm un it y Di sa s-

ter Committees Chairmen

work closely with the chies

to ensure that the chies are

well inormed o the activi-

ties. It then becomes the duty

o the chies to make the

announcement in the village

to make people aware. The

last announcement is done

on Sunday during the church

service by the church repre-

sentatives.

The people o Motalava

are known or their willing-

ness and enthusiasm when it

comes to community activi-

ty. The people highly respectand cherish the chies deci-

sions which thereore become

a bond o solidarity between

the chies and their people.

The community, with

the strong support rom the

chies, is very involved in

the implementation o their

action plan.

The involvement o women

during the implementation o

the action plan varies accord-

ing to the intensity o the

workload. However, women

express their participation in

dierent ways such as pre-

paring o oods or men who

work or they wou ld bring

water to men when they are

thirsty, etc.

The chies o the communi-

ties in Motalava acknowledgeand praise the Vanuatu Red

Cross or supplying to them

the disaster tools which the

community was able to use to

implement the disaster action

plan. The chies encourage

the community to always pri-

oritise and consider the dis-

aster action plan o the three

communities to ensure that it

is being implemented or the

benet o the community.

This project, unded by

the European Commissions

Humanitarian Aid Depart-

ment, has the objective o

limiting the vulnerabili-

ty o outlying, inaccessible

and resourceless commu-

nities.

Motalava implements its Disaster Action plan

The community of Rah working on their ne wly evacuation route

o From Front PageThe urgent (amended) con-

stitutional application led on

27 April, raises important con-

stitutional and undamental

rights in the constitution, the

Chie Justice said.

In particular the execu-

tive government and legisla-

tive branch, warranting urgent

attention by the Supreme Court

hence the ollowing manage-

ment orders are issued:

The Appellants counsel to

serve in sequential relevance

the amended urgent constitu-

tional application.

The Appellants counsel

shall ile and serve a urther

amended urgent constitution-

al application, with the con-

stitutional provisions that are

alleged to have been inringed

in relation to the irst appli-

cant by 5pm Thursday (yester-

day).

The 2nd Applicants in the

amended application are no

longer parties in the nature o

this constitutional case, and

The respondents legal

counsel will ile their sworn

statement(s) and ile their

response at 10am today.

Constitutional orunconstitutional?


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vanuatu Daily Post | Friday April 28, 2011 [ 3 ]

By Jane Joshuachief ju s tic e V inc ent

Lunabek has adjourned theVanuaaku Pati (VP) trial to

May 16-23.

Day three o the VP trial

Thursday morning heard the

deence counsel in the VP case

indicating that there is a likeli-

hood that it will be cross exam-

ining only 10 o the 12 existing

witnesses p resented by the

Claimants counsel.Deence lawyer Silas Hakwa

told the Supreme Court that it

is likely that there are two who

will not be cross examined,

they are: Finance Minister and

Eate MP Bakoa Kaltongga and

MP or Maewo constituency

Philip Boedero.

From the claimants counsel,

Edward Nalyal will be ling inthree sworn statements by May

5, 2011, specically:

Reply to sworn statement

o Isabelle Kalo which was led

on April 27, 2011.

Statement of Jessy Dick in

relation to the drating o the

VP Congress resolutions on

Ira and;

Statement of Christina Wilson in relation to the events

surrounding the drating o the

Ira Congress resolutions and

new sub committees at the Ira

congress.

The Supreme Court heard

that the deendants will ile

and serve the sworn statements

o Jessy Dick and Christina

Wilson by May 12,2011.Andthe claimant will le and serve

a sworn statement in reply (i

any) by May 13.

The deence legal coun-

sel had no objection to the

adjournment and indicated that

it will be ling a reply to sworn

statements (II) and (III).

Chie Justice Lunabek has

indicated that the Court seesthat the case must be sorted

out as soon as possible thus

the trial adjournment to May

16-23 while other matters on

that date are put aside; hence

the legal counsels are expected

to be on top o things.

VP trial adjourned to May 16

By Thompson Marangom a y 1 , t h i s c o m i n gSunday is Labour Day there-

ore the Oice o the Pres-ident o the Republic has

declared that according to

Public Holiday Act Cap 114

Section 3, Monday the 2nd

will be obse rved as publ ic

holiday.

This years Labour Day will

be celebrated with the ocial

launching o the rst ever Tri-

partite Labour Advisory Coun-

cil since Independence.

Labour Commissioner,

Lionel Kalwat is inviting all

public servants who are work-

ers themselves with their pri-

vate sector colleagues to join

the celebration and witnessthe ocial launching o the

Tripartite Labour Advisory

Council.

To commemorate the day

there will be a march at

8am led by the VMF Band

rom Trader Vics to Saralana

Stage. Invitations have been

sent out to all private com-

panies to participate with

their company banners and

uniorms. All government

departments are also asked

to join in the march with

their respective department

banner i possible.

Since it is a Sunday, theVCC wil l be con duc ting a

mass service or all workers,

employers and government

at Saralana Stage at about

9.30am at the end o the

march there will be reresh-

ments and inger tips ater

the service and inspection o

inormation booths erected

by workers, employers and

government or inormation

awareness about tripartism

and decent work.

Labour Day Sunday, Mondaydeclared public holiday

Compiled by Colson WaritheofficialopeningofthePacic Partnership 2011 pro-

gram will take place today

at the Subenatavuitano

Nakamal at the Sanma pro-

vincial ground.

The ceremony is sched-

uled to start at 10am with

the inclusion o music and

speeches by Vanuatu ocials

and the Pacic Partner 2011

commander.

The ceremony will beextended to a reception

onboard the HMNZS Canter-

bury, a New Zealand Deence

Force rigate which arrived

in Luganville Wednesday this

week with supplies and mili-

tary equipment including hel-

icopters to be used during the

six-week program.

The military vessels have

arrived in Luganville or

the program which include

HMNZS Canterbury which

was rst to arrive, USS Cleve-

land, HMAS Balikpapan and

HMAS Betano.

On board the USS Cleve-

land there is a total o 400crew members, 2 Mh-60S hel-

icopters, 1 land crat, utility,

57-ton trucks and our long

wheel base jeeps and onboard

the HMZS Canterbury there is

a total o 100 crew, 1 SA0330

Puma helicopter(French

detachment), 2 landing crat

and 12 medium trucks.

For HMAS Balikpapan and

HMAS Betano there are a

total o 13 crews with deploy-

able geospatial survey team.

The United States o

America prov ide the l argest

number o medical personal

with 130 person in the medi-

cal team, New Zealand has a

total o 28 and Australia has

a total o 19 person medical

contingent.

The partnership programhave already started or the

past two weeks with com-

bination o Vanuatu Mobile

Forces rom Port Vila and

Luganville teaming up with

Am er ic an an d Ne w Ze a-

land personals to carry rep-

aration and instalment o

school acilities mainly class-

rooms and toilets at Banban,

Kamewa and schools in the

rural areas.

At the conerence organ-

ised with heads o the Public

Service Department in Lugan-

ville Thursday and Capt Jesse

Wilson, USN (Commander

Destroyer Squadron 23) andhis counterparts rom New

Zealand and Australiana stat-

ed they are excited and look-

ing orward to working side

by side with their Vanuatu

counterparts to improve rela-

tionships as well to services in

the communities and develop

capabilities in coalition opera-

tions and disaster response.

They also spoke highly o

Santos history as it was big-

gest US military based in

World War 11 and added

Santo has a beautiul scenac-

ery and riendly people.

With all partner countries

now have arrived in Santo,

it expected Luganville is very

busy and many people.

Paciic Partnership is an

annual deployment o orcesrom the Paciic Fleet o the

United States Navy (USN),

in cooperation with region-

al governments and military

orces, along with humani-

tarian and non government

organisation.

The deployment was con-

ceived ollowing the 2004

Indian Oceania earthquake

and tsunmai, as a way to

improve the interoperability

o the regions military orces,

governments, and humanitar-

ian organisations during dis-

aster relie operations, while

providing humanitarian, med-

ical, dental, and engineeringassistance to nations o the

Paciic, and strengthening

relationships and security ties

between the nations.

The deployment is typically

based around an amphibious

warare vessel or hospital ship

o the USNs Pacic Fleet.

Pacic Partnership 2011

program ofcially openstoday in Luganville

10 witnesses likely to be cross examine in VP case

A custom land owner from Mele is making his point in no uncertain terms on this sign

near Hideaway landing.


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[4 ]vanuatu Daily Post| Friday April 28, 2011

"DEVELOPING ETHICS AND CITIZENSHIP IN VANUATU THROUGH AND WITH THE MEDIA" IS A PROJECT FUNDED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION

1. Pr osecution of people whoassaulted Daily Post publisher: We

understand that the accused

that were photographed at

the premises o the DP have

been charged and should

appear in Court.2. Coroners Report: Death of John

Bule in custody: We have written

to the Police or an update

on the case but we have not

received any response. How-

ever, we can report the ormerMinister o Justice, Ralph Regen-vanu conrmed that the Com-mission o Inquiry appointed

last week will continue its

enquiry into late John Bule's

death and the Coroners Report

recommendations. The aim o

the Commission is to enquire

into the extent to which the

police and law enorcement

authorities have complied

with the recommendations

o the Coroner and to a ur-

ther extent, whether the Pub-

lic Prosecutor has prosecuted

anyone as a result o the said

ndings. The report is due

in 7 weeks.

3. Blacksands and Paray Bay Fish

Processing Plants EIA Report: Still

no news rom the Dept. oEnvironment ollowing a ur-

ther request or an update.

4. Disciplinary Action for Govern-

ment Director for causing damage toG-Vehicle: Transparency sent

a letter 2 weeks ago to the

PSC for an update -. We have

been advised by the PSC this

week by telephone that they

are still waiting or a report

rom the DG o Finance. PSC

stated that it is at the dis-

cretion o the DG whether

or not a report is led. They

also reported that it was only

a minor accident and the pic-

ture taken and published in

the media was a ake and this

might be a reason why the

DG is adamant to take any

action. However, it was con-

rmed by the Daily Post that

the picture published was

sent to them by a sta rom

the Finance Dept.

5. The hearing of the corruption

case against David Moses, the formerland Ofcer was held on the 14th of

April 2011. The matter has

been adjourned to 19 May

2011 at 9:00 am.

6. O m bu dsm a n R e po r t s :

We have had no response from the

Ombudsmans ofce following a let-ter sent from Transparency request-

ing an update and why there hasbeen no annual reports issued since

2002 from this Ofce.7. ALAC: the complaint oce

o Transparency Vanuatu has

a budget o only VT3.5 mil-

lion per year with limited

stang. We can advise, the ALAC

ofce is still currently receiving newcomplaints daily.

8. 8 Civil Cases:NO JUDGMENTS- We have written to the

Update on the Questions Transparencyhas asked over the last several weeks

transparency Vanuatuwould like to congratulate

the Young Lie Band who were

selected as one o the 3 Bandsto win the International Anti-

Corruption Music Competition

rom 113 artists rom 30 plus

countries.

This is a major achievement

not only or the Band but or

the people o Vanuatu.

Transparency Vanuatu has

been a long time supporter and

advocator o Good Governance

in the country and will contin-

ue to work together with youthgroups such as Young Lie to

continue to advocate these

issues o good governance and

anti-corruption throughout the

country and beyond.

Transparency Vanuatus

Youth or Change represent-

ative Tito Elise also accompa-

nied the group to Kenya. Mr.

Tito was accepted under the

Global Youth Anti-Corruption

Network to attend the 2ndAnnual Forum.

In support o the Young Lie

Band, TV arranged the printing

o T-shirts or the seven band

members and presented these

to the Group at their recent

undraiser.

o To Page 6

Transparency Vanuatu donateT-Shirts to Young Life Band

TV staff member handing over T-Shirts to Young Life Lead Singer Mr. Arno Robert (Right)

Chie Registrar (8 weeks

ago) to enquire o the judg-

ments reported on regard-

ing 8 Civil Cases that should

have been issued by the

Court. We have received no

answer.1) Kalo v- Kalo and Albert Civil

Case No. 111 of 20072) Land Appeal Case No. 58 of

20043) Civil Case 42 of 2007

4) Civil Case 24 of 2007

5) Civil Case 44 of 20086) Civil Case 17 of 1999

7) Civil Case 50 of 20068) Civi l Case 36 of 2006

Other Civil Cases waiting for judg-

ments:9) Civil Case No. 294 of 2004

10) Civil Case No.188 of 200611) Civil Case No.3 of 2009

12) Civil Case No. 36 of 200113) Civil Case No. 205 of 2003

14) Civil Case No.112 of 199915) Civil Case No. 91 of 1999

16) Ombudsmans Civil Case

No.85 and 104 of 1997

17) Civil Case No.6 of 200818) Civil Case No.116 of 1994

19) Civil Ap peal Case No.31 of2008

20) Civil Case 24 of 200521) Civil Case No.121 of 1997

22) Civil Case No. 157 of 2002



27) Criminal Case: PP v. Stew-

art McEwenSuccessul discussions

have been held earlier this

month with the ormer Min-

ister o Justice and TV-ALAC

staff. We can report all cases

will now be ollowed up by

the Ministry. We will keep

you updated.

10 . Warrants of Arrest:

The Supreme Court hearingwas held on 11 April 2011

and will be called again on

3 May 2011. We will keep

you updated ollowing thi s

hearing but still no arrests

have yet been made NOR no

Police attended the Court on

11 April 2011 to explain the

reasons or the delay.

If people are waiting for judg-

ments or new cases to be scheduled,

please contact us so that we may addthem to the list.

We will keep you updated whetherTransparency receives any response.


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VANUATUDAILYPOSTFriday April 29 2011[5]

ARIES(Mar. 21- April 20)You could be cornered, so be

prepared to tell the truth. You may be

ill-treated if you have to deal with

institutional environments.

TAURUS(Apr. 21- may 21)Your charm will attract someone

special. Discord could be unnerving.

GEMINI (May 22-June21)You can make major gains

professionally by completing

projects on time. You'll find it easy to

deal with government agencies or

large institutions.

CANCER(June22-July22)You will be accident prone if you

aren't careful today. Your high energy

will enable you to take the role of

leader in group functions.

LEO(July 23-Aug22)Your involvement with groups will

raise your self esteem. Partnershipsmay be strained if one of you has

been erratic and hard to deal with.

VIRGO(Aug. 23-Sept. 23)The locks, stove, gas, or electric

wires may not be secure.

LIBRA(Sept. 24 -Oct. 23)You should spend your day trying to

get things completed at work.

SCORPIO(Oct. 24 - Nov. 22)Mingle with individuals who are

established and can give you some

serious insight into business and

future trends.

SAGITTARIUS(Nov. 23-Dec. 21)You will do well with clients today.

Try to stay calm and understand

both sides of the situation.

CAPRICORN(Dec 22.- Jan. 20)Compromise if you have to, to avoid

verbal battles. You will have the

getup and go to contribute a great

deal to groups of interest.

AQUARIUS(Jan. 21-Feb. 19)Try to include friends and relatives

in your activities.

PISCES(Feb. 20-Mar. 20)Don't be too quick to judge your

position or surroundings at work.

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Dear Editor,

Why can't there be raised hands

in the election of Serge Vohor as

Prime Minister?

Did Royson Willie actually eye-

witness Korman's vote for Serge

Vohor?

Did Korman tell Royson about his

vote?

If so, did Royson believe Korman's

words?

Jim.E.Taso

Secret Ballot

Editor's Note:

When Serge Vohor was elected as Prime Minister, only 27 members of

parliament were present in the parliament chamber after a roll call of MPs

because the government side boycotted the election process. Only those 27

MPs went through the procedure of Secret Ballot including Speaker of Par-liament, Maxime Carlot Korman. There were 26 MPs on the floor and the

27th was the Speaker of Parliament, Korman. There were 27 votes for Vohor

as Prime Minister when the votes were read out in parliament. So the 27th

vote was Korman's vote.

Dear Editor,

On Sunday 24 April, 2011 I lis-

tened to the selected MPs becoming

Ministers and taking their oath of

allegiance. I do not know whether

they really know the true meaning

of the words in the oath or not,

because if they do the government

would be stable during the term of

1 parliament.

No they do not know the meaning

of the oath. That is why Vanuatu hasso many changes of government.

MPs also take oath of allegiance

after winning an election. They

swear to treat everyone without

fear or favor but what a bunch of

lies. They do exactly the opposite for

personal glory void of any public

interest consideration.

Personal and Political interest

reign supreme in Vanuatu politics. I

say this because if you look at the

campaign platform of all the politi-

cal groupings you would see that

they promise development. Succes-

sive governments have not demon-

strated any major difference apart

from the person being the Prime

Minister and Minister so why the

change? What are the major differ-

ences in political ideology? Non, non

at all.

Same number or more politicalappointees, commission of enquiry

into the running of government com-

panies and other petty politics such

as sharing of salaries between non-

on-location employees, number hus-

tling like cattle rustling and

continuous disregard of the oath

allegiance by treating people with

fear and favor the majority of time,

times and time and times.

But in Vanuatu petty politics back

stabbing, sleeping with the torturers

of our Melanesian brothers and sis-

ters in West Papua, allowing politi-

cal arm twisting by Australia, and

many more political innuendos

occur at the expense of the public

purse.

Vanuatu seems to have no princi-

ples any more. But we voted them

into office and pay them for every

bad thing they have done and con-tinue to do. In fact they believe they

are God's gift to Vanuatu and they

could not be more wrong. Show

them we are the boss in the next

election or maybe the public will

succumb to the same old maus

wora again come next election.

Thomson Pakoa Matokai Kokona

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vanuatu Daily Post| Friday April 28, 2011 [ 5 ]

o From Page 4It has become a real con-

cern that since 1991, an

ongoing trend o both past

and present governments

stained by countless motions

o no condence is something

we all should be concerned

about.

Even though we live in

a democracy, why is it now

becoming a habit or Vanuatu

politics that whenever a gov-

ernment comes into power,

we always have the Opposi-

tion, moving a motion o no

condence based on political

power struggle or portolios

rather than or developmentneeds o the people?

This ongoing trend is

seriously undermining the

nation's progress and it does

not look like it is in the inter-

est o our national aspira-

tions at all and the wishes o

the voters who have put them

there.It is evident among the

ordinary Ni-Vanuatu that peo-

ple are ed up o motions o

no condence in parliament

or simply the abuse o tax

payers' money, deteriorating

trust o parliamentarians and

less progress in development

and peace.

Unless parliamentari-

ans address this problem

o political party instabili-

ty by crossing loors, there

will continually be increasing

issues o governance crisis in

the uture and this ongoing

trend o removing one gov-ernment out and replacing it

with another, will simply be

the kind o politics that will

never get this country any

urther.

This is a serious matter to

deal with because it will ulti-

mately in the end, aect the

kind o economic develop-ment growth that we aspire

or and this means more tax-

payers money will have to be

drained.

We need a government

that is transparent, accounta-

ble, and one that respects the

wishes of people. We need

MPs who work together across

party lines on behal o all the

Vanuatu people but not those

that pursue their own person-

al agendas and greed.

Vanuatu has a long record

o instability and the motions

o no conidences signi-

y the abuse o parliamenta-

ry democracy that politicianshave oten taken advantage

o over the years.

In act we have learned

rom previous and past politi-

cal crises and rom neighbour-

ing countries, that whenever

there is a weak political party

system in place and rampant

issues o corruption, it is like-ly that more bigger problems

would occur that can lead to

social unrest.

Democracy indeed dic-

tates economic prosperity but

where is this promised pros-

perity i political party mem-

bers keep on acting as i there

is a personal war going on

between two actions who

have been all but caught up in

their own personal disputes?

It is important to learn

rom the past and to acknowl-

edge that as a nation, it was

because o our government's

lack o good governance that

had ultimately brought aboutthe Comprehensive Reorm

Program (CRP) that have

now put burden on ordinary

people to repay the loan o

Vt2 billion.

Thus good governance is

what this country needs in

order or stability to occur

and political parties stabili-ty in parliament, is where we

should begin with.

It is a trend that is weak-

ening our resolve to polit-

ical maturity and it will be

our weakness in the ace o

increasing and mounting

pressure, rom our own per-

sonal demands and expec-

tations upon the MP's in the

uture.

People need to be aware

that the more they elect MPs

who are in the habit o cross-

ing loors they risk eective

government perormance in

the long run. MPs crossing

foors and changing politicalaliation unnecessarily and

without legitimate reasons is

just unacceptable.

This ongoing political

changes and maneuvering

means allowing a downward

spiral trend to develop with

increasing risks attached to

it. People need to know thatevery time there is a change

in government, over Vt5 mil-

lion o taxpayers money is

spent to pay ormer Ministers

and their sta.

With the current political

situation where numbers rom

the Government and Oppo-

sition side are airly unsta-

ble, anything could happen

with the possibility o anoth-

er motion.

In act, there are two real

practical solutions i we do

not want this to continue

into the uture. It needs the

political will o all political

leaders to make changes inthe Constitution that would

cater or more stability such

as limiting the number o

political parties and provi-

sions regulating MPs cross-

ing the loor and also or

voters to make wise and bet-

ter choices when voting.

How many more Motions of No Condences before the 2012 General Election?Transparency

thetimingisrightnow, princeWilliam said as he formally introduced

his ancee to the world.

The British Prime Minister, David

Cameron, says the royal nuptials will be

a great day o national celebration.

Its great to have a piece o unadul-

terated good news that everyone can cel-

ebrate, Mr Cameron said when asked

about the need or Britain to come

together in the wake o austerity meas-

ures.

Previous royal occasions, such as

that of Prince Williams parents PrinceCharles and Lady Diana Spencer in

1981, and Queen Elizabeths corona-

tion in 1953 or the jubilees o 1977

and 2002, have seen huge celebrations

across the country.

Such events also generate greater

interest in the royals, with the tourism

industry expected to be a winner.

Sandie Dawe, chie executive o tour-

ism agency VisitBritain, says the wedding

will be an enormous boost or Britains

industry.

She says monarch-related attractions

usually generate more than $US800 mil-

lion a year or the tourism industry.

We would expect that in a royal wed-

ding year we would do even better than

that.

Millions o people around the world

are certain to see the wedding as the per-

ect moment to come to Britain to see

the young royals.

David Cottle, a columunist with Dow

Jones Newswires, says that with Brit-

ain in trouble...its time to play the last

ace.

A royal wedding will be big money

spinner or the UK economy, he wrote.

Think o the memorabilia, the mag-

azines, the tourist tat adorned with pic-

tures o the happy couple; billions o

pounds worth coming up.

Royal successionThe marriage of Prince William and

Kate Middleton has reignited Britains

desire to reorm ancient succession

laws.

Under the 300-year-old law presently

in place, Prince William and his ancees

rst-born son would eventually become

king, even i he had an older sister.

Under the 1701 Act o Settlement,

male royal heirs have prior claim to the

throne, which also bans the monarchrom marrying a Catholic.

Buckingham Palace has declined to

comment on the issue, saying it is a mat-

ter or the government.

Britains Queen Elizabeth II came to

the throne because she had no brothers.

The prime minister says he backs

changes to a law on royal succession and

the Catholic marriage-ban.

In principle, I think both changes

should be made, Mr Cameron told BBC

radio.

But it will take time because its not

our decision, its a decision or others as

well.

We ought to have proper discussions

with other countries.

We have to recognise that the Queen

is not only the queen o the United King-

dom but also o many other jurisdic-

tions.

It remains to be seen what the uture

holds for Prince William and Kate Mid-

dleton, and indeed, a country struggling

to come back rom nancial crisis.

Apart rom the predicted bad weath-

er, there will be little gloom on Friday as

Britain - and the world - raises a symbol-

ic toast to the happy couple.

Radio Australia

Royal celebrationThe wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton today April 29 is likely to give Britain a much-needed boost, and herald

the start of royal succession law reform. After years of economic woes, the highly-anticipated royal wedding has given

the country a timely distraction: the king-in-waiting Prince William will nally make Kate Middleton his queen.


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Hagar tHe Horrible

R e g i o n a l N ew s

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vanuatu Daily Post| Friday April 29 , 2011 [ 7 ]

Today in

history April 29

1429

Joan o Arc entered thecity o Orlans. Shewould end its months-long siege and wouldbecome known as theMaid o Orlans.1916

The Easter rebellionin Ireland ended withthe surrender o Irishnationalists.1945

American soldiersliberated the Dachauconcentration camp.1978

Japans Naomi Uemura,traveling by sled dog,became the frst personto reach the North Polealone.1980

Film director AlredHitchcock died at age o80.1986

Pitcher Roger Clemensset a major leaguebaseball record bystriking out 20 batters in a

regular nine-inning game.He repeated his eat in1996.

Solution to your Sudoku puzzle

Niue

F.Polynesia

Marshalls

Niue

Australia

NiueaNsgotothepollsoN

Saturday week but six o the

14 village seats have already

been decided with just a sin-

gle candidate contesting.

The six are all current

MPs - Andrew Funaki in

Tamakautoga, Billy Talagi

in Avatele, Vaieas Talaiti-

tama Talaiti, Likus Pokotoa

Sipeli, Jack Willie Lipitoa o

Namukulu and Fisa Pihigia

o Tuapa.

The chie electoral ocer,

Justin Kampala, says there

are 17 candidates to contest

the six common roll seats o

the 20-member assembly.

This group includes the

premier Toke Talagi, cabinet

minister Togia Sioneholo,

the ormer high commission-

er to New Zealand, Grace

Sisilia Talagi, and veteran

opposition MP, Terry Coe.

A o rmer premi er Young

Vivian aces two challenges

in his seat o Hakupu.

RNZI

Niue prepares forgeneral election

a 12-year-old iNdiaNgirlis

fying into Australias ar north

to swim twenty kilometres in a

crocodile-inested lake.

Swapnal i Yadav wi l l

become the youngest person

to take part in the Lake Argyle

Swim on the weekend.

The annual event will see

more than 60 swimmers take

to the lake, which is home to

about 30,000 crocodiles.

The event organiser ,

Taneille Anderson, says the

Mumbai schoolgirl does not

seem azed by the prospect.

She is quite conident,

she said.

Her swimming history is

amazing - shes been swim-

ming long distance since she

was 8 or 9-years old, and her

times are competitive.

The swimmers will be ol-

lowed by paddle boats, and

paramedics will be on hand.

However, organisers say

the reshwater crocodiles are

not considered a risk.

Radio Australia

More than 60 people will swim Lake Argyle, which is h ome to about 30,000 crocodiles.

[Department of Environment and Conservation]

indn schoolgrl prepres

for austrln lke swm

FreNch polyNesiasFormer

economic reconversion min-

ister, Teva Rohritsch, has

resigned rom the assem-

bly, saying he will pursue a

career in the private sector.Mr Rohritsch was sacked

as minister by Gaston Tong

Sang in March while attend-

ing an international coner-

ence in New Caledonia.

A te r la st mo nt h s a ll

o the government, Mr

Rohritch was to be returned

to his assembly seat in June

but he has told a news con-

erence in Tahiti that hewont come back.

He says the seat belongs

to the Tahoeraa Huiraatira

Party on whose list he was

elected three years ago but

rom which he resigned in

2009 to stay on as govern-

ment minister.

A te r hi s sa ck in g la st

m on th , Mr R oh r i t s c h

launched a citizens move-ment to express his rusta-

tion at the political impasse

and urging or a way out o

the economic crisis.

RNZI

Rohfritsch relinquishesFrench Polynesia politics

aN americaNlawyerwho

has worked in the Micronesia

area since the 1970s has been

charged with tax evasion by

the Marshall Islands Attorney

Generals oce.

The Prosecutor, Jack Jor-

bon, revised a tax-related

criminal case against DavidLowe, reducing the number

o charges rom 153 to 86.

However, he added a new

charge that aims to prevent

Mr Lowe rom practicing law

in the Marshall Islands.

Mr Lowe, who is based in

Caliornia, is the lawyer o a

ormer Marshall Islands Pres-

ident and paramount chie

Imata Kabua.

He has also represented

many high-proile clients in

the Marshalls when he was

a public deender during

the US administration o theMicronesia area when it was

a Trust Territory.

Mr Lowe is alleged to have

paid no Marshall Islands taxes

rom 2005 to 2011.

RNZI

Marshalls AG charges American

lawyer with tax evasion

a FormerpremieroF Niue,

Young Vivi an, says h e has

reservations about the major

tourism development being

driven by the New Zealand

government.

Tens o millions o dollars

is to be spent to improveaccommodation and inra-

structure as the New Zea-

land government believes

creating a viable tourism

industry will give Niue inde-

pendence.

But Mr Vivian, who is

running or par l iament

again in next weeks general

election, is not so sure.

He says to give a sense

o condence to the people

that the country has a uture

he wants to help peoplerepair their houses, encour-

age them to grow gardens

and ruit trees, and not be

reliant on outside help.

When you give a sense

o independence, you give

them conidence that they

could stay here and sur-

vi ve her e and hav e qui te

a peaceul way o lie, but

i youre going to see the

other people coming and

taking the top jobs, manag-

ing the tourist industry andbuilding buildings by people

rom overseas, we are going

to be let behind, picking up

the crumbs.

RNZI

Former Niue premier Young questions tourism plan


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vanuatu Daily Post| Friday April 29, 2011 [ 9 ]

A u t h o r i t i e s A r econsidering cutting up the car-

cass o a 10m sperm whale,

which is attracting sharks to

Sydneys Newport Beach.The body o the wedged

amphibian has drawn schools

o sharks to the popular sur-

ing spot, orcing the beach to

be closed.

Local residents are lock-

ing to the scene, but not or

long, as the smell o rotting

esh wats throughout nearby

Newport village.

Sur rescue sta are orbid-

ding surers rom entering the

water.

The whale, estimated to

weigh 12 tonnes, was irst

sighted o nearby Long Ree

on Sunday.

Sharks were spotted ravag-ing the carcass.

The whale was without a tail

and had chunks o esh miss-

ing when it washed ashore on

Tuesday morning.

The National Parks and

Wildlie Service has cordoned

o the entrance to the rocks at

the northern end o Newport

Beach.Oicials have hoped since

Tuesday that high tides would

wash the carcass back out to

sea.

That has not happened.

Blood rom the whale is run-

ning out to sea, luring sharks,

visible rom shore, to the area.

A tu g- o -w ar be tw ee n

National Parks and WildlieService, ORRCA and Broken

Bay Water Police has caused

the three-day delay in action.

The Australian Online was

told at the scene by a National

Parks and Wildlie ofcer that

the missing tail made it virtual-

ly impossible to tow.

Dissecting the body is

the most likely option or the15-year-old sperm whale.

It was measured at 10.1m

on Tuesday but would be 12m

with a tail.

It was wedged into the cli

at the northern end o Newport

Beach today.

The Australian

Miners at New Zealands Pike River mine

may have survived rst blast, reports say

Tokelau

China

NZ

Australia

Dead 10m whale lures sharks to Newport Beach, in Sydney

the d i s cov e ry of Aully-clothed body o a miner

in New Zealands collapsed

Pike River mine has reinvig-

orated angry calls to get our

boys out.

The amilies o 29 men,

including two Australians, killed

in a series o methane blasts on

November 19 say the revela-

tion, together with news the

mines frefghting box had been

opened, was a painul indica-

tion the men may have sur-

vived the frst explosion.

Hearing that has made us

think maybe there was hope,

maybe we should have orced

them somehow to get in there

earlier and try to save them,

spokesman or the amilies,

Bernie Monk, said today.

Mr Monk confrmed he had

contacted the amilies o the

two Queensland victims, Willie

Joynson, 49, and Josh Uer, 25,

late yesterday to pass on the

news.

They were terribly sad-

dened, as you could imagine,

said Mr Monk, who lost his son

Michael in the South Island

tragedy.

They were very grateul or

the update and to be involved,

but its ripped open the wounds

really, and made them rethink

what could have been.

A senior orensic pathologist

has conirmed a video image

taken in February looked like a

ully-clothed person lying ace

down in the mine.

Images also show a frefght-

ing box had been opened, police

said.

This appears to contra-

dict the indings at a January

inquest that all the men died in

the frst blast.

New Zealands Assistant

Commissioner Grant Nicholls

has stressed that the ootage is

hazy and more detailed cam-

era equipment imported rom

the US was needed to veriy the

fnd.

It is important to note that

the images we currently have

are not that clear, Nicholls

said.

More reinement and

interpretation o what cur-

rently appears to be a body is

needed.

But the local mayor, Tony

Kokshoorn, who says hes

always suspected the bod-

ies were intact, said all amilies

and residents wanted now was

to see the men brought out.

Theres been enough talking

about this. Now weve got the

proo its time to stop analysing

this and that and get in there,

he said.

The receivers o the Pike

River company have said it was

unsae to enter, and have also

indicated plans to sell the mine

to another company which can

take on the complex task o

body recovery.

Mr Monk seconded the may-

ors call, saying the amilies

deserve it.

Its cruel to leave us hanging

like this, he said.

Meanwhile, a royal commis-

sion o inquiry into the disas-

ter is due to get underway in

Greymouth on May 24.

Set down or six months, the

inquiry will investigate every

aspect o the tragedy, rom New

Zealand mine regulation and

geography to the ormation and

management o the Pike River

mine, the explosions and the

rescue eorts that ollowed.

Commission chairman

Judge Graham Panckhurst has

said his mission was to under-

stand what happened at the

mine, why it did happen and

what can be done to prevent it

happening again.

AAP

it hA s no cApitAl, no airport and only 1400 people

who call it home, but the tiny

isle o Tokelau has become

the cyber crime centre o

the world.

A new report by an inter-

national group tackling

internet scams has con-

frmed that Tokelau, a New

Zealand territory, has more

mal ic ious regis trations

under its .tk domain name

than any other domain

except .com.

These raudulent web

addresses are used or phish-

ing, where emails are sentto random web addresses in

an attempt to steal banking

inormation and other per-

sonal details.

Tokelau sold its domain

name to a Dutch company

BV Dot TK, which provides

the domain ree worldwide,

making it an easy target or

scammers.

By oering ree domain

names, . tk has become

the th ird largest coun-

try code top-level domain

ater Germanys .de and

Great Britains .uk, the Anti-

Phishing Working Group

wro te in it s la test glo ba l

report, released at a technol-

ogy conerence in Malaysia

this week.

The report examined all

phishing attacks in the sec-

ond hal o 2010 and ound a

signifcant number used the

tropical nations domain.

While there were phish-

ing domains registered across

183 top-level domains, 89

per cent were concentrated in

just our: .com, .tk, .net and

.ino, the report stated.

Ab ou t 80 pe r ce nt o

Tokelau-registered names

used or phishing were tar-

geting Chinese institutions.

Tokelau itsel is not respon-

sible or the problem. Thesale secured islanders ree

high speed broadband inter-

net without the hassle o

policing their domain.

Owner BV Dot TK appeared

to be aware o the problem,

admitting on its website: we

are used by raudsters and we

are very aware o this.

The Anti-Phishing Working

Group said the e-crime land-

scape was a constantly

shiting battleield, where

phishers were always mov-

ing away rom well-deended

sites toward ripe targets.

That makes ree domains

like .tk especially vulnerable

to ongoing abuses, it said.

AAP

Tiny New Zealand island

Tokelau is at the centre

of the cyber crime world

chinAscensusshowsitspopulation grew to 1.34 bil-

lion people by 2010, with a

sharp rise in those over 60.

Nearly hal o all Chinese

now live in cities and peo-

ple over the age o 60 now

account or 13.3% o the pop-

ulation, up nearly 3% since

2000.But the fgures reveal that

Chinas population is growing

more slowly than in the past.

That could aect the econ-

omy, as the number o poten-

tial workers, especially rom

rural areas, could shrink.

The proportion o main-

land Chinese people aged 14

or younger was 16.6%, down

by 6.29 percentage points

rom the last census, a dec-

ade earlier.

The number aged 60 or

older grew to 13.26%, up

2.93 percentage points.

The census results also

revealed that almost hal oall Chinese - 49.7% o the

population - now live in cit-

ies, up rom about 36 percent

10 years ago.

The governments strict

controls on amily size,

including its one-child policy

or most urban amilies, have

reduced annual population

growth to below 1% percent.

The rate is projected to turn

negative in coming decades.

There has been growing

speculation in the countrys

media about the possibili-

ty that the government will

ease the policy - introduced

in 1980 as a temporary meas-ure to curb surging popula-

tion growth - and allow more

people to have two children.

As it currently stands, most

urban couples are limited to

one child and rural amilies

to two. The average house-

hold now numbers 3.1 peo-

ple, down rom 3.44 a decade

ago.

Some demographers have

said that the limits on am-

ily size may now threaten

Chinas economic uture, with

ewer people let to pay and

care or an older population,

as well as to work in the ac-

tories that have transormedthe country into the worlds

second largest economy.

When China carried out its

irst census in 1953, it had

a population o 594 million,

less than hal the current

fgure.

BBC

China census showspopulation ageing and urban

Evidence is emerging that some of the miners at New Zealands Pike River mine disaster may have survived the initial blast. Source: Supplied

Authorities are considering cutting up the carcass of a 10m sperm whale, which is attracting sharks

at Sydneys Newport Beach. Picture: Will Swanton Source: Supplied


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INFOCUSUS

UK military in royal wedding rehearsal

Britains military has taken part in a pre-dawn

rehearsal or Fridays wedding o Prince William and

Kate Middleton. Up to 1,000 members o the army, navy

and airorce personnel in ceremonial uniorm paraded

through Londons empty streets, along the processionroute the newlyweds will take. Pilots taking part in the

y-over over Buckingham Palace have also completed

practice ights. Meanwhile, members o the public have

set up tents on the ootpath outside Westminster Abbey,

staking their claim or the best view on Friday. Two billion

others are expected to watch the royal wedding rom the

comort o their couch. Fity heads o state will be

attending the ceremony. Scotland Yard says anyone

who tries to disrupt the wedding will ace a robust

response. Radio Australia

UN nds human rights violations inLibya

A United Nations team visiting the Libyan capital,

Tripoli, to investigate human rights violations during the

current conict says it has already ound evidence that

they have occured. However, the UN says it has notdrawn up conclusions on who is responsible.

Residents say orces loyal to the Libyan leader,

Moamar Gaddaf, are surrounding towns in the west o

the country, cutting them o rom ood, water and uel

supplies. Libyan ofcials have denied they are targeting

civilians, saying they are fghting armed gangs and al

Qaeda sympathisers. They say they will co-operate

with the UN investigation. The head o the UN team,

Cheri Bassiouni, says there are many questions that

need answers. The commission o inquiry is here to

fnd out rom the Libyan Government side what its

position is with respect to several types o violations,

he said. Radio Australia

Australian PMs North Asia tour ends

The Australian Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, has own

out o Beijing at the end o her North Asia tour. Ms Gillard

visited Japan, South Korea and China during her seven-

day visit to the region. She told Australia Networks

Newsline she has raised the issues o uture trade,

investment and deence in all three countries. I think

when weve talked about the uture, the perspective being

brought to it by those Ive spoken to in Japan, South

Korea and China have all been a perspective o looking to

uture growth, she said. Ms Gillard has met with the

Chinese President, Hu Jintao, in Beijing and discussed

greater deence co-operation between the two countries.

Ms Gillard has also overseen the signing o a number o

economic agreements with China, including a new deal to

increase tourism. She says the visit has injected new lie

into ree trade negotiations. This is a relationship with a

lot o mutual benefts in it, she said. Weve just reerred

to the nature o the economic relationship between our

two countries and theres great prospects or growth in

that relationship. The leaders have also discussed

human rights. Ms Gillard is heading to London toattend Fridays royal wedding.

Radio Australia

UN Security Council fails to agree toSyrian statement

The UN Security Council has ailed to agree to a

statement condemning the killing o Syrian protesters.

More than 450 people have died across the country

since protests began last month. Russia and China has

resisted signing the joint statement, saying it is an

internal matter to be dealt with by authorities in Syria.

Ambassadors rom the Britain, US, France, Germany

and Portugal say a strongly-worded statement is

needed. The US Ambassador, Susan Rice, says more

needs to be done to stop Syrian authorities rom

ignoring the demands o its people. "My government

calls on President Assad to change course now andheed the calls o his own people," she said. "We also

call upon the international community to respond to this

brutal crackdown and to hold accountable those who

are perpetrating these gross human rights violations."

Demonstrations against President Bashar al-Assad's

government frst erupted in the capital, Damascus, on

March 15. Radio Australian

IN asurrealmomeNtINus

political history, President

Barack Obama has released

his birth certiicate and

slammed rumours that he

is not American born as dis-

tracting silliness.

Obama tried to quash con-

spiracy theories that have

raged since he was a lit-

tle-known candidate, which

are gaining traction again,

anned by fgures like billion-

aire mogul Donald Trump as

the 2012 White House race

begins.

In a moment when the

modern media culture o

online rumour and reality

shows clashed with the som-

bre pageantry o the presiden-

cy, Obama appeared behind a

podium in the White House

brieing room to address

Americans.

Im speaking to the vast

majority o the American

people, as well as to the

press, Obama said, brand-

ing the row as a distraction

rom serious issues.

We do not have time or

this kind o silliness. Weve

got better stu to do. Ive gotbetter stu to do, Obama

said as television networks

broke into regular program-

ming to cover the statement

live.

The US Constitution spec-

ifes that presidents and vice

presidents must be natural

born citizens o the United

States and conservative pun-

dits have anned the contro-

versy to raise questions about

Obamas political legitimacy.

T h e r u m o u r s h a v e

morphed rom the right-

win g pol iti cal ri nge int o

the centre o the US polit-

ical debate: a recent CBS/New York Times poll ound

a quarter o Americans incor-

rectly thought Obama was

not US-born.

But the president, who

conessed he was bemused

and puzzled by the con-

troversy, said that America

aced monumental choic-

es on reviving the economy

and hot-button issues like

rising gas prices squeezing

consumers.

Were not going to be able

to do it i we are distracted.

Were not going to be able to

do it i we spend time viliy-

ing each other, he said, in

an apparent attempt to ele-

vate Americas bruising polit-

ical debate.Were not going to be able

to do it i we just make stu

up and pretend that acts are

not acts.

Later , on an appear-

ance on Oprah Winreys

talk show, Obama warned

Americans must not be dis-

tracted by sideshows - and

in an apparent reerence to

Trump - slammed carni-

val barkers who are going

around trying to get atten-

tion instead o actually solv-

ing the problems.

The White House released

an oicial long-orm copy

o Obamas birth certifcate,which his legal counsel had

travelled to his native state

o Hawaii to collect, ater

Obama applied or an ofcial

waiver or it to be released.

The document, kept or

ye ars in Hawai i s o i ci al

records, showed that Barack

Hussein Obama II was born

on August 4, 1961 at 7.24

pm in Kapiolani Maternity

and Gynecological hospital

in Honolulu on the island o

Oahu.

It listed his parents as

Stanley Ann Dunham, 18,

rom Wichita, Kansas and

Barack Hussein Obama, 25,

rom Kenya.

Previous ly, the 2008

Obama presidential campaignhad released a short-orm

computerised abstract o the

kind issued to any Hawaiian

when they ask or a copy o

their birth certifcate.

Trump, the property mogul

and reality television star

mulling a Republican pres-

idential run has in recent

weeks raised questions about

Obamas birthplace, in an

apparent bid to court the

partys radical conservative

base.

Ive accomplished some-

thing that nobody else has

been able to accomplish,

Trump said in the politi-cal bellwether state o New

Hampshire, which will host

an early 2012 Republican

party nominating contest.

I was just inormed while

on the helicopter that our

president has fnally released

a birth certiicate. I want

to look at it, but I hope its

true.

I am really honoured

rankly to have played such a

big role in getting rid o this

issue, said Trump, who is

amed or telling losing con-

testants Youre Fired on his

television reality show The

Celebrity Apprentice.

Republicans, despite the

act that sections o their

membership have been chal-lenging Obama on the issue,

said that the president had

been wrong to raise it.

As Ive repeatedly stated,

this issue is a distraction,

said Reince Priebus, the

chairman o the Republican

National Committee.

Unortunately (the pres-

idents) campaign politics

and talk about birth certii-

cates is distracting him rom

our number one priority - our

economy.

Former Republican vice

presidential candidate Sarah

Palin weighed in on Twitter:

Media: admit it, Trumporced the issue, she said.

Likely 2012 Republican

hopeul Mitt Romney also

turned to Twitter, declar-

ing: What President Obama

should really be releasing is a

jobs plan.

AFP

Obama slams birth

claim 'silliness'

The US President, Barack Obama, has released a birth certifcate confrming he was born in Hawaii. [Reuters]

US President Barack Obama makes remarks to reporters about the controversy over his birth certifcate and true nationality at the White House. Source: AP


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Date of Birth: 20th July 2003Died: 24 April 2011 @ 11: 30pm

Beloved son, nephew, brother and grandson late Lukie

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Beloved Late

Lukie Luke

In loving memory of Late Tom KaluatmanIts been a month now, since you left uson the 29/03/11. Words cannot expressthe loss and emptiness with you. Athome, family gatherings, church andcommunity activities. We still have somuch to share with you. The time andmemories shared are still in our hearts.We believe we will meet again someday

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Thank you for love and support fromfamilies & friends.

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Love forever and always from familyKaluatman.

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S p o r t s N e w svanuatu Daily Post|Thursday, April 29 2011 [ 15]

Football

Vanuatu blong plei from namba tri ples tedeRaymond Nasse i ripotL u s b L o n g V a n u a t u

we tem Sol omo n Ae la ns

l on g s e m i f a e n o l l on g

penalty shutaot ia hemidisapoentem ol fan long

kaontri taem we oli bin

waj em long Te le v i s io n

blong Vanuatu mo lisen

long radio mo harem Van-

uatu i givim awei 3 isi pen-

alty long Solomon Aelans

long ol penalty shutaot,

be Vanuatu i gat janis iet

blong kasem wan nara gud

risal long faenol blong

namba 3 ples tede.

Va nu atu ba mb ae he mi

gat janis blong winim ris-

pek blong ol kaontri long

Oceania taem oli tekem on

Fiji tede long faenol blong

namba tri ples.Sapos Vanuatu hemi

win im nam ba 3 ples tede

ba m ba e h e m i p i k i m a p

OFC klasmen blong hem

l on g o l U 2 0 tu n a m e n

af ta l a s taem we hemibin winim namba 3 ples

hemi long 2005 afta we

oli kam blong winim Fiji

long namba 3 ples long

Solomon Aelans.

Koj blong U20 Moise

Poida i ta lem afta long

semi faenol maj se hemi

glad long pefomens blong

ol boe b long hem long

tunamen ia espeseli long

maj blong tede, be hemi

sori blong luk ol boe oli

givim awei 3 isi penalty i

go long Solomon Alelans.

Wa n l on g o l s a p o ta

long Niu Zealand hemi

talem long Daily Spot seVanu atu nomata we o li no

save kasem faenol oli dis-

playem wan kalaful style

blong futbol thru aot long

tunamen ia we i soem se

Va nu at u fu tb ol es pe se lisetting ap blong Academy

hemi kontr ibiut bigwan

long tunamen ia.

L u s b l o n g V a n u a t u

long semi faenol ia ino

inaf blong oli save sekiu-

rum 1 milien vatu bonus

we VFF i p romis im olget a

se sapos oli winim tuna-

men ia bambae oli enta-

etol long mane ia.

Van uatu h emi top sco r-

ing kaontri long ol grup

stej taem we oli kam blong

putum 14 poen everiwan

aot long trifala maj we oli

bin pleiem mo Niu Zealand

nao hemi kam namba 2wetem 13 poen.

For th e First time eVer

the Vanuatu Taekwondo

Association will be sendinga team of representatives

to take part in the World

Taekwondo Championships

to be held 1 - 6 May 2011 in

Gyongju, Korea.

The Vanuatu Taekwondo

Association was estab lished

in 2004 and seven years

later it has professional

black belt fighters to rep-

resent their country for the

first time in this internation-

al tournament.

Westpac Vanuatu is proud

to be the main sponsor of

this event, where for the first

time athletes from Vanuatu

will participate in the welterwe ig ht ca te go ry . Br uc e

Johnathan and Trevor Leo,

a Foreign Exchange dealer

for Westpac Vanuatu who is

representing Vanuatu, have

gone beyond hard training,

strong will and determina-

tion to be able to participate

as black belts at an event of

this level.

Trevor has been a mem-ber of the Vanuatu Taek-

wondo As soci at ion sinc e

it was established in 2004

and will compete in the

welter weight category. His

strong determination and

hard training have provided

him with the great honour

of representing Vanuatu at

the world championships. I

will certainly do the best I

can against all other welter

weigh t contestan ts around

the world. I am expect-

ing a very high standard

of competition to which I

am prepared to meet, said

Trevor.A presen tati on was held

on Tuesday 26th April 2011

at the Auto World Garage

to wish the team good luck

before their departure on

Thursday 28 April 2011.

Shane Smith, General

Manager of Westpac Van-

uatu told the athletes It is

a magnificent achievement

and you should feel veryproud. It will be a wonderful

experience so be the best in

what you can be and never

give up on yourself!

T h i s i s a w on d e r f u l

achievement for Trevor as

we ll as Vanuatu and dis -

plays what a passionate,

dedicated and courageous

young man Trevor is.

The Westpac Vanuatu

management team and staff

support and congratulate

Trevor on this great achieve-

ment and wish him all the

very best in the upco ming

championship!

Westpacs Pacific oper-a t ions cover the Cook

Islands, Fiji, Papua New

Guinea, Samoa, Solomon

Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu.

There are more than 50

Westpac branches and agen-

cies and 82 ATMs through-

out the Pacific.

Taekwondo Futsal

Colson Wari i ripotFutsaL hemi bi n mekem

sports i laef long Luganville

follem ol gem wei oli tekem

ples long Sanma kot long

Sarere mo Mondei wik ia.

Long taem wei plante sport

disaplin spel araon long kaon-

tri oli stopem prokram blong

olgeta blong komomeratem

bigfala ivent, Luganville Fut-

sal hemi gohed nomo wetem

ol program blong hem.

Wetem gudfala andastand-

ing Luganville Futsal League

hemi kat bi twin Sanma

Provinsial aotoriti mo Sanma

Netbol Associasen i bin lukim

tri gem i tekem ples long

Sarere mo narafala 3 maj

long Easter Mandei.

Ol maj i lukim Semana

hemi wipim Pump United

long 6-4. Win blong Semana

hemi fes viktri blong olgeta.

Semana hemi putum 4-0

long fes haf mo addem nara-

fala 2 poen long sekon haf.

United we oli bin lusum fes

jampionsip gem blong wetem

Noten Star long las Sarere oli

bin kambak strong long sekon

haf be 4 poen blong olgeta i

no bin jenisim storian.

Long sekon gem blong

Sarere, Kings United wei

hemi topem tebol wetem 3

win oli bin kapsaedem Polis

Blu Masin long 2-0.

Tufala tim i putumaot

wan st ron gfa la pe fomens

long fes mekem se inogat

eni poen be afta long tak-

tikol toktok long haf taem

United hemi kam blong

faenem baksaed blong net

blong Polis Blu Masin.

Blu Masin hemi ol janis

blong sko be oli bin mestem

ol janis ia mekem United oli

manej blong winim olgeta

long 2-0.

Las gem blong Sarere hemi

bin stap bitwin Noten Star

wetem Chapuis United. Gem

ia hemi bin wan strong wan-

wei lukim tufala i endem maj

ia wetem 0-0.

Ol gem blong Mandei i

soem Polis Blu Masin hemi

risivim wan isi viktri afta oli

fofetim Blue Bin wei hemi

no bin tenap long Sanma kot

from gem ia.

Sekon gem long dei i lukim

Kings United hemi sutum

Santo Hardwear wetem wan

bigfala sko laen blong 12-5

mo las long matj i bin lukim

Pump Station United hemi

fofeitim Chapuis United wei

oli no bin tenap.

Futsal i haelatem Easterselebresen long Luganville

Westpac sponsorsVanuatu Taekwondo Team

t h e V C a t w e n t y 2 0

Club Championship starts

this weekend, with all teams

trying to take the crown off

the powerful Mele Bulls from

Mele.

Mele won all four titles last

season, but will find it much

tougher in this T20 campaign

with the Dolphins, the Paama

Sharks, Tafea CC, Tuskers

North Efate, Ifira BB and the

Malapoa College Boys.With the ICC EAP Divi-

sion 1 Cricket Trophy com-

ing up in July, players in the

pre-squad will be aiming to

impress the selectors in the

T20 championship.

R ou n d on e d e l i v e r s

some very interesting bat-

tles between Dolphins ver-

sus Ifira. Reports within the

team camps are that there

are some new recruits and

therefore competition will be

tough this year.

Dolphins will be much

strong this year as their strike

bowler Kenny Rooster just

returned home after spend-

ing three months at the

Bracewell Cricket Academy

in New Zealand.Ifira on the other hand

are taking each game seri-

ously as they are looking

to create surprises to the

teams.

At Independence Park the

Paama Sharks juniors and

seniors will go head-to-head

to see who will be the lead-

ing challenger for season

2011. Malapoa will go in as

favourites with their team

having a lot of talent. The

Sharks features some varie-

ties of players as they will

be c

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