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Firing Fenedyfavourite forgolden boot

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PINA condemns

attack on newspaper

publisher in VanuatuPage 2

Proposed ways

forward for the

pending unregistered

3000 land cases

Page 3

David Cameron and

Barack Obama plan

'full spectrum' of

action against Libya

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Japanese experts to assessnew hospital complexBy Godwin LigoThe MinisTerof healTh,

Don Ken, has revealed the plan

or the new Vila Central Hospital

complex and that experts rom

Japan will arrive in the country

this week to make urther assess-

ments.

In an interview with Daily

Post yesterday, Minister Kens

Private Secretary Daniel Moli-

sa described the plan as a

major step orward in upgrad-

ing health acilities in Port Vila

and throughout the main cent-

ers o Vanuatu.

The plan o the Vila Cen-

tral hospital complex we have

and that you can see, has been

hanging in the ministers ofce

or the past 10 years but noth-

ing has ever been done to get

it built , Molisa said with rus-

tration.

He went on to state that

the new Minister o Health

Don Ken is determined to see

this project through beore the

end o the term o this govern-ment.

Mr Molisa also conirmed

that the Vila Central Hospital

complex plan was prepared by

a team o Japanese architects

and engineers 10 years ago but

nothing was done to push or-

ward into reality by the previ-

ous governments.

He confrmed that a team o

engineers and architects rom

Tokyo, Japan, will arrive in Port

Vila this Saturday to review the

plan, make appropriate changes

to the plan and present fnal rec-

ommendations to the Minister o

Health and the Vanuatu Govern-

ment on the new hospital com-

plex which would include costs

or the approval by the Council

o Ministers.

The minister o health has

also revealed to Daily Post that

the new Vila Central Hospital

Complex which will have two

levels and provides ull medical

acilities more than double the

current number o beds in the

hospital which was built in the

1970s and opened in 1975.

He said the number o beds in

all wards will be more than dou-

ble to cater or the current popu-

lation growth in the capital.

As we embark on plans or

the new Vila Central Hospi-

tal, Minister Ken also assures

the people o Vanuatu that it is

his intention to upgrade health

acilities in all major centers in

Vanuatu including the Lolowai

hospital, the Torba health center,

the Norsup hospital, the Tongoa

health center and the Lenakel

hospital.

All these plans will come

together with the acilitation o

medical specialists such as sur-

geons, physicians and aestheti-

cians based in all these health

centers as we upgrade the acili-

ties," Ministers Private Secretary

told Daily Post.

The site or the new Vila Cen-

tral Hospital complex is a space

between the current hospital

acilities and the seaside back

road.

Molisa has also confrmed to

Daily Post that the minister o

health met the Japanese Ambas-

sador to Vanuatu based in Suva,

Fiji, to discuss the project and the

project unding that resulted in

the coming visit o the Japanese

technical experts to Port Vila this

Saturday.

He said the Japanese Gov-

ernment maintains the interest

in the project including possible

unding.

Architectural plans for the new Hospital complex

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[ 2 ]vanuatu Daily Post | Thursday March 10, 2011

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The Pacific islands news

Association (PINA) condemns

the ridiculous attitude o a

state minister in Vanuatu,

attacking the publisher o the

Vanuatu Daily Post newspaper

Marc Neil Jones on Friday (04

March).

I wish to record my grave

concern at the attack on the

publisher o the Daily Post

newspaper last weekend, and

the act that one o our state

ministers was involved in an

act o taking the law into ones

hand, which no one person

living in a democratic soci-

ety would expect to happen,

let alone the involvement o a

government leader, says PINA

President Moses Stevens.

Stevens said this is the sec-

ond time that Neil Jones has

been attacked, and the latest

incident brings the saety and

security o media practitioners

into question.On one is above the law, and

that goes or all citizens includ-

ing media practitioners and

state leaders.

I call on all members o the

society, including national and

provincial leaders, to use our

laws to resolve issues and to

move away rom our suppos-

edly long gone primitive ways

o resorting to physical action

to avenge or any wrong doing,

because our civilized society

is governed by laws that pro-

tect ones rights, as well as pro-

viding appropriate means and

ways through and with which

issues could and should be

resolved.

I am particularly concerned

because a state minister has

been involved in the incident.

Media in Vanuatu is under the

Prime Minister, who is head

o the government o the day.

Such an irresponsible attitude

o a member o the Prime Min-

isters cabinet is nothing short

o a disgrace on the ministeror media and the government

as a whole.

Vanuatu is a democratic

country, and as such, there are

appropriate mechanisms and

institutions that are in place to

uphold the rule o law and to

protect the integrity and rights

o the individual; meaning

that any one eeling that his/

her rights or integrity has been

damaged or inringed in any

way or orm by another, or the

media or that matter, should

take the matter up with the

appropriate avenues where the

strength o the laws are tested

and applied accordingly so as

to resolve the issues.

The ormer president o

Media Asosiesen blong Vanuatu

(MAV) said PINA recognizes

the role o MAV in the devel-

opment o the media indus-

try in Vanuatu and at the same

time PINA understands MAV

has a code o ethics and rules

through and with which any

question on media practices inVanuatu should be dealt with.

He said it is really sad to see

a state minister in a democratic

government supporting or aid-

ing people taking the laws in

their own hands.

Leaders should lead by

example, but i they are sup-

porting such criminal acts, then

how can we be assured o the

saety o media practitioners in

Vanuatu, and the saety o soci-

ety members or that matter.

PINA calls on the minis-

ter or media in Vanuatu to

address the issue at his level,

and at the same PINA encour-

ages MAV and members o the

media industry in Vanuatu to

operate within the journalism

code o practice and always

uphold the spirit o airness

in their reporting. This is to

ensure that all sides o the

story are covered beore pub-

lication or broadcast o any

news article.

Having said the above,

I also wish to express dis-appointment at allegations

o unbalanced and unair

reporting practices in Vanuatu

media. It is alleged that the

attack on Neil Jones was the

result o biased reporting on

issues that had seemingly

implicated the state minister

to be on the wrong.

Let us remind ourselves o

our basic journalism rule, to

always carry all sides o the

story beore publish/broad-

cast, Stevens said.

He added that media ree-

dom should or must NOT be

used as a cover up or those

who do not respect journal-

ism as a genuine, respectable

and responsible trade that

should be used to enhance

and promote a true demo-

cratic environment in the

society.

Media company owners

and publishers should rerain

rom interering in the edi-

torial decision and responsi-

bility o their Editors, whichoten leads to publishing and

broadcasting o unbalanced

news items.

At the end o the day, such

a poor quality o journalism

would only relect upon the

Editor and not the owners or

publishers. Vanuatu has some

o the regions highly quali-

ed and experienced journal-

ists in the media industry.

I t wou ld be equa l -

ly immoral or someone to

attack a journalist, and or

the media to publish a biased

article that impacts negative-

ly on an individual. No one is

guilty until the court declares

him/her otherwise.

PINA encourages i ts

members to work closely with

their governments so that a

better understanding could be

established on the role o the

media, and the governments

accepting media as a signi-

icant partner and or major

player in the nationhood build-

ing process o our developingisland countries, said the PINA

President.

PINA condemns attack onnewspaper publisher in Vanuatu

By Godwin Ligoleaderof GovernmenT

Business in Parliament MP

Willie Lop has said Alliancebloc is still working on the

number o candidates to

stand in the May Luganville

Municipal Elections. He told

Daily Post yesterday that Alli-

ance will not ield two can-

didates as reported earlier in

the Daily Post as the bloc is

yet to decide on the number

o candidates it will eld in

the elections.

He reiterated that Alli-

ance is united and their can-

didates in the Luganville

Municipal elections will run

on the same ticket o the

Alliance bloc.

Alliance yetto announce

Luganvillecandidates

Mortuary project for Luganville underwayBy Eleanor WaiwoiThas been Threeyears

since the mortuary service in

Luganville broke down.

With the eorts o the

Santo Rotarians, a new

building will be construct-

ed soon thanks to the assist-ance o the Austral ian

government who donated a

six-meter container with the

New Zealand army expect-

ed to assist in construction

works.

The building will consist

o an autopsy room, a toilet

and shower room, a store

room and a Fare or chap-

el or the community o

Luganville to allow people

to mourn while waiting or

uneral arrangements.

Meanwhile the Santo

Rotary Club has raised

over Vt700,000 to assist

the Northern District Hos-

pital towards the mortuary

project.

Dierent business houses

contributed and undraised

through wheel barrow push

and selling o ood, drinks

and kava last week

This saw an amount o

Vt200,000 raised.

The Santo Rotary Club

urges business houses that

have not yet contributed

especially rom the tourism

sector to do so to assist the

project.

They thanked those whohave contributed and yet

to contribute especially

some women who showed

their hearts to support the

project by donating Vt1,000

at the wheel barrow push

last week.

According to Doctor Tim-

othy Vocor, a space has been

cleared behind the dental

clinic to start the project.

He said with support rom

people and business houses,

the project will be complet-

ed and should commence

operation in the coming

months.

The current mortuary building at the NDH


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vanuatu Daily Post | Thursday March 10, 2011 [ 3 ]

By Jane Joshua

landsminisTerandGraonand Jastis Pati (GJP) Interim

president, Ralph Regenvanu

has proposed some ways on

how to go orward with the

3000 unregistered not only

land leases but land deals

pending since 1993.

Mortgages can be proc-

essed very quickly, said the

Lands Minister.

Normally this should be

ast because the banks will

have already checked the

details, that is my view but I

welcome your advice or cor-

rection on it.

I also believe that many o

the land deals in urban areawill not be that problemat-

ic because it is on public land

and does not involve custom

land owners directly so I thinkthere will not be that many

problems with urban mortgag-

es, urban leases, or issues like

(cautions) withdrawal o cau-tions, maybe power o attor-

neys because there are some

problems with the power o

attorneys in the past and soon.

Minister Regenvanu revealed

this in a recent dialogue where

he sought the advice o State

Law, Department o Landssta, representatives o the

Mama Graon project which

AusAID and other donors are

part o, Transparency Interna-

tional, private sector and Valu-

er General.

T h e La n d s M i n i s t e r

expressed his wish or a quick

consensus on a way orward

and to process the least prob-

lematic o the land dealings as

soon as possible and also cate-

gorise other ones and instruct-

ed or additional resources to

be provided to the Lands Reg-

istration section and the Lands

Registration oicer to start

dividing the land dealings notonly into categories distinguish-

ing the types o land dealings

but also where and what land

is concern.

This, he said, will allow oran opportunity or the Lands

Minister to inorm people

involved, or example in a land

under the jurisdiction o Mele

village , inorm Mele landown-

ers that their land is about to be

registered so they will have the

chance to let the Lands Depart-

ment know i there are any dis-

putes over the said land.

This community eedback

process will be ollowed with

each o the 3000 backlog o

cases, to minimise the chances

o hiccups leading to liabilities

ater registration.

The third priority objective

in the Graon and Jastis Pati isto look ater and preserve cus-

tom economy (land, environ-

ment and custom).

Proposed ways forward for thepending unregistered 3000 land cases

By Godwin LigoThe PresidenT of The

Mavatumauri National Council

o Chies, Chie Gratien Alguet

Uravus, reminded the chies,the government and the peo-

ple o Vanuatu that customs

and cultures o Vanuatu exist

through languages.

The Malvatumauri presi-

dent was speaking at the 30th

anniversary o the National

Council o Chies in Port Vila

last Saturday.

Chie Uravus warned that

local languages and dialects

are beginning to ade and

lose meaning because parents

and their elders are no long-

er teaching the vernacular lan-

guages in either the homes or

in the nakamals where chil-

dren and young people cancome together to be taught

their languages.

He said losing a mother-

tongue or a language is los-

ing an identity o Vanuatus

rich and varied customs and

cultures.

The Malvatumauri presi-

dent was also concerned that

many parents living in the

urban areas although being

rom the same island and tribe

tend to speak to their childrenin Bislama.

This has led the children

away rom their roots.

It has robbed the children

rom the very roots o their

customs and cultures and in

eect robbed them too rom

the wisdom o their ances-

tors, the President o Malva-

tumauri National Council o

Chies, Chie Uvarus told the

Chies, the Government and

the people o Vanuatu last

weekend.

In the other part o his

speech on Chie's Day, the Mal-

vatumauri president called on

the government, the church-es the NGOs such as women

organizations to work close-

ly with his oice in order to

bring about a better under-

standing between them.

He urged anyone who does

not understand the role o

the Malvatumauri that they

should not hesitate but sim-

ply call at his oice to ind

out more about the work o

his council to the people o

Vanuatu.I appeal to everyone to

be wise and choose custom

governance to work hand in

hand with the government

in all the development o the

country.

I the government or

the churches or any other

organisations in the country

try to move orward with-

out the custom governance,

the country will continue to

experience diiculties and

encounter more problems

such as the social issues we

are aced with today as well

as the economic diculties

that many individuals andamilies are acing in the

urban centers today.

There will be more prob-

lems i the country does not

adhere to its roots and that

is our customs and cultures

which are the basis o our cus-

tom governance, the Malva-

tumauri president reminded

the people o Vanuatu.

It has taken the Israel-

ites 40 years to reach the

Promised Land. Vanuatu hasalready walked 30 years and

theres another 10 years to go

to turn 40.

It is my believe that the

democratic system cannot

continue to steer this coun-

try and her people to a better

and successul end without

depending also on the custom

governance.

The two must work hand

in hand otherwise there will

always be hardships and di-

culties because we will always

depend on oreign way o

thinking and doing things that

has never been God given to

us.We need our lands and our

traditional and customary way

o lie to be able to survive as

the world continue to go bad

and even worse , the Malva-

tumauri president cautioned

the government and the peo-

ple o Vanuatu.

Custom and culture exist through language: Chief Uravus

By Colson WariThe 49 -year-old ma n

charged with Acts o Indecency

on a ve-year-old girl has been

sentenced to six years and two

months imprisonment term.

The sentencing was handed

down by Supreme Court Judge,

Oliver Saksak Tuesday this week

in Luganville.

Justice Saksak ruled that a

custodial sentence is appropri-

ate as it shows public disapprov-

al o such behaviours.

He said the courts have been

very lenient in the past and

many people have not learnt

their lesson and that the pun-

ishment will serve as deterrence

to others.

The Court based its judg-

ment on the starting point o

ive years on the submissionsprovided by the public prosecu-

tor but one and hal year was

added to the sentence because

o the aggravating eatures o

the case.

The Sentence was deduct-

ed by our months based on

the mitigating eatures provid-

ed by the deence counsel that

the deendant cooperated with

the police and that he pleaded

guilty at the rst given oppor-

tunity.

You will serve a custodial

term o six years and 4 months

at the Luganville Correctional

Centre, Judge Saksak ruled.

The oending occurredDecember last year at Zone

Zero ater the victim was let

alone with the deendant who

was residing with her amily at

the time o the oending.

It was stated in Court the

deendant took advantage

when the victims parents drove

to town leaving the victim and

the deendant alone.

The deendant dragged the

victim who was sleeping when

her parents let or town to an

unoccupied house belonging to

the neighbour and perormed

sexual acts on her.

During the time o the oend-

ing the deendant was unaware

that he was being watched by

a couple who were gardening

nearby and the man chased the

deendant away with a spade.

The couple relayed the story

to the parents and the deend-

ant was arrested.

In another court story, a

27-year-old man was given a

suspended jail term or hav-

ing sexual intercourse with a

14-year-old girl.

The incident occurred atNamuru village in South Santo

with the deendant a married

man having sexual relationship

with the young victim.

The Court ruled that the

oence is against section 97 (2)

o the Penal Code but the Judge

stated the deendants good

behaviour, his guilty plea, coop-

eration with police and custom

reconciliation with amount o

Vt90,000 and other goods had

prevented rom spending time

at the Correctional Centre.

Judge Saksak said the cus-

tom ceremony has helped to

reduce the amount o punish-

ment but warned the deend-ant to go to his community and

behave himsel.

Your sentence will be alive

i you are charged with anoth-

er oence and you will be sent

to the Correctional Centre, you

will also ace the punishment o

your new oending, he said.

Six years forsexual actswith minor

Malvatumauri president and PM Kilman on Chiefs Day at the Chiefs Nakamal in Port Vila.


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[4 ]vanuatu Daily Post| Thursday March 10, 2011

r e P o r T e r s w i T h ou T

Borders condemns the brutal

attack on Vanuatu Daily Post-

publisher Marc Neil-Jones in

Port Vila, capital o Vanuatu,

on March 4.

Neil-Jones, 53, accused

Inrastructure and Public

Utilities Minister Harry Iauko

o organising and partici-

pating in the assault, which

took place in the journalists

oce.

Threats and acts o vio-

lence against a journalist who

is just doing his job are unac-

ceptable, Reporters Without

Borders said.

We warn Prime Minister

Sato Kilman that his credibil-

ity will be questioned i this

goes unpunished. We urge the

police to carry out an exhaus-

tive investigation without

delay and we urge the prime

minister to do everything pos-

sible to ensure its success.

Otherwise he will be

regarded as an accomplice to

violence by a member o his

government.

Neil-Jones said he was

attacked and beaten in his

oce by a total o eight men

including Iauko, who accused

him o writing bad things

about him.

His newspaper has pub-

lished articles criticising the

ministers handling o various

issues. It has also raised ques-

tions about Airports Vanuatu

Ltd, an aviation inrastructure

company that works closely

with the government.

Ater attacking Neil-Jones

unconscious on the loor,

Iauko went to editor Royson

Willie and said to him: Do

you want me to break your

ace?

Neil-Jones has led a com-

plaint against the minister.

I cant think o many

countries where a minister

o state would survive long

i he marched into a nation-

al newspaper with a gang o

thugs employed within the

ministry and assaulted the

publisher o a national daily

paper because he didnt like

the valid criticism he was get-

ting rom all quarters, includ-

ing the newspaper, members

o the public through letters

to the editor and Transparen-

cy International, he said.

The publisher was previ-

ously attacked on 17 January

2009 by our police oic-

ers employed by the pris-

on department. They were

arrested but the investigation

never established who was

behind the attack.

Reporters Without Borders/

Pacifc Media Watch

RSF condemns brutal attack

on Daily Post publisher

The TelecommunicaTion

and Radiocommunications

Regulator (TRR) issued, on

the 9th March, a Request

or Proposals to provide Tel-

ecenters and Internet servic-

es in our rural areas which

currently have no services.

(See www.trr.vu ) Bidders are

invited to bid or one or more

o the 4 pilot areas but award

will depend on the quality o

the proposals. Bidders will be

required to provide evidence

o, speciic experience and

capabilities in the provision

o such services elsewhere.

Vanuatu has liberalised its

telecommunications market

in 2008 and has undergone

a signiicant transormation

in accordance with the Gov-

ernment policy to stimulate

the national economy. One

o the policies o the Govern-

ment is the Universal Access

Policy (UAP). This policy aims

to provide telecommunica-

tions Internet services into

rural and unserved areas that

are not commercially viable

or operators to provide tele-

communications services.The

Government is now, through

the UAP Fund supporting the

roll out o Internet services. A

Drat UAP has been prepared,

which is out or consultation.

In order to pilot UAP unded

projects supporting access to

Internet services TRR is now

issuing this Tender on behal

o the Government.

Marianne Berukilukilu, the

UAP Project Manager in the

oice o the TelecomRegula-

tor said Four Pilot UAP Areas

have been selected by the Gov-

ernment which include: South-

west Bay Health Centre on

Malekula, Nebul Health Cen-

tre on Ambrym, Rensarie High

School on Malekula and Mel-

sisi High School on Pentecost.

These our Pilot UAP projects

are intended to gain experi-

ence prior to the launching o

a wider broadband Internet

Access UAP Funded projects.

Crucially the Pilot Projects are

seeking to establish the most

appropriate actions to be taken

to maximise the sustainability

o the Internet services provid-

ed.

Tendering will be conducted

through the Open and Compet-

itive Tendering procedures in

accordance with section 7 (6)

o the Telecommunications and

Radiocommunications Regula-

tion Act No 30, 2009 (the Act)

and restricted only to Oper-

ators licensed under the Act.

Tenders have to be submitted

to TRR by the 9th June 2011.

For more inormation contact

[email protected]

Telecenters to be established in four rural areas

By Len Garaeformer Public servanT

Jenny Ligo has called on the

Public Service Commission to

recruit switchboard operators

who speak English or French

or both, completed commu-

nication skills training, know

protocol and respect their

workplaces.

She made the suggestions to

help Prime Minister Sato Kil-

mans Coalition Government

saying she has condence in his

Leadership and it is important

or all telephone switchboardoperators in each Ministry to

pull up their socks because

their attitude in ront o clients,

the way they dress and answer

the telephone refect the image

o each Ministry.

She said investors and even

ni-Vanuatu who deal with some

o the ministries everyday nd

it very diicult even to make

appointments.

Every Receptionist o each

Ministry should be a trained

public servant and yet in some

o the Ministries, you seem to

have people who do not know

telephone manners, protocol

and they dont know how toreceive people, she said.

We need to remember that

the image o a house is how

you keep your toilet and kitch-

en. The image o an oce is

displayed by how neat the

Reception area is. In business

terms, the customer is king. I

believe Director Generals o the

ministries know these weak-

nesses but they do nothing to

correct them.

She advised against relying

on students doing their prac-

tical to mind the administra-

tion o a Vanuatu Government

Ministry or a newly appointed

political individual as she or he

is supposed to be supervised by

a trained supervisor.She said political appoint-

ees are real assets to the Gov-

ernment but they also need

supervision as they are new

in their positions. They also

need to get ull brieng rom

a permanent employee like

a civil servant who is there

all the time in order to show

them, or example, where the

les are and how to deal with

customers.

Vanuatu is a member to the

UN and has its obligation doing

business with other countries in

every sector and each Ministry

is the door to the Government.

I one Ministry ails outsiders

especially investors describe

the place as the Vanuatu Gov-ernment Ministry. Concerns

are raised or immediate action

as tax payers who are paying

or the Vanuatu Government

service delivery expect results

that match what they are pay-

ing in delivering the service to

them, she said.

Former civil servant tells

ministries to pull up socks

Ligo tells ministries to pull up their socks


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[ 6 ] vanuatu Daily Post| Thursday March 10, 2011

The PresidenTof KiribaTisaysan

increasing number o coastal villagers

are asking to be relocated because o

rising sea waters.

Anote Tong says Kiribati is in urgent

need o unding to build sea walls to

prevent sea water destroying villages

and crops.

President Tong has recently come

back rom a tour o Kiribatis outer

islands.

He says the situation is dire.

Previously [the villagers] used to ask

us to build sea walls so they can stay on

in the village, he said.But this time around they said no,

we are not asking you to build sea walls,

we realise we have to relocate, can you

as a government assist us with relocat-

ing.

President Tong attended a climate

conerence in Vanuatu last week, where

the European Union unveiled more than

$US120 million in unding or climate

projects.

But he says none o it though, was

earmarked to help those people on Kiri-

batis outer islands

I am disappointed but I am not dis-

couraged. I try not to be discouraged,

we keep going, he said.

He warns that i more unding is not

orthcoming in the near uture, the gov-

ernment will have a much bigger prob-

lem on its hands.

Here we are screaming out or

money, we need money to come very

shortly.

I it doesnt happen within this year

I can guarantee more communities will

be asking government to assist in relo-

cation not protection.

Mr Tong says he also aces challeng-

es in convincing his own people that the

uture o the island nation is in jeop-

ardy.The older generation they are not

too interested in climate change because

it really wont aect them in coming

years, he said.

Kiritbatis uture hinges largely on the

nations young people. Spread across 33

separate islands, educating them about

environmental change is a huge chal-

lenge.

President Tong says in many remote

parts o the country, young people have

limited access to inormation about cli-

mate change, causing them conusion

and anxiety.

Teako Otia, 17 years old, is one o

a small number o students in Kiribati

involved in climate activism.

She is part o a group o students that

travel around to dierent communities

doing dramas and holding discussions

on the issue o climate change.

Ms Otia says her aim to raise aware-

ness o climate change and the eects it

will have on her country.

Most students dont know, but a ew

are aware o the climate change and its

eects, she said.

My objective or mysel is I want all

Kiribati to be aware. Like not a ew peo-

ple. Like most people are very sceptic,

like they do know but they dont wantto take action.

What I want is to unite people to

help and ght o the challenges. Like,

we have a little contribution, but i we

unite and show our strong eeling or

the changes that we ace maybe other

countries will be easily convinced and

help us out.

Despite Teakos enthusiasm, sea

waters are rising aster than the nation

can cope. One part o the governments

strategy is to look at ways to relocate

i-Kiribati, both within and outside the

country.

President Tong says the concept o

climate reugees is too controversial or

the international community to realisti-

cally consider.

He says the government is trying to

acilitate ways or its people to migrate

on the basis o the skills they can oer a

new country, rather than the urgency o

their need to relocate

We have schemes both with Aus-

tralia and New Zealand, and o course

they would never say that its a response

to climate change, because that would

bring in a food o similar applications

or requests or similar schemes, we

understand that.

So its been positive, I dont think wecan expect much more at this point time.

We continue to ask i anybody would

simply take our people in, but that has

not been possible up until now.

While migration is a hard concept to

sell to neighbouring countries, its also

not something that appeals some young

I-Kiribati, like Teako Otia.

I dont like the idea o being

moved rom one country to anoth-

er. For me Kiribati is where I belong.

Being a stranger in another place is

very dii cult . I there is no solut ion

I would be very sad to leave my coun-

try.

Radio Australia

Rising waters in Kiribati

threatening villages: president

a GrouP of lawyers in

Vanuatu is pushing or the coun-

try to embrace a presidential orm

o government.

Its spokesperson, Denny Ark-

sai, says such a change would dis-

courage motions o no condence

in the government and reduce

excessive government spending.

The movement plans a nation-

al public awareness campaign

and reerendum on the issue

beore the general election next

year.

Mr Arksai says the group

envisages our levels o govern-

ment, with the president at the

top, then governors, ollowed by

a district level and then chies rep-

resenting the villages.

The group wants the nation-

al budget split into our equal

amounts to be allocated to the

our governing institutions.

Mr Arksai says they want all

proessionally qualied members

o the public who want to take

part in real change to join the

new movement.

RNZI

Vanuatu group wants presidential form of government

The President of Kiribati says his country is in urgent need of funding to build walls to prevent sea water destroying villages. [fickr.com]


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ARIES(Mar. 21- April 20)Look closely at motives and honesty

in your personal encounters. You

may want to take a look at your

direction in life.

TAURUS(Apr. 21- may 21)Plan some family outings. Don't

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GEMINI (May 22-June21)Your colorful conversation may

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help others will win you points.

CANCER(June22-July22)You will find the excitement

gratifying. You can make gains if you

work in conjunction with others.

LEO(July 23-Aug22)You may find that you're being

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VIRGO(Aug. 23-Sept. 23)You may have more people on

your domestic scene than

anticipated. Consider applying for a

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LIBRA(Sept. 24 -Oct. 23)Try not to overspend on friends or

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Dear Editor,

On behalf of ESTA (Espiritu Santo

Tourism Association) I would like to

express our gratitude to Joseph Lay-

lor and the entire board of Air Vanu-

atu for their announcement to

continue the direct flights from Bris-

bane to Santo for the next 12 months.

Continuation of these flights has

been made possible by the sound,

responsible management of Air Van-

uatu and cooperative marketing

strategies undertaking by ESTA to

promote patronage of this route,

these flights are a vitally important

link in the development of tourism

growth to the Northern Islands which

has been a long-stated policy of the

Government.

It is our genuine belief that both

Air Vanuatu and ESTA have, over the

past 12 months, delivered on the

promises made to the Government

and the public, we look forward to

another year of mutually beneficial

cooperation and are in full support

of the current Air Vanuatu Board.

Mal Davies

Chairperson ESTA

Thank you Air Vanuatu board for continuing Santo flight

Dear Editor,

Hemi 30 years nao long service,

mi just luk mo harem wan Minister

blong state I stap attackem ol wok-

man blong hem publicly.

Mi wonder whether Minister ia I

save wanem I stap tok baot or I

stap long wan wonderland?

1. Hemi no wok yet be i toktok

tumas. Hemi kat wan evidence?

2. I kat wan channel blong com-

munication I stap finis long min-istry and ino mo nidim wan

independent channel.

3. Blong sakem wan qualified

teacher mo replacem wetem wan

narafala man bae hemi karem man

ia wea? Plis no comperem teaching

wetem fishing!

4. Hemi checkem se I kat money

finis bifo hemi stap tok baot sack-

ing?

5. Teaching Service Commission

mo Public Service Commission

nomo oli save employ or sakem

wan officer be ino wan minister.6. Attitude blong hem I save

frigtenem ol Aid Donors.

7. Politic blong hem I blong

1980, mo ino kat ples long admin-

istration blong tedei. Reason blong

kat wan DG long evri Ministry I

blong wok wetem Minister. Tedei

oli mekem BULLDOZE long evri

ples

8. Attitude blong hem I stap

putum question long VERM. (Van-

uatu Education Road Map).

Mi no harem gud taem hemi stap

tok baot sacking of teachers.Mi for wan ministry ino save

pem qualification blong mi olsem

wan university leaver mo sem taem

mi acquirem certificate in manage-

ment practices long Aoraki Inter-

natinal College, NZ.

Mifala samfala engineer blong

education, mifala I stap tingting

blong muv aot long kaen minister

olsem from save blong hem ino

semak long save blong mifala.

Lastly, sipos hemi nidim wan

competent advisor blong wok kolos-

ap long hem blong providem soundadvice, hemi mas wok kolosap long

DG or Acting DG blong mifala or

hemi save toktok wetem mi.

Wok ia Advisory hemi life blong

mi we mi skul from.

Thank you,

Elmo Joseph

Acting PEO Shefa

Curriculum Advisor..Shefa

TESOL Graduate. Vic. University,

NZ

Aoraki International English

Academy Certificate

Certificate in Management Prac-tices, Aoraki International, NZ

Re: Respond to Marcelino Pipite, Hon. Minister of Education

Dear Editor,

Allow me to call on Vanuatu's

leaders to rally around the flag and

defend our Constitutional Rights.

Chapter 2 Part 1 spells out our fun-

damental rights and freedoms as

individual ni-Vanuatu. An attack on

one fundamental right is an attack on

all fundamental rights. An attack on

our fundamental rights is an attack

on our Constitution. This argument

is very simple because how can any-

one exercise freedom of worship if

one does not have the freedom of

expression and vice-versa.

The next logical question is how

the assault on the Post Publisher is an

assult on our Constitutional right.

Obviously the Daily Post is a carrier

of voices from the people who

express themselves freely including

myself. We have been irate at the cor-

ruption of Vanuatu's public institu-

tions including the Ministry and

Department of Lands. Because Harry

Iauko used to occupy the Ministry of

Lands as Minister, he was part of the

culture of corruption and ineptitude

that we have been irate over. There

is substantive evidence that Harry

Iauko was with the thugs that

assaulted the Daily Post Publisher on

Friday 4th of March 2011.This act

was obviously made to stop our free-

dom of expression against corrup-

tion. Therefore the assult of DP

Publisher was an assault on the Con-

stitution of the Republic of Vanuatu.

I call on the President of the

Republic of Vanuatu who is from

Tanna to step in to defend the Con-

stitution of the Republic of Vanuatu.

I call on the Prime Minister to step in

at the earliest opportunity and move

to remove the person concerned

from the positon of Minister of State.

I call on the President of Malvatu-

mauri to defend the Constitution of

Vanuatu as as a Minister of state is

removed. I call on the Leader of

Opposition to step in to stablize the

Vanuatu government as we defend

Vanuatu's Constitution. I call on the

Ombudsman to investigate. I call on

the Police Commissioner to do his

part to defend Vanuatu's Constitu-

tion. I call on the Chief J ustice to do

his part to enforce our fundamental

rights to the freedom of expression.

I call on the Churches and Civil Soci-

ety Organizations to rally around the

Prime Minister, the President and all

Constitutionally empowered posts to

move in unison to once and for all,

stamp out this sin in our camp.

I urge all leaders to read Joshua

chapter 7:13 "Up, sanctify the peo-

ple, and say, Sanctify yourselves

against tomorrow: for thus saith the

LORD God of Israel, There is an

accursed thing in the midst of thee,

O Israel: thou canst not stand before

thine enemies, until ye take away the

accursed thing from among you."

God bless Vanuatu.

John Salong-

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vanuatu Daily Post| Thursday March 10, 2011 [ 7 ]

Today in

history mar 10

1796

Napoleon Bonaparte

married Josephine de Beau-harnais, widow o a ormer

French ofcer executed dur-ing the revolution.

1841

The Supreme Court ruled

that the Amistad slaves wereree.

1862

The irst battle between

two ironclad ships, the Moni-

tor (Union) and Merrimack(Conederate) occurred, rev-

olutionizing naval warare.

1933

The special session o

Congress known as the

"100 days" opened, launch-ing FDR's New Deal.

1964

U.S. Supreme Court

issued N.Y. Times v. Sullivanruling.

1990

Dr. Antonia Novello was

sworn in as both the frst His-

panic and woman to be U.S.surgeon general.

Tahiti

PNG

Aus/NZ

Tonga

Pacifc

Pacifc

ResouRce-RichcountRiesin

the Pacic are expected to growsigncantly this nancial year.

The Asian Development Bank

reports countries such as Papua

New Guinea are beneting rom

both major new resource projects

and better world commodity

prices.

The ADBs commodity report,

out today, projects that the 14

economies o the Paciic will

expand by 6.3 percent in 2011,

up rom 5.3 percent last year.

It says PNG will grow by 8.5

percent and Timor Leste by ten

percent, uelled by the benets o

liqueed natural gas and petro-

leum developments.

The Bank says the resumptiono gold exports and a stronger

orestry sector will expand the

Solomon Islands economy by 7.5

percent, while phosphate exports

will help Nauru return to moder-

ate economic growth.

The ADBs Pacic Department

director, Robert Wihtol, says over-

all the Pacic economy is doing

better thanks to improved world

economic conditions.

But he says this masks sharply

dierent perormances across

the region, and says the smaller

and more remote economies are

exposed to the costs rom rising

world uel and ood prices.

RNZI

ADB predicts

resource-

driven growth

in Pacic

A foRmeR cRewmembeR

ofthe Princess Ashika has

told a trial in Tonga he was

woken on the night the ves-

sel sank to help bail out

water which was six inches

deep in two o the cabins.

Metui Satini is the lat-

est crew member to give

evidence at the manslaugh-

ter trial o the managing

director o the Shipping

Corporation o Polynesia,

the skipper, his irst mateand the acting director o

marine.

74 people died in the

tragedy in August 2009.

Falemaka Fihaki reports

rom Nukualoa.

Mr Satini told the court

hed repeatedly told irst

mate, Semisi Pomale, that

water was coming in to the

crew cabin and cargo deck,

beore Mr Pomale ordered

him to pump the water out.

The Ashika had tilted to the

right side during this timebut pumping corrected this.

However he says about a

hal hour later it began tilt-

ing to the let and contin-

ued taking in water. He says

Mr Pomale ordered him to

check i the bilge pump in

the engine room was operat-

ing. He says he ound water

in the engine room and the

pump not working. Mr Satini

says he had tried to get buck-

ets to bail water but by that

stage the water reached to his

waist.RNZI

Tonga trial hears of Ashika sinking

Soduko puzzle solution

LAwyeRs foR the PAPuA

New Guinea prime minister, Sir

Michael Somare, are battling to

stop a leadership tribunal rom

convening tomorrow to hear

allegations o misconduct against

him.

The tribunal is being set up

to investigate allegations that

Sir Michael ailed to submit ull

income returns to the Ombuds-

man Commission, going back

nearly 20 years.

But Sir Michaels lawyers have

led an application to stop thetribunal sitting.

Our correspondent Jonathan

Tannos says theyre contesting

the legality o the actions by the

Ombudsman Commission.

It concerns the procedure in

which the Ombudsman Commis-

sion went about in its reerral o

him in the process into eventual-

ly setting up a leadership tribunal

to hear the alleged misconduct in

oce charges. Ironically at three

p.m. this aternoon the govern-

ment house here is set to swear

in the three judges that were

appointed on the leadership tri-

bunal or the Somare case.

Jonathan Tannos says some

in the PNG community will be

appalled by the prime ministersactions, which they see as an

attempt by Sir Michael to dis-

tance himsel rom the law.

RNZI

Somare lawyer want to stopPNG leadership tribunal

t h e wo R L d h e A L t h

Organisation (WHO) says the

appearance o the mosquito-

borne disease chikungunya in

the Pacic is cause or concern.

Two cases o chikungunyahave been conirmed in New

Caledonia, symptoms o which

are similar to dengue.

Dr Jacob Kool, a WHO inec-

tious disease expert in Fiji, has

told Radio Australias Paciic

Beat there are concerns this

could lead to a serious outbreak

in New Caledonia.

Thats deinitely a worry.

Normally, chikungunya is a dis-

ease in Arica and Asia, so its

spread to the Indian Ocean, he

said.And you can see what hap-

pens when the population has

never had a disease beore, then

it spreads much aster because

theres nobody that has any

immunity, no resistance to the

disease.

Radio Australia

Chikungunya disease inPacic a worry: WHO

bRitAins PRince wiLLiAm

will fy to Australia and New

Zealand next week to visit the

areas and people aected by

recent disasters.

The prince will arrive

in Australia on March 19,

and spend two days vis-

iting a number o areas

across Queensland ravaged

by Cyclone Yasi and recent

fooding.He wi l l then head to

food-hit northwestern Vic-

toria.

Beore arriving in Aus-

tralia, the prince will visit

Christchurch, which was

devastated by a 6.3-magni-

tude earthquake in Febru-

ary.

He will attend a national

memorial service there on

March 18.

The prince will also visit

Greymouth to speak to the

amilies o last years Pike

River Mine disaster.

It is not known i his

ancee Kate Middleton will

accompany him on the trip.

The Queensland Premier,Anna B ligh, says she hopes

the royal visit will boost the

states struggling tourism

industry.

I do thank the prince or

his decision to visit Austral-

ia, she said.

I hope that he sends the

message back to his riends

and colleagues in the UK

that Queensland is open or

business, and that while hes

here he gets an opportunity

to see that or himsel.

New Zealand Prime Min-

ister, John Key, says the visit

will comort his country as it

aces its darkest hours.

This is a heart-warming

gesture that will mean a lotto the thousands o people

whose lives have been orever

changed by these events, he

said in a statement.

The prince last visited Aus-

tralia and New Zealand in

January 2010.

Radio Australia

Prince William to visit Australia and NZ

PoLiticALLeAdeRsin fRench

Polynesia have shunned a call

by the President, Gaston Tong

Sang, or a meeting today to

discuss a political stability

pact or the two years until

the next general election.

Reports rom Tahiti say

none o the leaders o the so-

called pro-autonomy parties

has heeded the call to discuss

Mr Tong Sangs plans at the

presidential palace.

His government has the

support o only nine o the

assemblys 57 members but

the opposition coalition

hasnt challenged his position

because it cannot agree on

who should succeed him.

Political leaders as well as

the French high commission-

er are awaiting a court rul-

ing due in Paris next week to

determine whether the 2011

budget published by the Pres-

ident is valid or the budget

approved by the assembly.

Paris has said it plans to

change Tahitis electoral sys-

tem this year but observers

say elections are not expected

to be called in 2012 as that is

the year o Frances presiden-

tial elections.

RNZI

French Polynesiastability talks fail


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[ 8 ] vanuatu Daily Post| Thursday March 10, 2011

INFOCUSLibya

Madagascar malaria forceshundreds of Filipino miners home

Over 500 Filipino miners in Madagascar have

been orced to return home ater a serious

malaria outbreak on the island nation. Laborocials say a total o 900 Filipinos have let

Madagascar and returned to the Philippines

since February because o the health threat. The

Philippine government has sent a team to

Madagascar to meet with health ocials, as well

as the management o the Ambatovy nickel

project in Tamatave. Foreign aairs ocials say

that around 16 Filipinos working in the mine site

have tested positive or malaria. Philippine

ocials have also sought the assistance o the

World Health Organization on the malaria outbreak

Radio Australia

Japan needs nukes, says Tokyo

A major 7.2-magnitude quake has struck o

Japan's main island o Honshu swaying buildings in

Tokyo and triggering a 60-centimetre tsunami. TheJapan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami

warning or the east coast o Honshu. The tremor

which struck in the late morning about 10

kilometres below the Pacic seafoor caused no

reported casualties or damage. No casualties

either were reported rom a 5.6-magnitude tremor

that struck nearby about 12 minutes later. Nuclear

power operators Tokyo Electric and Tohoku Electric

reported their atomic plants in Aomori, Miyagi and

Fukushima preectures were not damaged. Some

Shinkansen bullet trains in the region automatically

stopped when the quake hit but then resumed their

services.

Radio Australia

North Korea begs for food fromZimbabwe

There are reports that North Koreas ood

supplies are so dire that Pyongyang is pleading or

supplies rom some o the worlds poorest nations.

North Korea has suered rom severe amine ater

poor harvests in recent years. A South Korean

newspaper citing diplomatic sources says

Pyongyang has been seeking ood rom some o

the poorest countries in Arica, among them

Zimbabwe. Seoul once provided nearly 500,000

tonnes o rice to its impoverished neighbour, but

that aid stopped three years ago when relations

worsened. There has also been a drop in

donations to United Nations ood programs

operating in North Korea ater the closed communist

state stepped up its nuclear and missile programs.

Radio Australia

Rio de Janeiro in full Carnival swingBrazil rocks to the samba rhythm as gigantic

loats, stunning costumes and dancing girls

delight the crowds. Rio de Janeiros top samba

groups put on their second and inal day o

parades at the Sambadrome venue. Gigantic

loats, electriying drummers, quicksilver samba

girls and spinning lag bearers swung into the

spotlights on the globally-televised pageant,

wowing a crowd o 70,000 Brazilian and

oreign spectators. Roughly 4,000 revelers

displayed costumes o lowers, ishes, bees,

bugs, peacocks, snakes, giraes, zebras and

many other animals. As well as a luxurious

spectacle and the climax o th e ive-day revelry,

the parades are a deadly serious competition.

Schools are rigorously judged on their

choreography, lyrics, loats, atmosphere and

other categories, and every year two aredowngraded to the second league. The three

schools that were damaged by the re on

February 7 will not compete. Judges will

announce this years champion on Ash

Wednesday, when the pre-Lenten estivies close.

UK Telegraph

Dav i D Came ron anD

President Barack Obama

have announced a ull spec-

trum o action on Libya as

Col Muammar Gaddas orc-

es pounded two oil towns in

an eort to bring the rebel-

lion against the regime under

control.

A joint British and US state-

ment said a plan or a no-fy

zone, as requested by many

o the rebels, was among the

ideas being discussed. Action

would also include surveil -

lance and enorcement o the

arms embargo against Libya.

The two men spoke as resi-

dents o the town o Zawiyah

to the west o Tripoli took to

the rootops with loudhailers

to appeal to their ellow-citi-

zens not to give up the ght

as scores o tanks streamed

into the central square.

Fragmented reports rom

the town, where telephones,

electricity and the inter-

net have all been cut, said

shells were hitting residen-

tial buildings and mosques

and bodies were lying in the

streets.

Television ootage o the

two-week-long battle or con-

trol o the town showed dead

bodies o soldiers lying in the

streets and casualties pouring

into the hospitals.

In the east o the coun-

try, rebel orces managed to

maintain control o the town

o Ras Lanu, also seat o an

oil terminal, despite aerial

bombardment that included

at least ve air strikes, includ-

ing on a block o fats.

But attempts to break out

to the west were met with

devastating government

repower, leading to a rebel

decision to reinorce its vol-

unteer troops with units o

the regular army that have

deected to their side but not

yet been employed against

their ormer comrades.

President Obama and his

administration have been

markedly more reluctant to

support a no-ly zone than

Mr Cameron and President

Nicolas Sarkozy o France.

But he has also come under

pres sure to ac t a s Col

Gaddais military ightback

has intensied.

The signiicance o con-

trol over Libyas oil acili-

ties was emphasised when

William Hague, the or-

eign secretary, told MPs he

was considering whether to

push or international action

to take billions o dollars o

Libyan oil revenues away

rom the Gaddai regime

and put them under United

Nations control.

The plan, inspired by the

oil-or-ood system imposed

on Saddam Husseins Iraq,

would require a decision by

the United Nations Security

Council, which is already

under pressure to impose

a no-ly zone over Libya in

light o Col Gaddas use o

air power to try to crush the

rebellion against his 41-year-

rule.

UK Telegraph

David Cameron and Barack Obamaplan full spectrum of action on Libya

David Cameron and President Barack Obama have announced a full spectrum of action on Libya Photo: PA/EPA

rebel forCes in l ibya

have come under intense airattacks or another day, as

pro-Gadda ghters contin-

ue to pound key towns in the

east and west.

One witness says the west-

ern town o Zawiya has

been reduced to ruins ater

Libyan tanks and ghter jets

unleashed a series o attacks

on the rebel-held town.

Further east, warplanes

red missiles on the strategic

oil town o Ras Lanu.

Murad Hamaima, a ormer

ocial in the Libyan oreign

ministry who has deected

to the opposition, has been

in contact with his amily inZawiya.

The city is under total

siege, under total bombard-

ment. They told me some o

my relatives had died, some

o them injured, he said.

They are determined to

ght this matter to the end,

but I think his security orces,

his militias are everywhereround in the streets going

house to house...searches,

rounding up the people and

I think the situation is very,

very dire.

Another Zawiyah resident

who asked not to be identi -

ied, told Reuters that pro-

Gadda orces had deployed

snipers along the road out

o town and were shooting

at people who travelled that

way.

No-y debate

The US Secretary o State,

Hillary Clinton, says impos-

ing a no-fy zone over Libya

has to be a decision made bythe United Nations, not the

US alone.

Mrs Clinton says support

or intervention in Libya must

come rom the international

community.

And there is still a lot o

opposition, as you proba-

bly know, within the security

council, but were working totry to come up with a good,

solid, international package,

she said.

US Pres iden t Barack

Obama has spoken to the

UK Prime Minister, David

Cameron, by phone to weigh

up options over the removal

o Libyan leader Muammar

Gadda rom power quickly.

In a statement, the White

House says Mr Obama and

David Cameron discussed a

range o possible responses

that would stop the blood-

shed, including a no-ly

zone.

UN food aidThe United Nations World

Food Programme has sent

trucks to Libyas rebel-held

port o Benghazi to deliver

the irst ood aid inside the

country in three weeks.

Until now, UN aid has

been concentrated on reu-

gees leeing to Libyas bor-

ders with Tunisia and Egypt.A convoy carrying 70 met-

ric tonnes o high-energy date

bars has crossed the Egyptian

border.

Meanwhile a shipment

o wheat lour is heading

or Libya again, ater it was

turned back rom Benghazi

last Thursday amid security

concerns.

Financial sanctions

Australias Reserve Bank

has imposed inancial sanc-

tions against 16 Libyans,

including three o Moamar

Gaddas sons

T h e R B A s a y s t h e

Australian Government hasdirected it to act against key

igures in Colonel Gaddais

regime.

It means payments cannot

be made or received by any

o the 16 people without the

RBAs approval.

Radio Australia

Libyan air strikes continue


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vanuatu Daily Post| Thursday March 10, 2011 [ 9 ]

Chinasmilitarybudget

is the astest growing in the

world but it will not pose a

serious challenge to US domi-

nance o the Pacic or a dec-

ade, the think tank IISS said

in its annual report on the

worlds armies on Tuesday.

T h e r e s p e c t e dInternational Institute or

Strategic Studies said that

despite the eects o the

global inancial crisis, the

7.5 per cent growth in the

Chinese deence budget in

2010 was greater than most

countries.

Such growth continued

to provoke concern, the

London-based group said in

its Military Balance 2011

study.

Christian Le Miere, the

IISS Naval expert said that

Chinese missiles and naval

orces would not be capa-

ble o denying US access toparts o the pacic with anti-

ship missiles and assault

orces or 10-20 years.

The report said Chinas

primary ocus was region-

al, pointing to the status o

Taiwan which Beijing still

claims as part o its territo-

ry to be reuniied by orce

i necessary and disputes

in the East and South China

Seas as Beijings overriding

concerns.

By and large, China

remains a regional power

with regional conc erns , a s

demonstrated in 2010 by aseries o exercises, construc-

tion projects and equipment

purchases, it said.

But the report under-

lined that the worlds mili-

tary powers were watching

China warily as it begins

tentatively to explore oper-

ations urther aeld.

The report said the United

States spent $693 billion on

deence in 2010 4.7 per

cent o its GDP compared

to Chinas $76 billion (1.3

percent/GDP) and Britains

$57 billion (2.5 percent/

GDP).

Those concerns height-ened on Friday when China

announced a double-dig-

it rise its deence budget

in 2011, with spending to

increase 12.7 per cent to

601.1 billion yuan ($91.5

billion).

That was a return to nor-

mal service or China the

7.5 per cent rise last year

broke with a multiyear trend

o double-digit percentage

increases in Chinese mili-

tary spending.

The IISS said however

that Chinas goal o closing

the technological gap withthe West could be under-

mined by serious structur-

al weaknesses.

One overarching prob-

lem is the widespread dupli-

cation and Balkanisation o

industrial and research acil-

ities, it said.

Factories producing arms

are scattered around the

vast country and oten pos-

sess outdated manuactur-

ing and research attributes,

it said.

China was aiming to

acquire such as the subma-

rines and anti-ship missiles

was des ign ed to den t thedominance o U.S. aircrat

carriers in nearby waters par-

ticularly the Taiwan Strait.

Beijings military growth

was itsel driving other near-

by Asian powers to ramp up

their own purchases.

UK Telegraph

4 killed in Ivory Coast after protest march attackedIvory Coast

ChinaMilitary Balance report:

China wont threaten USin Pacic for a decade

i n a n a C t o f b o l d

deance, thousands o women

converged on Tuesday on the

bloodstained pavement where

seven o their sisters ell last

week, even as the army back-ing this countrys rogue leader

again opened re and killed

our more civilians.

The brutal killings last

week occurred when soldiers

in armoured personnel car-

riers opened re on a crowd

o emale demonstrators

who were armed with noth -

ing more than tree branches,

symbolising peace.

The attack on civilians has

urther galvanised the inter-

national community against

strongman Laurent Gbagbo,

who has re us ed to yi eld

power three months ater

being declared the loser o hiscountrys election.

On Tuesday, several hun-

dred women marched in

Treichville, a downtown

neighbourhood. Hours ater

the march on International

Womens Day was over, the

army burst in and opened

re, killing at least our civil-

ians. Reporters saw the bodies

o three men and one women

on the blood-splattered foor

o a clinic.

Hundreds o other women

demonstrating near the site

o last weeks killings in the

Abobo district were protect-

ed by men who had ormed

a wall across the mouth o a

reeway by lining cars end-to-

end.

Mariam Bamba, 32, picked

up a limp branch on Tuesday

next to one o the blood stains

on pavement. This lea is all

they were carrying, she said

o the victims.

The seven women are just

a raction o the more than

400 people killed in the three

months since this countrys

disputed election. Because

they were unarmed women,

their deaths have prompted

international condemnation,

including rom the U.S. State

Department which called

Gbagbo morally bankrupt.

A video obtained by The

Associa ted Press shows the

joyul crowd b lowing whis-

tles and waving branches

moments beore the women

are mowed down.

When Sako Bamara arrived

at the hospital last Thursday,

his relatives told him not to

lit the cloth covering his

wies body. At least not above

the shoulders. They wouldnt

let me look at her ace, he

said. So I had to identiy her

eet, he said. Then he broke

down.

The videos grainy oot-

age clearly shows that the

34-year-old had been decapi-

tated. Her brother-in-law was

the rst to arrive and recog-

nised her by the colour o her

T-shirt. Bones were protrud-

ing rom her neck.

The survivors broughtwooden carts rom the near-

by market and used them

to transport the dead to the

hospital.

Bamara had encouraged

her to go to the march, just as

so many other husbands and

athers had. That morning

she asked my permission to

go. I said, Be careul. Since

they are women, I thought

they would never shoot.

At the hospital , the dead

women were laid side by side,

and at one point a mobile

phone started ringing inside

the pocket o one o the other

lieless women.Bamaras brother lited the

cloth covering her body and

retrieved it out o her pock-

et. On the other end was

the dead girls rantic ather,

Gnelle Gnon Ouattara, who

could not reach his 21-year-

old daughter Rokiya. He

rushed to the hospital and

saw his child, part o her neck

shorn o by the large-calibre

bullet.

In Arica we say that its

the child that must bury the

ather, said Ouattara. When

its the ather that buries the

child, something isnt right.

The women marching on

Tuesday wore T-shirts bearing

the smiling portrait o ADO

Alassane Dramane Ouattara,the democratically elected

president who has been pre-

vente d rom governing the

country by Gbagbo. He has

spent the rst three months o

his term inside a resort hotel

under day-and-night United

Nations protection, and was

to leave the grounds or the

rst time on Tuesday night at

the invitation o the Arican

Union.

Both Ouattara and Gbagbo

have been invited to travel

to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to

hear the verdict o the AUs

Peace and Security Council,

whi ch was at tempting toind a solution to the crisis.

Ouattara has called on the

international community to

launch an armed interven-

tion in order to oust Gbagbo,

who appeared on state televi-

sion last week to say that he

is hanging in there.

I heard someone say that

God has let Arica, said

Yacouba Ouattara, a relative

o one o the dead women.

No. Its Ivory Coast that God

has let.

UK Telegraph

A woman grieves, alongside a woman holding a picture of a man killed in post-election violence, as they march in TreichvillePhoto: AP


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REAL ESTATEvanuatu Daily Post Thursday 10 March, 2011 [ 11]

11

The Anglican Church of Melanesia

is currently constructing a ten (10)

rooms commercial building in

Luganville, Santo. The building is

situated almost within the main

centre of Luganville town.

The rooms are 30 square meters in

size and are suitable for ofces and

boutique type shops.

The building has good frontage with

heavy trafc ow and the building is

highly visible from the main street.The building will be available for

occupation by July 2011.

Expression of Interests for rent

should be addressed to:-

The Anglican Church of Melanesia

P.O. Box 212

Luganville, Santo

Telephone 36477/37714 or Mobile:

7752422 & 7751736

Email: [email protected]

teN (10) CoMMerCial rooMs

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motor vehicle

for sale

Rav 4 2005, 52000km

perfect condition Vt2.5 mil-

lion. Ring John 7741154 or

email: [email protected].

vu (16/03/11)

MITSUBISHI GALANT.

Stylish sports car, new recon-

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windows, body in good con-

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ly serviced. VT600,000 o.n.o.

Call Sethy 7763765 or George5454422 (15/03/11)

Starex Bus Reg No# 8171

Price: 850,000vt. Starex Bus

Reg No# 7630 Price250,000vt .

Phone: 5916214 (12/03/11)

Motorbike Suzuki Volty

250cc road bike I 15000km,

perfect for Vila and around

Efate. Price: Vt250,000 Call:

Piter 7764226. (11/03/11)

Subaru Forester 4WD.

Only 45,000km. Cheap to run,

full service history, in great

condition with new suspen-

sion. Valued at 1.9 million,

priced to sell at 1.5 million

vatu. Phone 7745486 (18/03/11)

Musso Sport No# 6022.

Only head casket damage.

Price: 250,000vt. Contact:

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Expat Leaving

Mazda BFSO Extra- Cab greatcondition 5 months old, 3.5mil

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Toyota Hiace LH114 Service

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2010 KIA RIO

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Fuel economy

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Good Sound system

Excellent condition Silver in color

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Power lock/stee ring/

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Air conditioning

Full service history

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PEUGEOT 206, 90 000 KM,

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2003 Toyota Hilux, 2.8L

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vanuatu Daily Post Thursday, March 10 2011 [10]

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Tons of Melanesian

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Commencement would

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Football

[ 14 ]vanuatu Daily Post|Thursday, March 10 2011

Frg Feedy favourte for golde bootIn-form AmIcAle strIker

Fenedy Masauvakalo has

ound the net six times in the

O-League this season and is

in the box seat to earn thegolden boot mantle or most

goals scored.

His side lead Group A

and are almost certain to be

involved in the two-legged

inal where they will meet

New Zealand outft Auckland

City.

His rivals all have three

goals or less but only one o

the closest chasers, Masau-

vakalos Amicale team mate

Ali ck Maem ae, is like ly to

play more games than the

one group match rema

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