TBV – sorry excuse of a TV station

Well not actually stammer in the real sense of the word, but rather as in pronouncing the word wrong. It happened last ngiht, Wednesday 26 November, 2008. I as sitting in front of the TV watching the news and feeling a bit cynical about TBV’s sorry excuse of a news broadcasting setup when I was [...]

The forgotten province

The people of Torba Province, the northern most province of Vanuatu, have a common saying when asked about anything relating to government support. The response you get most often than not is; “oli fogetem mifala bageken”. What a shame!
The province consists of over 20 islands divided into two groups, the Torres Group which is almost [...]

Devil’s havin’ a party in Vanuatu!

The devil is havin’ a partay in Vanuatu right now. Amidst the global financial crisis, the local high unemployment rate, inadequate service delivery to the 80% (majority) of the population, increased crime rate and high inflation, the government decides to pass an Employment Ammendment Act that increases the minimum wage from VT20000 to VT26000. This [...]