Breaking news: 2-0 at half-time in World Cup U20 Vanuatu v Venezuela match
Posted: May 23, 2017 Filed under: Breaking News, Sport, The Daily Digest | Tags: football, media, Vanuatu, Venezuela, water Comments Off on Breaking news: 2-0 at half-time in World Cup U20 Vanuatu v Venezuela match
Adalberto Penaranda of Venezuela holds off a challenge from Gregory Patrick of Vanuatu. Photo: Alex Livesey/FIFA.com
Vanuatu v Venezuela in the FIFA Under 20s World Cup in Korea is Read the rest of this entry »
Breaking news: Tanna nominated for Academy Award for best foreign language film
Posted: January 25, 2017 Filed under: Breaking News | Tags: cinema, Film, Tanna, Vanuatu 8 Comments
In a first for film in Vanuatu and the Pacific islands region, The film Tanna, shot on location in Vanuatu using a local, untrained cast of actors, has been officially nominated for an Oscar for best foreign language film by the US Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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Breaking news: Motion of no confidence withdrawn due to lack of numbers
Posted: December 15, 2016 Filed under: Breaking News | Tags: parliament, politics, Vanuatu Comments Off on Breaking news: Motion of no confidence withdrawn due to lack of numbersThe motion of no confidence against the Government of PM Charlot Salwai has been withdrawn by Deputy Opposition Leader Sato Kilman, who conceded that the Opposition didn’t have the numbers to proceed. Today’s attempt at a motion of no confidence is the second this month to have failed. The Government’s position was never in doubt as they maintained a majority of 31 MPs.
The repeated failure of the Opposition’s censure motions will now give ammunition to Government’s legislative attempts to stabilise Vanuatu’s political life by restricting the number and timing of parliamentary censure motions.
Breaking news: Motion of no confidence fails
Posted: November 30, 2016 Filed under: Breaking News, The Daily Digest | Tags: parliament, politics, Vanuatu Comments Off on Breaking news: Motion of no confidence failsThe agenda item concerning the Motion of No Confidence in the Government of PM Charlot Salwai Tabimasmas did not even obtain a full hearing this afternoon in the Vanuatu Parliament. Everyone was there, a further 8 withdrew their signatures, but the Speaker ruled the matter could be taken no further when all there seemed to be was bickering from the supporters of the Motion. We the public were not given a single reason to reduce our confidence in the leader of the Government, nor was our trust in him diminished. But the Opposition wasted an hour of everyone’s time trying to get a chance to bring him down. The motion ended up in the poubelle.
The second extraordinary sitting was closed.
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