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WWW.DAILypoSt.vuISSUE NO 3 758 FrIday, ja NUary 18 2013

By Ricky BinihiR e l i a b l e V a n u a t u

boarder experts have dis-

missed speculation that mega

vessel Phocea which created

much havoc ater its illegal

arrival in Port Vila last year

will leave the country.

Van ua tu ha s re ce iv ed

unclear reports that the sail-

ing boat, reportedly owned

by businessman Pascal Saken

is registered in Malta in the

Mediterranean Sea.

The inormation sup-

plied has not met the Vanuatu

requirement to qualiy or rec-

tiying the boats deects and

the ship will not leave the

country as soon as many peo-

ple had expected, a reliable

source told the Daily Post.

Eye witnesses have con-

irmed now that the Prime

Minister Sato Kilman said the

Phocea could be released rom

the country because there was

no case pending beore the

Courts there is more lightings

in the ship during the nights.

And there was even specu-

lation Phocea has reflled and

was supposed to set sail this

week.

But Daily Post sources said

despite the assurances rom

the Prime Ministers Oice

the ship might still not leave

the country because it ailed

to adhere to the compliance

inormation regarding its reg-

istration in Malta.

All the countries that are

signatory to international

maritime and boarder con-

trol conventions know that

the Phocea has deects that

require rectiication. Now

that Phocea is in Vanuatu and

what will be thei r impres-

sion on Vanuatu i the Pho-

cea is released but its papers

are not in order, the sourc-

es said.

The Phocea was at the epi-

center o alleged illegal activ-

ities when it irst came to

Vanuatu on July 18 last year

but was never boarded by

Customs, Police, Quarantine

and Ports and Harbor ofcials

until July 22.

Three government ministers

and an MP reportedly boarded

the ship beore it was cleared

but only two current govern-

ment ministers will appear

on charges o boarding a or-

eign vessel that has not been

cleared by local authorities.

When it irst arrived the

Vanuatu Police alleged that the

boat was smuggling guns and

traicking drugs and Police

who boarded the ship ound

a tiny specimen o what could

be cocaine.

But the Police could never

substantiate their claims in

Court except get members o

the Phocea crew fned in Court

or illegally entering Vanuatu.

The Daily Post understands

that local authorities have

discovered that Phocea had

been registered in Luxem-

bourg, France, Vanuatu and

Malta when legally the ship

must be registered one coun-

try alone.

vanuatu receies unclearregistration of phocea from Malta

By Glenda Shinga big baybush Mission teacher

in Santo has related his experi-

ence to Daily Post on how he had

to sleep with the national exam-

ination papers because o river

looding, twice, and arriving at

the school just minutes beore

examination begins.

The teacher who wishes to

remain anonymous is currently

teaching in a recent established

secondary school in the Big Bay

bush area. He recounted the

hardships they are acing every

day and blamed the unbalanced

distribution o service delivery as

a big contribution to their adver-sity.

The teacher said, In two con-

secutive years, I had no choice

but to sleep at the side o the

river with the Year Eight Nation-

al Examination papers with me,

as we could not get across to the

other side due to river overlow.

When we were able to cross the

river the next day, I arrived in the

classroom to ind the students

already waiting to sit their exams,

minutes beore exam begun.

Ac co rd in g to hi m, a pu bl ic

transport would take approxi-

mately our to six hours to travel

to Big Bay bush rom Luganville

town or vice versa, and those

who are going to sel l the ir pro-

duce and animals at the market

pay Vt13,000 each way, while

Mission teachers are charged at

Vt18, 000 one way.

It is very hard sometimes as

we pay huge money on transport,

and at times we have to sleepover night beside the river, as we

could not get over to the other

side when we are aced by over-

lowing rivers, the teacher said.

They had to pass over two rivers,

Lape River and Jordan River on

their way to their area.

>>To Pge 2 A bed inside a dormitory in a Mission school, Big Bay Bush. (Inset) Little boys inside a classroom in one of the Mission schools of Big Bay Bush. Photo source: PCV

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[ 2 ]vanuatu Daily Post| Friday January 18, 2013

Courtesy Vanuatu

Meteo Office Call 22932

General situation:A trough of low pressure remainsnear northern Vanuatu, slow mov-ing.

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WEBSITE: www.meteo.gov.vuSUNRISEToday: 05-26

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REGIONAL CHART

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TIMES HEIGHT (Meters) TIMES HEIGHT (Meters)

04:00 0.58 17:22 0.66

10:421.35

23:11 1.10

Forecast for today:Showers and thunder overTorba and Sanma province,elsewhere partly cloudy withchance of showers. Light tomoderate east and southeast-erly winds.

Yesterdays record-ed weather variables

(8am-8am)Sola

Saratamata(Ambae)

Pekoa(Santo)

Lamap(Malekula)

Bauerfield(Vila)

WhitegrassTanna

Aneityum

Rainfall (mm) 46.2 2.2 34.1 0.3 0.0 2.4 0.0

Max. Temp (c) 32.0 31.5 31.0 32.8 31.3 28.5 30.0

Min. Temp (c) /// 25.0 25.0 24.7 24.5 20.5 23.0

Mariners:SE winds 10/20 knots over northern waters withlight to moderate seas to 1.0 metre. ElsewhereSE winds 12/17 knots, light to moderate seas to1.5 metres.

By Len GaraeWomen living at Black

Sands, Salili and at the end o

the Airport can thank Shea

Province when they read this

article because it is surveying

the opposite side o its Mar-

obe Livestock Market to build

a new Market House or thewomen in the area this year.

The market will hold 80

tables, an ofce, a store room,

training room or armers and

shower rooms and toilets or

men and women.

The 15 by 25 metre open

market will be unded joint-

ly by Shea Province and UN

Women.

It will be managed entirely

by women.

By Kathie Simona S h e f a P r o v i n c i a l

Council hopeul and candi-

date, Ernest Kaloris, prom-

ises sweeping changes i he

is elected as councilor in the

upcoming provincial elections

on 12 February 2013.

The ormer Assistant Sec-

retary General o Shea

Province said as a gateway

province the level o develop-

ment within Shea should sur-

pass other provinces.

I elected I will put the

issue o relocation o Shea

Headquarters as a frst priori-

ty on the table.

The current location o the

provincial headquarters in the

heart o the capital Port Vila

does little to ocus the prior-

ity development needs o all

the area councils within Shea

Province, explain Ernest

Kaloris.

Ernest Kaloris who is con-

testing the provincial elec-

tions under the Vanuatu

Democratic Party (VDP) tick-

et, told daily post he will seek

the support o electors to relo-

cate the Shea ofce to either

north Eate or another island

within Shea.Kaloris also vows as his

second priority to see that

the province is proactive in

strengthening its area coun-

cils.

There has been a lot o

talk about decentralization

but nothing concrete is done

to empower the area coun-

cils, and the area councils are

somewhat underutilized thus

aecting their potential to

derive maximum benefts to

the communities, he said.

He said that i elected, he

will see as matter o priori-

ty that the province becomes

more proactive to support the

area councils. Shea province

has in total 27 Area Councils.

54-year-old Kaloris also

suggested that there is scope

or larger villages within the

suburbs o the capital Port

Vila which incl udes Mele,

Pango and Erakor could be

upgraded rom its status as

an area council to that o a

municipality.

An agenda on his campaign

cards in the Shea Provincial

Council is the proposal to bet-

ter coordinate all inter-island

shipping by Shea ship own-

ers and possibly other ship

owners.

Mr Kaloris inormed Daily

Post that it is very burden-

some as well as costly or ship

owners rom Shea and othernorthern Ports to go to Vila

Harbor.

He said Shea should make

available with the assistance

o Government or Emua

Whar to be upgraded to a

standard that it could take

care o the needs o the local

shipping service, and in an

attempt to make local travel

more aordable by the pas-

sengers, and thus making

shipping service more efcient

or ship owners. In Kaloriss

vi ew, such dev elopment s

would also be quite benefcial

to the north Eate residents,

as well as road transport own-

ers including interested buy-ers o local products rom the

nearby Shea islands and the

Northern islands, especial-

ly kava and taro, to name a

ew.

In summing up the chang-

es he intends to carry out,

he suggested that a lot o

the changes is to do with

the attitude o people with-

in Shea province who wish

to see changes implement-

ed or the betterment o the

province.

But these changes will

start with a better administra-

tion o the province by having

not just the best people or

the job, but equally importantensuring a airer representa-

tion in the administration o

the province to ensure that

services are shared equitably,

concluded Kaloris.

Shefa surveys site for new Marobe Market

Kaloris promises sweeping changes if

elected to Shefa Provincial Council

Paama to marketmore sh to Port VilaBy Godwin Ligothe f iShe rm e n o n th e

Island o Paama aim to step

up their fshing project on the

island with the assistance o

their new MP Jonas James.

Member o Parliament orPaama Island, Jonas James,

has made special arrange-

ments or 12 fshermen rom

Paama to market their catch

to the hotels and restaurants

and supermarkets in Port Vila

this week.

Paama has one o the

richest ishing grounds in

Vanuatu and so it is time to

exploit this or cash income

to help raise the standard

o living on the Island, MP

James told Daily Post.

He said the current 12

ull time ishermen on the

island are expected to meet

this Friday to look at waysin expanding their ishing

projects as well as market

opportunities in Port Vila and

elsewhere.

I have arranged or a reg-

ular shipment o deep sea fsh

with the fshermen on Paama

to Port Vila markets but it

does not limit us to sell fsh

also in Luganville Santo or

elsewhere in Vanuatu where

there is demand now and in

uture, the Paama MP said.

He said his aim is to

encourage more young peo-

ple who have nothing to do

in Port Vila, Luganville or on

the Island to get into busi-ness ventures and one o this

is start fshing projects with

his assistance.

You can either have a

paid employment or be sel-

employed and being sel-

employed in a business

undertaking at a young age

will turn you into a wealthy

ni-Vanuatu business man or

women when you retir e or

wish to diverse into some-

thing else later down the

road in your lie, said MP

James.

My aim is not just to

market fsh to Port Vila but

to encourage the populationo Paama to buy fsh at low

prices and eat more fsh and

then o course supply sur-

plus to the market in Port

Vila.

It is or these reasons

that I am encouraging more

young pe ople on Paama to

involve in ishing industry

back on the Island, said MP

Jonas James.

Original plan for Marobe Complex pending funding while current Marobe Livestock Market seen at far left open market to be built alongside it

>>From Front Page

The Mission teacher said

he has come across even

worst situations where sick

adults, children or even preg-

nant women die at the side o

the rivers because they lack

proper health care in their

area, and had to be aced by

overlowing rivers on their

way to towns.

The teacher added, On

unortunate cases, the vil-

lagers had to bring home

only Vt2, 000 or Vt3, 000

ater their sale at the market

as the money they earned

rom their produces wouldbe spent on just their trans-

port are.

However, one o my big-

gest concerns here is or the

Government through the Min-

istry o Education to divert

their ocus towards Mission

schools as well because we

have some very brainy stu-

dents in these remote areas

who one day may become

key people o this nation.

Mission schools are owned

by dierent Church educa-

tion authorities and one o

their main aims is to preach

about the Gospel to the peo-

ple. Mission teachers use

such opportunities not only

to preach the Gospel but also

to educate the people, espe-

cially the children and young

people on the importance obeing educated.

There are several Mis-

sion schools on Santo, two

on Pentecost and one in the

Banks group.

Mission teacher urgesGovernment to consider

importance of Mission schools

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vanuatu Daily Post| Friday January 18, 2013 [ 3 ]

By Jonas CullwickA three-yeArprojectto

help grassroots commu-

nities in Vanuatu improve

resilience against the eects

o climate change is in the

inal stages o its scoping

and report writing stage.

The project in its pilot

stage titled Community

resilience and coping with

climate change and natu-

ral disasters began mid last

year and is a joint undertak-

ing between three United

Nations agencies - UNICEF,UNDP and FAO.

The UN agencies are

working in dire ct partner -

ship with the Department

o Local Authorities (DLA)

and they are target twelve

sites - two in each province,

identifed in line with their

scale o natural disaster and

level o vulnerability.

As si st an t Pr oj ec t Ma n-

ager, Ben Tabi, who is also

Pr inc ipa l Deve lopment

Planning Oicer in DLA

says some o these sites are

extremely remote, such as

Olboe in Northwest Santo,

Ao ta on Me re la va in th eBanks Group, and Konkon

on North Ambrym, which is

also a rugged location.

The interesting thing is

this project is very unique

because we at DLA have

requested them (UN agen-

cies) to design the project in

line with the wishes o the

Government, which essen-

tially means in line with the

principal law governing local

authorities, the Decentrali-

zation Act, Mr. Tabi said.

The current theme o

the DLA is strengthening o

local councils, so the project

is utilizing this structure toreach the lowest level o

governance to help the peo-

ple, he said, adding that

by using the structure, the

project aims to build capaci-

ty at community level.

Dur ing the l a s t s i x

months they have been col-

lecting baseline inormation,

tabulating the data and are

now writing the report.

Hopeully, the Report

will be completed soon and

in February we will present

it to the Government beore

it goes to the UN regional

ofce in Suva and on to the

Fund or Humanitarian Secu-rity, an ofce directly under

the UN Secretary General

Ban Ki-Moon or approval

so unds or the project can

be released, Tabi said.

Another in te res t ing

thing is that the project

acknowledges the exist-

ence o traditional knowl-

edge and aims to build on

this knowledge, where the

people in the communities

wil l sha re the ir tra dit ion -

al knowledge to be used to

make the people more resil-

ient to climate change, the

Assi stant Pro jec t Manager

said.There are ive main com-

ponents o the project,

and they are Disaster Risk

Reduction (DRR) Man-

agement, Governance and

Decision Making, Water

Security, Food Security, and

Knowledge Management.

Traditional knowledge to help build

resilience to effects of climate change

Assistant Project Manager and DLA Principal Development Planning Officer Ben Tabi)

By Len GaraeAll the necessAry pAper

work and sur vey s an d

detailed planning right down

to the actual location and

costing o a runway or a

new international airport tobe built in the South East o

Eate to take 747 jets have all

been completed in the last

ten years by investor Domin-

ique Dinh.

It is now up to the new

Government to commit polit-

ical will to the project and

confrm i it is going to und

the project or fnd the inves-

tors to und and build it or

allow Dominique Dinh to

fnd the investors to und and

carry out the work.

He even showed ormer

Minister o Land, Steven Kal-

sakau the proposed project

but the Government at thetime did not make any com-

mitment towards building

another international air-

port.

The prominent investor/

builder Dominique Dinh has

made the conirmation to

the President o the Vatur-

isu Council o Chies, Chie

Andrew Kalpoil ep and Sec-

retary General o Shea Prov-

ince, Michel Kalworai in his

oice at Korman two days

ago.

Vaturisu mandated Chie

Kalpoilep to approach local

investors who have the land

to see i they are going to be

interested to contribute in

terms o land and or fnance

towards the project.Discussions have devel-

oped at super speed since

last Friday when the Deputy

Prime Minister and Minister

o Trade and Tourism, Ham

Lini directed the SG to work

with the Vaturisu and local

landowners to fnd a site or

a new international airport

to cater or 747 and 767 air-

crat.

A Boe ing 747 can carr y

up to 400 passengers while a

767, 300 passengers.

The proposed site iden-

tiied by Dinh is currently

owned by another prominent

investor.Money should not be a

problem, i the landowner as

well as custom landowners

want 200 to 300 million vatu

or more, the Government

should pay it because that

amount o money is nothing

compared to the huge fnan-

cial benefts that the Vaturisu,

Government, Shea Province,

and the landowner(s) stand

to gain rom such a huge

international airport, Dinh

says.

Dinh speaks as an inves-

tor and landowner and par-

amount chie representing

some Tanna people, so with

the proposed project he is

looking at a wider picture

towards overall prosperity orthe whole country.

He is looking at a time

when the positive image o

the country as the happiest

place on earth can be pro-

moted without ear o crim-

inal activity as all the trouble

makers will have been sent

back to their respective

islands to go to jail at home

then stay at home.

The Government must

prepare to open an interna-

tional airport o this size by

irst building concrete pris-

ons in each island or Province

and equip all custom chies

with legal power to send allcriminals rom their islands

back home, he says.

Only then can the airport

be opened. But Dinh warns

that an international develop-

ment o that size also brings

about its negative aspects o

lie such as pornography and

prostitution and they must be

dealt with also.

At the end o the meeting,

the SG o Shea Province says

he will ollow up on the dis-

cussions with an urgent letter

to the Deputy Prime Ministerand Minister o Trade and

Tourism, Ham Lini beore the

end o this week, to advise

him on the latest level o dis-

cussions ollowing his direc-

tive o last Friday.

Basically the ball is enter-

ing the Governments court

this week and it is up to the

Government how it plays the

game but investor and con-

tractor Dominique Dinh is

waiting wi th the keenest o

interest.

Dinh ready for new international airport

Environmentand Municipal

approved use ofParliament Park

By Godwin LigoheAdoftheenvironmentAl

Protection and Conservation

Department, Albert William,

conirmed to Daily Post that

the government obtained the

Departments approval or

the use o the Parliamentary

Park or the Chinese Funded

National Convention Center

back in 2010.

He said the Environmental

Protection and Conservation

Department was a member o

the Consultative Committee

which the Government set up

in 2010 to make a decision in

regard to the Park use and the

Convention Center to be built

there.

There were discussions on

the issue o using the Green

Space or the project but at

the end all parties agreed that

the project is o a signifcantimportance or the country,

Williams told Daily Post.

On the question o losing

the only large green space in

the center o Port Vila that

serves to cater or major

events such as arts estivals

and independence celebra-

tions, Albert replied that the

committee proposed at the

time (2010) or another Green

Space to be ound elsewhere

within or outside Port Vila or

such events as arts estivals

and independence celebra-

tions or other similar nation-

al or regional events.

On the question o the envi-ronmental impact, the Head o

the Environmental Protection

and Conservation Department

replied that the assessment

were undertaken hence the

approval given to the govern-

ment to go ahead with the

project.

Meanwhile, the Lord Mayor

o Port Vila, Rueben Olul, also

confrmed that the Municipal

Council has given its bless-

ing to the national govern-

ment to go ahead and build

the national convention cent-

er at the only large parliamen-

tary green space.

He questioned why Port

Vila MP Ralph Regenvanu is

not supporting the project

which he said is o a nation-

al importance especially to

Port Vila and the country as a

whole.

Early this week, Port

Vila MP Ralph Regenvanu

expressed concern that the

government has not given

careul consideration beore

deciding to build another

national convention center

at the only remaining large

green space in the center oPort Vila.

The Leader o the Oppo-

sition shared the same views

with MP Rengenvanu and that

is that the government should

relocate the national conven-

tion center to another site out-

side Port Vila but not too ar

away rom town.

The Parliamentary Green

Space is the only large space

available or major events

such as the independence

celebrations and arts esti-

vals and similar national and

major events.

I agree with MP Rengen-

vanu with a call to the nation-al government to relocate the

project to another site even

just outside Port Vila, Oppo-

sition Leader Edward Natapei

said as pressure is mounting

or the government to relo-

cate the project to another

site.

Dinh says he has been waiting for the project last ten years while Chief Kalpoilep (right) and SG Kalworai listen

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[4 ] vanuatu Daily Post| Friday January 11, 2013

By Len GaraeFourhighrankingoFFicers

o the Vanuatu Immigration

Services have lodged with the

Public Service Commission on

January 9 o 2013, a copy o

a Report against the Principal

Immigration Oicer, Fran-

cois Batick, accusing him o

alleged mismanagement.

The rst report o the same

content was prepared and

sent to the ormer Minister o

Internal Aairs, George Wells,

on August 1 o last year, in

line with the ministers own

request or the report to becompiled.

A copy o the report leaked

to the Daily Post shows that

the our oicers who com-

piled the report were Port

Vila Immigration Airport Bor-

der Control Acting Ocer in

Charge, Esrom Namka Lough-

mani, Airport Border Con-

trol A Shit Supervisor Moses

Banga, B Shit supervisor

Christopher Reynolds, Border

Control Ocer Godwin Jacob

and Border Control Oicer

Tom Mansil Felix.

In the covering letter that

accompanied the submis-

sion, the our ocers believe

the report has not been acted

upon and a number o out-

standing allegations need to

be dealt with.

The ollowing are some

o the complaints that they

believe refect a lack o pro-

essionalism on the PIO to

carry out his duties in line

with established procedures.

IssuingofnewResident

Permits (to applicants) with-

out complying with neces-

sary requirements including

Screening Committee. Also

issuing resident permits and

waiving o nes imposed on

applicants who are penal-

ised or breaching visitor visa

conditions. The latest exam-

ples are Chinese employees o

certain shops (names o the

shops provided) in Port Vila

who are legally in the coun-try on visitor visa but are

ound to be working which

is in breach o the visa condi-

tions, the report says.

When Border Control

Ocers conronted one o the

owners to serve him with his

penalty notice or breach o

visa conditions regarding his

employees, he (owner) called

the PIO direct by mobile

phone reporting the matter

and even went to meet the

PIO in his Oice to sort out

the matter.

Late responsesorno

acknowledgement to let-

ters requesting visa require-

ments resulting in airport

border reusals and compli-

cations. The ollowing are

a ew examples such as that

o Floyd Joseph Smith o Air

Vanuatu, three Indonesians

that also implicated Richard

Kaltongga and another Indo-

nesian, a prominent Seventh

Day Adventist pastor, the

report says.

Interimvisa issue

(delegation o powers): It

is a must at all Border Con-

trol Check Points to question

every incoming passenger to

acilitate and issue appropri-

ate visa to allow entry. With

the new Immigration Act No.

17 o 2010, interim visa is

also included speciically to

acilitate short term employ-

ment and only the PIO can

issue interim visa (require-ments speciied). At the air-

port border control it has

been clearly identiied that

not all incoming passen-

gers whose intention it is to

engage in short term employ-

ment are aware o such visa

and requirements.

The Acting Oicer in

Charge in line with the law

started charging those ound

to be planning short term

employment and this was

totally opposed by the PIO

resulting in the PIO calling

the AOC stupid man.

A hard copy instruction

was later issued by the PIO to

cease issuing interim visas and

collection o ees at the arriv-

al checks. It is now practical-

ly clear that Border Control

Ocers are encouraging and

entertaining incoming short

term employment passengers

by illegally issuing them with

the wrong visa (visitor), while

they already know by verbal

interview that employment

will be engaged, the report

says.

The oicers question is

whether it is legal to obey the

PIOs instruction or ollow the

law.

Thereportalsoraisesthe

question o clearing incoming

yachts. A classic example is

that o the yacht Sea Dream

and Phocea, both vessels

are under similar investiga-

tions and very diicult atthis stage to determine and

complete investigations all

because o very late clearanc-

es being done on land. Had

these yachts been cleared at

the time o arrival on board as

should be, it would have min-

imised investigation chores,

the report says.

The Sea Dream arrived

on May 30, 2012 and was

cleared on May 31, and the

Phocea arrived on July 14

July 2012 and immigra-

tion clearance was done at

the airport the next day. The

Immigration Head Oice

has turned a blind eye on

this issue o yacht clearances

being done at the main oce

(inland) or at the airport dur-

ing the weekend and public

holidays, and not considering

the act that criminal activities

are more common to occur on

yachts than on aircrats.

ImmigrationIdentity

Cards and Aviation Vanuatu

Ltd Identity Cards have not

yet been issued to Immigra-

tion Oicers since January

1 o 2012. This has result-

ed in Border Control Ocersnot allowed entry into the ter-

minals arrival and departure

lounge to process clearances

which resulted in fight delays

and complaints rom passen-

gers during fight FJ260 rom

Honiara on July 17 o 2012.

To this day all Immigration

Oicers have not yet been

issued with required AVL ID

Cards and Immigration ID

Cards as mentioned in Part

2 Section 11 o the Vanuatu

immigration No 17 o 2010.

Both the Chairman o the

Public Service Commission,

Holi Simon and Principal

Immigration Ocer, Francois

Batick could not be reached

or comment despite numer-

ous telephone calls last week

and this week with message

or them to return our calls.

We let an urgent message

with the secretary to the PIO,

Emma Aru in the Immigra-

tion Oice yesterday to let

her boss know o the impor-

tance or us to speak to him

concerning the report and

she replied, I have spoken

to him and he replied that

he is aware that the signa-tories have wanted to have

him removed rom his post.

He has declined to comment

on the report saying you can

go ahead to run your article

without any comment rom

him.

Meanwhile it is also under-

stood that there are two

groups o oicers that are

employed by the Vanuatu

Immigration Services; one is

made up o Border Control

Oicers at the Airport and

another in the main oces in

the City.

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Border Control issues

damning report on PIO

Compiled byHarrison Selmena projectcalled australian

Center or International Agri-

cultural research (ACIAR) in

Vanuatu wi ll be supporting

local armers to research into

the Utilization o whitewoodtress and other planted spe-

cies in Vanuatu.

The Austral ian Cent-

er or Agricultural Research

(ACIAR) is a statuary author-

ity that operates as part o

the Australian Governments

development cooperation

program. The Center encour-

ages Australia's Agricultur-

al scientists to use their skills

or the benet o developing

countries and Australia.

The project already has

been established in Vanuatu.

The planting trial was based

on Santo which saw the white

wood plots being monitoredthroughout the year particu-

larly, weeding, pruning, thin-

ning, and the overall growth

perormance.

The Selling Price o White

wood Planted is one o the

important part o the White

wood Indu stry in Vanuatu

especially or our armers.

In an email to the Daily

Post the Climate change

National Coordinator under

the Forestry Department in

Vanuatu, Ioan Viji stated, In

the past 12 to 15 years our

Farmers in the Rural areasaround Vanuatu were plant-

ing their white wood trees.

Most trees o this age are

now ready to be harvested

and Department o Forests

is proud to announce that

this year 2013 the ACIAR is

supporting our Farmers to

research into the Utilization

o the White wood trees and

other planted tree species in

Vanuatu.

This will mean that our

armers will be privileged to

ind the true values o their

trees with the ndings rom

this research and support

rom the Department o or-ests or the Selling Price.

It is important howev-

er that we colleague Ocers

and Farmers take responsibil-

ity to advice our Farmers to

continue to plant trees and

also be able to negotiate a

better Selling Price or their

planted trees.

White wood trees plant-

ed supposed to be priced at a

reasonable price considering

the cost o maintaining the

trees over the 12 - 15 years

period.

I trust through this Uti-lization project - the obvi-

ous challenges (Technology

or smaller dimension logs,

recovery and quality timber

or other wood products and

continue supply o timber)

or Utilization o our Plant-

ed Timber trees will be sort-

ed and Farmers will get better

returns rom the trees they

planted, Viji said.

Vij i is enc our aging or -

est ocers around the coun-

try to eel ree to share their

vie ws and com men ts and

most important to help arm-

ers to negotiate or a better

Selling Price especially worthwaiting or 12 - 15 years o

planting. He said with their

support it will give arm-

ers every more good reasons

to continue to plant White

wood or any other tree spe-

cies or the Timber Industry

in Vanuatu.

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T I V N ew s

vanuatu Daily Post| Friday January 18, 2013 [ 5 ]

This weekwas ahighlighTorTransparency Vanuatu Youth pro-

grams as the selection process began

to determine which youth would

be selected or the irst intake o

Vanuatu Youth ollowing closing o

the on-line applications last week.

16 youth have been selected

and will commence their inaugu-

ral induction on 21st January 2013.

Following this roll-out program, the

second intake will be advertised andall those interested youth should be

ready to enroll i they wish to take

advantage o this invaluable oppor-

tunity to gain the beneits o this

long established program which

could be the start o many opportu-

nities opening or youth.

The Board o Transparency are

excited about the prospects this

wil l o er youth and enc our ag-

es all youth to seek the opportuni-

ty o joining youth programs being

run in their area such as the Elec-

tion Awareness programs currently

running under Wake Up Vanuatu

Youth and Hemi Taem Nao.

The ollowing is background

inormation taken rom the website

o the Duke o Edinburgh award

scheme or your inormation.WHAT IS THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH

AWARD SCHEME ( DofE)A Do E progr amm e is a rea l

adventure rom beginning to end.

It doesnt matter who you are or

where youre rom. You just need

to be aged between 14 and 24 and

realise theres more to lie than sit-

ting on a soa watching lie pass you

by.

LevelsYou can do programmes at three

levels, which when completed, lead

to a Bronze, Silver or Gold Duke o

Edinburgh's Award.

SectionsYou achieve your Award by com-

pleting a personal programme o

activities in our sections (ive i

you're going or Gold) - Volunteer-ing, Physical, Skills, Expedition and

or Gold, a Residential.

You'll fnd yoursel helping peo-

ple or the community, getting ftter,

developing skills, going on an expe-

dition and taking part in a residen-

tial activity (Gold only).

The best bit is - you get to choose

what you do!

Your programme can be ull o

activities and projects that get you

buzzing, and along the way youll

pick up experiences, riends and tal-

ents that will stay with you or the

rest o your lie.

Transparency Vanuatu is ortu-

nate to have a great role model at

the helm o this program.

Transparency Vanuatu welcomes the Duke ofEdinburgh award scheme into its civic awarenessprograms designed especially for Vanuatu youth

And who is she?s o s i m p l e , s o h u m b l ewalking around with heavy bags

o knowledge and experience that

everyone deserves to wonder what

characteristics s/he may be hiding.

I or one was stunned to fnd out

what unique experience she might

be carrying around once she was

frst introduced within the organi-

zation. It is not just about working

with the youths but also went as ar

as living with the royal amily!

And this, is her exciting story.

She is the deputy chair o the Pan

Commonwealth Youth Caucus, she is

the National Commonwealth youth

representative, she is a volunteer,

she is a mentor, she is a moulder,

she was inherited rom a high chie-

ly amily, she is an administrator,

she is a challenger, she is a coordi-

nator, a youth leader, and a trainer.

She loves hersel and she loves all owho she is. Who is she?

She is Rebecca Solomon.

I have gained so much expe-

rience as a youth leader and also

as a trainer helping me build up

my capacity and motivating me to

spread awareness to my peers and

help them address issues aecting

us young people.

I eel what I have within me is

a massive experience that must be

passed on to our youths, it is swell-

ing my brain.

Ms Solomon challenges youth

saying, How can you prepare your-

sel to meet something?

Her experience places her a cut

above the rest as she takes on thechallenge o advocating or main-

stream youth, building up youth

participation in society, sharing

practices & voicing concerns and

undertaking peer education and

awareness raising on the plan o

action or youth empowerment and

other issues.

I love my job, I am passionate

about working with youths, and

because I was selected to represent

them, I must really show that I love

it.

Walking out o the door, she said,

I love my lie.

Receiving a Gold Award from Prince

WilliamIn September 2012, Transparen-

cy Vanuatu welcomed a member o

the Commonwealth Royal amily.

Ms. Solomon came in ater receiv-

ing her gold award rom the Brit-

ish Royal Family (Prince William)

on the 17th September 2012 in the

Solomon Islands.

It wasnt a surprise to me as I

have met the royalty beore.

It was an honor meeting the

prince, my expectations or him at

irst were unexpected, but, he is

down to earth! I was nervous, but I

was happy that I fnally met him!Rebecca has joined the Transpar-

ency team as Youth and Womens

coordinator.

To date she has successully

organized the 9th December Anti

Corruption day events held in all 6

provinces in 2012, and is current-

ly implementing the Duke o Edin-

burgh Awards scheme through

Transparency, beginning with 16

youths rom Port Vila and rura l

Eate.

It is hopeul that we will extend

this programme to the 5 rural prov-

inces in early 2013.

Background

Originating rom the island o Bun-

inga, Ms. Solomon, 29, is currentlythe deputy chair o the Pan Com-

monwealth Youth Caucus appointed

to the RYC in July 2010. Her term as

National Commonwealth Youth rep-

resentative ends April 2013.

Part o her career involved much

travelling. She represented Vanuatu

in the Commonwealth Youth Forum

in Malaysia during the ministeri-

al meeting, attended a peace build-

ing workshop in Rwanda, Arica, and

attended a mentor and motivator

training in Hong Kong.

She also attended a Gender and

Culture workshop in South Ari-

ca and a Forum in Cambodia under

UNICEF. Interestingly, she did shake

hands with the amous ormer South

Arican politician who served as Pres-

ident o South Arica rom 1994 to1999, Nelson Mandela, during the

celebration o his birthday on July

18, 2008.

Ms. Solomon as the Common-

wea lth youth rep res ent ati ve is

responsible or the ollowing:

Buildingupyouthparticipation

in civil society undertaking peer edu-

cation

Raisingawarenessontheplan

o action or youth empowerment

and other issues

Providinglinksbetweenyouth

organization and governments

Voicingtheconcernandideasof

her ellow youth

Advocatingformainstream

youth

Sharingbestpracticeswith-

in and across member countries-including through promotion and

charging o the Commonwealth

youth development award

Takingpartinelectionobser-

vation missions and other eorts to

strength democracy, development

and human rights

Ms. Solomon now employed at

Transparency Vanuatu as Youth and

Womens coordinator and has high

expectations and is working with

other sta within Transparency to

make this country a better country

ree rom corruption.

I you are interested in obtain-

ing more inormation on the Duke

o Edinburgh Award program now

operating through Transparen-

cy Youth, contact us now or more

inormation on Ph: 25715 and talkwith Rebecca Solomon or one o our

youth coordinators to see i we have

a youth program coming to your

area in the next ew months.

>>The ideas and opinions

expressed in this article are those

of the writer and are not necessarily

those of the Vanuatu Daily Post

Who is she?

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Dear Editor,

I wish to raise

concerns regard-

i n g th e a bov e .

This company ser-

vi ce s wa s gr ea t

since it first came

i n to th e c ou n -

try to help peo-

ple having access

to cheaper trans-

port to the islands.

However lately it

became very frus-

trating to wait for

its services.

F i r s t l y , the i r

o f f i c e n u m b e r

never answers your

call for enquiries

on the ships sched-

ules. This makes

l i f e very d i f f i -

cult for those who

needs her services.

S e c o n d l y , i t

doesnt follow its

s chedu les a s i t

supposed.

This makes peo-

ple who wishesto use her servic-

es remains in total

darknes s a s to

when to go wait at

the ports.

I strongly ask the

authorities concern

to look into these

types of matter and

dealt with them

seriously. I think

these shipping ser-

vices are from PNG

and they cannot

treat their custom-

ers in Vanuatu they

way they are at the

moment especially

MV Santo Queen.

A l s o i f t h e

authorities concern

could put some-

thing in place that

all cargo boats and

passenger boats

should have their

of f i ce number s

whe re cus tomers

can get information

from so they can go

wait for their car-

goes at the right

time etc.

Thank you edi-

tor for raising my

concern in yourpaper.

Frustrated MV

Santo Queen Cus-

tomer

Dear Editor,

M i w a n t e m r i a s e m

concern nomo se nao ia Port

Vila hemi kam tot i o lget a.

Ol road i no clean up, ol

grass i grow lo ol road mo i

no long taem bae u no save

luk save man i workabot lo

ol ootpat. Tu i gat tumas

plastic, tin etc lo road.

I gud i gat wan wok

supervisor lo Port Vi la

Municipality blo ron each

dei blo fnem out wea ples

i need blo clean up ata

putum ol boy lo ples ianekis dei. Hemi no se oli

olem sam street olteam

ata ol nara ples i toti

stap. Plis lukluk ata put ol

wokers lo ol ples we i need

blo clean up.

Nara samting tu hemi

a w a r e n e s s , P o r t V i l a

Municipal i ty hemi mas

mekem plante awareness

lo side blo no sakem toti

ol baot, no spolem road

signs etc tru lo TV mo FM

stations.

Wei ia hemi important

rom yumi stap traem bloeducatem ol man ples blo

kipem ples i clean. Team i

no gat awareness ol pipol ol

no kea be oli continue blo

sakem toti olbaot, spolem ol

road signs etc.

Wea nao ol experience

b l o y u a l a l o o l n a r a

regional countri yuala stap

visitem o lsem Fiji, Solomon

Is or New Caledonia etc

, blo save lukluk lo hem

mo inem ol new tinktink

blo save letem wok mo

tu raisem up mani blo

Municipality.Nara samting tu i no gud

blo ol Municipal police i

stanap nomo lo Town be

i gud ol ko out olsem lo

Tagabe, No 2 or No 3 etc

blo catchem ol buses wei ol

stap stop olbaot, trak wei

i stap kivim out tumas toti

smok etc.

Hemi way blo mekem

mani blo Municipality be i

no blo stap nomo lo town

ata yumi expect se bae

yumi mekem mani.

Plis yumi ol authorities lo

Port Vila Municipaliy i need

blo wake up. Yumi stap lo

Year 2013 nao!

Concern Citizen

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Money can be made if your are willing to

take a chance. Tempers will mount if you

are too pushy at work. Reevaluate your

motives.

Real estate investments could be to your

advantage. Don't settle for less than thebest. Positive changes regarding your

personal status are evident.

Get ready to do some fancy footwork when

it comes to taking care of your nancial

situation. Your irritability may drive your

loved ones crazy.

You have done all you can to sort things

out a personal level. Anger might lead to

carelessness and minor Injuries. Do not blow

situations out of proportion.

A romantic infatuation from your past may

surface if you frequent places that you both

used to go. Your irritability will lead to familysquabbles. Your involvement in sports

Your unique contribution to the organization

will enhance your reputation. Try to be

understanding. The emotional state of peers

may cause a problem for you.

You can make career moves that will bring you

a much higher income. Try to accommodate

them without infringing on your own

responsibilities.

Try not to be too emotional with those

around you. Don't let your emotions

interfere with your efciency. Artinvestment will pay big dividends.

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you false hope. Make sure you concentrate

if operating machinery or vehicles. You may

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money to friends or family.

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Changes could be overwhelming. Make sure

that new mates live up to your high standards.

Remain calm and you'll shine. Passion should be

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lead you down the wrong path.

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vanuatu Daily Post|Friday January 18 2013 [ 7 ]

BIBLE QUOTE

My dear children, I write this

to you so that you will not sin.

But i anybody does sin, we have

one who speaks to the Father in

our deense -- Jesus Christ, the

Righteous One. He is the atoning

sacrifce or our sins, and not

only or ours but also or thesins o the whole world.

1 John 2:1-2 (NIV)

Re: Clean up long Port Vila Town

Services blong MV Santo Queen

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Lan d owning tribes in

south-eastern parts o Choi-

seul have lodged a petition

to the ministry o mines and

energy opposing the pro-

posed nickel mining opera-

tion by Sumitomo mining

group.

The land owners are con-

cerned that mining will per-

manently destroy the ragile

ecosystem including its many

river systems and tradition-

ally signifcant hunting andfshing grounds.

They say any economic

beneits would be insig-

niicant compared to the

destruction o the environ-

ment.

The petition was initiated

ater a series o orums and

educational awareness held

in Boeboe village on Choiseul

and again in Honiara during

the estive season.

Chie David Hakezama

o Kamaboe tribe and Chie

Helson Pitakaji o Zeleboe

tribe, whose portion o lands

have been ound to have

the most nickel, have both

signed the petition.

One o the tribal members

o Kamaboe says that land is

more important than quickmoney.

Our identity as a people

and tribe, our livelihood, our

pride, our history, they are all

tied to the land, he said.

So we will lose much

more than the land, we will

lose a big part o ourselves.

The demand or nickel,

and other raw materials,

is being uelled by high

demand rom China. Experts

say that the demand rom

China will remain at least or

the next 5-10 years.

They also say that, gener-

ally, the market price or raw

materials will continue to

rise, and might level o in

the next 5 years. Such high

demand gives multinational

companies high incentives to

do exploration and, should

the deposits are good, ullmining operation.

Sources within the minis-

try o mines and energy say

there is a huge increase in

applicants keen to do explo-

ration.

And this is in all the prov-

inces, we have good deposits,

but mining companies oten

preer the latest data, that is

why there are a number o

prospecting taking place, he

said.

He also says there is a

number o landowning

groups opposed to mining

despite some o the benefts

that come with it.We have had a lot o

petitions sent directly to the

minister opposing prospect-

ing or mining, so while there

is certainly increased interest

landowners do not seem too

keen.

-Solomon times

Post Comics

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vanuatu Daily Post|Friday January 18, 2013[ 7 ]

Fiji

TARzAn

SWAMP

HARGAR THE HORRIBLE

PEARLS BEFORE SWInE

DIck TRAcy

Solomon Is

Bainimarama calls for G77 unityPriMe Minister CoMMo-

dore Voreqe Bainimarama

has called on the 132 G77

member states to unite and

ensure the United Nations is

not reduced to a mere admin-

istrative body or one thatseeks to serve a minority.

He made the comments

while accepting chairmanship

o the G77 - the largest inter-

governmental organisation o

developing countries in the

UN - rom previous holders,

Algeria.

"Fiji is committed to sup-

porting the G77's eorts to

preserve the spirit o the UN

Charter and to make the UN

a more eective orum or

conronting and resolving

the challenges developing

nations ace in today's world,"

Commodore Bainimarama

said."These challenges have

expanded signiicantly in

recent years and a number o

our demands remain unan-

swered," he said.

He acknowledged the

great diversity o the G77

and China but remindedmember states the best way

to advance their combined

interests was to present a

common ront.

"Development issues per-

taining to the global eco-

nomic agenda can only be

advanced through multilater-

al processes and negotiations.

"Our collective interests

and the successul pursuit o

these interests depend on our

ability to eectively mobi-

lise our members in various

orums and to maintain the

most uniied positions pos-

sible whenever our common

development goals are atstake."

He said the global chal-

l enges ac ing the G77

countries required better co-

operation and co-ordination.

"To this end, we will con-

tinue to strengthen our coop-

eration with the Non-AlignedMovement through the Joint

Coordinating Committee

(JCC) in order to reinorce

our positions on issues o

common interest.

"In this context, our group

wi ll need to cont inue to

deend the diverse and inclu-

sive nature o the United

Nations - the only permanent

institution with a universal

and global agenda - rom

eorts that seek to reduce it

merely to an administrative

body on the one hand, or

that seeks to make it serve

the interests o a minority on

the other."-Fiji times

Landowners Oppose ickel Mining

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Barack Obama unveils plans

or the biggest push on US

gun control in decades, pro-

vok ing a ur ious response

rom the National Rile

Association.

United States presidentBarack Obama has proposed

a new assault weapons ban

and mandatory background

checks or all gun buyers as

he tries to channel national

outrage over the Connecticut

school massacre which let

26 people dead.

A month ater the shooting

at Newtown's Sandy Hook

Elementary School, and with

the victims' amilies in the

audience, Mr Obama present-

ed sweeping new proposals,

including 23 initiatives heimmediately signed o on.

They inc lude a l low-

ing schools to hire securi-

ty, increasing research on

gun violence, and improv-

ing eorts to prosecute gun

crime

But he needs Congress

to approve a ban on assault

weapons a nd high -cap aci -

ty magazines that expired

in 2004; a requirement or

criminal background checks

on all gun purchases, includ-

ing closing a loophole or gunshow sales; and a new eder-

al gun tracking law, which

has been long sought by big-

city mayors to keep out-o-

state guns o their streets.

Mr Obama admitted the

measures would not be easy

to implement as the powerul

US gun lobby and its support-

ers in Congress resist what

they see as an encroachment

on constitutionally protected

gun rights.

Mr Obama presented his

agenda at a White House

event in ront o an audience

that included some o the rel-

atives o the 20 rst-graders

who were killed, along with

six adults, by a gunman at

the Sandy Hook school last

month.

Mr Obama encouraged

Americans to mobil ise their

outrage to pressure congres-

sional members.

"We can't put this o any

longer," he said, vowing touse "whatever weight this

oce holds" to make his pro-

posals reality.

"Congress must act soon,"

he added.

"This will be diicult ...

there will be pundits and

politicians and special inter-

est lobbyists publicly warning

o a tyrannical all-out assault

on liberty.

"Behind the scenes, they'll

do everything they can to

block any commonsense

reorm and make sure noth-

ing changes whatsoever."

The proposals stem rom

a month-long review led byvic e-pre sid en t Joe Biden ,

who, on or de rs r om Mr

Obama, met with advo-

cates on both sides, includ-

ing representatives rom the

weapons and entertainment

industries.

-Radio Australia

Wo r l d N ew s

[ 8 ] vanuatu Daily Post|Friday, January 18 2013

France launches ground campaign againstMali rebels

French troops are battling Islamist rebels in Mali in a war

that escalated as Al-Qaeda-linked ghters claimed to have

taken 41 oreigners hostage in a retaliatory attack in

neighbouring Algeria, with two reported dead.Ater days o

airstrikes on Islamist positions in the northern territory therebels seized in April, French and Malian ground orces

battled the insurgents in the central towns o Diabaly and

Konna, north o the capital, Bamako.The attack was the rst

reprisal by the Islamists or the French assault that began on

January 11, and comes ater Algeria threw its support behind

the Mali oensive and opened its airspace to French ghter

jets.The French deence ministry warned o an "intensied"

threat o attack and kidnapping in the area.The country has

already boosted security on home soil ater threats o

reprisals.

-Radio Australia

Fiji Labour condemns new party regulations

Fiji's Labour Party has condemned new regulations on

political parties as an attempt to move the country towards

becoming a one party state.The coup-installed military

government has decreed that parties have to show they have

5000 members within 28 days or they will be deregistered.FijiLabour Party leader, Mahendra Chaudhry, said Fiji's political

parties have historically never had such a high number o

members, and his party will struggle to get the required

members within the 28 day deadline. "It is a calculated

attempt to stife all orms o eective opposition in the lead up

to the 2014 elections," Mr Chaudhry said.

Radio Australia

At least 20 killed in Egypt building collapse

Ocials in Egypt say more than 20 people have been killed

and dozens injured ater a 12-storey building collapsed in the

coastal city o Alexandria.Police have reportedly arrested the

two owners o the building.Health ministry ocials say the

death toll is likely to rise as rescue workers continue pulling

out bodies rom underneath the rubble.Egypt has seen a

number o construction disasters over the years, many o them

blamed on planning violations and bad maintenance.

Radio Australia

India, Pakistan reach "understanding" onKashmir tensions

The Indian army says it has reached an "understanding"

with Pakistan to ease tensions in the disputed Kashmir region.

It comes ater a deadly fare-up along the border region last

week, in which two soldiers rom each country were killed.

Indian military spokesman Jagdeep Dahiya says India's senior

military commander Lt.-General Vinod Bhatia had spoken with

his Pakistani counterpart, Major-General Ashaq Nadeem or

10 minutes over the telephone."An understanding has been

arrived at between the two Director-Generals o Military

Operations to de-escalate the situation along the Line o

Control," the spokesman said, reerring to a de acto border in

Kashmir. " ... the Pakistan DGMO said strict instructions have

been passed not to violate the ceasere."

Colonel Dahiya said Indian troops stationed along the border

would also not breach the ceasere orged between the two

nuclear rivals in 2003.-AFP

INFOCUS

Solution to your Sudoku puzzle

Thailand

UNHCR to visit suspected Rohingya refugees in Thailand

The UN'srefUgeeageNcy

says it has received permis-

sion rom Thailand to visit

hundreds people living in a

reugee camp in the country's

south. Many are believed to

be ethnic Rohingya Muslims

rom Burma.

The UN's reugee agency

says it has received permis-

sion rom Thailand to visit

hundreds people living in a

reugee camp in the country's

south.

Hundreds o i l l ega l

migrants have been rounded

up and arrested this past

week in remote armland and

orest along the Thai-Malay-

sia border.

T h e U N H C R s a y s i t

believes many o the group

are Muslim Rohingyas who've

fed violent Muslim-Buddhist

clashes in western Burma.

"We're getting some esti-

mates rom sources that

around 13,000 people have

let on boats rom the Bay

o Bengal in 2012," UNHCR

spokeswoman, Vivian Tan

told Radio Australia.

"This is probably a mix

o Rohingya rom Western

Myanmar as well as Rohing-

ya who have been living in

the camps in Bangladesh or

20 years and there are prob-

ably some Bangladeshis in the

group as well."

Ms Tan told the Asia Pacic

program, the UNHCR would

be seeking to conirm theidentities o the people in

reugee camps and provide

appropriate assistance.

"For example, i they are

Rohingya feeing persecution

in Western Myanmar and

i they wish to seek asylum,

then UNHCR would try to

work with the Thai authori-

ties to look at the asylum

channel o things," she said.

"But i they are, or exam-

ple, Bangladeshi migrant

workers, then other mecha-

nisms need to come into play.

"Also there are women and

children among the group.

They will need to have specialarrangements made or them,

to make sure these vulnerable

groups are catered to."

An estimated 800,000 Roh-

ingyas live in Burma but are

ocially stateless.

The Burmese government

denies them citizenship,

regarding them as illegal

Bangladeshi immigrants, but

Bangladesh does not recog-

nise them as citizens either.

-Radio Australia

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Australia

AustrAliA isexpectedto

dropout o the worlds 20

biggest economies by 2050

as ast-growing developing

countries such as Argentina,

Nigeria and Vietnam overtake

it, a report says.China is projected take

over the US as the worlds

largest economy by 2017

with a gross domestic product

in purchasing power parity

(PPP) terms o $US53,856 bil-

lion, the report by accounting

frm PricewaterhouseCoopers

ound.

By 2050, India is expect-

ed to be the worlds third

largest economy, behind the

United States. Brazil would

be ranked ourth, ahead othe Japan.

The report shows that

all the talk about the Asian

Century is certainly very

true, PwC economist Jeremy

Thorpe said.

Thats a combination o ...

the continued urbanisation

and the next phrase o devel-

opment o these countries.

And it s cou ple d with the

demographics o these coun-

tries - young populations in a

dierent cycle o growth.Australia, which is currently

ranked in 17th place in PwCs

2011 list, is projected to slide

one spot down to 18th by

2030, with an estimated GDP

at PPP o $US1535 billion.

But Australias projected

GDP at market exchange rates

(MER) - at $US2603 billion -

is expected to keep the coun-

try in 19th place, just ahead o

Argentina.

The key thing or Australia

is that we will become lesssigniicant globally because

the size o our economy in

relative terms is smaller, Mr

Thorpe said.

But we will still be an

advanced economy with

high per-capita incomes.

People will still look to us as

an important country ... but

in absolute terms our signi-

icance is going to decrease

and thats just a rebalanc-

ing o the global economy as

the less-developed countriesbecome more developed over

time.

In October , Austral ia

was ranked as the wor ld's

12th largest economy by

the International Monetary

Fund in its World Economic

Outlook.

2050 projected GDP at PPP

(2011 $USbn)

1. China 53,856

2. US 37,998

3. India 34,704

4. Brazil 8,8255. Japan 8,065

6. Russia 8,013

7. Mexico 7,409

8. Indonesia 6,346

9. Germany 5,822

10. France 5,714

Sydney Morning Herald

Australia to fall out of top 20 economies by 2050

WArningsthAttheWorld

is headed or peak oil -

whe n oil sup pli es dec lin e

ater reaching the highest

rates o extraction - appear

increasingly groundless,

BPs chie executive said on

Wednesday.

Bob Dudleys remarks

came as the company pub-

lished a study predicting oil

production will increase sub-

stantially, and that uncon-

vent iona l and high- carbon

oil will make up all o the

increase in global oil sup-

ply to the end o this decade,

with the explosive growth o

shale oil in the US behind

much o the growth.As a result, the oil and gas

company orecasts that car-

bon dioxide emissions will

rise by more than a quarter

by 2030 - a disaster, accord-

ing to scientists, because i

the world is to avoid dan-

gerous climate change then

studies suggest emissions

must peak in the next three

years or so.

So-called unconventional

oil - shale oil, tar sands and

biouels - are the most con-

troversial orms o the uel,

because they are much more

carbon-intensive than conven-

tional oilields. They require

large amounts o energy and

water, and have been associat-

ed with serious environmental

damage.

BP predicts that by 2030,

the US will be sel-suicient

in energy, with only 1 per

cent coming rom imports.

That would be a remarka-

ble turnaround or a coun-

try that as recently as 2005,beore the shale gas boom,

was one o the biggest global

oil importers.

As the US becomes sel-

suicient, however, China

and India will soak up the

excess production and become

increasingly reliant on imports

o energy, BPs annual Outlook

report ound. BP also predicts

that by 2030 at least 70 per

cent o global emissions will

come rom countries now

classed as developing, with

major implications or inter-

national climate policy.

Mr Dudley said the report

showed that peak oil was not

going to happen any time

soon.

The outlook shows the

degree to which once-accept-

ed wisdom has been turned

on its head. Fears over oil

running out - to which BP

has never subscribed - appear

increasingly groundless.

The US will not be increas-

ingly dependent on energyimports, with energy set to

reinvigorate its economy. And

China and India are expected

to need a lot more imports to

keep growing, he said.

BPs projections conirm

some o those made by the

International Energy Agency,

which late last year orecast

that the US would be the

worlds biggest oil producer

by the fnal years o this dec-

ade, surpassing Saudi Arabia

and other OPEC countries.

While gas prices have

plunged in the US, to about

$US2 a unit, they have

remained high elsewhere

around the world, at over

$US10 in Europe, as the US

lacks export inrastructure

and domestic demand has

soaked up the supply. Cheap

energy will make US man-

uacturers more competi-

tive, which is worrying many

European rivals.

BP also orecast that glob-

al energy demand wouldcontinue to increase at an

average o 2 per cent a year

to 2020 and then by 1.3 per

cent a year to 2030. Almost

all o this demand growth is

orecast to come rom cur-

rently developing econo-

mies, with China and India

alone responsible or hal the

increase in demand.

The company expects

ossil uels to continue to

dominate over renewables,

orecasting that low-carbon

uels - nuclear, hydroelectric-

ity and other orms o renew-

ables - will take only a 6 to

7 per cent share each o the

global energy market.

Guardian News & Media

Forget peak oil, says BP chief

A neW strAin of Avomiting

bug irst ound in Australia has

killed nursing home residents rom

Caliornia to Japan, spoiled luxury

cruises and may have sickened more

than 1 million Britons so ar in its

global sweep.

The new norovirus, identiied in

Sydney last March, caused the worst

bout o gastroenteritis in a decade in

Victoria last year. Now health-care

acilities in the Northern Hemispherehave been warned to prepare or

a "severe" epidemic this winter,

researchers rom eight countries have

said in a report this month.

The norovirus strain is adding to

a list o northern winter ails topped

by a resurgence o lu. Gastro out-

breaks have been reported in New

Zealand, France, Belgium, Denmark

and Scotland, and cruise ships carry-

ing suspected patients have docked

in New York and Florida the past

three weeks, heralding a new wave

o inections or which there is no spe-

cifc treatment or vaccine.

"Cruise ships are almost a sentinel

sensing system or norovirus," said

Peter White, proessor o microbiol-ogy at the University o New South

Wales, who helped identiy and char-

acterize the new strain. "Norovirus is

going to wreak havoc in their cruise

industry or the next year while this

new strain gets a grip."

Carnival Corp's 14-deck Queen

Mary 2 sailed into Brooklyn January

3 ater 204 passengers and 16 crew

came down with suspected norovirus.

A week earlier, Carnival's Emerald

Princess arrived in Fort Lauderdale

ater 189 passengers and 31 crew

had developed the same symptoms,

the Centers or Disease Control and

Prevention said.

An ofcial at Miami-based Carnival

reerred questions on norovirus,

sometimes known as winter vomit-

ing bug, to Cruise Lines InternationalAssociation, an industry group.

"Historic incidence rates o gastro-

intestinal illness aboard cruise ships

are low," said David Peikin, the associ-

ation's director o public aairs. "One

o the cruise industries' top priorities

is preventing gastrointestinal illness

rom being brought on board a ship."

While long-term care acilities and

schools are especially prone to out-

breaks, new epidemics o acute gas-

tro oten emerge on cruise ships,

where control is hindered by close

living quarters and shared dining

areas. With regular turnover o pas-

sengers, noroviruses on ships can

repeatedly inect new susceptible

travelers, researchers at the Centeror Inectious Disease Control in

Bilthoven, Netherlands, ound in a

2008 study.

"Cruise ship holidays create an

environment in which norovirus is

easily spread and outbreaks readily

occur," the authors said, noting that a

reporting system or cruise ship- relat-

ed outbreaks" may provide an early

warning system or winter epidemics

in the wider community.

Exhaustive control measures may

not always be suicient to elimi-

nate the virus, the researchers said.

Norovirus can persist on suraces and

is resistant to many common disin-

ectants, according to the Atlanta-

based CDC. It estimates more than

90 percent o diarrheal disease out-

breaks on cruise ships are caused bynorovirus.

"It's almost impossible or them to

protect themselves against a norovi-

rus outbreak once it occurs," White

said. "The only way you could do it

would be to stay in your cabin the

whole time and not go out."

Symptoms o norovirus include

a sudden onset o vomiting and, or

diarrhea. Some people may have a

temperature, headache and stomach

cramps. The illness usually resolves

in one or two days and there are no

long-term eects.

Outbreaks occur throughout

the year, peaking in January and

February.

The disease can be severe, espe-cially or the very young, the elder-

ly, and those with weakened immune

systems, said Bill Rawlinson, sen-

ior medical virologist and director o

virology at South Eastern Sydney and

Illawarra Area Health Service.

Immunocompromised patients can

excrete the virus or many weeks at

low levels. Complications arise when

inected people aren't adequately

rehydrated, he said.

Two residents o a senior care

center in Mill Valley, Caliornia, died

in an outbreak that sickened dozens

o people. Japan has recorded 123

outbreaks in 17 preectures linked to

restaurants, hospitals, banquet acili-

ties, nursing homes and hotels since

September, according to the National

Institute o Inectious Diseases. At

least 10 people died rom suspected

inections.

The Sydney variant is the resulto a combination o two dier-

ent strains, according to White, the

microbiology proessor. It also mutat-

ed slightly rom its closest relatives,

ensuring nobody is immune to it.

"The immunity that people carry

rom previous norovirus inections

won't protect them rom this new

virus," White said. "Thereore, the

virus can inect many more people."

The new strain doesn't cause more

serious illness than others, and strat-

egies or managing outbreaks are

the same or any norovirus, the UK's

Health Protection Agency said. These

measures include washing the hands

thoroughly and regularly, particular-

ly ater using the toilet and beoreeating.

"Noroviruses mutate rapidly and

new strains are constantly emerging,"

said David Brown, director o the

HPA's virology reerence department,

in a January 9 statement. "There is

no speciic treatment or norovirus

inection other than to let the illness

take its course, with symptoms usual-

ly lasting around two days. Keeping

hydrated is very important and you

can take over-the-counter medicines

to relieve headaches and aches and

pains."

The best way to stem its spread is

to practice good hand hygiene and

or suerers to avoid contact with

other people, including staying home

rom work and not returning or two

days once symptoms have subsided,

said White.

"This virus will deinitely lead

to large increases in gastroenteritisacross the globe or the next year," he

said.

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Pakistan

Indonesia

IndonesIanauthorItIesare

threatening to move a com-munity of displaced Shi'ite

Muslims to another part of

Indonesia if they refuse to

convert to Sunni Islam.

Ab ou t 16 5 Sh ia 's have

been camped out in a sports

complex in East Java since

August , after the ir vil lage

was stormed by about 5 00

people opposed to theirbeliefs.

One person died and sev-

eral others were injured

in the August 26 attack in

Sampang district, where

many homes were burnt to

the ground.

Five people are report-

edly awaiting trial for their

role in the attack.Am ne st y In te rn at io na l

says the violence may have

been incited by local Sunni

leaders.

"They mobilised many of

the villagers to attack the

community," said Amnesty

International's Indonesia

c a m p a i g n e r , J o s e p h

Benedict.

"What we heard is that

there's been a lot of incite-

ment against the Shia com-

munity for many months

leading up to the attack and

we' re als o awa re tha t the

police were aware of the

attack before it happened."

Off ic ia ls in East Java

have told the group they

wi ll ha ve to co nv er t to

Sunni Islam - the coun-

try's majority religion - by

March, or face relocation.

Rights groups say reli-

gious intolerance, violence,intimidation are all on the

rise in Indonesia.

According t o local ri ghts

w a t c h d og , t h e S e t a r a

Institute of Peace, attacks

on religious minorities have

increased steadily since

2009, with more than 370

acts of violence committed

last year alone.

"The target especial -

ly is the Christian minor-

ity and the second is the

Ahmad iyya and the thi rd

is Shia and the fourth is

an Islamic sect - they're

accused because they are

deviant or heretic," saidBonar Tigor Naipsos, the

institute's deputy director.

With elections due to be

held next year, doubts have

been raised over the gov-

ernment willingness to step

in and resolve the situation.

-Radio Australia

Pakistan warns anti-governmentcleric to end protest

PakIstan'sInterIormInIs-

ter on Wednesday warned

an anti-government Muslim

cleric and thousands of

protesters camped out near

par l iament to disperse,saying they were at risk of

attack by militants.

R e h m a n M a l i k s a i d

author i t ies had learned

militants might be planning

to target the crowd, and

that the cleric, Muhammad

Tahirul Qadri, would be

held responsible for any

attacks.

" T h e b e s t c o m m a n -

dos are with me today,"

Malik told a news confer-

ence, saying security forc-

es could take action against

Qadri within the next two

days to prevent "expected

terrorism"."I hope that he listens to

me."

Qadri , who backed a

military coup in 1999, is

calling for the immediate

resignation of the govern-

ment and the installation

of a caretaker administra-

tion to oversee electoral

reforms.

The government was

rocked on Tuesday by a

Supreme Court order for

the arrest of Prime Minister

Raja Pervez Ashraf with-

in 24 hours on suspicion of

corruption.

Qadri 's appearance at

the forefront of Pakistan's

political scene has fuelled

speculation that the army,

which has a long history o f

involvement in politics, has

tacitly endorsed his cam-

paign in an effort to pile

more pressure on a govern-

ment it sees as inept and

corrupt.

Qadri and the military

deny this.

Pakistan's information

minis ter Qamar Zaman

Kaira said political leaders

wou ld not bow to Qadri' s

demands.

"All political parties are

happy with the ElectionCommission and elections

wi ll happen on ti me ," he

said.

He added that elections

would take place as sched-

uled between May 5 and

15.The opposition Pakistan

Muslim League led by for-

mer prime minister Nawaz

Sharif also rejected Qadri's

call for the military to play

a role in the formation of

a caretaker government

to oversee the run-up to

elections.

"Tahirul Qadri is work-

ing on somebody's agen-

da to derail democracy in

Pakistan and we reject all

of his demands," Sharif told

a news conference.

Qadri's appeal has cast

fresh uncertainty over the

government ' s e f for t tobecome the first civilian

Pakistani administration to

complete a full term.

The military has ruled

Pakistan for over half of its

65 years since independ-

ence. Current chief General

Ash faq Kay ani has vow ed

to keep the military out of

politics.

Prime Minister Ashraf

remained a free man on

Wednesday s ince o f f i -

c ia ls sa id the National

Ac countab i l i t y Bu reau

(NAB), which would carry

out the arrest, had not yet

received direct orders.

The of f ic ia ls sa id the

N A B c h i e f w o u l d g o

the Supreme Cour t on

Thursday to discuss the

issue.

The ruling coalition, led

by the Pakistan People's

Party, has a majority in par-

liament and its lawmakers

can simply elect another

prime minister if Ashraf is

ousted.

In June, Ashraf replaced

Prime Minister Yusuf Raza

Gilani, who was disquali-

fied by the Supreme Court

in a previous showdown

between the government

and the judiciary..-Reuter

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