by Richard Butler | 24 Aug 2014 | Invest
New FIFA Project development in Santo
Football in Vanuatu has received a major fillip with an upgrade of the Sokka City Stadium in Luganville, Santo Province. Sokka City Stadium played host to the OFC U-17 Championship two years ago and attracted average crowds of 6,000. FIFA Development Officer Glenn Turner outlined the vision for the Northern region of Vanuatu’s football community.‘’It has always been envisaged to do a 2nd stage under Goal Project 5 which would develop Read more [...]
by Richard Butler | 18 Aug 2014 | Invest
China, Vanuatu pledge to boost cooperation
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister of Vanuatu Joe Natuman met in Nanjing on Sunday, pledging to boost bilateral cooperation.
Hailing Natuman as an old friend of the Chinese people, Xi said the Vanua'aku Party, of which Natuman is a founding member, was the first party in the Island nation to establish relations with the Republic of China. He added that the Party has made great contributions to the China-Vanuatu ties.
Xi Read more [...]
by Richard Butler | 13 Aug 2014 | Invest
Fast growth in the Pacific is possible – look at Vanuatu
Stephen Howes and Nikunj Soni1
The importance of Vanuatu’s growth – dispelling the myth that Pacific island economies cannot grow
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Growth in Vanuatu has accelerated in recent years. This paper argues that Vanuatu’s growth acceleration is important for the Pacific – it dispels the myth that the Pacific island economies cannot grow.The paper clarifies that Vanuatu’s experiment Read more [...]
by Richard Butler | 08 Aug 2014 | Invest
Investing in people and building a business in Vanuatu
By Bernie Cain on August 7, 2014
I run a business in Vanuatu called Vila Refrigeration. We are an air conditioning and refrigeration company that supplies and installs new equipment and also undertakes maintenance and repair work. Our staff requirement is for personnel who are technically savvy, preferably well trained and in possession of suitable qualifications. The simple fact is that finding personnel in Vanuatu who fill that bill Read more [...]
by Richard Butler | 08 Aug 2014 | Invest
Vanuatu needs to grow tourism with existing airport
Aug 06, 2014
Vanuatu needs to grow tourism with its existing facility which is quite possible. There’s quite a lot of potential growth in tourist arrivals without a new international airport. This is what was stated by the Vanuatu Chamber of Commerce Tourism Councillor, Bryan Death.
The Greenfield airport plan, which included a new airport in Port Vila, Vanuatu, had been introduced by the recently-removed Prime Minister of Read more [...]
by Richard Butler | 04 Aug 2014 | Invest
Living and Investing in Vanuatu
AND WHY I CALL IT HOME
The Republic of Vanuatu is a very small country in the South pacific. With a population of 260,000 spread over a hundred islands and a total area of 5,500 sq. miles. (around that of the LA Metropolitan area,) it seldom makes world news. Until 1980 it was administered as a Read more [...]
by Richard Butler | 03 Aug 2014 | Invest
Glasgow 2014: Athletes from Vanuatu experience snow for the first time as they take trip to winter sports centre
by daily record .co.uk
THE team of athletes from the South Pacific island couldn’t hide their delight as they went sledging on the slopes of Braehead’s Snow Factor.
Daily Record / Garry F McHarg
Members of the Vanuatu team enjoy the experience at Braehead’s Snow Factor
COMMONWEALTH Games athletes from the sun-drenched South Pacific island Read more [...]
by Richard Butler | 07 Jul 2014 | Invest
Vanuatu ups their welcome to cruising sailors with new approach
What a photo of the volcano on one of Vanuatu,s 83 islands, only one of three places in the world where you can do this !Include it on your bucket list?
‘Eric photographing volcano from above’ .
What a government does to promote yacht tourism is always vital, causing cruising sailors to arrive in droves or flee to cheaper or more friendly cruising grounds. Recently Greece Read more [...]
by Richard Butler | 06 Jul 2014 | Invest
Gallup World surveys found 700 million worldwide wants to permanently leave their home country — a total that is more than the entire adult population of North and South America combined.
A Country’s Richest Citizens Report Greatest Desire to Migrate
What are the social and ethical implications of surveys that show 700 million people are keen to permanently leave their countries?
And what does it mean that 1 million of them want to come to Vanuatu,
Is Vanuatu selling itself short Read more [...]
by Richard Butler | 06 Jul 2014 | Invest
Melbourne to Vanuatu Ocean Race – Leader just 300 nm from finish
‘Alive – Melbourne to Vanuatu Race’ Peter Campbell
2014 Melbourne to Vanuatu Race – By noon today, the Tasmanian yacht Alive should be just 300 nautical miles from the finish of the Melbourne to Vanuatu ocean race.Alive, owned by Philip Turner and skippered by Duncan Hine, both members of Hobart’s Derwent Sailing Squadron, with a crew of Tasmanian and Queensland sailors, has Read more [...]
