Vanuatu football was plunged into mourning today 30th of December 2009 following the death of a national defender Ken Mausavakalo, who suffered from illness 3 weeks after the National Games. Vanuatu Football Federation and Oceania Football Confederatio…
The third ranking club in Vanuatu’s National League, Spirit 08 has congratulated OFC O League Club champions over their inspiring performance at the FIFA Club World Cup in Abu Dhapi, United Arab Emirates.Auckland City claimed fifth place after they …
An Australian Football Club in Sydney, Manly Warrigah has donated over 2,000 used uniforms and over 500 used soccer boots, shin guards, goalkeeper gloves and balls to Vanuatu Football grassroots football players this year 2009. Mr. Brian Dunph…
The National Striker, Etienne Mermer was invited to the closing of Lamap Football Festival on Malekula last Friday 18th of December, 2009. Mr. Mermer went down after an invitation from the tournament sponsor, Mr Abong Marcelin who is the director of …
Oceania residents who wish to experience FIFA’s showcase event first hand will be able to in the following three ways:1. By registering interest to purchase ticket only packages for all New Zealand matches through New Zealand Football (this is for N…
Since Vanuafoot started in June 2009 with the Television Weekly Program on every Wednesdays, commencing at 8 till 8:30pm, it has attracted a lot of football fans around Port Vila. The Weekly Program on Television within Port Vila has got the football f…
[Originally published in Opinion column of the Vanuatu Daily Post.]
Faith. Belief. Trust.
These sentiments spring quickest to mind when we talk about what animates us, about what makes us strong and what keeps us on the moral path. We express these thoughts in terms of light and face constant imprecations to turn our back to the shadows.
I admire them all, but like objects of great value, sometimes they seem to be a little too fragile to handle, too easily sullied by circumstance. When it comes to coping with the world and its complexities, doubt is my tool of choice.
Doubt – the willingness to question every assumption – seems at first to cast shadows on everything. But every light does this, so we can clearly see the contours. True, this makes the picture more complex than it was. In that sense, doubt is subversive and troublesome. It makes our elders fret and leads the naive astray.
But it works.
Originally published at the Scriptorum. You can comment here or there.
It gives me great pleasure to wish you and your family a great christmas. May the new year bring hope and peace for you as much as for me. Greetings, Armstrong Masanga
View the speech of Mr Sela Molisa, Minister of Finance and Economic Management on presenting the Republic of Vanuatu 2010 Budget – “A Budget for Growth”. 2010 Budget Presentation speech
Mme Françoise MAYLIE, Ambassadrice de France au Vanuatu et M. Marcellin ABONG, Directeur du Centre Culturel du Vanuatu (VKS) ont procédé, en présence de M. Jacob KAPERE, représentant de Conseil des chefs de Lenakel, à la signature d’une convention de financement du Fonds Pacifique)
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