[New post] Local media commemorates anniversary of Cyclone Pam; violence against women highlighted by attack on tourism worker

WordPress.com bobmakin posted: "The first anniversary of TC Pam has not gone unnoticed by the media. Radio Vanuatu has just completed a talkback show in which explanations for the food dumping from NDMO were at least understandable, but on their own admission they still have a lot to le" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on Vanuatu Daily Digest Local media commemorates anniversary of Cyclone Pam; violence against women highlighted by attack on tourism worker by bobmakin The first anniversary of TC Pam has not gone unnoticed by the media. Radio Vanuatu has just completed a talkback show in which explanations for the food dumping from NDMO were at least understandable, but on their own admission they still have a lot to learn. A statement from PM Charlot Salwai concerning the recovery and economic strengthening phase and projects already underway with the new government watching (some 20 in all) only make it to page 9 of Daily Post. They are a cut-out-and-keep reminder to all journalists of excellent projects for such as curriculum materials, school reconstruction and recovery of water supplies. And many others. Best of all, the PM has appointed media heavyweight Johnny Koanapo, a parliamentary secretary, to speed up the recovery phase. And PM Salwai calls upon everyone to play his part. "Delays in the process of recovery and economic strengthening phase are not acceptable." Maybe the long PM statement was bumped from page one because of the story of a woman tourism official being both kidnapped and beaten by members of a certain public transport association Read more of this post bobmakin | March 14, 2016 at 4:25 pm | Tags: cyclone pam, disaster management, politics, tourism, Vanuatu, violence against women | Categories: The Daily Digest | URL: http://wp.me/p2A4RK-Zn Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Vanuatu Daily Digest. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://ift.tt/1pFXPTt Thanks for flying with WordPress.com

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