by Lance Hunt | Aug 8, 2021
“He is like a shell fish””Don't YOU be a shell fish!” Read on…One of our gardeners was having a bit of a moan about the other one: “Hemi gat fasin sel fis” he said in Bislama, which translated means “He is like a...
by Lance Hunt | Aug 7, 2021
I routinely ask people I meet here in Vanuatu “What is it about Vanuatu that makes you want to stay here?” I get many different replies, but a common theme in almost all the answers is “Freedom” and they go on to give some illustration of the...
by Lance Hunt | Aug 4, 2021
Let me tell you a story about a media beat-up…Last month a prominent news organisation which tends to publish sensational stories published a series of articles along the lines of “Fugitives, politicians and disgraced business people buying Vanuatu...
by Lance Hunt | Aug 3, 2021
What's the opposite of “woke”? Would it be “asleep”?So in a country that's “asleep” there would be…* No “cancelling,”* People encouraged to work at something constructive* People congratulated when they...
by Lance Hunt | Aug 2, 2021
So I stop at a roadside market stall on my way into Port Vila. I want a pineapple.Bananas, Pamplimous, Passionfruit, Melons, Coconut, Naus, are on display. But no pineapples. I expressed disappointment to the lady behind the table, because my wife Adeline is...
