Ombudsman Office Strengthens Working Relationship with Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU)
The Ombudsman Office of Vanuatu entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU)on the 19th of March 2021.
The Ombudsman Office of Vanuatu entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU)on the 19th of March 2021.
The Ombudsman of the Republic of Vanuatu Hamslison Bulu has been amongst other government directors and media personal in the country who have been consulted to review the contents of the country’s National Broadcast Institution VBTC.
Ombudsman of the Republic of Vanuatu Hamlison Bulu has made his final call to every leaders who failed to file their Annual Return to file within next 14 days.
The Board of Directors of the Vanuatu Tourism Office (‘VTO’) has called onto the Office of the Ombudsman to deliver awareness about the role of leaders to everyone to all levels of the society and within all corners of Vanuatu.
The Ombudsman of the Republic of Vanuatu, Mr Hamlison Bulu yesterday reminded all persons who are classified as leaders pursuant to Article 67 of the Constitution of the Republic of Vanuatu and Section 5 of the Leadership Code Act that they only have 13 days to submit their annual returns.
The Ombudsman Office competed a three days in house planning meeting on Friday 5th of February 2021. During the course of the 3 days, the institution reviewed its progress after the completion of the 2020 Financial year and also completed its 2021 planning.
The Ombudsman of the Republic of Vanuatu participated in an hour’s session with members of the Malvatumauri’s Secretariat Stakeholders meeting on the 28th of January 2021.
The Ombudsman of the Republic of Vanuatu participated at the Parliament Retreat organized by the Parliament Secretariat on Thursday the 21st of January 2021.
Everyone prescribed under Article 67 of the Constitution, Section 5 of the Leadership Code are leaders, and they do have an obligation to file their annual returns every year as directed by the law.
An amendment on the Leadership Code Act this year during the second sitting of the first ordinary session of the parliament in 2020 has directed all leaders to file their annual returns within the office of the Ombudsman but not through the Clerk of Parliament.
On the 19th of May 2020, the Ombudsman published a public report on the unfair deduction of severance entitlements of Mrs Linda George, former Pre School Coordinator of Malampa Province.
Mrs George commenced her employment as a Pre School Coordinator for Malampa Province on 8th of February 2006 and until the date of her retirement she had been employed for a total of approximately 8 years.
The Ombudsman is pleased to release another Special Report on the Observance of Multilingualism for the year 2019 as provided by Article 64(3) of the Constitution.
Ombudsman Bulu took up Office as the 6th Ombudsman of the Republic of Vanuatu on the 10th of July 2019 and this report is his first report on the important matter of Multilingualism.