There’s no app for that
Parental control is really about surveillance and censorship and that's how content filters work. Putting responsibility for our children in the hands of governments and corporations is just wrong, argues Dan McGarry.
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THE WAIT
Recent events have highlighted the weakness of Vanuatu’s health services. We need to start fixing them now.
Vanuatu’s 2015 Spending Priorities
At this time of year the government begins thinking about where to allocate additional money for next year. Here are some of the top spending priorities.
ABRAÇO
Timor Leste is a decidedly imperfect place, but see for yourself: it’s nowhere near a failed state.
Data for development
Pacific island countries are starved for data, and that affects development. We are, collectively, on the back foot where data gathering and sharing is concerned. That has to change. And with the tools available to us now, it can, says Dan McGarry.
Honour is respectable
Just as a banyan’s strength comes from a multitude of roots and branches, counterbalanced and pulling in different directions, we should allow the pull of kastom even as we move ahead. Reconciling social change with kastom is a necessary condition for development, says Dan McGarry.