Pentecost Star
| Type | weekly |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Keithly Hango |
| Editor | Keithly Hango |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Pentecost Island |
The Pentecost Star is a ni-Vanuatu weekly newspaper, issued on Pentecost Island. It was founded in August 2007 by Keithly Hango.[1][2]
The Star has the particularity of having started out as "the only newspaper that’s written by hand".[2][3] Its founder was a 37-year-old "former Trading Post newspaper boy", who stated that his aim was "to disseminate interesting, factual information to the people of Pentecost".[4] Hango wrote every edition entirely by hand, and distributed copies to Sara Airport and to the Saratamata Penama Provincial Government Council.[5] He received congratulations and best wishes from the Solomon Times "for his exemplary efforts in undertaking such an initiative".[6]
In April 2008, Hango visited Vanuatu's capital, Port Vila, to publicise his newspaper in the hopes of developing it further.[7] In July, Radio Vanuatu reported that the newspaper had been relaunched in printed form, and that it would be distributed in Port Vila and Luganville.[8]
References
- ↑ "Pentecost Star shines through", Vanuatu Daily Post, April 3, 2008
- 1 2 "Vanuatu's Pentecost Island has only newspaper written by hand". Radio New Zealand International. April 6, 2008. Retrieved November 2, 2011.
- ↑ "Pacific Periscope". National Business Review. April 11, 2008. Retrieved November 2, 2011.
- ↑ "Pentecost Star shines through", Vanuatu Daily Post, April 3, 2008
- ↑ "Pentecost Star shines through", Vanuatu Daily Post, April 3, 2008
- ↑ "Pentecost Star is Handwritten", Solomon Times, April 7, 2008
- ↑ "Pentecost Star shines through", Vanuatu Daily Post, April 3, 2008
- ↑ "New newspaper launched on Pentecost", Radio Vanuatu, July 7, 2008