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Cyclone Harold intensifies to category two storm
Cyclone Harold has intensified to a category two system, with winds of up to 160kph, as it makes it way between Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.The system had already caused a lot of damage in Solomon...
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Second Vanuatu COVID-19 suspected case turns out negative
Samples of Vanuatu’s second suspected coronavirus case that were sent to New Caledonia for testing have returned negative.Eight samples were to New Caledonia and all samples test received to date are...
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Vanuatu captain detained for breaking Covid-19 shipping rules
A Vanuatu ferry captain has been detained in Tafea province for breaking State of Emergency orders.The National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) authorised the MV Touaraken to sail from Port Vila to...
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Tropical Cyclone Harold has rapidly intensified to a category 4 cyclone
Tropical Cyclone Harold strengthened to a category 4 system early this morning as it heads to northern Vanuatu, with the latest tracking map indicating it will be a monster category 5 storm.The Vanuatu...
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'Bad timing': Cyclone Harold likely to hit Vanuatu as category 5
Vanuatu is bracing for a direct hit from the still intensifying Cyclone Harold, which is forecast to pass straight over the central islands, forcing the country to contend with dual emergencies....
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TC Harold is now a powerful category 5 cyclone
Tropical Cyclone Harold has increased to a monster category 5 cyclone with sustained winds close to its centre of 215km/h according to the Vanuatu Meteorology service.The system is moving slowly in a...
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Tropical Cyclone warning for Vanuatu provinces of SANMA, TORBA, PENAMA and...
Tropical Cyclone Warning Number 21 on Severe Tropical Cyclone HAROLD issued by the Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-Hazards Department, Port Vila at 6:00am VUT Monday 6 April 2020 for SANMA, TORBA, PENAMA...
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62 held in quarantine in Vanuatu cleared of COVID-19 and released
A total of 62 people who were held in quarantine for 14 days at Holiday Inn Resort in Port Vila, Vanuatu have been allowed to leave site.According to authorities, their conditions were verified by...
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Cyclone Harold bears down on Vanuatu, predicted to bring winds of 215kph
Disaster officials in Vanuatu are urging communities, many of them in remote locations, to shelter as a category five tropical cyclone rapidly approaches the island nation.Cyclone Harold strengthened...
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Vanuatu develops first locally made hand sanitizer
Vanuatu’s Summit Health and Body Shop has developed a hand rub and hand sanitizer. Managing Director, Lesly Batty said the new product conforms to the formula approved by the World Health Organization,...
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Luganville residents in low-lying areas evacuated as Cyclone Harold bears...
Two evacuation centres are open at the Seventh Day Adventist Sarakata and Aia Motel in Luganville town for residents in flood-prone areas.Police Force and Paramilitary group Vanuatu Mobile Force...
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Cyclone Harold updates: Vanuatu braces for direct hit from 'monster' storm
Vanuatu's largest island, Santo, is bracing for a direct hit from a powerful cyclone that is due to make landfall this evening, with winds near its centre gusting as strong as 235km/h.Cyclone Harold -...
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Cyclone Harold updates: Storm makes landfall on Vanuatu's Santo
Cyclone Harold, the most powerful storm in the Pacific in at least two years, has made landfall on the Vanuatu island of Santo, with winds gusting as high as 235km/h.Cyclone Harold - a category five,...
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Monster TC Harold continues to wreak havoc in Vanuatu
There's been no communication from the Vanuatu islands hardest hit by the powerful Tropical Cyclone Harold.The Category 5 storm made landfall on the Vanuatu island of Santo yesterday with destructive...
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Former Vanuatu MP calls for solidarity as TC Harold rages
There has been a call for solidarity in Vanuatu as the country waits for news of the full extent of the destruction wrought by Category 5 cyclone Harold overnight on Espiritu Santo, Malekula and nearby...
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Graon Mo Jastis wins most seats in final results from Vanuatu election
The Graon Mo Jastis Pati led by Ralph Regenvanu has won the most seats of any single party in Vanuatu's general election. With nine MPs-elect, the party is still far short of a majority in Vanuatu's...
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Official 2020 Vanuatu General Election results released
The Vanuatu Electoral Commission announced the official result of the March 19 Parliamentary elections Monday evening.According to the official declaration gazetted by the Electoral Commission, the 52...
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Vanuatu domestic air services to resume
The Civil Aviation Authority of Vanuatu has given the greenlight for domestic services to resume.Services had been suspended as precautionary measures due to Tropical Cyclone Harold which caused...
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Kava farmer to supply 40,000 kava cuttings to Vanuatu agriculture department
The Vanuatu Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) has signed a service agreement under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) with a lead kava farmer and his family on Tanna.Charlie and...
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Vanuatu PLTA advises members to prevent COVID-19
The Office of Public Land Transport Authority (PLTA) has advised all public land transport owners and drivers throughout Vanuatu to pay close attention to information issued by authorities about...
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