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Newly refurbished Port Vila market to open in June
The newly refurbished Port Vila market is expected to open in June. The venue is in its final stages of completion and the Municipal Council has given approval for the contractor, Franconieri & Son...
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Vanuatu still in need of aid in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Harold
Vanuatu continues to be in desperate need of aid in the aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Harold, which swept through the Pacific in early April.The islands of Espiritu Santo and Pentecost are among the...
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320 GeneXpert test cartridges for COVID-19 handed over to PM Loughman
Vanuatu will soon start testing for COVID-19 locally after the Vanuatu Government received the first batch of 320 cartridges.High Commissioner of Australia, Sarah deZoeten joined her New Zealand...
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Youth volunteers help distribute relief supplies in Tanna
Seventy youth volunteers have helped the National Disaster Management Office distribute relief supplies on Tanna in Vanuatu The group distributed 252 bales of rice, 250 bundles of island cabbages and...
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FAO supports Vanuatu Government in TC Harold Response & Recovery Plan
A joint mission comprising Food and Agriculture Organisation and various Vanuatu government officers will be deployed to South Pentecost to assess damage caused by TC Harold in the 15 villages within...
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Repatriation Plan for stranded Vanuatu citizens overseas
The National COVID-19 Advisory Team at the National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) is compiling a detailed repatriation plan for the return of all Vanuatu citizens stranded overseas due to the...
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Tinned fish in Tanna relief packages appear to be contaminated
Authorities in Vanuatu have begun confiscating tinned fish that was distributed as relief supplies to victims of the ash fall on Tanna.There are concerns that the fish contents in the cans are...
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Four plead guilty for Vanuatu theatre director attack
Four men have pleaded guilty to attacking the director of Vanuatu's popular theatre company, Wan Smol Bag.Peter Walker and two friends were assaulted outside his Port Vila property nearly a year...
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Port Vila council owed taxes
The mayor of Vanuatu's capital, Port Vila, says his council is owed more than $US4 million in outstanding property taxes.The revelation comes with Eric Festa's council in need of funds to develop Port...
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Vanuatu schools to submit enrolment data by 31 May to get stimulus package
The Vanuatu Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) has reminded all school principals and Provincial Education Officers that all school enrolment data should be submitted by 31 May 2020. Schools...
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Vanuatu bans killing of birds and flying foxes on islands affected by TC Harold
The Vanuatu Ministry of Climate Change (MoCC) has been receiving concerns that people are killing birds and flying foxes in islands affected by Tropical Cyclone (TC) Harold.There are reports that the...
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Vanuatu cyclone victims thank Government for relief supplies
Communities in north-west Malekula, through their Area Administrator Jerryson Hosea, have thanked the Vanuatu Government and development partners for the relief supplies received after TC Harold.They...
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The show goes on in Vanuatu: Longtaem we Longtaem I Pass
With audiences forced to stay home and, the banning of mass gatherings , artists and artistic groups around the world have had their work thrown into disarray during the COVID-19 pandemic.However, in a...
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Vanuatu allows first regional flight to land in Port Vila
Vanuatu is to allow the first regional flight from Solomon Islands to Port Vila this week.The Director of Public Health, Len Tarivonda, said the incoming passengers won't be expected to undergo 14 days...
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West Coast Santo families hit by TC Harold need proper shelter assistance
Tropical Cyclone Harold affected communities in West Coast Santo in Vanuatu need proper shelter assistance.Around 500 households that lost their homes to TC Harold nearly two months ago have not...
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Vanuatu DARD to increase coffee production through Public-Private Partnership
The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) has engaged the private sector to increase the production of coffee in Vanuatu.The engagement is in line with the coffee strategy that will be...
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Vanuatu school continuity
Anaonsmen Hemi stap go long everu prinsipol, tua, staf, skul komuniti, peren moo l student raon long kaontriFolem Oda namba 77 blong 2020 we Minista blong Klaemet Jenj hem i bin saenem long namba 22...
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Vanuatu’s health ministry acknowledges support from pacific neighbor
Vanuatu’s Ministry of Health acknowledges support from its Pacific partners including the Government of Australia towards its preparedness and response actions to the concurrent emergencies facing the...
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Vanuatu’s Trade Commissioner to Hong Kong issued termination notice
The Vanuatu Government has issued a three months’ termination notice to the country’s Trade Commissioner to Hong Kong. Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) and Minister of Internal Affairs, Ishmael Kalsakau,...
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Yams and eggs given to Cyclone-affected residents of Vanuatu's Pentecost
Disaster officials in Vanuatu have begun distributing 50 tonnes of yams to people on cyclone-ravaged PentecostThe island was devastated by Cyclone Harold in April.The islanders normally marked...
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