Efate school leaders improve their leadership skills
Teachers and school heads from Efate in Vanuatu recently enhanced their leadership and management skills by completing their Certificate IV in Leadership and Management (BSB42015) through the Australia...
View ArticlePacific women receive training boost through new ANZ and UNDP financial...
ANZ Banking Group and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today announced a new partnership to deliver ANZ’s adult financial education programmes, MoneyMinded and Business Basics, to...
View ArticleRepatriation flight opportunity from Port Vila for Fiji citizens
A flight is available for Fijians in Port Vila, Vanuatu, wishing to return home. The service (FJ1264) operated by Fiji Link will be on Saturday 13 June 2020, departing Port Vila (VLI) at 10.20am and...
View ArticleAustralia supports Vanuatu Public Works Department’s response to Covid-19 and...
Australia is providing more funds to help Vanuatu rebuild and repair critical roads damaged by TC Harold in April.Minister of Infrastructure and Public Utilities, Jay Ngwele, and the Australia’s High...
View ArticleVanuatu youth presidents mobilise young people for disaster response
Provincial and municipal youth council presidents in Vanuatu have been mobilising young people to help authorities respond to natural disasters and the COVID-19 pandemic.Vanuatu was hit by TC Harold in...
View ArticleUS fraudster arrested and deported from Vanuatu
An art dealer from the United States was arrested for fraud and deported last week in a joint operation between the Vanuatu Immigration Service and police.The US Department of Justice said Inigo...
View ArticleJoint effort underway to repatriate Vanuatu nationals stranded in NZ
A massive joint effort between New Zealand Government agencies, employers, and the Vanuatu Government is underway to repatriate over 1000 Vanuatu nationals stranded in New Zealand.This has been...
View ArticleVanuatu re-activates Health Promoting Schools in COVID-19 response
In preparing and responding to COVID-19 in mitigating with students; Teachers and School Committees, the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) and Ministry of Health (MOH) are currently visiting...
View ArticleOver 100 Vanuatu nationals stranded in New Zealand return home
The first 100 returning ni-Vanuatu RSE workers have arrived in Port Vila today. According to the Vanuatu High Commission in New Zealand, there were 132 passengers on board the special RNZAF B757...
View ArticleNi-Vanuatu workers leave, jobs open up in NZ
As seasonal workers from Vanuatu stranded in New Zealand begin to return home, job opportunities are opening up for New Zealanders.Thornhill Contracting South Island manager Alistair Mitchell said he...
View ArticleRNZAF returns seasonal workers to Vanuatu
The New Zealand Defence Force has been taking Vanuatu nationals home, with the first group of passengers departing Christchurch on a Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) Boeing 757 last Friday.With no...
View ArticleVanuatu Tourism Department donates water tanks to rural tourism operators
The Department of Tourism has begun distributing 5000-litre water tanks to rural tourism operators in Vanuatu.The department is taking advantage of the quiet period to provide the water tanks while the...
View ArticleVanuatu uses local produce for cyclone relief
About 2000 bags of rice, more than 1000 boxes of canned food and over 1000 cartons of bottled water have been given to people affected by April's Cyclone Harold in the north of Vanuatu's Malekula.The...
View ArticleVanuatu brings in insects to fight invasive weed
An insect biological control agent has been introduced to Vanuatu to fight the invasive cat's claw creeper.The Vanuatu Daily Post reported the climbing vine has invaded forests on Efate, rapidly...
View ArticleUSP Emalus campus in Vanuatu to host upcoming 7s tournament
A local rugby 7s tournament will be held at the University of the South Pacific Emalus campus in Port Vila. The Vanuatu Association of Sports and Olympic Committee is encouraging local clubs to sign...
View ArticleNZ and Australian flights repatriate ni-Vanuatu
Two flights from Australia and New Zealand arrived in Vanuatu yesterday, carrying over 180 ni-Vanuatu.Of the passengers, 50 were from Australia and 132 from New Zealand, mostly seasonal workers who had...
View ArticleVanuatu joins global call to action on remittances during COVID-19
Vanuatu is supporting a global call to action to policymakers, regulators and remittance service providers to improve migrants’ access for sending and receiving remittances, and to reduce transfer...
View ArticleVanuatu Government to review decisions to amend land laws in 2013
The Government led by Prime Minister Bob Loughman will embark on a major review of the amendments made to Vanuatu’s land laws in 2013.The laws concerned are the Land Reform (Amendment) Act No 31 of...
View ArticleVanuatu DSPPAC convenes first NGOs meeting for 2020
The Vanuatu Department of Strategic Policy Planning and Aid Coordination (DSPPAC) through its Aid Coordination and Negotiation Unit (ACNU) hosted a Non-Government Organisation Technical Development...
View ArticleVanuatu competitions edging closer to restart
Vanuatu Football Federation (VFF) is working towards the return of domestic football in July following the coronavirus pandemic.Last week, a group of VFF’s technical team and provincial football...
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