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PHAMA Plus inks ‘sweet deal with Vanuatu cocoa processor and exporter Gaston...
Chocolate exports from Vanuatu to Australia, Japan, New Zealand, and the United States are expected to fetch premium prices following food safety certification improvements.The Australia and New...
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Earthquake drill for Vanuatu’s Ifira community
More than 200 residents including people with disabilities, the elderly and children participated in an earthquake and tsunami drill on Efate’s offshore island of Ifira.Organised by the Vanuatu...
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Fears that proposed break up of Vanuatu's Justice Ministry could weaken the...
Under the Vanuatu constitution, there is a ceiling on the number of ministries, so if the government wants to create a new one, then another has to go to make way for it.News that the Loughman...
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Motion to suspend former Vanuatu PM dismissed
Vanuatu's Speaker of Parliament has dismissed a motion to suspend the former prime minister and Pentecost MP Charlot Salwai.Salwai and Luganville MP, Matai Seremaiah, are facing charges of corruption...
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Vanuatu remains Covid-19 free
Vanuatu health authorities have confirmed that Covid-19 sample tests carried out on 155 people have all returned negative. Testing of 253 people in quarantine is ongoing.A total of 2185 persons...
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Vanuatu announces first Covid-19 case
Vanuatu Prime Minister Bob Loughman has announced the country’s first case of Covid-19 at a press conference in Port Vila this morning.A passenger, who arrived on a repatriation flight on 4 November,...
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No national lockdown for Vanuatu as first Covid-19 case confirmed
Prime Minister Bob Loughman says there will not be a national lockdown after he confirmed Vanuatu’s country’s first Covid-19 case today.At a press conference, Loughman said the Government has faith in...
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Vanuatu doubles quarantine period, halts domestic travel to Efate
The capital island of Vanuatu - Efate - is closed off after the country's first case of Covid-19 was announced yesterday.Stricter quarantine rules are also in place.A ni-Vanuatu man who arrived in Port...
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Chinese engineers in 28 days quarantine in Vanuatu
More than two dozen engineers from China are among the first arrivals in Vanuatu subjected to the country's stricter quarantine rules.The government announced the country's first case of Covid-19...
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Close contacts of Vanuatu’s first Covid-19 case tested negative
Seventeen repatriates who were on the same flight as the first confirmed case of Covid-19 in Vanuatu have tested negative.Another 12 staff supporting the repatriation process who were identified as ‘at...
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Wife of Vanuatu's first head of state farewelled
Vanuatu's first head of state, Ati George Sokomanu, farewelled his wife, Leitak, on Sunday at their home village of Mele, after she died on Saturday.Known to everyone as Vanuatu's first ever First...
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Vanuatu promotes 'Gudfala Kakai Policy' to address NCDs
Various stakeholders led by the Agriculture Ministry have developed the ‘Gudfala Kakai Policy’ aimed at increasing production of local food to ensure Vanuatu is healthy at all times.The Director of...
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Occupants of yacht entering Vanuatu placed in quarantine
Three occupants of a foreign yacht and seven potential contacts have been placed in quarantine and will be tested for Covid-19 in Vanuatu.According to the Ministry of Health, the Australian-registered...
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Vanuatu Covid lockdown lifted apart from on Tanna
A lockdown in Vanuatu has been lifted by Prime Minister Bob Loughman, with only the island of Tanna still under restrictions.Loughman said the situation in Tanna would be reviewed this week.The move...
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Vanuatu Covid-19 test results return negative
A total of 152 passengers, who were on the same flight as Vanuatu’s first confirmed Covid-19 case have been tested negative for the infectious disease.Twelve additional staff identified as at risk of...
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Shefa Province U-12 tournament concludes in Vanuatu
Thursday afternoons at Port Vila Stadium will be a little quieter after the Shefa Provincial Education Office Kick NCD U-12 Knockout tournament concluded in Vanuatu.Vanuatu Football Federation...
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Toddler among passengers rescued as vessel sinks in Vanuatu
A toddler is among 12 people who were rescued by the RVS Tukoro off Red Cliff, in Ambae, Vanuatu in the early hours of this morning The vessel MV Rosali sank around 4am.Local media report the...
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Vanuatu's ambitious new cattle breeding programme
Vanuatu’s Director of Livestock is confident the nation will meet its targets on cattle farming, as long as land disputes do not impede its plansVanuatu seeks to raise half a million heads of cattle by...
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Vanuatu: caring for people with diabetes
Sitting under the shelter of her home in Port Vila, Sera is one of more than 25 000 people in the Pacific Island State of Vanuatu who lives with diabetes. On average across the state, one in eleven...
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Vanuatu's former leader in court today
More than 20 prosecution witnesses are expected to give evidence when the Supreme Court trial of a former Vanuatu prime minister starts today.Charlot Salwai is due in court to face bribery, corruption...
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