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Vanuatu targets ‘new normal’ for agriculture sector in 2021
Vanuatu’s agriculture sector is being earmarked as the key industry to support economic recovery in 2021.According to the Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD), Antoine...
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Fire destroys butcher on Luganville in Vanuatu
Authorities are investigating a fire that destroyed a butcher store in Luganville over the weekend.Eye witnesses and a staff of a takeaway outlet that is in the same building said the fire may have...
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Vanuatu’s Malafau feeder road closed due to trespasses
Malafau feeder road on Vanuatu’s Efate Island, has been closed. This is due to trespasses from the people in the nearby villages to the land of the Chief of Malafau village and garden, without...
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Vanuatu Head of State declares extension of Covid-19 State of Emergency
The Head of State President Ps Tallis Obed Moses, has declared an extension of the State of Emergency (SoE) in Vanuatu effective Friday 1 January, 2021 for 212 days.The declaration was made on the...
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Ni-Vanuatu seasonal workers arrive in Australia
The first group of 157 Ni-Vanuatu seasonal workers have arrived in Tasmania, Australia.The workers flew out of Port Vila yesterday (Wednesday).They are the first of 650 Ni-Vanuatu workers that will...
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Vanuatu’s Lobenben volcano remains at Level 1
The Vanuatu Meteorology & Geohazards Department (VMGD) confirmed the Lobenben volcano on Ambae is continuing in the minor unrest state. The Ambae volcano activity is continuing at the low unrest...
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Tasmania’s berry industry excited about arrival of Vanuatu seasonal workers
Fruit Growers Tasmania has welcomed the arrival of harvest workers from Vanuatu.More than 100 Ni-Vanuatu workers landed in Hobart yesterday (Wednesday).Fruit Growers Tasmania CEO Peter Cornish said the...
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160 Ni-Vanuatu seasonal workers arrive in Perth
The second group of seasonal workers from Vanuatu have arrived in the Western Australian city of Perth.A total of 160 workers travelled on an Air Vanuatu plane a day after another aircraft transported...
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Building a common vision in Vanuatu for moral education
As Vanuatu celebrates its 40 years of independence and looks to the future, a national conversation about the direction of the education of children and youth is gaining momentum.To contribute to these...
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Vanuatu’s Eton Community gets access to clean water
A little over 1000 people in the Eton community on Vanuatu’s Efate island can now receive clean water.The clean water project was made possible by the SHEFA Provincial Government with the support of...
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Vanuatu schools to begin classes next month
Students in Vanuatu will begin the new school year on Monday, 1 February. This has been confirmed in the 2021 official academic calendar, approved by the Ministry of Education and Training.The first...
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Chiko Farm Vanuatu creates awareness on salmonella infection
Chiko Farm Vanuatu is taking precautionary measures to prevent salmonella infection in the public.The farm destroyed over 20, 000 eggs last weekend and carried out public awareness about salmonella...
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Vanuatu participates in European Union’s regional art competition
Vanuatu has been listed as one of the countries participating in the Wave of Change’ European Union Pacific Art Competition. The competition that is now open, is a new project of the Delegation of the...
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Vanuatu outbound passengers urged to check travel requirements
The Ministry of Health Promotion unit is urging travelers to check Covid-19 travel requirements prior to leaving Vanuatu.The unit said some countries require travelers to provide evidence of a negative...
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CERF and FAO Project in Vanuatu to improve over 1,700 people's livelihood
More than 1,700 most vulnerable people households worst affected by TC Harold last year in Vanuatu are expected to benefit from a project by the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) and Food and...
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Vanuatu media personality, Ricky Binihi passes away
Vanuatu’s media fraternity is mourning the loss of well-known media journalist, Ricky Binihi in Port Vila.Port Vila Municipal Council Town Clerk, Peter Sakita confirmed to the national broadcaster VBTC...
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5.2 quake hits east of Luganville, Vanuatu
An earthquake of magnitude 5.2 occurred this afternoon 103 km east of Luganville, Vanuatu, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported.The quake hit at a shallow depth of 10 km beneath the...
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Vanuatu citizenship sales exceed projections in 2020
Vanuatu's government has revealed it generated over $US106 US dollars in revenue from citizenship sales last year.The Finance Ministry said says on average a billion vatu, or $US9 million dollars, was...
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Japan donates new bulldozer to Luganville Municipal Council
The Japanese Government has donated a new bulldozer to the Luganville Municipal Council in Vanuatu. Japan’s Ambassador to Vanuatu, Chiba Hirohisa, confirmed the procurement of the machinery was...
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Chef Robert Oliver on steering a Pacific food revolution
Colonisation changed the way Pacific Island people eat - and food celebrity Robert Oliver wants to put healthy, local food back on Pacific plates.Oliver is the creator of Pacific Island Food...
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