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Vanuatu to export plastic bottles to Australia for recycling
Vanuatu will send the first shipment of plastic bottles for recycling to Australia at the end of the month.Vanuatu Environmental Science Society and RecycleCorp hosted an event at the RecycleCorp yard...
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Former Penama youth presidents receive silver jubilee medal
Two former presidents of the Penama Provincial Youth Council received their 25th Silver Jubilee medal from the Head of State, Pastor Obed Moses TALLIS during the Public Service Commission (PSC) Day...
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Rower Rillio Rii to begin Vanuatu’s Olympic campaign
Vanuatu’s rowing champ, Rillio Rii will be the first athlete to kick start the country's participation at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Rii will be racing against five other crews on the Rowing Men's Single...
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Court hearing for Vanuatu MPs
The 19 Vanuatu government MPs whose seats were declared vacant by the former speaker of parliament Gracia Shadrack last month are challenging the decision in court today.Under Vanuatu's electoral laws...
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Vanuatu Civil Registry department receives former Register General
The Department of Civil Registry and Vital Statistics (VRCS) has received one of Vanuatu’s senior most citizens, leader and former Parliamentarian and the first Registrar General of the Department in...
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Vanuatu to increase cacao production to help boost economy
Vanuatu’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) is focusing on increasing cacao production in its 2021 Business Plan. The department is targeting the distribution of 120,000 cacao...
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Vanuatu athletes compete in their events
Vanuatu’s shirtless flagbearer and rower Rillio Rio competed this morning at the Men's single sculls Semi Final E/F1 and finished 3rd. He will be rowing for 30th or 31st place out of 31 in the...
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Ngerenigman community on Vanuatu Mota Lava island takes on home gardening
Villagers of Ngerenigman on Vanuatu’s Mota Lava island have shown keen interest in backyard gardening after a demonstration was organised by the Department of Agriculture.Assistant Agriculture Officer...
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Vanuatu provinces allocated budget for Independence Day celebrations
The six provinces of Vanuatu will each be receiving Vt350,000 to organise Independence Day celebrations.The funds donated by the 2021 Independence Celebrations Committee will be shared between all the...
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Australian navy boat to provide maritime surveillance support in Vanuatu
A Royal Australian Navy boat has arrived in Port Vila to provide maritime surveillance support. The HMS Glenelg will be in Port Vila until Vanuatu receives RVS Tukoro’s replacement in a few months’...
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Vanuatu minister fined for being drunken nuisance on plane
Vanuatu's Supreme Court has ordered the Minister of Climate Change to pay a fine of over $US2,600 and carry out 120 hours of community work for breaching civil aviation rules.Bruno Leingkon boarded a...
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Vanuatu Police arrest homicide suspect
A man who was on the run following the death of a mother of two children in Luganville, Vanuatu has been arrested by police.The suspect was apprehended at Solway in Santo on Tuesday afternoon.The...
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Vanuatu administers 24,000 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
The Vanuatu Ministry of Health has achieved a milestone of administering 24,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to the eligible population.The doses were the first batch of the vaccine that...
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Rio to Tokyo: Vanuatu rower's inspiring Olympic journey
Vanuatu rower Rio Rii has officially made his debut at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, after what has been an "emotional and challenging journey."In March last year, the 27-year-old was at the end of...
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Australia sends 20,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to Vanuatu
Vanuatu received another 20,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine from Australia.Minister of Health, Silas Bule, was at the airport yesterday to welcome safe and effective vaccines from Australia’s Acting...
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Vanuatu’s South Epi opens first ever concrete road
Communities in South Epi in Vanuatu’s Shefa Province can now move about safely with the opening of a concrete road. The 200 metres long road is the first for the area, 41 years after Independence.South...
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Vanuatu Opposition says sentence given to Lengkon is too light
The Leader of the Opposition in Vanuatu, Ralph Regenvanu, says the sentence given to the Minister of Climate Change, Bruno Lengkon, is far too light.Vanuatu's Supreme Court has ordered that the Lengkon...
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Vanuatu holds first consultation on National Tuna Industry Development Strategy
Tuna industry stakeholders met this week for their first discussion on Vanuatu’s National Tuna Industry Strategy.The strategy which covers 2021-2030 aims to address the issues of large-scale fishing as...
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Vanuatu rower Rillio Rii finishes first in Men’s Single Sculls race
Vanuatu’s Rillio Riio Rii finished first in the Men’s Single Sculls rowing race, today.Rillio clocked a time of 7.49.82.He is now ranked 30th out of 32 rowers at the Tokyo Olympics. Rillio finished...
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Vanuatu’s high risk detainees part of Independence celebration
Port Vila’s high risk detainees were also part of Vanuatu’s 41st Independence anniversary celebration.This is the time the Correctional Service has organised such event for the detainees.Principal...
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