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Bookings trickle in for quarantine-free flights from Samoa, Tonga, Tokelau,...
Travel bookings from Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu for the start of the one-way quarantine free travel with New Zealand are slowly trickling in and authorities there are hopeful for two-way travel...
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Covid-19 case in Vanuatu moved to main hospital
One of the two Covid-19 cases who arrived in Vanuatu on a flight from New Caledonia with "mild symptoms", has been removed from quarantine and isolated at Vila Central Hospital.Vanuatu's Acting...
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Vanuatu's Nagriamel calls on govt to not make Covid-19 vaccination mandatory
Vanuatu's Nagriamel Custom Movement, established by the late Santo rebellion leader, Jimmy Steven, is calling on the government not to make Covid-19 vaccination compulsory.The current secretary general...
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Vanuatu loses bid to host Pacific Games 2027
The Pacific Games Council members have awarded the Pacific Games 2027 to Tahiti ahead of Vanuatu.Tahiti and Vanuatu were bidding to stage the 18th edition of the continental event.The PGC’s 22 members...
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Vanuatu’s female footballers rejoice in milestone moment
The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup™ in Australia and New Zealand - the first in the Southern Hemisphere - offers a unique opportunity to expedite growth in women’s football in the region.The Oceania...
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Air Vanuatu cancels repatriation flight, passengers stranded
An Air Vanuatu repatriation flight en-route for Honiara from Port Vila Thursday was cancelled as most of about 50 returning passengers to Solomon Islands have not received their full Covid-19...
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Delta variant confirmed in Vanuatu Covid-19 cases
Prime Minister Bob Loughman Weibur has today confirmed that the two active Covid-19 cases currently in isolation in Port Vila are of the delta variant. The cases entered Vanuatu from New Caledonia on...
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Seasonal worker advocates welcome minimum pay requirements
Australia's Fair Work Commission has ruled that workers picking fruit on a piece rate must be guaranteed a minimum wage under the Horticulture Award.The ruling will include Pacific seasonal workers...
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French vessels caught fishing illegally by Vanuatu
The Vanuatu government is unhappy with France after French fishing vessels were spotted fishing illegally near Aneityum, and the Matthew and Hunter islands.The small, uninhabited islands of Matthew and...
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Vanuatu agriculture department finalises 2022 Business Plan
Senior management and technical officers are meeting this week to finalise Vanuatu Department of Agriculture’s 2022 Business Plan.Discussions on developing provincial plans are also taking place in the...
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Vanuatu MP and former Speaker Shadrack suspended from Parliament
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Malekula constituency, Gracia Shadrack who is also a former Speaker of Parliament has been suspended from Parliament for two years.The suspension will end on 9...
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Vanuatu to bring in Covid-19 vaccine for people under 18
Vanuatu’s Ministry of Health is in discussions to bring in vaccine for people under the age of 18.Acting Director General, Dr. Posikai Samuel Tapo said discussions are ongoing with donor partners and...
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Vanuatu convicts four Bangladeshis for trafficking and slavery
Vanuatu's Supreme Court has convicted four Bangladeshis for what's understood to be the biggest human trafficking and slavery case in Vanuatu and the region.The four men have been found guilty of a...
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Calls for a crackdown on labour hire companies 'poaching' Pacific workers
Plane loads of seasonal workers from the Pacific Islands have been a welcome sight for Australian farmers desperate to find labour during the global pandemic.In the last 18 months, around 12,000...
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Vanuatu's John Frum Movement mourn loss of leader
Members of Vanuatu's John Frum Movement are mourning the loss of their leader, Chief Isaac Wan, who died on Sunday on Tanna.The John Frum Movement is a cargo cult, most often linked to a mythical...
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Eight opposition MPs join Vanuatu's government
Eight MPs from Vanuatu’s opposition have defected to the coalition government.Six of them are from the Reunification of Movements for Change (RMC), including Christophe Emelee, who was the deputy...
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Vanuatu to invest VT4 billion in health facilities
Vanuatu’s loss to Tahiti in the bid to host the 2027 Pacific Games is being seen as a blessing in disguise for the people of Vanuatu. Minister of Finance and Economic Management, Johnny Koanapo made...
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TORBA becomes Vanuatu’s province to roll out COVID-19 vaccination
TORBA becomes the last province in Vanuatu to launch the rollout of the national COVID-19 vaccination program, last week.Vaccination was carried out at the Provincial Headquarter in Sola, Vanua Lava,...
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Vanuatu’s Wan Smolbag members clean Tagabe River
Wan Smolbag started their climate change programme with a clean-up campaign at Tagabe River. Members of the non-government organisation partnered with the British High Commission for the clean-up last...
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Vanuatu: First local Bahá’í temple in the Pacific opens its doors
Some 3,000 people from across Vanuatu, in some cases as entire villages, gathered in Lenakel on the island of Tanna for the dedication ceremony of the first local Bahá’í House of Worship in the Pacific...
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