200 more Ni-Van workers for Australia
200 Ni-Vanuatu have been successfully processed for Australia's seasonal work programme.According to a RNZ report, the workers said they were in awe of their agent, John Suran, who lived with a...
View ArticleWindow to the past for Vanuatu PM
Visiting Vanuatu Prime Minister Charlot Salwai discovered a unique piece of his country’s history at the University of Auckland last week. Salwai and his delegation visited the Western Pacific...
View Article11 former MPs convicted of conspiracy to defeat the course of justice
Eleven (11) of the convicted jailed Vanuatu politicians have again been found guilty of conspiring to defeat the court of justice under section 79 of the Penal Code.,Mr Justice Chetwynd declared their...
View ArticleTop Prizes at Vanuatu Roadshow
Agents in New Zealand are being invited to a Vanuatu roadshow that will be held from 5.30pm on Wednesday, 14 September, at The Pullman Hotel in Auckland.The Vanuatu Tourism Office event will feature...
View ArticleNorthern Vanuatu gets pig breeding centre
The Vanuatu Livestock Department has set up a piggery breeding centre in Luganville.RNZ reports the piggery can accommodate six sows, two boars and 60 piglets.According to a senior officer in the...
View ArticleTwo venues for OFC U-20 semi-finals
Football fans in both the northern and southern regions of Vanuatu will have the opportunity to see an Oceania nation qualify for the FIFA U-20 World Cup 2017 after Luganville and Port Vila were named...
View ArticleVanuatu holds 'slow food festival'
Residents on Vanuatu's Tanna Island will hold their first 'slow food festival' this week, featuring traditional methods of cooking and preserving food for times of disaster.RNZ reports the festival...
View ArticleVanuatu considers housing for public servants
Vanuatu's Public Service Commission is holding talks with the National Provident Fund to design a housing scheme for public servants.RNZ reports the proposed scheme was made public by the chairman of...
View ArticleAlert heightened for Vanuatu volcano
Vanuatu authorities have upgraded warnings around Ambae Volcano in northern Vanuatu.RNZ reports the country's Geohazards Observatory has raised the alert to Level 2 on a scale of one to five which...
View ArticleChristophe Virelala is new RMC President
Vanuatu Prime Minister Charlot Salwai’s Reunification of Movement for Change (RMC) Political Party’s 3rd National Congress currently underway in Melsisi, Central Pentecost, has elected Christophe...
View ArticleMedia & the Law workshop to be held in Vanuatu
Local journalists from various media outlets in Vanuatu undergo an extensive three-day “Media and the Law” workshop next week.The workshop offers a space in which to learn more about the law while...
View ArticleVanuatu patrol boat back after cyclone grounding
Vanuatu's police patrol boat, RVS Tukoro, is back at its Mala Base in Port Vila after being damaged by Cyclone Pam a year ago.RNZ reports the boat was taken to Australia after it had been beached on...
View ArticleUMP and Greens attend RMC Congress
Reconciliation ceremonies were performed yesterday (Thursday) between leaders of the Reunification of Movement for Change (RMC), the Union of Moderate Parties (UMP) and the Greens Confederation burying...
View ArticleTanna, a South Pacific Romeo and Juliet tale, is Australia's best Oscar...
Screen Australia has named an unassuming Romeo and Juliet tale set in the South Pacific as its official entry for best foreign language film at the 2017 Oscars.Based on a true story, Tanna is a...
View ArticleCourt orders “no appointment” of Police Service Commission chair pending...
The Supreme Court in Vanuatu has issued an order preventing the replacement of Api Jack Marikembo as chairman of the Police Service Commission until Mr Marikembo’s application for Judicial Review is...
View ArticleVanuatu receives Pacific Air Ambulance Service
Vanuatu has received its first Air Ambulance, The Pacific Air Ambulance Service.When addressing the guests at a function recently, Michael Benjamin a board member to the Vanuatu Pro Medic asked the...
View ArticleVanuatu company to supply hardware for health facilities
Vanuatu’s Minister of Health, Daniel Toara, and Simeon Aru Duvu, owner of ni-Vanuatu company Vanuatu Hardware, signed a contract for the company to supply building materials for the repair and...
View ArticlePort Vila Poised for New Resort
Vanuatu’s latest new-build resort, rising up from the site of a former limestone cliff in Port Vila, is on track for its 1 April, 2017, official opening.Ramada Port Vila is fast taking shape along the...
View ArticleMini Games CEO praises Joe Carlo, confident they're on track
The new head of the 2017 Pacific Mini Games says planning and organisation will start to gain momentum in the coming months.RNZ reports Clint Flood, visited Port Vila in May after being asked by the...
View ArticleVanuatu MP calls for more information on PACER
A Vanuatu MP says members of the cabinet are anxious to see the text of the PACER plus agreement that is nearing completion.NZ reports trade negotiators met in Christchurch last week to address labour...
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