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Vanuatu raises awareness on cyber safety
Cybercrime is becoming a major issue in Vanuatu as more young people acquire smartphones.While Vanuatu currently doesn't have laws to combat cybercrime, up to 60 per cent of children there go...
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Vanuatu PM enthuses about border talks with France
Vanuatu's Prime Minister Charlot Salwai says that border talks with France last week were a success.Officials from Vanuatu and France met in Sydney for negotiations on their dispute over the ownership...
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Vanuatu authorities monitor dengue cases
Health authorities in Vanuatu are monitoring cases of dengue reported from Luganville, Santo.Although other islands and provinces have not reported dengue cases, authorities are also monitoring them.Of...
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Vanuatu to get millions from Green Climate Fund
The Green Climate Fund is to inject $US28 million dollars into the Vanuatu Ministry of Climate Change to help the country address climate change.The Daily Post says the five year project will address...
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Vanuatu govt urged to walk the talk on women in leadership
A women's activist in Vanuatu Jenny Ligo has challenged the government to walk the talk over women's representation in politics.Her comments come ahead of next month's Port Vila Municipal election...
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Vanuatu climate change minister apologises to high chiefs
Vanuatu's Minister of Climate Change Ham Lini has used custom protocol to apologise to high chiefs of Central Pentecost after a breach of protocol.Mr Lini, who is himself from North Pentecost, was...
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Vanuatu cracks down on overstayers
Vanuatu's Minister of Labour and Immigration Services has given overstayers three weeks to rectify their documents and abide by the law.Andrew Napuat said a team government departments will start a...
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Vanuatu selected for seasonal work pilot project
Vanuatu has been selected to start working on a pilot project to include people living with disabilities to join the seasonal work programmes in New Zealand and Australia.The Department of Labour's...
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Vanuatu deputy PM pleads guilty to conspiracy charge
Vanuatu's deputy prime minister Joe Natuman had pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.Mr Natuman was accused of trying to stop a police team from investigating...
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Vanuatu Deputy PM to remain in office until sentencing
The Deputy Prime Minister of Vanuatu, Joe Natuman will continue in office until the date of his sentencing for conspiracy charges on 16 March, 2018.Natuman, who is also the Minister for Tourism, Trade,...
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Dengue cases reported in Vanuatu’s Northern Provincial Hospital
Vanuatu’s Ministry of Health has confirmed that 25 out of a suspected 86 cases have been tested positive for dengue since the eighth of February.A statement from the ministry said 29 patients have been...
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Vanuatu student dies from electric shock
A 20 year old student on the Vanuatu island of Ambae has died after being electrocuted at St Patrick's College.The student was reported to have been hanging a wet towel on a wire, without knowing that...
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Latest cyclone threatens northern Vanuatu
A cyclone which has developed to the east of northern Vanuatu has been upgraded to a category two storm.Tropical Cyclone Hola was located just east of Ambrym a short time ago [5am Vanuatu time] and is...
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Cyclone Hola builds as it makes landfall in Vanuatu
Vanuatu's weather office is warning of destructive storm force winds as Tropical Cyclone Hola makes landfall in Vanuatu's northern islands.The Vanuatu Meteorological and Geohazards Department said...
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Vanuatu to host Labour Mobility Summit
Vanuatu will host its first ever Labour Mobility Summit, a two-day affair, from tomorrow in Port Vila.The Summit is expected to host around 500 participants from government departments and line...
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Cyclone Hola causes damage in Vanuatu
The Vanuatu Red Cross says Malekula and Ambrym islands in Malampa Province appear to be the worst affected by Tropical Cyclone Hola.Denny Manvoi a Red Cross worker in Port Vila said reports overnight...
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Cyclone Hola could go to category five
The Met Office in Fiji says Tropical Cyclone Hola is now a category four storm and is expected to eventually reach category five.As it moves south west from Vanuatu's Malekula Hola is intensifying and...
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Vanuatu Foreign Ministry appoints women political advisors
Vanuatu’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and External Trade has appointed Anthea Arukole and Jeanette Yiu-Hing Faerua to the positions of 1st Political Advisor and 2nd Political...
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One killed, two injured by Hola in Vanuatu
Vanuatu's National Disaster Management Office says there are reports one person in South Pentecost has died during Cyclone Hola and two others severely injured.The NDMO's Peter Korisa said information...
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HIV programme in Vanuatu seeks ways to improve awareness
Past awareness campaigns on human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, are being blamed for the stigma the virus still carries in Vanuatu.Six people from Vanuatu are believed to be living with HIV, but only...
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