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Vanuatu Volleyball wins IOC award
The Vanuatu Volleyball Federation has been recognised at the International Olympic Committee's 2019 Women and Sports Awards.Vanuatu Volleyball President Debbie Masaufakalo was on hand to receive the...
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Vanuatu MoYDS team visits Tafea province
A team of officers from the Ministry of Youth Development and Sports (MoYDS) visited the Tafea National Games Local Organising Committee (LOC) on Tanna lsland to inspect sporting facilities.The...
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Kiribati Sports Minister meets his Vanuatu counterpart
Kiribati Vice President and Minister for Women, Youth, Sports and Social Affairs, Kourabi Nenem paid a courtesy call on Vanuatu counterpart in Port Vila.Minister for Youth Development and Sports, Seule...
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French ambassador to Vanuatu stood down amid assault probe
The French ambassador to Vanuatu Robby Judes has been stood down from his position as he is being investigated for alleged assault.The move has been announced in the Official Journal and approved by...
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Vanuatu’s Malekula Province to host National Arts Festival
The Malampa Province is preparing for the 4th National Arts festival which will be held in Malekula island from 18-22 August 2019.It is a significant festival where all the six provinces in Vanuatu...
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Vanuatu DARD holds Farmer Field Day at Tagabe Agriculture Farm
Vanuatu’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) organised a field day Tuesday, at the Tagabe Agriculture farmThe main theme for the field day is ‘'Planem tede, blong kat kakae mo mani...
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Vanuatu PM plans to enlarge cabinet
The parliament of Vanuatu has been summoned for a special sitting on Friday to debate a proposed expansion of the size of cabinet.The sitting has been called by the Speaker Esmon Saimon on the advice...
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Port Vila mayor apologises to vendors
Port Vila’s Lord Mayor Albert Daniel said he is saddened to learn that vendors at the Seafront could not sell any tourist items to the visitors on board the ‘Ovation of the Seas’ cruise ship."My...
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100 participants in Vanuatu complete MoneyMinded programme
A total of 100 people in Port Vila have completed a programme that is aimed at teaching them to better manage their finances.The MoneyMinded programme was organised by ANZ Bank Vanuatu in partnership...
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Group protests against plan to expand Vanuatu Cabinet
A group of people in Port Vila held a quick protest in front of the gate of Vanuatu Parliament House this morning.They demanded the Prime Minister Charlot Salwai and Members of Parliament to withdraw...
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Vanuatu protest expected over cabinet move
A peaceful protest is planned at Vanuatu's Parliament today as MPs meet for an emergency meeting called by the prime minister who is trying to increase the size of cabinet.Charlot Salwai wants to...
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Vanuatu and China to expand cooperation in agriculture, fisheries, livestock
China’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Han Changfu, and Vanuatu’s Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Forestry, Fisheries and Biosecurity (MALFFB), Hosea Nevu, have talked about increasing...
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Vanuatu govt withdraws cabinet expansion plan
Vanuatu's government has withdrawn a controversial proposal to increase the size of the cabinet.Prime Minister Charlot Salwai's proposal to increase the number of Ministries from 13 to 17 was to be...
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Dozens of trafficked Bangladesh migrants stranded in Vanuatu
Shahin Khan came to Vanuatu chasing his hopes and dreams, and a means to provide for his family in Bangladesh.Instead, he said he was duped by human traffickers, who enslaved and tortured him and...
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Spat over Vanuatu worker lay offs
A spat has developed in Vanuatu after a giant Chinese company laid off 110 ni-Vanuatu workers.The China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, or CCECC, has been building roads on Efate, Santo,...
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A skill-building workshop for aspiring women leaders in Vanuatu
Thirty of Vanuatu’s aspiring women leaders have enhanced their leadership skills through a workshop organised by Australia Awards Vanuatu.The participants came from across Vanuatu’s government, private...
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Vanuatu PM highlights need for development budget
Prime Minister, Charlot Salwi has expressed the need for government to have a development budget.Mr Salwai told VBTC news that government has the expenditure and revenue budget, but also need the...
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Research on traditional bananas in Vanuatu
A research and survey on the different types of bananas in Vanuatu is currently underway. A team comprising of Vanuatu Agriculture Research and Technical Centre (VARTC) in collaboration with the...
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Vanuatu PM launches Aid Management Policy and the Implementation Strategy
Vanuatu Prime Minister Charlot Salwai Tabimasmas launched the Aid Management Policy and Implementation Strategy at the Melanesian Hotel in Port Vila Wednesday.The Aid Management Policy and Policy...
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A successful annual networking event for Australia Awards Alumni
A group of fifty Australia Awards alumni gathered for the annual networking event in Port Vila on Tuesday 2 April 2019. The Australia Awards alumni network includes some of Vanuatu’s brightest leaders...
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