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Concerns in Vanuatu over public servant spending on overseas trips
The chair of Vanuatu's Public Service Commission says he's shocked by the amount of money being spent by public officials on overseas trips.An unnamed Director General has received more than $US60,000...
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Vanuatu names 3x3 basketball teams for Pacific Games
The Vanuatu Basketball Federation has released its final list for the women's and men's 3x3 national teams, that will participate in 2019 Pacific Games in Samoa next month.National coach Sacha Duthu...
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Draw made for football competition at Samoa 2019 Pacific Games
The draw for the football competition at the Samoa 2019 Pacific Games has been made, with a minor error swiftly rectified.Conducted by Football Federation Samoa, the draw used seedings based on FIFA...
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Bangladeshis trafficked to Vanuatu to start returning home
More than 100 Bangladeshis who were trafficked to Vanuatu will start returning home this month.The migrants have been in Vanuatu, where they were taken with the promise of work, since November.Many...
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Vanuatu table tennis win in New Caledonia competition
Priscilla Tommy and Dean Shu have come home champions from the ITTF-Oceania Tour | New Caledonia, staged in Noumea over the past two days. The event had the added bonus of being the first 2019...
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Howard goes the extra mile to file
Clinging to the top of a swaying coconut tree, Vanuatu journalist Edgar Howard carefully plucks out his phone from his pocket.He's clambered up there looking for a strong enough signal so he can file...
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Vanuatu moves to combat Rhinoceros Beetle
Biosecurity officials are restricting the movement of organic material from Efate to prevent the spread of the Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle.A taskforce has been set up to eradicate the invasive pest after...
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Bangladeshi trafficking victims leave Vanuatu
The first group of dozens of Bangladeshi trafficking victims in Vanuatu have left the country.The 101 migrants have been under government care in Port Vila since November, after they were freed from...
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Vanuatu backs West Papuan bid for full MSG membership
The United Liberation Movement of West Papua has officially submitted an application for full membership in the Melanesian Spearhead GroupThe Liberation Movement already has observer status in the...
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Voter registration in Vanuatu’s Luganville underway
More than 40 Civil Voter Registration (CVR) officers, from the Sanma Provincial Youth Council are conducting registrations in designated registration sites in each municipal ward area in Luganville.The...
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Vanuatu recruits nurses from the Solomons
Vanuatu's Ministry of Health is to recruit its first batch of Solomon Islands nurses next month, if their contracts are approved by the Public Service Commission.The Director General of Health, George...
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Vanuatu teachers get pay deal
Funds will be released this week to pay Vanuatu teachers money that they're owed, Vanuatu's Teaching Service Commission says.The Commission said the Ministry of Education would release the first...
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Rotary and UNICEF team up to vaccinate the Pacific
An immunisation programme to reach 100,000 children in nine Pacific countries was launched in Wellington last week.The "Give Every Child a Future" project is the major international focus of civil...
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South Sea Islander MP visits Vanuatu
Australia's first South Sea Islander MP, Stephen Andrew, has received a customary welcome at Port Vila on his first visit to the Vanuatu capital.Mr Andrew is a fifth generation South Sea Islander, as...
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Vanuatu founder rails against passport sales
The sale of Vanuatu passports to foreigners means the country's struggle for independence was worth nothing, the first president of Vanuatu, Ati George Sokomanu, says.His comment follows revelations...
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Vanuatu celebrates International Seafarers Day
Vanuatu joined other countries around the world to celebrate the International Seafarers Day Tuesday, 25 June 2019.The Vanuatu Mobile Force led a parade in the morning from Fatumaru Bay to Sea Front...
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Minister supports Vanuatu table tennis team to Pacific Games
The Minister of Internal Affairs (MOIA) Andrew Napuat has donated VT 55,000 to help the Vanuatu Table Tennis team prepare for the 2019 Pacific Games in Samoa.Vanuatu Table Tennis team achieved gold in...
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Vanuatu’s Ambrym volcano remains at level 2
The Vanuatu Meteorological & Geohazards Department (VMGD) says the Ambrym volcano is continuing in the major unrest state. The Volcanic Alert Level remains at level 2.New scientific analyses...
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Port Vila Scholarship Scheme opens
The Graon mo Jastis Party (GJP) says applications for the Port Vila Scholarship Scheme are now open.Ni-Vanuatu students enrolling in Foundation courses at the USP Emalus Campus in Semester 2, 2019, who...
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8th Heads of Mission meeting held in Port Vila
Vanuatu diplomats working in missions abroad will meet for the 8th Heads of Mission Meeting (HOM) from 1st to 3rd July, 2019 at the convention center in Port Vila.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs,...
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