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Sexual health services vital for rural Vanuatu women
Improved sex education and better access to health services are key to reproductive health for Vanuatu's rural communities according to a new report.The report by Family Planning New Zealand called...
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New Caledonia students visit Vanuatu Tagabe Agriculture Farm
Eighteen students including two professors from Lyce’e agricole Michel Rocard at Poumbout in the northern town of New Caledonia visited the Tagabe Agriculture Farm in Port Vila. Their tour to Vanuatu...
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7 candidates to contest Efate rural constituency by-election
Vanuatu Electoral Office has announced sevens candidates to contest the by-election for the Efate Rural and Off-shore constituency.The Chairman of the Electoral Commission, Martin Tete named the...
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Vanuatu to host next Pacific Island Forum
Pacific leaders have decided on the venues for the next three leaders summits. At last week's summit in Tuvalu it was announced that Vanuatu would host in 2020, Fiji in 2021 and Kiribati in...
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Fuel depot for Vanuatu's Pentecost
Pentecost has become the sixth island in Vanuatu to have its own fuel depot.This means islanders no longer have to import drums of petrol and diesel from other islands.The depot, which operates through...
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Vanmel Community Association participates in vegetable training
A group of young people who are members of Vanmel Community Association (VCA) were fortunate to participate in a vegetable training of Train of Trainers (TOT).The training was facilitated by the...
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Magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes between Vanuatu, Solomon Islands
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake has struck north of the archipelago of Vanuatu in the South Pacific, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) says.There were no immediate reports of damages or casualties...
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Disaster aid needs to target vulnerable - UN Women
An aid worker who was deployed to Vanuatu after the Ambae volcanic eruption says the diverse needs of those affected need to be factored into disaster response plans.Gender and protection advisor for...
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Vanuatu’s Sanma farmers receive noble kava variety
Ninety-five farmers in the Sanma Province have received kava-planting material from the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD).According to the department, more than 19,100 branches of...
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Vanuatu set to extend state of emergency over rhinoceros beetle
The state of emergency declared over the invasive coconut rhinoceros beetle in the north east of Vanuatu's Efate island is likely to be extended.The beetle damages coconut plantations.The Daily Post...
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DARD leads food cluster to feed Vanuatu National Arts Festival participants
Vanuatu’s Agriculture Ministry through the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is leading the food cluster to feed the provincial participants attending the National Arts Festival on...
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Arrival of beetle pest in Vanuatu still a mystery
Vanuatu's government still does not know how the coconut rhinoceros beetle got into the country, Biosecurity Minister Matai Seremaiah says.It is suspected the beetle was introduced with aggregate or...
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Vanuatu rhino beetle State of Emergency extended
Vanuatu’s Council of Ministers has extended the State of Emergency for another 60 days to enable authorities and the public to eradicate the invasive Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle.The Department of...
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Sacked Vanuatu police chief appeals
Vanuatu's terminated police commissioner, Albert Nalpini, has appealed against his sacking.This comes after a judge dismissed a judicial review of his termination.The Daily Post newspaper reports...
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BRED Bank expanding services in Vanuatu
This year marks another milestone for BRED Bank as it will build a new branch at Tagabe roundabout in Port Vila. BRED Bank confirmed that the construction of the new commercial building and BRED bank...
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Study aims to improve response to menstrual hygiene needs in disaster...
Vanuatu Red Cross Society (VRCS) in collaboration with Australian Red Cross and James Cook University (Australia),) is conducting a study to better understand girls’ and women’s knowledge and...
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Contract agreement signed to address Taxation in Vanuatu
Vanuatu Minister of Finance, Gaetan Pikioune has signed an agreement with DataTorque to upgrade the current Revenue Management System (RMS) used by the Tax Division of the Department of Customs and...
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Vanuatu NGOs petition govt to follow up on West Papua outcomes
The Vanuatu Association of NGOs, or VANGO, has petitioned the government to issue a report to the Melanesian Spearhead Group on West Papua issues.VANGO wants the government to report on the outcome of...
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Director of Vanuatu's Wan Smolbag theatre group attacked
The Director of Vanuatu's popular theatre company, Wan Smolbag, was attacked by three knife-wielding people on Friday night.Peter Walker and two members of his family were attacked late at night over...
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Vanuatu’s Rillio Rii sets personal best at World Rowing Championships
Vanuatu’s rowing champion Rillio Rio Rii has completed a gruelling two-week campaign and regatta at the 2019 World Rowing Championships Linz-Ottensheim, Austria.Rio completed five races in the men's...
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