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Shefa Public Land Transport Association (PLTA) has recently submitted a proposed standard fee for public land transport to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for approval.

Virgin Australia had sought last year to include Tigerair on its New Zealand, Fiji and Vanuatu routes only to withdraw the application.

A police spokeswoman this morning said the passenger was inbound from Vanuatu.

China is engaged in a decades-long build-up and modernisation of its once-backward armed forces, and military leaders have set a goal of fielding a world-class force by 2050.

The region's health ministers had all agreed to support a Pasifika candidate, but offers of aid and influence from Asian countries have left that in doubt.

Ms Ernst spoke about the impact of non-communicable diseases (NCD) on ni-Vanuatu communities and what the private sector could do to assist to bring down the high rate of NCDs.

The appeal comes at a time when some members of the community decided to break-in at the centre steal breeding stocks for consumption.

Forum Members engaged in wide ranging discussions centred around how the region can operate together to promote the security and development of the Blue Pacific region.

The flight data and cockpit voice recorders were brought to the AIC flight recorder laboratory in Port Moresby and all data was successfully downloaded.

The court appointed Maxwell Macgill as the liquidator, based on an application by lawyer Mark Hurley on behalf of the Vanuatu Broadcasting and Television Corporation (VBTC).