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THE Commissioner of Police, Albert Nalpini, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding MOU on First Aid Training with Country Manager of ProMedical, Ms Peta Owen. The signing on Friday was witnessed by the VPF Executive at the Commissioner’s conference room. The MOU is a first of its kind between the two emergency services providers and enables ProMedical to deliver the first aid unit of competence which has been endorsed by Vanuatu Qualif ...

THE Department of Industry has launched its Marketing Strategy 2018 -2020 at the Ministry of Tourism compound. The Marketing Strategy provides internal guidance for the department on its marketing interventions.

OXFAM in Vanuatu, in partnership with the Vanuatu Business Resilience committee (VBRC), has invited interested businesses and entities in the private sector to a workshop introducing the Private Sector Service Provider Capacity Assessment, a component of Oxfam’s Vanuatu Cash Transfer Feasibility Study, which has been ongoing nation-wide since March 2018, and is scheduled for completion in September 2018.

ROAD contractors RMS will be implementing a full road closure at the USP Roundabout today (Sunday, August 5). The road closure will take effect between 10am-5pm.

FOLLOWING the success of last year’s show, the 2018 ‘Yu Luk Mi Luk Yu’ Portrait Prize/Exhibition will open on Wednesday, August 8 at 5pm at Fondation Suzanne Bastien Gallery on Pango Rd. Throughout art history the portrait has been a means for the artist to record stories of people, places and the subject’s impact on their lives.

The USP Roundabout will be closed while RMS uses heavy machinery to prepare the sub-grade for asphalt.

This week has also been an opportunity to pay tribute to all of our Ni Vanuatu crew members on July 30, their 38th annual Vanuatu Independence Day.

VANUATU’S 38th Independence Day was celebrated in traditional North West Efate style today – with dozens of dazzling smiles, greetings of ‘Happy Anniversary Day’, loads of good kai kai, the now traditional football and volleyball matches between local villages … and more smiles.

REIMPOSING a state of emergency on Ambae, Vanuatu’s government insists the volcanic island’s entire population must be evacuated. The volcano at the island’s centre, Manaro, has been erupting in phases since last year. But its activity intensified in the past week, causing ash fall so severe that the sun was blocked.

CANBERRA scientists have made a key breakthrough in the fight against malaria, as traditional treatments become less effective. Malaria kills one person every 90 seconds and the parasites that cause the infectious disease have become increasingly drug-resistant in recent years, particularly in south-east Asia, making researchers and healthcare workers desperate for new treatments.