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President Tallis Obed Moses has called on all 52 Members of Parliament (MPs) to put God first in all things and stand united with the people for progress. The Head of State made the call in his official address during the opening of the First Ordinary Session of Parliament yesterday morning. He reminded the new Members of the 12th Legislature that during the last session of the 11th Legislature he reminded that Vanuatu has travelled a ...

The Fisheries Department, Under the Food Security and Agriculture Cluster, has recently been on Tanna to distribute fresh fish from seas around Tafea to the people affected by Yasur volcano ash fall. A total of 500 kilograms of fish was handed by the Fisheries Department team to the Tafea Provincial Government, represented by Secretary General Joe Iautim. The fish will be distributed by the province as part of the second push of food d ...

Confiscating and deleting photos of the repatriation flight captured by the journalist was without a clear reasoning and clear contradiction to the declaration by the UN Secretary General, Dr. Antonio Guterres on the importance of the media in this battle against COVID-19," MAV stated. In a phone call to personally apologize to the photographer yesterday, AVL Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Jason Rakau, said what the security officer did w ...

The Minister of Infrastructure and Public Utilities, Jay Ngwele, has written to the Harbour Master and Operations Manager of Ports and Harbour Department instructing them to make an Order for the removal of vessels that are stranded or have sunk in Port Vila on Efate, Luganville on Santo and other ports in Vanuatu. In his letter sent to the senior government officials on Tuesday, Minister Ngwele state, “It is one of the main priorities ...

The Minister of Infrastructure and Public Utilities, Jay Ngwele, has written to the Harbour Master and Operations Manager of Ports and Harbour Department instructing them to make an Order for the removal of vessels that are stranded or have sunk in Port Vila on Efate, Luganville on Santo and other ports in Vanuatu. In his letter sent to the senior government officials on Tuesday, Minister Ngwele state, “It is one of the main priorities ...

The mass repatriation of stranded citizens and permanent residents abroad under the Vanuatu Government is expected to commence with the first flight from New Zealand (NZ) carrying over 60 individuals tomorrow (Wednesday). This was confirmed by the Director of the Department of Public Health and Spokesperson of COVID-19, Len Tarivonda. Director Tarivonda said the confirmed flight is expected at midday. advertisement The mass repatr ...

The mandatory quarantine costs the Vanuatu Government had to meet for quarantining around 60 citizens and residents who initially returned overseas to date is approximately Vt13 million, said Acting Director of the Ministry of Health (MoH), Johnson Wabaiat. These residents and citizens were quarantined at a hotel in Port Vila for two weeks. Quarantine was mandated by the government to check for coronavirus symptoms. During the 14-days ...

Minister of Infrastructure and Public Utilities, Jay Ngwele, says he has never signed any of the current contracts that has been referred to by the Opposition saying the statement by the Opposition is baseless. He says the majority of the contracts issued under the stimulus package were awarded to contractors by the former government by the former minister. The Ministry of Infrastructure and Public Utilities (MIPU) informed Daily Post ...

The Council of Ministers (COM) has approved for an amount of VT400 million from the Infrastructure Development Fund to be used to renovate roads in urban areas ahead of Vanuatu’s 40th Independence Anniversary. The original initiative to improve road networks in Port Vila came about because Vanuatu is hosting the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Meeting, scheduled shortly after the independence celebration. However, it is yet to be decided if ...

The Vanuatu National Citizenship Commission (VNCC) has revealed a total of VT6 billion revenue has been collected through the Citizenship Program in 2020. The new chairman of VNCC, Ronald Warsal, confirmed to Daily Post that for this year alone since January to date, the office has collected the figure mentioned above. Chairman Warsal said the while the country is facing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, such programs are a jewel fo ...