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Water and food for droughtstricken communities

January 22, 2020

The Government has distributed rice and food for the drought-stricken communities in north Efate and Aniwa. LC Tiwi Trader arrived at Aniwa yesterday with 900 bags of 25kg rice, 2,000 cartons of Vanuatu water, diesel and a battery for the desalination machine to produce water. Two officers from the National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) have accompanied the relief supplies on board LC Tiwi Trader to Aniwa. advertisement Daily P ...

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VNPF BUYS PROPERTY IN NEW CALEDONIA

January 21, 2020

The Vanuatu National Provident Fund (VNPF) has purchased a property worth over Vt100 million in New Caledonia (NC). The General Manager (GM) of VNPF, Parmod Achary, confirmed to Buzz FM and Daily Post that the property will initially accommodate the General Consulate of Vanuatu in Noumea and will be rented out to the Vanuatu Government, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and External Trade. "Located righ ...

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6 COUNCILLORS RESIGN

January 21, 2020

Four councillors in the Port Vila Municipal Council (PVMC) and two provincial councillors have resigned as councillors in order to contest in the upcoming General Election. The PVMC councillors submitted their resignation letters to PVMC Town Clerk, Peter Sakita on Monday 20th of January (yesterday). They are Joel Langlois, Tony Iauko and two former lord mayors - Ulrich Sumptoh and Willie Pakoa Saatearoto. Saatearoto is also the longes ...

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Air Vanuatu emerges as a leader in gender diversity

January 15, 2020

In a press release by Paul Pio ,Air vanuatu's Manager of Marketing & Communications, last September, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) challenged all airlines to join the “25by2025” campaign, a global initiative to improve female representation across the industry to a minimum of 25% of the management team by 2025. Air Vanuatu was one of the first to step forward. Chief Executive Officer Derek Nice says they have iden ...

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Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year!

December 24, 2019

Greetings Everyone, The holiday season is upon us, and the year is almost over. And that is why we would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the Island Property team.

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Australian aid groups apologise for misconduct

November 21, 2018

The inquiry found that out of 76 incidents of misconduct reported by Australian aid agencies over a three-year period 31 cases of sexual misconduct cases involved aid workers.

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Vanuatu becomes INTERPOL member country

November 21, 2018

The new member countries will each now establish their National Central Bureau (NCB) which acts as the single point of contact with other NCBs and the HQ of INTERPOL.

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Adventist Multipurpose building opened

November 11, 2018

The project, which was launched in August 2015 and completed at the end of 2017, is now the largest building in Vanuatu, and church leaders are hoping it eventually becomes a center of positive influence.

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Fiji Uni to offer programs through VIT

November 09, 2018

FNU Vice Chancellor Professor Nigel Healey said they were excited with the new partnership as it provided VIT with an opportunity to offer a variety of programs that were in demand.

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Huge response brings hope for 10-year-old Vanuatu girl

November 04, 2018

Money raised means a nurse can fly from Europe to Vanuatu to care for Micheline Warri full time for a few months if they can't find a hospital in a western country to take her.

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