Saturday night saw a world first, the crowning of Miss Vanuatu Tourism2005. The newly crowned winner, 22 year old Glenda Laban, paradedthrough the streets of Port Vila on Monday, but not everyone iscelebrating her success. The National Council of Chie…
Vanuatu kicks off its Silver Jubilee celebrations today, with theopening of a special exhibition in the Espace Culturel Francaise in PortVila. It’s the first of many events sheduled over the next two weeks tomark 25 years as an independent nation. The…
Vanuatu’s department of Customs and Inland Revenue is cracking down onbusinesses found to be exploiting lucrative tax exemptions. ActingDirector of Customs John Shing wants to streamline the process to stopthe sale of tax free consumable items being r…
Vanuatu’s President has formally revoked the commission of former PoliceCommissioner Robert Diniro, who was suspended from his position lastSeptember. As Head of State, President Kalkot Mataskelekele formallyappoints or removes the commissioner, but t…
A call from a Vanuatu cabinet minister to have the country’s debtcancelled is unlikely to be echoed in other parts of the Pacific,according to an academic specialising in development issues. ProfessorVijay Naidu, Director of Development Studies at New…
Archaeologists at a dig at the Teouma Burial Ground in Vanuatu havefound a cemetery once used by the Lapita people, famous for their bluepottery. The discovery, the first of its kind in the world, proves thethree thousand year old skeletons found in t…
From the start of this month, the Government of Vanuatu has begunconverting all its vehicles to run on home grown bio-fuel. Thechange-over is being made in response to the soaring global cost of oil,and also to assist Vanuatu in meeting its obligation…
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