The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Ephraim Kalsakau, has labelled the letter sent by the Speaker of Parliament to him on 12th of November 2019 as “very irrational and childish”.

The Public Service Commission (PSC) will be appointing over 20 new health managers next week.

The Acting Medical Superintendent at the Vila Central Hospital (VCH) is calling on the members of the public to return the trays used at the mortuary as they are urgently needed at the hospital.

The Supreme Court has ordered a 26-year-old man to perform 40 hours of community work within 12 months by clearing the bushes at the old Supreme Court Building site that was burned down in June 2007.

The Vanuatu Government has joined other global community to reaffirm its commitment to the International Convention on Population Development, (ICPD) in the recent ICPD25 summit held in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi.

Vanuatu has received 15,000 Bibles in English and French that will be freely distributed to schools, hospitals, prisons, hotels, motels and public and other institutions in the coming weeks.

The Ministry of Climate Change, in partnership with UNDP and Power-Blox AG, an award-winning Swiss company providing automated and decentralized electricity solutions, has successfully completed the first phase of a feasibility study for powering Lelepa island in Shefa province.

Port Vila International School (PVIS) is thrilled to announce that they have two full scholarships available for Ni-Vanuatu students to study for their SACE International Certificate.

Colonel Robson Iavro will continue to occupy the top police position for the next six months.

Daily Post would like to retract assertions made recently in two different articles relating to the property at Palekula on Santo and Jed Land Holdings and Investments Ltd.

During her recent visit to Vanuatu, Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Women, Senator Marise Payne, and Vanuatu’s Minister of Internal Affairs, Andrew Napuat, farewelled a group of ni-Vanuatu workers going to Australia to work in the meat industry under the Pacific Lab…

Six officers from the Vanuatu Institute of Public Administration and Management (VIPAM) have graduated yesterday from the Singapore Civil Society College taught by the Pacific Community (SPC) on Management and Leadership.

“After the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the National Green Energy Fund (NGEF) and the Registrar if Cooperatives and Business Development Services last week, I am proud to confirm that the NGEF Board has approved and dished out funding in the form of loans to Aulua Consume…

Dr. Leanne Fernandes, Marine Programme Coordinator of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Fiji Office and stalwart advisor to Vanuatu’s ocean governance efforts, particularly Vanuatu’s Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) Project, announced her imminent departure from th…

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) will be formulating its 2020 business plan at a retreat that starts on Monday next week.

Pango’s Paramount Chief Rolland Maseiman and his Council of Chiefs, custom landowner of the site on which the Dr. K.B.Kaluat Memorial Community Health Centre is built, and the Minister of Health and his staff, celebrated the opening of the classic facility last week as a classic example of P…

In the recent years, the bilateral comprehensive partnership between China and Vanuatu has developed smoothly on the basis of mutual respect and common development, especially in the agricultural sector.

Complaining and whinging seems to be a norm in Vanuatu, however the residents of Respect Street at Erakor Bridge are putting the norm aside and showing self-reliance in keeping their street clean.

A Vanuatu Government delegation led by the Youth and Sports Development Minister, Francois Chani (MP) is currently attending the International convention on Population Development ICPD25 summit in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi.

The Givhan musicians’ community water project, based in Ialuwalu village at Loukatai area on the Island of Tanna, was finally launched on Thursday, November 7 2019.

The real estate market, foreign investment, customary disputes, evictions – land issues are rarely out of the Vanuatu headlines. To get a sense of what is happening in the real estate market and with land issues generally, Daily Post Editor Jane Joshua had a wide-ranging discussion with Doug…

With the increasing trend of measles cases reported across the Pacific region, the Ministry of Health has established a Measles Task Force to prevent a measles outbreak in Vanuatu.

The Speaker of Parliament's trial has been adjourned again to December.

Vanuatu’s Commissioner of Labour (CoL), Murielle Metsan Meltenoven, has assured families of Ni-Van workers currently working in Australia that they are not affected by the disastrous bushfires that have blazed through parts of New South Wales (NSW) and Queensland.

Ten Members of Parliament (MPs) have been selected by the Parliament Secretariat to receive bills online for the final Second Extraordinary and Second Ordinary Session of Parliament in the 11th Legislature.

The article “Measles Outbreak Preparedness and Response Plan” published in Daily Post Issue no. 5872 on Thursday November 14, 2019 relating to any specific treatments against Measles is inaccurate.

The Teaching Service Commission (TSC) has a new chairman.

We always face problems getting work done on time. So it is worth reminding ourselves about ‘Time Management’. Our biggest problem with time is time itself. Time Lost cannot be regained; time waits for no man.

The joint review of the National Gender Equality Policy 2015-2019 and 6{sup}th {/sup}Report on the Convention of Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) commenced this week in the provinces of MALAMPA, SANMA, PENAMA and TORBA.

The Vila Central Hospital (VCH) has yet to release the bodies of five people to their respective families for burial, pending autopsies to determine the exact cause of their deaths.

The Prime Minister’s Office, through its Public Relations Officer, Hilaire Bule, says there is no request from the Vanuatu Government to the Government of China through its embassy in Vanuatu to inject funds to pay gratuities for members of parliament.

The 2-day Griffith South Pacific Central Banking (Griffith-SPCB) Research Conference and Regional Policy Dialogue hosted by the Reserve Bank of Vanuatu (RBV) at the Warwick Le Lagon Resort was officially opened yesterday.

A total of 50 bills have been listed for Members of Parliament (MPs) to debate in the two final Parliament sittings in the 11th legislature.

Over 20 onion farmers on the island of Epi are currently harvesting onions.

While the Minister of Home Affairs has joined the former councilors to raise his concerns about the reserve seat initiative, former councilor Marie Kalkoa claims she scored for her Southern Ward in the last Port Vila Municipal Election but the seat was allocated to someone else on a general ticket.

Media Director’s Work Permit Refused in Vanuatu

On Monday the 11th of November, starting at 5’oclock in the morning around 400 people made up of all Wan Smolbag (WSB) staff and their friends arrived at the Seafront to take part in the biggest scene WSB has ever filmed. 

Following the outbreak reports of measles in the Pacific, the Ministry of Health (MoH) and its partners are strongly encouraging all parents to make sure their children are vaccinated and people leaving the country to immunize themselves to prevent the risks of measles coming into the country.

The Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Forestry, Fisheries, and Biosecurity (MALFFB), and Acting Minister of Sports, Matai Seremaiah has described sandalwood trees as an important export product that is highly valued in the international market, which boosts Vanuatu’s work on increasing the…

The Vanuatu National Youth Council (VNYC) and the Ministry of Youth Development and Sports (MoYDS) recently organised a Family Life Education (FLE) mapping exercise for its partners at the Vanuatu Christian Council (VCC) Conference room in Port Vila.

The second Vegetable Cultivation Technology Training Course under the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Forestry, Fisheries and Biosecurity (MALFFB) in collaboration with Yuan Longping High-Tech and the Vanuatu Institute of Public Administration and Management (VIPAM) has officially closed…

The inaugural Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Members’ Election Management Board (EMB) Conference is scheduled for the 12th and 13th of November 2019.

Over 100 police officers serving in Port Vila will be relocating temporarily to a new office today because the current main police building is unsafe.

International delegates attending the Sustainable Islands Tourism Conference in Santo November 26th till 29th will experience firsthand Vanuatu’s unique traditional architecture.

The Reserve Bank of Vanuatu (RBV) is proud to host the second Griffith — South Pacific Central Banking Research Conference (Griffith-SPCB) scheduled for 13-14 November 2019 at Warwick Le Lagon Hotel in Port Vila.

Speaker of Parliament, Simeon Seule, has written a 20-point letter to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), conveying his decision to suspend all PAC meetings.

Vanuatu is one of the three countries in the Pacific (and in the world) with no women in their national parliament. Since independence in 1980, just five women have been elected to the 52-seat legislature. The last two elections, in 2012 and 2016, have seen no successful women candidates.

Air Vanuatu has not outsourced its catering services to a company in China.Air Vanuatu's Marketing and Communications Manager, Paul Pio, has refuted the allegations, saying the information is false and misleading. He explained that in order to remain competitive in the market, Air Vanuatu ha…

The 52 Members of Parliament (MPs) will receive Vt390 million gratuity at the end of their four-year term when the 11th legislature ends on January 22, 2020.

Two Ni-Vanuatu students have been given the opportunity to study at universities in Georgia with the assistance of the Vanuatu Government scholarship scheme.