President of Vanuatu Skul Tuketa Kooperative on bringing cheaper supplies to Vanuatu schools, local production and the future of cooperatives Stephane Yawiko, President of Vanuatu Skul Tuketa Kooperative, in this...
Interviews
‘In 2017 Vanuatu Recorded Double-Digit Growth in Tourist Arrivals’
SPTO’s Chris Cocker on tourism in the Pacific, challenges for Vanuatu and competition with Fiji Chris Cocker at the Sasakawa Peace Foundation’s Cutting Edge Symposium in Tokyo, Japan Christopher Ray Cocker, CEO...
1 month ago
‘Vanuatu Should be Reaping the Benefits of Investor Migration’
Arton Capital’s Philippe May on Vanuatu’s citizenship-by-investment program, investors migration and the future of CBI industry Philippe May with the Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. The Hon. Timothy...
2 months ago
‘Jailing MPs for Bribery and Corruption in 2015 was a Very Important Development for Vanuatu’
Jenny Hayward-Jones, Lowy Institute’s Nonresident Fellow and former Director of the Melanesia Program, who used to be an Australian diplomat in Vanuatu, in this exclusive interview for Vila Times talks about challenges...
2 months ago
‘Many Investors in New Caledonia are Looking to Move to Vanuatu’
Hugues Morival, the Director of New Caledonian CesssionsAcquisitions company that has recently opened a subsidiary in Vanuatu, in this exclusive interview for Vila Times explains why investors in New Caledonia and...
2 months ago
‘Remote Islands is the Future of Tourism in Vanuatu’
Pascal Guillet on promoting Vanuatu as a tourism destination, remote islands and Air Vanuatu Pascal Guillet, the Vanuatu Ecotours founder and independent tour coach, in this exclusive interview for Vila Times says...
3 months ago
‘Vanuatu Should Allow Open Access For Different Navies, Like Singapore’
Professor Rory Medcalf, Head of the Australian National University’s National Security College, in this exclusive interview for Vila Times talks about the strategic competition between China and Australia in the...
3 months ago
‘Land Disputes is One of the Main Problems for Investors in Vanuatu’
C&K Director on land disputes in Vanuatu, real estate, Air Vanuatu and infrastructure development Loic Bernier, the Managing Director of Vanuatu’s Caillard & Kaddour Group, in this exclusive interview for Vila...
3 months ago
‘Nowadays Vanuatu Has New Freedom of Diplomatic Manoeuvre’
Dr Stewart Firth on Australian influence, diplomatic options for Vanuatu and West Papua liberation movement In this exclusive interview with Dr Stewart Firth, Research Fellow at the Australian National University...
3 months ago
‘Tourism, Construction and Agriculture Sectors are Booming in Vanuatu’
Vishvas Sapkal, High Commissioner of India to Vanuatu, in this exclusive interview for Vila Times talks about India’s policy in the Pacific, relations with Vanuatu, International Solar Alliance and booming sectors of...
4 months ago
Vanuatu News
Vila Times announces change of management
Vila Times announces the resignation of Anton Trukhanov as Editor-in-chief and General manager. Anton Trukhanov has served in these positions since June 2017. The appointment of new Editor-in-chief to be announced...
2 weeks ago
Air Vanuatu cancels Fiji flight due to runway excursion, refuses to provide compensation
Air Vanuatu flight to Fiji has been cancelled today, on Saturday, due to a runway excursion sustained by the plane scheduled for the flight to Nadi, at Bauerfield airport. In official statement Air Vanuatu reported the...
3 weeks ago
Vanuatu ranked 9th among tourist destinations in the Pacific with only 5.1% share
Fiji continues to dominate in tourism, recording the highest number of arrivals in the South Pacific region with a 36.9 per cent market share in the March Quarter of 2018. This was noted in the South Pacific Tourism...
3 weeks ago
Melanesian Spearhead Group is failing: Ralph Regenvanu
Vanuatu’s Foreign Minister says he’s lost faith in the Melanesian Spearhead Group because of a lack of consensus and political engagement. The group had become especially contentious after including...
3 weeks ago
Vanuatu partners with Fiji, Samoa and PHAMA to develop kava quality standards
Avoiding a ban such as that imposed by Germany in the early 2000s, and instilling confidence in an increasing global market, are two of the key reasons for the quality standards being developed for Pacific kava. The...
1 month ago
Pacific News
Samoa installs battery energy storage systems first in the Pacific
Samoa has become the first country in the Pacific to install battery energy storage systems and micro grid controller. The US$8,844,817.03 million (T$22.7m) facilities, housed at the Fiaga Power Station compound, allows...
3 weeks ago
Taiwan’s airline picks up Palau flights in China’s wake
Taiwan’s main airline China Airlines is adding two more weekly flights to Palau after a crackdown on Chinese tourism to the Pacific nation. Palau Pacific Airways said last week it would suspend China flights...
3 weeks ago
ADB Launches Strategy 2030 to Respond to Changing Needs of Asia and Pacific
The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Board of Directors has approved a new long-term corporate strategy, Strategy 2030, that sets out the institution’s broad vision and strategic response to the evolving needs of Asia and...
3 weeks ago
PNG’s Foreign Minister reaffirmed support for Indonesian control of West Papua
Papua New Guinea’s Foreign Minister Rimbink Pato says he has reaffirmed his country’s support for Indonesian control of West Papua. It was one of the points of discussion in Mr Pato’s meeting with his...
3 weeks ago
PNG’s total debt stands at US$7.4 bln
Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer Charles Abel has reiterated that the nation’s total debt stands at US$7.4 billion (K24 billion). Abel said a total Government loan of US$250 million (K813.82mln) from the Asian...
3 weeks ago
Sports
FIFA approved engineers for new Central Stadium in Port Vila
FIFA has approved Qualao Consulting Limited as engineers for the new planned VFF Central Soccer Stadium and Technical Training Centre Development at Freswota, VFF reports.
Work on the project should start next week.
2 months ago
Vanuatu’s Lambert Maltock elected acting OFC President
The Oceania Football Confederation Congress has elected Lambert Maltock to the role of acting OFC President for the remainder of the current term. The Vanuatu Football Federation President was elected to the position...
2 months ago
Vanuatu’s Lambert Maltock among candidates for OFC acting President position
On June 11 the Oceania Football Confederation Congress will decide on an acting President to lead the Confederation until January 2019. The OFC Congress will take place in Moscow, Russia ahead of the FIFA Congress which...
2 months ago
Tonga sued for millions of dollars over Pacific Games withdrawal
The Pacific Games Council and Tonga’s Olympic Committee (TASANOC) have lodged a claim for millions of dollars of damages against the government of Tonga for its late withdrawal from hosting the 2019 event. The...
3 months ago
Marist takes slight advantage in the first leg of Champions League semi-final against Lautoka FC
An away goal for Marist could prove crucial after the first leg of the OFC Champions League semi-final ended in a 1-1 draw between the Solomon Islands club and their host Lautoka FC at Churchill Park, OFC reports. Like...
4 months ago
Vanuatu women’s beach volleyball team wins bronze
Vanuatu is celebrating a second Commonwealth Games medal after their women’s beach volleyball team beat Cyprus in the playoff for bronze. Miller Pata and Linline Matauatu were in complete control at Coolangatta...
4 months ago
New project to boost rugby development in the Pacific
World Rugby has launched a new project that will accelerate rugby development in the Pacific, paving the way for the region’s best and brightest rugby talent to thrive on the international stage. The ‘World Rugby...
5 months ago
Van2017 declared 74.3 mln vatu budget surplus after Pacific Games 2017
Exactly 3 months after the closing ceremonies of the 2017 Pacific Mini Games in Vanuatu, Van2017, the group charged with the organizing and delivery of the Games has wrapped up. Any remaining affairs of Van2017 will be...
5 months ago
Qatar academy to take part in football development of the Pacific
A new partnership is on the cards between the Oceania Football Confederation and Qatar-based Aspire Academy which will focus on elite performance and youth development. OFC President David Chung is delighted the two...
5 months ago
Nalkutan FC and Lae City Dwellers to compete for home quarter final
After securing their spots in the OFC Champions League 2018 Quarter Finals Nalkutan FC and Lae City Dwellers have set up a Match Day 3 showdown to decide who will get home advantage, while the look of the bottom half of...
6 months ago
