When addressing the crowd having gathered at the newly built Malapoa College Hall during the opening last week of the school extension being funded by the People’s Republic of China, the Prime Minister took time to give...
Interviews
Vanuatu sets up the first blockchain stock exchange in the Southern Hemisphere
Vanuatu sets up the first blockchain stock exchange in the Southern Hemisphere “Blockchain technology has compelling ability to transform numerous industries. The establishment and operation of the Vanuatu National...
1 month ago
‘School Students in Vanuatu Need More Supplies at Lower Prices to Succeed’
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...
3 months ago
‘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...
4 months 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...
4 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...
4 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...
5 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...
5 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...
5 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...
5 months ago
Vanuatu News
Borogu in SI, another threat to Vanuatu Kava in global market
Borogu can be grown in a rich soil. Borogu Kava from Vanuatu has transformed the Kava industry in Solomon Islands and could become a big threat to the Vanuatu Kava in the overseas’ market as people in the neighboring...
2 days ago
Santo: A new man to run on Nagriamel’s ticket in 2020 General Elections
The recent meeting in which they designated the proposed candidate for 2020 General Elections. The Nagriamel Regional Committee in Santo has recently endorsed the name of its candidate to run in the 2020 General...
2 days ago
The prime suspect in Achai Maccoe’s death has been captured
The man who was most wanted by the police after the revelations that he has been seen in the morning of 9th October some hours with Aicha Maccoe before the body of the young girl student from Montmartre was found dead...
2 days ago
Twenty scholarships to be offered by Israel in 2019
Israel will offer twenty scholarships in 2019 to Ni-Vanuatus who wish to work and to develop the field of agriculture in Vanuatu. The Minister of Agriculture, Matai Seremaiah announced this good news via Facebook after...
2 days ago
The alleged reasons behind the orders against Barnabas Tabirupmel and his companies
There are allegations that the reason behind the urgent interlocutory orders (ex parte) issued last Friday against Barnabas Tabirupmwel, trading as Saling Shipping Services and Koyan Si Supermaket, Bujunbana Holdings...
1 week ago
Pacific News
Three more weeks for Our Pacific Ocean Media Award entries
“Our Pacific Ocean Media Award” has been extended to close on 5 November, 2018 with submissions having been published or broadcast between 3 October, 2017 and 3 November, 2018. Winners will be announced on 3 December...
2 weeks ago
A Guadeloupean appointed French Ambassador to Vanuatu
The Quai d’Orsay in Paris, France, has just appointed a Guadeloupean to be in charge of France’s diplomatic mission in Vanuatu. Robby Judes is the new French Ambassador to Vanuatu replacing Gilles Favret whose contract...
2 weeks ago
Pacific students gain professional qualifications in climate change adaptation & disaster risk reduction
Twenty four students attended face-to-face training sessions in Suva last week as the final step of an intensive 16 week training programme on climate change adaptation & disaster risk reduction. The successful...
2 weeks ago
Humanitarian relief: Caledonians lost trust in Vanuatu’s NGOs
After Cyclone Pam, many appeals have been made for help and many humanitarian aid supplies have reached Vanuatu. Reports received from people living in New Caledonia said many people in the French Territory hesitate a...
4 weeks ago
PNG will not back Vanuatu push for West Papua’
PNG Minister for Trade Rimbink Pato. Picture: RNZ Papua New Guinea will not and does not support the issue of West Papua now being pushed by Vanuatu at the United Nations. This is because according to Foreign Affairs...
1 month 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.
4 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...
4 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...
5 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...
5 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...
6 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...
6 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...
7 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...
7 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...
8 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...
8 months ago
