Category - Interviews

Jonathan Pryke, Director of the Lowy Institute’s Pacific Islands Program, in this exclusive interview for Vila Times explains how China’s aid projects in the Pacific normally work, what may happen if Vanuatu won’t...

EIF’s Ratnakar Adhikari on financial support to the Pacific, tourism growth in Vanuatu and region’s development potential Dr. Ratnakar Adhikari, Executive Director of the Executive Secretariat for the Enhanced...

Karl Waldeback on Vanuatu’s struggling economy and debts to China, how to attract tourists, and why Australia is about to wreck this country with Income Tax Karl Waldeback is the only in Vanuatu Nobel Peace Prize...

ADB experts talk investments in the Pacific, economic opportunities for Vanuatu and competing with Fiji for tourists ADB (Asian Development Bank) Pacific Department’s experts – Ananya Basu, Rommel Rabanal and...

Martin St-Hilaire on Vanuatu’s financial sector and its future, the Income Tax, and EU ‘bullying’ Pacific tax havens Martin St-Hilaire, Managing Partner of AJC Vanuatu, and Chairman of the Vanuatu Financial Centre...

Michael Field, whose book The Catch helped expose the labour and human rights abuses in New Zealand’s fishing industry, in the interview originally published by WikiTribune, discusses his new investigation into illegal...

Vila Times’ Exclusive: Dr Patricia Ranald explains why the trade deal, already signed by PM Salwai, is not good for Vanuatu and other Pacific Island nations PM Salwai has already signed PACER Plus in September   ...

Dr. Van Fossen on Vanuatu’s financial reputation, introduction of income tax, and scapegoating Pacific tax havens Dr. Anthony Van Fossen, well-known reputable expert in the economy of the Pacific Islands and tax havens...

Mr. Manuel Cacho, new Ambassador of Spain to Vanuatu, in exclusive interview for Vila Times, talks about Spanish companies in the Pacific, economical potential of Vanuatu and why Spain has decided to increase its...

Mike Bhana, film-maker who created a number of successful TV shows for National Geographic, Discovery and other major channels, in exclusive interview for Vila Times, talks about the new travel show called Journey, his...