A total of 17 political parties secured seats in the 2016 general election along with eight Independent candidates.

The official opening of the Courts and judicial activities in Vanuatu for 2020 will take place today in Port Vila at three different venues.

The National Bank of Vanuatu (NBV) has decided to contribute towards government, NGO and donor efforts in dealing with disasters by introducing a low-cost housing product for families across Vanuatu.

The head of Government in the 11th legislature, Charlot Salwai, organised a Thanksgiving mass at the Cathedral on Wednesday, 22 January as his term as PM came to an end.

The Vanuatu National Provident Fund (VNPF) has purchased an additional 9% shares from UNELCO Engie, increasing its total shares from 40% to 49%.

The Parti Travailliste Vanuatu (PTV) has taken a step further on its participation in the upcoming General Election by adopting and approving 10 candidates during its last convention held in Port Vila on Sunday, 19th of January 2020.

“North West A and North West B of ‘hed blong dog’ are important regions of Malekula and need responsible leaders with visions who promise their people that when they get into the Red Roof (Parliament), they will implement those visions…

A mass prayer breakfast was hosted for the staff of one of the Government’s biggest ministries – the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Forestry and Biosecurity (MALFFB) — at the Agriculture station yesterday.

A delegation of Government officials from Morocco arrived in Vanuatu yesterday to participate in a high-level discussion with Directors General (DGs) from each Government administrative.

Prime Minister Charlot Salwai officially launched all activities towards the 40th Independence Anniversary and the 51st Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) meeting yesterday at the Vanuatu Broadcasting and Television Corporation (VBTC) complex.

The Government has distributed rice and food for the drought-stricken communities in north Efate and Aniwa.

The first and second captain of MV Karapa, a locally owned vessel, have been suspended by the Office of the Maritime Regulator (OMR) for allegedly raping a passenger while on duty.

The current 11th Legislature will be dissolved at 12am tonight.

The Government should seriously consider setting up a national employment agency to facilitate the placement of university graduates into the workforce once they complete studies, said Minister of Education and Training, Jean Pierre Nirua.

Interested politicians who want to contest the national election scheduled for March 19 can now lodge their applications.

The Port Vila Municipal Council (PVMC) is rebranding this year.

Four councillors in the Port Vila Municipal Council (PVMC) and two provincial councillors have resigned as councillors in order to contest in the upcoming General Election.

Vanuatu has already begun preparations for hosting the 51st Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders’ Meeting, which will be held in early August, hard on the heels of this year’s independence anniversary on July 30th.

At 4pm yesterday the Minister of Agriculture, Matai Seremaiah, authorized the renewal of kava export licenses for 2020 to exporters, as well as endorsing the agreement by kava exporters to set the minimum price of kava at Vt2,000 per kilogram.

Unofficial results from Canal Fanafo have shown four front runners towards the possibility of being elected into the next Sanma Provincial Government Council, with Jackias Andrew Tosu of Nagriamel Movement leading with 415 votes, Geoffrey Saniel of Vemarana with 300…

The Vanuatu Non-Government Organisation (VANGO), supported by Save the Children, is producing a visual 3Ws map capturing high-level information about VANGO member activities for use by VANGO members, development partners and government agencies.

Outgoing Principal of Central School, Alex Hetyey has called on the school council to step down.

Prime Minister (PM) Charlot Salwai has told the National Bank of Vanuatu (NBV) to expand its reach to the vast rural areas of the country where people are still struggling to access banking services.

The WASH Cluster has been activated. This is in accordance with the Council of Ministers (COM) paper no. 405 as directed to address the water shortage in certain areas in the country.

Any councillor in the provincial governments or municipal councils that wants to contest in the 2020 general election has to resign before the dissolution of parliament on Tuesday next week.

The Vanuatu National Provident Fund (VNPF) will be providing Vt500 million to the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) to support parents who are members of the fund in financing their children’s education, starting this year.

By 3.30pm yesterday voters in Banban, one of the biggest polling stations on Santo, were still queuing up to cast their votes in the SANMA Provincial Government Council election.

It was all smiles for the Sikotau women’s group from Ifira in collaboration with the few mamas from Pango village when they donated a sum of AUD965 to the Australian High Commissioner, to help support the Australians battling the catastrophic…

The model used by VANFLY, a joint partnership between the government and Flysha (Fiji) Ltd to process and export bêche-de-mer or sea cucumber is a very responsible approach to ensuring effective resource management.

The Kava meeting that the Ministry of Agriculture has requested with kava exporters is slated for tomorrow (Friday) at 2.00pm.

The tertiary referral hospital for Vanuatu recognized its hardworking staff with an end of year ball last month.

With the polling stations now open for voters to register their names and apply for their Electoral Cards, an observation of potential voter turnout at Anabrou Polling Station for the last two days, has shown a healthy turnout of young…

In a press release by Paul Pio ,Air vanuatu's Manager of Marketing & Communications, last September, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) challenged all airlines to join the “25by2025” campaign, a global initiative to improve female representation across the industry…

A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed yesterday between the Ministry of Health (MOH) and investors to build an innovative emergency centre in Port Vila.

The Government should not interfere in kava pricing.