A 54-year-old man that threatened to kill his de-facto partner for voting for a particular candidate without his approval, has been sentenced by the Supreme Court this week.

The retired chief of Eratap, Andrew Pakoa Kalpoilep V, handed over his chiefly title to his son yesterday to look after their village of Eratap in South Efate.

Landowners of the area where Tanna Airport is located have petitioned the government, through the Ministry of Infrastructure and Public Works (MIPU) to extend the airport to accommodate bigger aircrafts.

Air Vanuatu announced yesterday it will operate its first outbound repatriation flight on Friday, July 3, 2020.

All applications for plant and animal product importation and other goods must be submitted and approved prior to shipment from the exporting country.

Chiefs from Pentecost are against the Government’s decision to relocate the headquarters of PENAMA Provincial Government Council to its original location on Ambae.

History was made yesterday on the remote West Coast of Santo, as the Santo Sunset Environment Network (SSEN) ratified its new Constitution.

The Department of Labour is conducting a public consultation on 33 proposed additional changes to the List of Reserved Occupations for ni-Vanuatu.

Minister of Education and Training, MP Seule Simeon is now a prosecution witness in criminal case No.196 of 2020, after charges against him were withdrawn in court yesterday afternoon.

A total of 419 students enrolled at Donna’s Elite Foundation English Grammar School at Seaside in Port Vila were sent home yesterday.

The Department of Biosecurity (DoB) has confirmed that the spread of the Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle (CRB) has now reached Port Vila.

Digicel today announced the launch of its fantastic Riwods Program. Customers can now top up and receive points instantly that they can use to redeem PlayGo TV bundles, D’Music app bundles, Calls, SMS and Data bundles. Apart from this, the…

The election petition submitted by Stephen Felix against five current Members of Parliament (MPs) for Port Vila constituency, including MP Ralph Regenvanu, who secured the highest votes, has been dismissed by the Supreme Court yesterday.

A senior public servant has said if he were sick and given a choice whether to be admitted to the Vila Central Hospital or Lolowai Hospital, he would definitely choose the latter.

All kindergartens, whether government registered or private and government registered primary schools in Vanuatu are not entitled to the tuition fee subsidy from the Economic Stimulus Package announced by the Government.

The Unity Park Stage in Luganville and the SANMA Provincial Government Council (SPGC) stage damaged by cyclone Harold are being repaired by the China Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC).

The Department of Strategic Policy Planning and Aid Coordination (DSPPAC) within the Office of the Prime Minister is the key coordinating agency overseeing the management and implementation of disaster recovery processes and recovery programs in Vanuatu.

The recess period in the Standing Orders of Parliament has been amended by the current legislature.

The appointment of the Trade Commissioner to Jerusalem, Israel was “null and void” despite carrying the Minister of Foreign Affairs’ approval.

At its meeting held on June 5th 2020, the Government of the Republic of Vanuatu led by Prime Minister Bob Loughman has decided to embark on a major review of the amendments made to the land laws in 2013.

The Department of Strategic Policy Planning and Aid Coordination (DSPPAC) through its Aid Coordination and Negotiation Unit (ACNU) hosted a Non-Government Organisation Technical Development Cooperation Meeting last week on June 19, at the Melanesian Hotel in Port Vila.

The government will spend around Vt50 million to cover the quarantine cost of over 1,500 citizens and residents in the first repatriation phase, said Director General (DG) of the Ministry of Climate Change (MoCC), Esline Bule.

A total of 124 repatriated citizens were sent home yesterday after spending 14-days in quarantine at Iririki Resort and were declared free of COVID-19 by the Health authorities.

Prime Minister (PM) Bob Loughman said the first phase of the government's repatriation was a success despite challenges and this should be considered as a stepping stone to improve procedures and protocols in the next phase.

A total of 43 TV screens have been recovered by Police last week, from a number of households in Port Vila.

Flights bringing in seasonal workers from New Zealand and stranded citizens and residents from Australia today are expected to be the final repatriation flights for the first phase.

The Office of the Commissioner of Police will not tolerate police brutality and will deal with officers that were involved in a recent incident at Big Bay on Santo.

UMP’s traditional former stronghold of Lolopuepue Catholic Mission in North Ambae waited for a whole day until after dark, to give the Minister of Trade, Tourism, Cooperative, Commerce and Industry, James Bule and his high level delegation, a spectacular VIP…

Youth in Malekula have collected almost Vt200,000 cash, 30 bags of rice, root crops and kitchen utensils for cyclone victims in a recent wheelbarrow push.

The Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Secretariat has commenced discussions on a Melanesian Bubble initiative.

Many would be wondering as to why Air Vanuatu’s Boeing 737-800 is not being used for repatriation flights to bring back Vanuatu citizens overseas since Air Vanuatu is the national airline.

Almost 2,000 bags of rice, over 1,000 cartons of canned food and over 1,000 cartons of bottled water have been distributed to over 5,000 individuals from 1, 397 households in affected communities of north east Malekula.

In his response, to the speech by the Head of State, during the official opening, of the first ordinary session of parliament, on Tuesday morning, Prime Minister, Bob Lougman, reiterated that national developments, must always take place in the atmosphere…

The intention to suspend all the 22 Members of Parliament (MP) in the Opposition block from two days consecutive Parliament sittings, was to avoid the tabling of the motion to reduce salaries for the senior leaders in Parliament.

Parliament passed yesterday the Bill for the Parliament (Members’ Expenses and Allowances) Act No. of 2020.