Pangpang mamas diversify peanut products through value addition
By Nicholas Mwai. What was once a simple backyard crop is now a growing source of income for women in Pangpang, with support from Live and Learn Vanuatu. At the...
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V-Lab launches Partners Day to boost small business growth
By Nicholas Mwai. A new platform aimed at strengthening collaboration and supporting small business development was launched last week, with V-Lab hosting its first...
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No UNELCO electricity bills increase despite fuel price rise: Gov’t
By Doddy Morris. The Government of Vanuatu has confirmed that electricity bills will remain unchanged, despite a sharp rise in domestic fuel prices, following...
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‘Mama Jenny’ returns to Vanuatu, invests in Port Vila Harbour tourism venture
By Doddy Morris. A woman affectionately known as “Mama Jenny” by many Ni-Vanuatu PALM seasonal workers has returned to Vanuatu and is now investing in a new tourism...
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Fuel shipment arrives despite rising Iran–US war fears
By Doddy Morris. The Government of Vanuatu announced yesterday via its official Facebook page that the country’s scheduled fuel shipment has arrived and is now...
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Health authorities reinforce ban on single cigarette sales
By Ezra Toara. Public health authorities have intensified enforcement against the sale of single cigarettes, with significant penalties now in place for individuals...
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PSIDS need real finance for just transition: Dr Talia
By Anita Roberts. Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS) need real finance when transitioning away from fossil fuels. Tuvalu’s Minister for Climate, Dr Maina...
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Qualao: Tagabe roadworks a waste of public money
By Hilaire Bule. One of Vanuatu’s qualified engineers, Harold Qualao of Qualao Consulting Limited, said the Tagabe road works are a waste of taxpayers’ money. “If the...
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Cooperatives contribute VT1.6 billion to economy, official says
By Nicholas Mwai. Cooperatives across Vanuatu are playing a growing role in the national economy, generating an estimated VT1.6 billion in economic activity, an...
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Belair Airways resumes flights to Tongoa
By Charles Hakwa. Belair Airways will resume flights to Tongoa today. The airline, along with others, had suspended services to the airport after the Civil Aviation...
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Kawene new 3MW solar farm commissioned
By Anita Roberts. Renewable energy on Efate has taken a leap with the commissioning of a VT300 million new 3 megawatt (MW) solar farm at Kawene plateau yesterday. The...
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Global fuel crisis a call to reduce reliance on fossil fuels: Regenvanu
By Anita Roberts. The fossil fuel crisis driven by the Middle-East conflict is unequivocally a call to reduce reliance on fossil fuels for everyone, said Vanuatu’s...
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Napuat welcomes Ombudsman findings on MIPU Minister
By Hilaire Bule. Union of Moderate Parties (UMP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Tanna constituency, Andrew Wilbur Napuat, has welcomed the Ombudsman report into...
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Pacific ministers to visit Vanuatu’s biggest solar farm project today
By Anita Roberts. Ministers from the Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS) attending the dialogue on global just transition in Port Vila will visit Vanuatu’s...
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PM launches Emua Vila, Vanuatu’s first Economic Micro-Hub
By Ezra Toara. Prime Minister (PM) Jotham Napat officially launched Emua Vila, Vanuatu’s first Economic Micro-Hub (EMH), yesterday, marking a key step toward...
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Tamate men repair road using basic tools
By Doddy Morris. A group of men from Tamate village on Efate, near Klems Hill, have taken it upon themselves to repair deteriorating sections of road in their...
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Luganville businesswoman jailed in VT143M cigarette smuggling case
By Terence Malapa. The Supreme Court of Vanuatu has sentenced prominent Luganville businesswoman Zhiqiong Huang, owner of H Store and Nemo Motel and co-operator of...
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Club Hippique Laho residents repair their own roads
By Terence Malapa. Residents of Club Hippique Laho subdivision took matters into their own hands last weekend, repairing about five kilometres of road from the main...
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