PORT VILA, 07 MAY 2020 (VANUATU DAILY POST)—The 2021 Oceania Athletics Championships are to be conducted at Korman Stadium, Port Vila, Vanuatu. Oceania Athletics is currently working with the Local Organising Committee and the Vanuatu Government to finalise the dates of the Championships which are planned to be held during the month of May. Once […]
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Australia aid plane to Vanuatu delayed as Chinese plane was parked at Port Vila airport
SYDNEY/PORT VILA, 15 APRIL 2020 (REUTERS)—-A Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) plane carrying aid to cyclone-struck Vanuatu turned around and returned home on Sunday as a Chinese plane with medical equipment was already on the airport’s tarmac, Vanuatu airport officials said. The decision to return to Australia, some 2,000 km (1,240 miles) away was made […]
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Crisis stricken Vanuatu hit by climate-fuelled Tropical Cyclone Harold
SYDNEY, 06 APRIL 2020 (GRREENPEACE)—As the world scrambles to contain the Covid-19 pandemic, Tropical Cyclone Harold has struck Vanuatu, with the devastation providing an unwelcome reminder that climate change remains the biggest threat facing the Pacific. Earlier today the cyclone made landfall on the island of Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu’s largest island, bringing torrential rain and […]
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Japan ramps up aid to Vanuatu, as attention for island grows
TOKYO, 03 FEBRUARY 2020 (BRISBANE TIMES) — Japan’s government will pump millions into aid projects in Vanuatu ahead of the country’s forthcoming election as part of a US$100 million bid to shore up influence in the Pacific nations. The funding supports the goal, set out in a regional meeting convened by Japan in 2018, to […]
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French Ambassador clarifies why Vanuatu is on French blacklist
PORT VILA, 03 FEBRUARY 2020 (VANUATU DAILY POST) —-Ambassador of France to Vanuatu, Pierre Fournier, says France as a European Union (EU) member is compelled by law passed in 2018 to include the countries that are on the EU blacklist on its national list. He stated this to explain why France placed Vanuatu on its […]
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China, media freedom in the Pacific, and the great Australian silence
SYDNEY,20 NOVEMBER 2019 (THE INTERPRETER via PACNEWS) — The refusal of the Vanuatu government to allow high-profile Vanuatu-based journalist to fly home on Saturday has given a sharper edge to concerns about a wider trend of attacks on media freedom in the Pacific and highlights both China’s influence and Australia’s policy failure in broadcast and […]