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 […]
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Media watchdog joins calls for review of Daily Post work permit
PORT VILA, 15 NOVEMBER 2019 (RNZ PACIFIC) — Reporters Without Borders has added its weight to calls on the Vanuatu government to review its rejection of a newspaper editor’s work permit. The rights group describes the move against Vanuatu Daily Post editor Dan McGarry as disgraceful. McGarry has linked the government’s decision to his reporting […]
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Vanuatu Journalist barred from flying home
PORT VILA, 18 NOVEMBER 2019 (VANUATU DAILY POST) — Former Media Director for the Vanuatu Daily Post, Dan McGarry was denied the right to return to Vanuatu over the weekend to be with his family. McGarry has drawn the ire of the political leadership for a series of Vanuatu Daily Post reports raising concerns about […]
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PM, Ministers have no power over Work Permit Appeals Committee: Napuat
PORT VILA, 11 NOVEMBER 2019 (VANUATU DAILY PST) — Government ministers and even the Prime Minister have no power to change or quash the decision of the Commissioner of Labour on work permits application appeal, since the Labour (Work Permits) Act was amended in 2018. They do not have the ministerial power to override or […]
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Vanuatu expecting two – three Cyclones from November to April 2020
PORT VILA, 28 OCTOBER 2019 (VANUATU DAILY POST) —The Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-Hazards Department (VMGD) has announced that Vanuatu will expect at least two-three named tropical cyclones this cyclone season from November 2019 to April 2020. On average, at least 2-3 cyclones hit Vanuatu every year. The cyclone risks for Vanuatu this season in contrast […]
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Vanuatu reviews ‘passports for sale’ scheme over EU worries
PORT VILA, 24 OCTOBER 2019 (FINANCIAL TIMES) — Vanuatu is reviewing its “passports for sale” scheme over concerns that inadequate scrutiny of the mainly Chinese applicants risks undermining the visa-free access it enjoys with the EU. Since it was launched in 2016, the citizenship programme has generated more than US$200million in government revenue for Vanuatu, […]