VT1.5M revenue collected in Port Vila Traffic Operation A three-day Traffic operation in Port Vila has generated more than VT1.5 million in revenue. The joint operation was conducted by the Vanuatu Police Force (VPF), Municipal...

Father penalised for intentional assault to de-facto partner Ple Micah pleaded guilty to one charge of intentional assault. The maximum sentence for that offence is a term of 5 years’ imprisonment. The starting point that was...

A man who pleaded guilty to having unlawful sexual intercourse with his niece, aged less than 13 years old has been jailed for nine years. 31-year-old Erick Mael abused his underage niece when she was in class 2 and class 4. The...

Five people have been given 2 years suspended sentences for kidnapping and assaulting another person with disability over a Facebook post last year. Melinda Denny Bill, Leah Rory, Hudson Tari Junior Bebe, Morris Isaac Bebe and...

A man who stabbed his estranged de facto partner with a small knife at Chapuis on Santo early this year has been given 5 years’ imprisonment. Marky Jimmy and the victim lived together in a de facto relationship for 12 years and...

Only 3 year jail term for 73-year-old stepfather who sexually violated pregnant stepdaughter Naling Willie Ikoiko appeared in Court for sentencing on a charge of sexual intercourse without consent. The complainant was 2 months...

A 35-year-old man who admitted to sexually violating his 7-year-old niece on Santo last year has been jailed for six years. The married man pleaded guilty to committing an act of indecency with a young person and unlawful sexual...

The senior Police Officer who is facing allegations of sexual harassment with two female police officers has been suspended earlier this week. Daily Post is informed that the Officer concerned who also heads an important unit...

Tony Jimmy pleaded guilty to charges of an act of indecency with a young person, as well as unlawful sexual intercourse with a child under 13 years of age. He committed these acts when the victim who calls him uncle, was only 7...

The Magistrate Court is expected to deliver its ruling on the Prosecution’s application to revoke the bail conditions of the Vanuatu National Provident Fund (VNPF) General Manager (GM) at 4pm today. Yesterday afternoon, the...

A senior Police Officer is currently being investigated by the Vanuatu Police Force (VPF)’s Professional Standard Unit (PSU) for his involvement in an alleged sexual harassment incident. The incident involved two female police...

Father kills family John Amos Pakoa had taken his family to the independence celebration in 2001. After returning home, Mr. Pakoa and his wife Helly went to drink kava and returned home just before morning. Soon after he stabbed...

A man from Tekelele in south Epi has been charged, after he allegedly stabbed his partner on the back of her head with a knife recently. Police on Tongoa released him on bail after charging him with intentional assault. He was...

Man being investigated for wife’s death denied bail Richard Harry was remanded on the 27th of December, 2021 after he was charged with intentional homicide, in which his wife was the victim. He applied for bail, stating that it...

A woman in South Santo who had an underlying condition and tested positive for COVID-19, died on Sunday. South Santo Area Two Council Administrator, Terry Daniel, said the SANMA Rural Health authority confirmed on Sunday that...

The Women Against Crime and Corruption (WACC) group has called for a Commission of Inquiry (COI) into whether some Members of Parliament are responsible for the current COVID-19 community transmission and the lockdown. The...

Being subject to sexual harassment is not part of one’s job description, sexual harassment should never be tolerated. The above was reaffirmed by Vanuatu Women’s Centre (VWC) Coordinator, Tatavola Matas. Ms Matas made the...