PVCC conducts awareness for market vendors
Market vendors have been given the opportunity to know more about the new By-laws of the Port Vila...
Read MoreMarket vendors have been given the opportunity to know more about the new By-laws of the Port Vila...
Read MoreA mother of two has given away her one of her children, a 10-month-old baby girl named Caroline Peter, to Pikinini Playtime Business Manager, Tony Batten. According to Mr. Batten, the child suffers from a heart condition and the...
Read MoreHer name is Florita Toa Sitobata and she hails from Boiboi village on East of Ambae. Mrs. Sitobata...
Read MoreA 50-year-old man from Qeteon Village, South East of Gaua Island, is wanted by police after escaping from their custody. Harry Sandy has been a person of interest since June, 2021, the police media reported. Further information...
Read MoreVASANOC bodi hemi apoentem Miss Julia Kings olsem Chef De Mission blong tim Vanuatu blong ko tekem...
Read MoreThe Australian High Commission is inviting members of the public to nominate outstanding women for two awards to mark International Women’s Day 2022. Winners will be announced by the Australian High Commissioner in a ceremony on...
Read MoreThe Merick sisters Claudie and Chloe have the ability and the potentials to record their...
Read MoreRosina Melkum from Erromango in Tafea Province knows the value of safe and reliable roads. Since...
Read More58-year-old entrepreneur jailed for rape Lisong Kallan Malsaye pleaded guilty to one charge of sexual intercourse without consent. The maximum sentence is life imprisonment. The sentence starting point is 6 years’ imprisonment....
Read MoreWe begin this new year with a strong and driven young woman – Steffalyne Tasso. She is a...
Read MoreHaving first been selected as a “FairBreaker” in 2016, Selina Solman, the Captain of the Holiday...
Read MoreSelina Solman has been captain of the Holiday Inn Resort Vanuatu Cricket National Women’s Team for...
Read MoreA program for young people, Behavior Change Communication ((BBC), is being rolled out in Vanuatu by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), in partnership with the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development (MoYSD) and the...
Read More53-year-old John Nikahi has been sentenced to 7 years and 4 months’ imprisonment, after being found guilty for having sexual intercourse with his stepdaughter. This was the second time that the minor was abused by her...
Read MoreWomen, youth and people living with a disability at Pepsi area in Luganville have petitioned a...
Read MoreA 26-year-old man who tricked a young girl and threatened her for sex with a knife on the night of Independence Day last year, has been given 9 years and 10 months’ imprisonment. The young man used the girl’s boyfriend phone and...
Read MorePhotos speak for themselves. This is what local photographer, Valerie Fernandez, wants to tell the...
Read MoreSexual crimes have continued to top the statistics of offences in Vanuatu for almost a decade,...
Read More10 months’ imprisonment for possession of cannabis Simon Edmond Philip pleaded guilty to one charge of possession of dangerous drugs. The maximum sentence for this offence is a fine not exceeding VT100 million or 20 years’...
Read More67- year-old Margaret Macfarlane helped five people escape death, after four were caught in a rip...
Read MoreA quick thinking mother who was in a brake-failed public transport bus speeding down a steep Ohlen Hole slope, out of desperation, was reported to have thrown her young baby out the window who landed safely in the hands of a...
Read MoreMothers in Port Vila have spoken out against the Government’s proposed huge increase to the...
Read MoreThe Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) will introduce a Parent Support Program (PSP) in...
Read MoreSince New Zealand deported a Vanuatu seasonal worker recently, questions have been raised on whether or not the seasonal employee should be given a second chance. Vanuatu’s Commissioner of Labour, Murielle Meltenoven, took a...
Read MoreThe Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) scheme Agent who recruited Byron Moli, the RSE worker who was recently deported from New Zealand, said she did not know he had a criminal record since his Police Clearance did not state it....
Read MoreA 32-year-old man has been sentenced to 4 years’ imprisonment, after pleading guilty to a charge of sexual intercourse without consent. Johnny Huri committed the offence when he was a bus driver last year. He drove the younger...
Read MoreAs festivities continue, the Vanuatu Ending Violence Against Women (EVAW) and Girls Civil Society...
Read MoreBritish High Commissioner to Vanuatu, Karen Bell, has put pen to paper with the President of...
Read MoreA series of Helti Kakae, Helti Famili videos are being released on Wan Smolbag’s Facebook page...
Read MoreA former Commissioner of Police (COMPOL), Joshua Bong, has questioned certain decisions by the current COMPOL, Robson Iavro, over alleged conflict of interests and malpractices in certain police cases. Bong said there are...
Read MoreTo end 2021 on a high note, we are featuring the young up and coming entrepreneur Tania Calvo....
Read MoreAs part of 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence and to mark the International...
Read MoreNovember and December have been the busiest months for Sista as it’s prime time for advocacy and...
Read MoreA 23-year-old man has escaped jail after pleading guilty to intentional assault, threat to kill and two charges of domestic violence. In June this year, Thuram Malserake kicked his de facto partner and punched her on both sides...
Read MoreAs part of the 16 Days of Activism Campaign, a panel discussion will happen on Thursday December 9...
Read MoreA 25-year-old man from Nguna, Russel Tatangis, has been sentenced to 4 years imprisonment for unlawful sexual intercourse several times with a younger person. Tatangis committed these offences with the young person who came to...
Read MoreMALAMPA women rugby league team won the Provins Blong Orijin final against SHEFA in the grand...
Read MoreOn the 9th day of 16 days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (GBV), the Vanuatu Ministry of Health supported by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has launched three key documents that are renewing its commitment...
Read MoreThe Supreme Court has sentenced a pastor from the Apostolic Destiny Church to 3 years and 6 months’ imprisonment, after he pleaded guilty to committing an act of indecency with two younger people from the same church....
Read MoreCustomary laws, patriarchy, and the prosecution processes are crushing blows to rape survivors and...
Read MoreVanuatu lost its National Head Librarian, Margaret Austrai Terry, over the weekend. Mrs. Terry was...
Read MoreMan rapes person living with disability Tom Ezekiel pleaded guilty to 1 count of act of indecency without consent and 2 counts of sexual intercourse without consent. He was convicted on his own plea and the admitted facts. The...
Read MoreThe Ministry of Justice and Community Services successfully launched the SHEFA Gender Equality...
Read MoreIntroducing our health advocate, children’s doctor and Pacific Island Food Revolution Season...
Read MoreThe 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is an annual international campaign to call...
Read MoreDirector and Spokesperson for Women Against Crime and Corruption (WACC) and Member of Diplomacy...
Read MorePolice in Port Vila have arrested a suspect pending investigating into the fatal assault of a young mother at Blacksand area yesterday morning. The 20-year-old deceased from Pentecost is survived by her 3-month old baby,...
Read More“Be your own BOSS. Believe it, aim for it and you will get there!” Hailing from the second largest...
Read MoreThe partner of a woman whose body was discovered in the bush at Joint Court area in Port Vila...
Read MoreMark Stafford, the President of Kiwanis was very pleased with the fantastic turnout of so many...
Read MoreThe nurses in the Intensive Nursery Care Unit (INCU) at Vila Central Hospital (VCH) celebrated...
Read MoreExperts and staff of Vanuatu Department of Women’s Affairs, the National Statistics Office,...
Read MoreThe partner of a woman whose body was discovered in the bush at Joint Court area in Port Vila...
Read MoreMan charged with indecency over 2-year period Ronie Vira was found guilty and convicted of 2 counts of sexual intercourse without consent and an act of indecency without consent. Sexual intercourse without consent has a maximum...
Read MoreBabies at the Vila Central Hospital (VCH) are now the recipients of 150 reusable newborn nappy...
Read MoreOver 40 mothers and youths from all over Ohlen, who are members of a World Vision initiated...
Read MoreThe Vanuatu Women’s Centre (VWC) and the Australian government have signed a new agreement to...
Read MoreTwo months left of 2021! Workshops, workshops, workshops! Yes there were quite a few workshops...
Read MoreMarried man rapes 8-year-old James Ngisa pleaded guilty to 3 counts of unlawful sexual intercourse and act of indecency with a young person. The maximum sentence for unlawful sexual intercourse is 14 years’ imprisonment. The...
Read MoreV-Pride is a Vanuatu community-based, Non-Government Organization founded in 2007 to help educate,...
Read MoreFather jailed for raping wife and daughter Lenlen Leleny Ansen pleaded guilty to two charges of sexual intercourse without consent, and a charge of incest. The maximum sentence for all 3 charges is life imprisonment however 16...
Read MoreSeptember was another very busy month for Sista, most likely the busiest of them all! Our...
Read MoreOn the 23rd Of September Sista for the very first time held its first ever fashion show – YUMI GAT STYLE, Vanuatu where local upcoming designers got to showcase their outstanding talent by producing pieces all answering to the...
Read MoreFreda Willie, a representative from the Vanuatu Disability Promotion and Advocacy Association...
Read MoreEngaging women living with a disability and children in agriculture is Jefflyne Neneth’s passion....
Read MoreJoan Grey is a young female cacao farmer in West Ambae who usually purchases green cacao beans...
Read MoreYumi Gat Style – Vanuatu fashion Show Celebrating local creativity through Fashion &...
Read MoreA man was sentenced to 9 years and 6 months’ imprisonment for having sexual intercourse with his niece more than once, and for his act of indecency without consent. Ronnie Vira committed the offences against his niece when she...
Read MoreThe Vanuatu Women’s Centre (VWC), in collaboration with Port Vila Town Council of Chiefs (PVTCC)...
Read More31-year-old charged with cultivation and possession of cannabis Mali Bwibwi pleaded guilty to one count of cultivation of cannabis and one count of possession of cannabis. The maximum penalty for cultivation and possession of...
Read MoreGrandfather molests granddaughter Tembes Quara pleaded guilty to one charge of unlawful sexual intercourse with a child under 13 years of age. The maximum sentence for this crime is life in prison; however, 6 years was adopted...
Read MoreThe Vanuatu Football Federation (VFF) confirmed that the Women’s Champions League (CL) will...
Read MoreTransparency International Vanuatu (TIV) Advocate, Douglas Tamara has commended the recent...
Read MoreDirector of Vanuatu Police Force’s Family Protection Unit (FPU), Lilly Joy, has appealed to all...
Read MoreThe Ministry of Justice and Community Services successfully launched the Malampa Gender Equality...
Read MoreWivim Nesen Tugeta (WNT) has launched a website to stimulate conversation about women’s...
Read MorePolice are investigating the death of a young woman found dead in her home at Tagabe Bridge in Port Vila. According to police, the young woman from Tongoa allegedly committed suicide following an argument with her de facto...
Read MoreFather of 5 gets two years reduced for raping another woman Michael Selwyn pleaded guilty to sexual intercourse without consent. The collective maximum penalty for rape is life imprisonment, however, 6 years was adopted as the...
Read MoreA man from Paama, Sahe Molu, who murdered his wife, Jelinda Arukesa, in July this year has been sent to prison for 11 years and six months. Molu was sentenced last week after pleading guilty to a charge of intentional homicide...
Read MoreSista is a local organization that believes in using arts, media and communications as a platform...
Read More17-year-old rapes woman with disability The defendant, Sao Christopher, pleaded guilty to one charge of sexual intercourse without consent to a 25-year-old single woman living with physical disability. He has been sentenced to 3...
Read MoreAugust was a BUSY month for Sista! We spent most of August planning for our many different...
Read MoreFifty-one new graduates have been successfully trained through the Australia Pacific Training...
Read MoreWe were born with a purpose and God’s calling in our lives and I strongly believe advocating...
Read MoreThe Pacific has some of the highest rates of intimate partner violence in the world. Since 2008,...
Read MorePort Vila Woman Futbol Lik 2020-2021 sisen i wan sakses afta wei i bin foldaon kolosap faev yia i...
Read MoreFive women representing Vanuatu Rugby were part of the Principles of Leadership and Management, aw...
Read MoreThe National Gender Equality Policy 2020-2030 was launched this week by Prime Minister Bob...
Read MoreThe love for helping the community, children and especially little nieces and nephews has inspired...
Read MoreTITAN FX officially announced that they are sponsoring 10 female subscriptions to self-defense...
Read MoreThe Vanuatu Chinese Women’s Association (VCWA) celebrated its first anniversary last Saturday with...
Read MoreJoyline Fabiane Abed is the 18-year-old behind the hit fashion show performance at the Malapoa...
Read MorePolice are investigating the death of a teenage girl whose body was discovered on the Teouma...
Read MoreLast Tuesday 17th of August Sista launched the ‘Strong Mama’ Exhibition! We were...
Read MoreKiwanis was proud to present two sewing machines to VPride Foundation recently. VPride Foundation...
Read MoreCould disposable nappies become a thing of the past in the Pacific? Millions are used every year...
Read MoreOne of the founders and current honorary president of National United Party (NUP), Dinh Van Than,...
Read More“Honesty is the best policy.” Well known throughout Vanuatu as ‘Alice Seaweed’ or ‘Alice Tank’...
Read MoreA man that was accused by his partner for domestic violence against their baby son and her as well as other acts of immorality, has been found not guilty of all charges against him. The accused, Mr Chu Van, had faced three...
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