Landslide kills 51-year-old
A 51-year-old woman died yesterday in Leulik village on Tanna, after being swept by a landslide....
Read MoreA 51-year-old woman died yesterday in Leulik village on Tanna, after being swept by a landslide....
Read MorePolitical parties are now campaigning and putting posters of their candidates throughout different...
Read MoreOnly 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...
Read MoreA 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...
Read MoreThe Magistrate Court committed the case of the General Manager (GM) of the Vanuatu National...
Read MoreThe 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...
Read MoreA newborn baby has died from neonatal tetanus at the Northern Provincial Hospital (NPH) on Santo...
Read MoreTony 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...
Read MoreThe 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...
Read MoreA 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...
Read MoreThe legal counsel handling the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) of Vanuatu National Provident Fund (VNPF)...
Read MoreThe General Manager (GM) of the Vanuatu National Provident Fund (VNPF), Parmod Achary, will be...
Read MoreThe Vanuatu Police Force (VPF) is calling on the public to report unlawful sexual intercourse...
Read MoreHead of State, Pastor Obed Moses Tallis, has called on the Loughman-led Government not to abolish...
Read MoreFather 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...
Read MoreA 34-year-old man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, after being found guilty of several...
Read MoreMany parents and teachers have criticised the Home-school Packages (HSPs) provided by the...
Read MoreA 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...
Read MoreMan 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...
Read MoreWomen against Crime and Corruption (WACC) Founder, Jenny Ligo, has welcomed Prime Minister Bob...
Read MoreA 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...
Read MoreThe lack of accessible roads in Middle Bush Santo did not deter the commitment of 12 men from...
Read MoreThe 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...
Read MoreBeing 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...
Read MoreThe General Manager (GM) of the Vanuatu National Provident Fund (VNPF), Parmod Achary, is...
Read MoreThe Maternal Health Clinic at George Pompidou, Port Vila, is out of human papillomavirus (HPV)...
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 MoreThe partner of a woman whose body was discovered in the bush at Joint Court area in Port Vila...
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 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 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 MoreFreda Willie, a representative from the Vanuatu Disability Promotion and Advocacy Association...
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 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 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 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 MoreFifty-one new graduates have been successfully trained through the Australia Pacific Training...
Read MoreThe love for helping the community, children and especially little nieces and nephews has inspired...
Read MorePolice are investigating the death of a teenage girl whose body was discovered on the Teouma...
Read MoreOne of the founders and current honorary president of National United Party (NUP), Dinh Van Than,...
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...
Read MoreThere has been an increase in domestic violence and sexual abuse cases. This increase is linked to the current COVID-19 crisis, the Family Protection Unit (FPU) of the Vanuatu Police Force (VPF) has conveyed in a statement. Of...
Read MoreA probationary police officer allegedly walked into a school compound intoxicated with alcohol and severely beat a grade 11 girl until she was unconscious, allegations that police have denied. Gibson Tari, a school teacher on...
Read MoreA 17-year-old girl has died after an alleged alcohol-related incident in East Santo. Consultant Surgeon of the Northern Provincial Hospital (NPH), Dr Basil Leodoro, confirmed that the girl died from serious injuries sustained...
Read MoreAt this week’s Pacific Climate Justice Summit, attended by hundreds of NGOs and civil society...
Read MoreA probationary police officer allegedly walked into a school compound intoxicated with alcohol and severely beat a grade 11 girl until she was unconscious, allegations that police have denied. Gibson Tari, a school teacher on...
Read MoreThe man that fatally stabbed a woman in March this year at Tassiriki area has been sentenced to serve 18 years in prison. Ernest Joseph pleaded guilty to one charge of premeditated intentional homicide. Joseph had accepted the...
Read MoreThe man that fatally stabbed a woman in March this year at Tassiriki area has been sentenced to serve 18 years in prison. Ernest Joseph pleaded guilty to one charge of premeditated intentional homicide. Joseph had accepted the...
Read MoreThe Leader of Opposition has called on the Public Prosecutor to appeal the sentence give to the Minister of Climate Change and to seek a sentence that will be more representative of how people expect leaders to be penalised for...
Read MoreThe Supreme Court of Vanuatu has sentenced the Minister of Climate Change, Bruno Leingkon, with a...
Read MoreThe suspect that allegedly murdered his partner and went on the run, has already been arrested by...
Read MoreA man from Paama residing on Santo, Sahe Molu, wanted for the alleged murder of his partner, is still on the run since the incident early last week. In a statement issued yesterday, the Vanuatu Police Force (VPF) urged members...
Read MoreA man from Emae in his 50s has been taken into police custody for allegedly forcing several secondary school girls to engage in sexual activities, since they were in primary school. He will be appearing before the Magistrate...
Read MoreCouncillor Yalu Sawia’s appeal in the Supreme Court against his conviction by the Magistrates’ Court has been dismissed. Mr Sawia had initially been convicted for breach of a Family Protection Order, contrary to section 21 of...
Read MoreA young man who had a habit of displaying his private parts to women and girls, got a lesson which he would never forget after he was caught in the act, and was overpowered by male members of the public last week. An eyewitness...
Read MoreA 25-year old from Mele involved in last Saturday’s fatal incident at Tagabe in Port Vila has been remanded pending police investigation. The suspect is a learner driver and has no valid driver’s licence, according to the...
Read MoreThe private sector must play a proactive role in leveling the playing field for women so they can fully participate in the economy amid the ongoing financial downturn caused by the pandemic, according to Liz Pechan, IFC’s...
Read MoreLuganville Municipal Councillor, Elizabeth Payat Tura, from the East Ward is a confident leader...
Read MoreA man from Epi has been arrested for allegedly committing incest with his daughter. Police at Rovo Bay said they received a report on the alleged incest several months ago but could not make the arrest due to resource...
Read MoreA 63-year old man who admitted to have had unlawful sexual intercourse with his 6-year-old granddaughter has been sentenced to 4 years 9 months imprisonment. The court heard that around October 2020, the old man took his young...
Read MoreAfter several attempts to get a response from the police on Santo, Chief Yvon Tom from Ipayato...
Read MoreA 24-year-old man who was angry at his two sisters for having children out of wedlock and burdening their widowed mother, has been convicted of arson after burning his sisters’ kitchen and clothes. The Defendant, Obed Simeon,...
Read MoreA 36-year-old man has been sentenced by the Supreme Court to 4 years and 9 months’ imprisonment for committing incest. The complainant in the case was his adopted daughter. The offending occurred when the complainant was 19...
Read MoreThe Government is now working to establish the new Ministry of Fisheries, Oceans and Maritime Affairs following the Supreme Court decision that it complies with the provisions of the Government Act when doing so. Prime Minister...
Read MoreThe Magistrates’ Court in Port Vila has issued a committal order on Tuesday this week against the...
Read MoreA man was sentenced to 8 years and four months imprisonment for forcing his wife into bestiality on several occasions. These incidents happened over a period of six months in 2019. The man pleaded guilty to three charges of...
Read MoreA mother was caught on camera allegedly using her child to steal on Monday at the Low Price shop. Avinesh from Low Price, says the incident happened on 17/05/2021 around 3pm at Low Price Freshwota 1 outlet. He says the lady used...
Read MoreThe original bride price total of VT80,000 is no longer recognised by the Malvatumauri Council of Chiefs, while it challenges each Island Council of Chiefs to promote its own bride price based on its customs. This is the current...
Read MoreThe Supreme Court has sentenced a 24-year-old man to 2 years and 8 months in prison for the death of his young partner on Ambrym. Mr. Yaltun Rexley pleaded guilty to a charge of intentional assault causing death. The defendant...
Read MoreThe decision of the Government to revoke its decision to replace the Ministry of Justice and...
Read MoreA senior officer of the Department of Correctional Services has received a suspended sentence, following his conviction on charges of Domestic Violence, Drunk and in Possession of a Firearm. Jask Carlo was sentenced to 5 months...
Read MoreThe Council of Ministers (COM) has revoked its decision to establish a Ministry of Fisheries,...
Read MoreOn Tuesday April 15, 11 women from a group of detainees at the Port Vila correctional facility...
Read MoreA fuel pump attendant working at Au Bon Marche Manples was hit by a bus while she was on duty last...
Read MoreMember of Parliament (MP) for Malekula, Mr. Sanick Asang is currently facing criminal charges, contrary to the Criminal Procedure Code Act. It was alleged that he assaulted his wife on two separate occasions on two consecutive...
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