Category: News

Pathologist Crystal Garae conducted an autopsy on a 20-year-old girl on Ambrym last weekend. According to the Police Media Desk, this was the first ever autopsy to be done on another island, apart from Efate. The post-mortem was...

The Magistrate Court on Malekula has sentenced a woman to 18 months imprisonment for intentionally assaulting another woman over her de-facto partner. On August 19, 2020 Mariedu Jacob appeared in Court and pleaded guilty to one...

The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) and the Pacific Community (SPC) have made a joint submission to the Australian Parliamentary Inquiry into the human rights of women and girls in the Pacific.  The submission offers...

The former principal of Nabangasale Junior Secondary School on Tongoa has been sentenced to 13 years and 9 months in prison. John Richard William was convicted after a trial on sexual-related charges against two of his then...

The Supreme Court has handed a suspended sentence to a woman over the fatal stabbing of her de-facto partner. 23-year-old Heromingly Marie Therese was convicted of one charge of intentional assault resulting in death, an offence...

A 14-year-old boy who was convicted of having sexual intercourse without consent and threatening to kill has been given a sentence of two years and nine months, but suspended for three years. Additionally, the young offender was...

A 54-year-old man that threatened to kill his de-facto partner for voting for a particular candidate without his approval, has been sentenced by the Supreme Court this week. Sam Philimon said these words to effect when he used a...

A 27-year-old man has been sentenced to 3 years and 8 months imprisonment for unlawful sexual intercourse with 14-year-old girl. Timothy Salro pleaded guilty at the earliest opportunity to unlawful sexual intercourse with a...

A young mother of one has entered a guilty plea on one count of Intentional Assault causing death, contrary to Section 107 (d) of the Penal Code Act [CAP 135]. Ms. Lasari Hinge admitted in court this week that she stabbed late...

The Supreme Court has sentenced a woman to six years and 10 months in jail, in relation to the fatal stabbing of her husband last year. Ms. Caroline Wasabulu, who resides in Pango had been convicted on one charge of intentional...

A woman in her late twenties has been remanded after recently allegedly stabbing a man from Mele village to dead with a knife. Deputy Director of the Criminal Investigation Unit (CID), Donald James, conveyed that the woman...

One of the injured patients who was medevaced to Vila for emergency medical care in the aftermaths of category 5 cyclone Harold has recently died. The woman who died at Vila Central Hospital (VCH) is from Melsisi in central...

The National Disaster Committee (NDC) has asked the Government to extend the State of Emergency (SOE) imposed for COVID-19, in order to respond to the immediate needs of families impacted by cyclone Harold. This has been...

A vineyard worker convicted of indecently assaulting a girl in Marlborough will be deported on the first flight to Vanuatu, but amid the coronavirus pandemic no-one knows when that will be. Luk Philip, 40, was convicted of...

For the first time in Vanuatu’s history, parliament sessions in the 12th Legislature will be streamed live on Facebook and YouTube. In the past legislatures, the national Parliament only publicized sessions using Radio Vanuatu...

The people of Vanuatu will for the first time in the country’s history witness the official counting of a national election via live streaming today. Caretaker Minister responsible for the Electoral Office and Internal Affairs,...

Over 21,000 voters in four constituencies – Ambae, Maewo, Banks and Torres – will exercise their right to vote today, because of the delay in delivery of the ballot boxes yesterday. “The severe weather disrupted the...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Thursday that inequality for women is growing and it “should shame us all in the 21st century because it is not only unacceptable, it is stupid.” The U.N....

A woman from Malekula has been remanded in custody after allegedly stabbing her partner to death with a knife during an argument in their home at BP Pon, Santo. According to the incident report received by police, they were...

Advocates for Women in Parliament (AWP) is calling on female candidates and voters to keep uplifting the women’s mandate during this year’s general election. The women’s mandate is: ‘Vote Women to Balance Gender Equality in...

The National Executive Committee of the Leleon Vanua Democratic Party wishes to inform the public, especially political parties, organisations, movements and other stakeholders that it will not be contesting the 2020 general...

President of the Malvatumauri National Council of Chiefs, Chief Willie Gray Plasua has condemned the recent brutal killings in Port Vila. He shared his deepest condolences to the families of the deceased victims and stressed on...

The body of the woman who was found at Joint Court in Port Vila has been identified as a 24-year old from Ambae, Elina Vira, Police confirmed yesterday. The deceased was engaged to a man from Banks Island. Families of the...

Two suspects have been arrested after the discovery of the body of a woman from Tanna at Smet in Port Vila last Saturday night. The body of the deceased was found on the road at the area, police conveyed in a statement. Killing...

Police in Port Vila are investigating the death of a woman from Tanna whose body was discovered at Smet area around 8pm last Saturday. Director of the Criminal Investigation Division (CID), Jack Joses, said further details of...

Police in Port Vila are investigating the deaths of two women, one who committed suicide at Teouma and another whose body was found at Joint Court area this week. The suicide at Teouma was the first case for this year 2020....

The Australian High Commission would like to invite members of the public to nominate eligible women and men for three awards to mark International Women’s Day 2020, with the winners to be announced by the Australian High...

The first and second captain of MV Karapa, a locally owned vessel, have been suspended by the Office of the Maritime Regulator (OMR) for allegedly raping a passenger while on duty. Inspector Afremen Kender from the Criminal...

Women in Efate’s offshore island of Nguna want the next Efate members of parliament to work closely with the community of Nguna to address roads conditions on the island. The Women’s representative at Farealapa village on Nguna,...

A Marlborough vineyard worker has been accused of indecently assaulting a girl under 12-years-old. The Vanuatu worker, who cannot be named, has been charged with an indecent act on a girl in Blenheim on January 2. The man, who...

With 71 days remaining before the national parliamentary general elections, the Vanuatu Government, through the Electoral Commission and the Electoral Office, is ensuring that legal and administrative processes are taken care of...

The first baby of the new year born at the Vila Central Hospital (VCH) came into the world at 12.21am January, to a mother from Tongoa. The second baby was born at 1.57am to a mother from Ambae and the third one at 1.43pm to a...

All government schools in Vanuatu will commence the 2020 academic year on February 4. In a statement to announce the 2020 calendar, the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) conveyed that term I will begin from February to...

A 59-year-old grandfather from Tanna has received a suspended sentence for having sexual intercourse without consent, an offence he committed 10 years ago. Tom Iotil was sentenced to 3 years and 6 months imprisonment but...

Announcement and Request for Proposals Through funding from the State Department’s Full Participation Fund, the Ambassador’s Small Grants Program for Women’s Empowerment seeks to increase community-based organizations’ capacity...

Come April 2020, APTC will deliver a Training of Trainers to 40-60 people from around the region on Gender Based Violence (GBV) in the Workplace. Funded by the International Finance Corporation, the participants –...

The Vanuatu Police Force is appealing to the chiefs and people of Tongoa on Efate and people of Pentecost to remain calm and not to take the law into their own hands. The appeal comes after a tragic incident on Arongbwarato...