Category: News

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...

The Speaker of Parliament’s trial has been adjourned again to December. The 3-day trial is now scheduled for December 4-6, 2019. Speaker Simeon Seule was implicated in alleged assault-related charges and has denied the...

The Electoral Commission has announced that the General Election is scheduled for March 19, 2020. Chairman of the Electoral Commission, Martin Tete, confirmed the logistics for the 2020 Parliamentary General Election...

Police have arrested a woman from Pango after she stabbed her husband to death with a knife in their home during the weekend. Deputy Director of the Vanuatu Police Force (VPF)’s Criminal Investigations Department (CID), James...

Anthony Kiel was sent to prison for six years after being found guilty to assault related charges. Kiel , who hails from Tanna pleaded guilty to three counts of unlawful entry against section 143 (1) of the Penal Code CAP 135....

The Commonwealth Foundation has selected Port Vila-based Further Arts as one of its annual grant partners. A representative from Further Arts was in London last week attending a training workshop as part of their four-year...

The complainant in the Speaker of Parliament’s alleged assault case has conveyed her intention not to testify against him. In a letter addressed to the Public Prosecutor on August 9, 2019, the complainant asserted that she is...

A man has been sent to jail for cutting off his wife’s toes in front of their children. Jeffery Isu pleaded guilty to two counts of intentional assault and threatening to kill. Supreme Court Judge Gus Andree Wiltens said the...

A young man, who was 25 years old at the time of the offending, has been sentenced to four years and four months imprisonment for sexual intercourse without consent. The female victim was 14 years old. Mr Olivier Nako pleaded...

Allegations of sexual offending on a NZ-backed aid project in the Pacific have led to Interpol looking into concerns about several other people, while the accused man has failed to appear for trial. Interpol has been contacted...

The Vanuatu Red Cross Society is collaborating with Australian Red Cross and James Cook University (Australia), to conduct a study to better understand girls’ and women’s knowledge and management of menstruation, their menstrual...

A man was ordered to serve 10 years and eight months behind bars for raping four students in two different criminal cases. The sentences imposed on the two criminal cases were made concurrent with each other. The man who could...

Jack Nasei of Tanna has been sent to jail for assaulting his partner and causing permanent injuries. Mr. Nasei pleaded guilty to one count of intentional assault, causing damage on the body of another person resulting in...

To commemorate the efforts of the people of Vanuatu, the Ministry of Justice and Community Services and Gender and Protection Cluster in partnership with the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade has announced the...

A woman has been found dead at Enkahi area on Tanna after she went missing for a month. The woman was reportedly missing after she was on her way back to White Sands after visiting her daughter who is married to Port Resolution....

A man was sent to prison for two years and six months for deliberately torching a house belonging to a Tannese family living in Teouma. Pierre Esrah Noel was charged with one count of robbery, arson and obstructing a Police...

A man who claimed to be a healer was sent to prison for raping a young woman who was lured to a secluded area after being enticed with the promise of a healing miracle. Tom Nakou of Tanna was sent to prison for four years and...

A former school principal has been acquitted after the court found that the female student he had a sexual relationship with failed to call out during the offence by considering his position as a ‘bigman’. Chief Justice Vincent...