Plastic awareness workshop this week
By Independent Staff – May 14, 201 THE Vanuatu Government is moving positively to reduce the impact of single use plastics through a ban on single use plastic bags, drinking straws and polystyrene food containers. This ban will begin on July 1. The government will be holding a workshop to give details of the plastics ban and increase […]
PNG athletics team in Vanuatu – Loop PNG
The athletes are 100m and 200m sprinters Frederick Ageda (Pom) and Linus Kuravi (WNB); distance runners Gethru Komba and Mary Tenge (Simbu) ; middle distance runner Lyanne Tibu (ENB); and East Sepik athlete Isila Apkup who runs 400m. Athletics PNG …Read more
Pom Nature Park introduces eco-friendly bags
The National PNG THE Port Moresby Nature Park has taken the lead in supporting the ban on plastic bags by introducing paper bags and green eco-bags in all its shops at the park. Park general manager Michelle McGeorge said the shops in the park stopped using plastic bags as part of an attempt to support […]
Samoan airline deals at centre of Tokelau chopper purchase
By Mackenzie Smith in Auckland, https://asiapacificreport.nz/2017/06/02/samoan-airline-deals-at-centre-of-tokelau-chopper-purchase/Tokelau’s controversial helicopter buy was part of at least one major Samoan airline deal, along with plans for the …
Sport: Vanuatu cricketers proud despite relegation | Radio New … – Radio New Zealand
Vanuatu have been relegated from World Cricket League Division Four despite finishing with back to back wins in Malaysia.Read more
The Fiji Times » Fiji’s Kwadjo knocks Vanuatu’s Kali out – Fiji Times
BOXER Joseph Kwadjo defeated Vanuatu’s Jacobus Kali on TKO during the Best Boxing Promotion held at Nadi’s Prince Charles Park last night. Kwadjo’s powerful punches were too hard for Kali to contain that forced him to retire at the end of the third …Read more
Trump’s claim that Iran could build nuclear weapons in seven years – Washington Post
âIn seven years, that deal will have expired, and Iran is free to go ahead and create nuclear weapons. That’s not acceptable. Seven years is tomorrow.â â President Trump, discussing the Iran nuclear deal in a White House news conference, April 30 …Read more
US asks Organization of American States to suspend Venezuela – Yahoo News
Vice President Mike Pence applauds during a speech at the Organization of American States, Monday, May 7, 2018 in Washington. The Trump administration is imposing sanctions on a former official of the Venezuelan intelligence service, two aides and 20 …Read more
Vanuatu ambassadors to discuss 2018 vision – Radio New Zealand
The annual event, which starts today, brings together ambassadors, high commissioners and consul-generals to discuss the foreign and development policy objectives of the country. The discussions will also involve cabinet ministers and key government …Read more
Vanuatu descendants of Indigenous Australians search for long lost family
By ABC – May 5, 2018, VanuatuIndependent A SMALL group of men from Vanuatu with Aboriginal ancestry have travelled to Australia on a mission to reconnect with their long lost family, and to push for better recognition of their Australian ties. Thousands of people with Indigenous Australian ancestry are believed to be living in Vanuatu. Many are the […]
