Happy International Women’s day! The will to advance  women’s empowerment and gender equality must come from women themselves and should be promoted in harmony with empowerment for women. Vanuatu’s own Justice and Social Welfare DG Dorosday Kenneth could not have summed the situation better when she stressed the above to over 40 women and guests at the International Women’s Day Lunch Reception hosted by the Australian High Commission, Monday. On congratulating women...

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The Government of Vanuatu, under the leadership of Acting Prime Minister, Sato Kilman, met yesterday with a high delegation of the European Union to hold the second Enhanced Political Dialogue between... [Read the rest of this article...]

“We owe our leaders all the respect for realising their dream for us that is called the Melanesian Spearhead Group Secretariat. They set up the MSG Infrastructure with a level of academic achievement ... [Read the rest of this article...]

Participants of the course An important familiarisation course for the representatives of Honiara Municipal Council and chiefs of Honiara organised by the members of Port Vila Commu... [Read the rest of this article...]

Comics now available for schools Parents, you don’t have to worry about purchasing Spiderman, Batman, or Asterix’s comics again for your child. Why not give them something that ... [Read the rest of this article...]

A charitable trust has been created to honour the memory of a Dunedin-based oral surgeon killed in a head-one car accident a year ago. Philip Cox (58) died after a van driven by a Vanuatu fruit-pi... [Read the rest of this article...]

The brutal killing of two Maewo brothers in Ambae could have been authorized by chiefs in the northern part of Maewo in their bid to crack down on sorcery practitioners whose alleged ‘actions’ are... [Read the rest of this article...]

The whereabouts and wellbeing of prison escapee Paul Shem has been raised by the Coroner Mr Justice Nevin Dawson who raised the question of whether it is necessary to conduct proper inquiry into his s... [Read the rest of this article...]

The Kava Store in Port Vila has distributed over twenty thousand seeds of Tamarind fruit trees to the local farmers over the past seven years. Most famers who have received free Tamarind seedlings... [Read the rest of this article...]

The International Women’s Day will be celebrated today and the Vanuatu Young People’s Project (VYPP) said it should be celebrated to remember the contribution of women in the Vanuatu society. The Y... [Read the rest of this article...]

The Coroner, Justice Nevin Dawson, found that the VMF officers who were present during the arrest or interrogation of the deceased were unimpressive witnesses who were often non-responsive, evasive an... [Read the rest of this article...]

Foreign Affairs Minister Joe Natuman listens intently to 16-year-old Sarafina Kaloran read out the contents of the people’s petition to grant West Papua observer status at the South Pacific Forum ... [Read the rest of this article...]

Despite allegations that the police squad of eight that arrived in Maewo before yesterday was threatened by the group that was suspected of killing two brothers with axes at Lolowai in Ambae, Deputy C... [Read the rest of this article...]

At the conclusion of the Inquest it was obvious and apparent that in conducting Operations Klinap the VMF breached the Constitution of Vanuatu, in particular Article 5, the Police Act [CAP 105], in pa... [Read the rest of this article...]

The 27 page Coroner’s findings in the Inquest of detainee John Bule has given one of the first clear proofs of what the law enforcement authorities, the Vanuatu Police Force can do. Evidence given ... [Read the rest of this article...]

International Women’s Day has been observed around the world since 8 March 1975.   The theme for 2010 is: Equal Rights, Equal Opportunities: Progress for All. For the women of the world, t... [Read the rest of this article...]

Deceased Bule (centre) and two of his friends posing for a photograph in happier days before meeting his death on March 29 2009 A damning report into the death of former prison esca... [Read the rest of this article...]

Eight Police and VMF Officers were flown to Maewo by Unity Airlines yesterday after two brothers from Kaiovo Village were reportedly hacked to death with axes by their wantoks below the hospital at Lolowai Bay in Ambae yesterday morning. They were attacked when they allegedly tried to escape from a boat that was to take them back to Maewo to face their chiefs. They were blamed in connection to suspicions that they were responsible for the deaths of two members of staff of Gambule Junior Secon...

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West Papuans highly value their relationship with Vanuatu because of its former traditonal staunch position on their plight. Here some of their representatives can be seen attending a Parliament session in 2008 It is now apparent Prime Minister Edward Natapei’s government is divided on the issue of West Papua after revelations were made to the Daily Post by a senior government minister that he supports dialogue for an amicable solution to West Papua issue. During the recent...

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The company behind the reafforestation project on Malekula, ECO2 Forests, has informed Daily Post that the “optimal planting time” for the kiri tree will end in March this year and if no approval is g... [Read the rest of this article...]