Oceania Vanuatu The country has decided to reopen its borders to incoming international passenger flights on 1 July 2022, following flight restrictions for almost 5 months due to active cases of Covid-19; in parallel, the vaccination campaign will be intensified
Oceania Vanuatu Businesses wishing to apply for the third stimulus package have been informed that the Department of Finance and Treasury is preparing for the launch
Oceania Vanuatu Community co-operatives have a responsibility to ensure that their members engaged in mobile markets provide quality local produce to their customers, according to Nick Oli, the Senior Business Development Officer at SHEFA
Oceania Vanuatu Luganville City Council is completing digitalization, so that business owners and residents can pay their taxes, permits and bills electronically
Oceania Vanuatu The Vanuatu National soccer team and officials have arrived in Qatar, for the 2022 Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) World cup qualifiers
Oceania Vanuatu Current Covid outbreak has disrupted plans of reopening borders to tourism in March, university teaching and news service, while the authorities imposed a night lock-down
Oceania Vanuatu Preparations are underway for this year's National ICT Days event which will coincide with World Telecommunications and Information Society Day (WTISD) on 17 and 18 May 2022, with the theme "digital technologies for the elderly and healthy ageing"
Oceania Vanuatu A workshop launched by the Agence Universitaire de la Francophone (AUF) on the theme "innovation" starts today and will involve students from across Vanuatu to help them be more creative and productive
Oceania Vanuatu More than 2.000 Motalava people are facing a shortage of 'Motalava Strong Biscuit', or dried breadfruit, until the next harvest season; provincial councillor blamed climate change for affecting the season
Oceania Vanuatu The Ministry of Education and Training has signed the Home School Package for which more than 26.000 school booklets will be printed and strategically pre-positioned in the two provinces, ready to be distributed in case of a new blockade
Oceania Vanuatu Local company Oceans Logistics Limited has begun the operation of removing the wreckage of the 5 ships abandoned on the shores of the Iririki after Cyclone Pam, of which the 2 smallest have already been removed; a final cleaning of the area will follow
Oceania Vanuatu Vila Central Hospital (VCH) recorded a record number of 3.000 births last year, with a steady increase every month compared to previous years
Oceania Vanuatu President of Athletics Vanuatu, Rex Issachar, looked back on the past year, describing it as difficult for his sports federation, with challenges such as lack of quorum at executive meetings leading to meetings being postponed several time