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Published on 16:34 GMT

Vanuatu’s opposition plan fourth no confidence motion to oust government

Vanuatu’s opposition bloc is reportedly planning to file a fourth motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Alatoi Ishmael Kalsakau as the country’s political crisis continues. Reliable sources close to the opposition have told the Daily Post …

Source: Pacific News Service - Neutral
Published on 04:19 GMT

5.5-magnitude quake hits Vanuatu Islands

Source: APA - Label Pending
Published on 02:48 GMT

Vanuatu’s Earthquake Insurance Proves Crucial After 7.3 Quake Strikes

PORT VILA, Vanuatu — After a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck near Vanuatu’s capital on December 17, 2024, the Pacific island nation’s recent investment in parametric earthquake insurance allowed for immediate disaster relief. The earthquake resulted in 14 …

Source: Times News Global - Pro-Government
Published on Mar 27, 2025

Alliance Airlines granted FAOC to operate in Vanuatu

Australia’s foreign aid (Official Development Assistance or ODA) for 2025-26 is budgeted at $5.097 billion as announced in Tuesday evening’s Federal Budget, a 2.7% increase over the 2024-25 aid budget of $4.961 billion. With inflation projected at 3%, …

Source: Islands Business - Label Pending
Published on Mar 25, 2025

Australia Returns Vanuatu’s Guardian Patrol Vessel After Major Repairs

Australia has delivered the 12th Guardian-class patrol boat to Vanuatu as part of an overhaul project in 2024. The handover marks the completion of the RVS Takuare’s extensive hull and internal repairs after being inflicted with “catastrophic damage” when …

Source: The Defense Post - Neutral
Published on Mar 25, 2025

Vanuatu PM instructs review of Capital Investment Immigration Plan funds

Tongatapu residents are now able to earn money from returning their empty PET plastic beverage bottles and cans, in a new programme formally launched in Nuku’alofa Saturday. The programme is the result of a partnership between the Tonga Recycling …

Source: Islands Business - Label Pending
Published on Mar 24, 2025

Vanuatu PM instructs review of Capital Investment Immigration Plan funds

Vanuatu Prime Minister has instructed the Citizenship Commission to identify where funds generated under the Capital Investment Immigration Plan (CIIP) are held or have been invested. The Citizenship-by-Investment (CBI) programme allows foreign investors …

Source: Pacific News Service - Neutral
Published on 19:21 GMT

Weekend washout as QLD deluge reaches NSW

Much of Australia is being drenched by rain or thunderstorms this weekend thanks to a rare southern intrusion of very moist equatorial air. The tropical air mass has already generated the worst floods in decades across outback Queensland and will track …

Source: ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) - Neutral
Published on 06:50 GMT

Search suspended for Qld police officer Jay Notaro missing from northern NSW

The search for a missing Queensland police officer has been suspended four days after the detective inspector disappeared near a northern New South Wales beach. Authorities believe Jay Notaro, 45, visited Broken Head on Tuesday morning. His car and …

Source: ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) - Neutral
Published on 01:28 GMT

Man killed in e-bike collision with police car in Sydney

An e-bike rider has been hit and killed by a NSW Police car at Waterloo in Sydney's inner-south. NSW Police Assistant Commissioner Peter McKenna said officers from the South Sydney Police Area Command attempted to pull over an e-bike rider on Allen …

Source: ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) - Neutral