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| UpdatedThe Director of Fisheries in Vanuatu, Kalo Pakoa, is calling for the public's help in tracking down Vietnamese 'blue boats' fishing illegally in the country's exclusive economic zone.
Topics: illegal-fishing, pacific, vanuatu
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| UpdatedMuch of the Pacific is currently experiencing heavy rainfall and flooding.
Topics: rainfall, floods, pacific, solomon-islands, vanuatu, fiji, samoa
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| UpdatedSome of Vanuatu's poorest and most vulnerable suffering from cataracts might finally have access to life-changing surgery when a medical ship visits in July.
Topics: eyes, charities-and-community-organisations, pacific, vanuatu, new-zealand
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| UpdatedAspiring hockey players in Vanuatu and Solomon Islands were given a treat last week with a special visit from two Hockeyroos stars.
Topics: field-hockey, pacific, solomon-islands, vanuatu
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| UpdatedVanuatu's Right to Information Act becomes law this week, introducing legal protection for whistleblowers within government for the first time.
Topics: information-and-communication, government-and-politics, pacific, vanuatu
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| UpdatedJournalists in Vanuatu are already preparing to make Freedom of Information requests to test the governments new laws.
Topics: government-and-politics, pacific, vanuatu
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| UpdatedMore than 200 cases of dengue fever have been confirmed in Vanuatu and Health authorities are urging people to see a doctor if they believe they are showing symptoms.
Topics: dengue-fever, pacific, vanuatu
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| UpdatedA remote province in northern Vanuatu has made international headlines after island leaders imposed a ban on junk food in an effort to safeguard the future health of their people.
Topics: diet-and-nutrition, pacific, vanuatu
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Tourism authorities in the South Pacific are asking Island nations to re-evaluate the sustainability of their tourism sectors amid concerns that some may be placing money making ahead of the wellbeing of the environment and local community.
Topics: environmentally-sustainable-business, environment, tourism, pacific, vanuatu
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| UpdatedWhen news broke that the feature film Tanna - shot on the Vanuatu island of the same name - had been nominated for an academy award, the south Pacific celebrated.
Topics: film-movies, pacific, vanuatu
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| UpdatedOne of the directors of the Oscar-nominated Australian film Tanna, set in Vanuatu and based on a true story, says getting the chance to take his cast of first-time actors to Hollywood's night of nights is a dream come true.
Topics: film-movies, human-interest, academy-awards-oscars, event, australia, vanuatu, pacific
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Topics: film-movies, italy, vanuatu
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| UpdatedThe film Tanna, shot in Vanuatu and characterised as the South Pacific version of Romeo and Juliet, has been nominated for the best foreign language Oscar at the Academy Awards ceremony in Hollywood next month.
Topics: film-movies, romance-films, pacific, vanuatu
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| UpdatedA plan to guide development in Vanuatu puts custom and culture at the heart of the country's expected 15-year journey.
Topics: regional-development, multiculturalism, pacific, vanuatu
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| UpdatedA report by the Red Cross says many containers sent to Vanuatu after Cyclone Pam and to Fiji post-cyclone Winston contained items that were of no use what so ever in the relief efforts.
Topics: storm-disaster, pacific, vanuatu
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| UpdatedThe chair of the Melanesian Spearhead Group, Solomon Islands' Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare, has set out on a regional charm offensive to persuade fellow leaders to back the admission of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua.
Topics: world-politics, law-crime-and-justice, pacific, solomon-islands, vanuatu, fiji, papua-new-guinea, indonesia, papua
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| UpdatedA top Vanuatu financial official has rejected suggestions his country is on the verge of being blacklisted by the OECD's Financial Action Task Force.
Topics: government-and-politics, law-crime-and-justice, tax, courts-and-trials, laws, international-law, pacific, vanuatu
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| UpdatedA Pacific analyst has warned that Vanuatu is possibly only weeks away from being blacklisted by the OECD's Financial Action Task Force.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, pacific, vanuatu
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This Christmas, migrant workers in Australia have more options than ever to send money back to families overseas — just ask Abraham Samoei.
Topics: science-and-technology, computers-and-technology, christmas, immigration, australia, vanuatu, philippines, kenya
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| UpdatedIn Vanuatu, the government of Charlot Salwai has strengthened its position after another attempt by the opposition to bring on a vote of no confidence collapsed.
Topics: government-and-politics, parliament, pacific, vanuatu
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| UpdatedThe battle for Vanuatu's second slot in next year's Oceania Champions League reaches its climax this weekend, with all four sides in the Super League playoffs still in contention after a series of draws in the first two rounds.
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| UpdatedA website that shows the predicted impacts of rising sea levels on Australia's coast has expanded into the Pacific - today launching a version for Vanuatu.
Topics: climate-change, computers-and-technology, pacific, vanuatu
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| UpdatedDespite the tranquil beaches and endless summers, many Pacific islands struggle to attract much needed tourist dollars due to their isolation.
Topics: tourism, business-economics-and-finance, pacific, vanuatu
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The 2017 Pacific Mini Games in Vanuatu appear to be back on track, after the Pacific Games Council intervened to resolve a financial dispute between the organisers and the government.
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| UpdatedThe National Kava Collection of Vanuatu has been destroyed after vandals broke into the Agriculture Research Training Centre on Santo.
Topics: food-and-cooking, crime, vandalism, pacific, vanuatu