Vanuatu Trade Commissioner urges religious communities to care, protect God’s Creation 

By Patrick Ofoe Nudzi Accra, Sept. 15, GNA – Prof Hugh Keku Aryee, Vanuatu Trade Commissioner to Ghana, has called on religious communities, especially the Christian communities, to be faithful Stewards of God’s Creation, who care and protect it....

Immigration officer gets 8 years jail, RM150,000 fine over fake MM2H pass

The Kuala Lumpur High Court sentenced immigration officer Shamsudin Ishak to eight years in prison and a RM150,000 fine for preparing a fraudulent MM2H pass in 2022. KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here today sentenced an immigration officer to eight...

Immigration officer gets 8 years, RM150,000 fine for MM2H forgery

KUALA LUMPUR: An immigration officer was sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment and fined RM150,000 by the High Court today, after being found guilty of falsifying a Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) travel document three years ago to facilitate the...

Immigration officer jailed eight years, fined RM150,000 for MM2H document falsification

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 12 — An immigration officer was sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment and fined RM150,000 by the High Court today, after being found guilty of falsifying a Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) travel document three years ago to...

World Bank Appoints New Division Director For Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, And Vanuatu

Press Release – World Bank New Port Moresby based position to deepen partnership and accelerate development results. The World Bank has announced the appointment of Han Fraeters as the World Bank’s Division Director for Papua New Guinea, Solomon...

Lisa Reihana's exhibition, Voyager, recasts history through an Indigenous lens

When Lisa Reihana walks through Voyager, her newly opened exhibition at Ngununggula, she doesn't see her works even as they literally unfurl and move across the walls. To the highly acclaimed Aotearoa artist, these time-intensive, technically...

Vanuatu Trade Commissioner honoured in historic visit to Mafi-Adidome, launches AI Africa Project

By: Gloria Anderson The Chiefs and people of Mafi-Adidome in the Volta Region have celebrated a historic occasion as His Excellency Ambassador Professor Hugh Keku Aryee, Vanuatu Trade Commissioner to Ghana, paid an official visit to the community....

Vanuatu steps up climate finance readiness with national writeshop

With SPC’s support, Vanuatu hosted a national writeshop to build skills for unlocking climate finance and advancing urgent adaptation solutions. Vanuatu, one of the world’s most climate-vulnerable nations, has taken further steps to strengthen its...

Pacific climate activists call out Australian climate hypocrisy: Fijian media

SUVA, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- The Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting ended with a landmark regional climate finance facility, but a sour taste of "Australian climate hypocrisy," reported Fiji Broadcasting Corporation (FBC) on Sunday. Despite...

UN expert slams ‘dangerous narrative’ that children can consent to ‘gender transitions’

News UN special rapporteur Reem Alsalem told a Geneva panel parents are vilified, ostracized, or even separated from children for refusing harmful ‘gender-affirming’ practices. GENEVA (Alliance Defending Freedom) — The U.N. Expert on Violence...

Vanuatu seized 450kg cocaine, Chinese and Turkish crew arrested

More than 450 kilograms of cocaine were seized from the yacht Mi Amore in a major drug bust carried out through a joint operation between the Vanuatu Police Force (VPF), the Department of Customs, and the Department of Immigration on 28 August...

The Albanese government has just stood firm against Vanuatu’s climate lecture

Ralph Regenvanu this week sat in his air-conditioned office in Port Vila, hanging the threat of international legal action over Australia. The Vanuatu climate minister warned that approving Woodside's North West Shelf gas extension violates a...

RM150,000 fine, jail for Immigration officer falsifying MM2H travel documents

KUALA LUMPUR: An immigration officer was sentenced to eight years' imprisonment and fined RM150,000 by the High Court on Friday (Sept 12) after being found guilty of falsifying a Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) travel document three years ago to...

Eight Years, RM150,000 Fine For Immigration Officer Falsifying MM2H Travel Documents

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 12 (Bernama) -- An immigration officer was sentenced to eight years' imprisonment and fined RM150,000 by the High Court today, after being found guilty of falsifying a Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) travel document three years...

How Vanuatu’s migrants lose property investments after returning home

House built by a Pacific Australia Labor Mobility scheme worker on return to Vanuatu. Photo courtesy of Rochelle Bailey By Rochelle Bailey, Pete Bumseng and Gwen Carlot Nearly 12,000 ni-Vanuatu citizens are participating in Australia’s Pacific...

World’s first Indigenous-led ocean reserve a step closer to reality

A project to develop the world’s first Indigenous-led marine protected area operating across the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, and New Caledonia is one step closer to reality, with resources now committed to the development of the...

Solomon Islands Commits Ministerial Resources To World’s First Indigenous-led, Multi-National Ocean Reserve

Press Release – Melanesian Ocean Reserve Led by the governments of the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatuand in partnership with the Islands Knowledge Institute (IKI) and Nia TeroPacific leaders will take the momentum to Climate Week in...

'Wrongful act': Vanuatu warns Australia may break international law if gas project goes ahead

One of the Pacific Climate's elders has lashed the expected approval of the North-West Shelf gas project as "internationally wrongful" and legally contentious, as Australia's climate record comes under close scrutiny at the Pacific Islands Forum....

Apparent Makes A Trio Of Hires Amidst Growth

Independent full-service agency Apparent has made three major new hires. Sam McGuinness joins as creative director, visual design. With global experience including Canva, R/GA Sydney and New York, Turner Duckworth and Re, McGuinness will oversee...

Made in Africa Expo Canada President Ibrahim Issah appointed to Vanuatu Trade Commission in Ghana

In a move set to strengthen diplomatic and economic ties between the Pacific and West Africa, the Made in Africa Expo Canada has announced the appointment of its President, Ibrahim Issah, as the Youth, Innovation & Education Liaison to the Vanuatu...