Press Releases

Office of the Governor – News Release – Hawaiʻi Announces Readiness to Host 13th Festival of Pacific Arts & Culture

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR KE KIAʻĀINA HAWAI‘I ANNOUNCES READINESS TO HOST 13TH FESTIVAL OF PACIFIC ARTS & CULTURE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 28, 2024 HONOLULU — Governor Josh Green, M.D., First Lady Jaime Kanani Green, and festival organizers...

Vanuatu Tourism Office Secures Three-Year Grant Funding Agreement with New Zealand for Enhanced Destination Marketing

Tuesday 12 September 2023, Port Vila, Vanuatu: The Vanuatu Tourism Office (VTO) is delighted to announce the signing of a pivotal three-year Grant Funding Agreement (GFA) with New Zealand to boost destination marketing efforts. This strategic...

Balancing the scales, addressing the disproportionate impact of marine plastic pollution on indigenous communities in the Pacific

24 April 2024, Ottawa Canada – In the village of Nacamaki on the Island of Koro in Fiji, villagers would at certain times of the year take part in a sacred ancient ceremony where they would make their way to the beach, chant songs, sound the horn...

Le Vanuatu promeut la protection de l'environnement et le développement durable par le biais d'initiatives en matière de gestion des déchets.

4 avril 2024, Port Vila - Le ministère de l'adaptation et du changement climatique de Vanuatu, par l'intermédiaire de son département de la protection et de la conservation de l'environnement (DEPC), soutenu par le projet SWAP (S’engager pour une...

Immigration Act 2012 review consultation conducted in Lata, Temotu Province.

Immigration Act 2012 review consultation conducted in Lata, Temotu Province. Deputy Premier of Temotu Province, Hon Nickson Lanoli MPA. Immigration Expert Review Team led by the Ministry of Commerce, Industry, Labor and Immigration, MCILI, has...

Solomon Islands represented at MSG Heads of Immigration meeting in Samoa

Solomon Islands represented at MSG Heads of Immigration meeting in Samoa Solomon Islands has recently joined Papua New Guinea, Fiji and Vanuatu at the inaugural Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Heads of Immigration Meeting at the sidelines of the...

VANUATU SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT VISITS ACTING PM MAELANGA

VANUATU SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT VISITS ACTING PM MAELANGA Speaker of Vanuatu National Parliament Hon. Seoule Simeon being decorated with shell ornament gift during a courtesy visit to Acting Prime Minister Manasseh Maelanga Speaker of the Vanuatu...

Vanuatu Corrections Visits FCS

The contingent was here on a fact finding mission to observe the FCS Flagship – the Yellow Ribbon Program and also the Business Units and how it assists in the rehabilitation and reintegration process on inmates. “In fact, we have been planning...

Vanuatu Calls For Ocean And Climate Action On The Global Stage

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA, March 3, 2023 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- His Excellency, Bakoa Kaltongga, Ministerial Special Envoy on Climate Change announced the launch of the Blue Prosperity Vanuatu initiative on a global stage at the Our Ocean Panama...

Towards a Just Transition in Education: A Strategic Guide on Fossil Fuel Divestment for Education Unions

Every year, despite recording ‘hottest ever’ temperatures, the world consumes more fossil fuels than ever before. Consequently, climate disasters also continue to rise in frequency and intensity. In 2022, for instance, a third of Pakistan’s land...

Melanesian church warns of instability in Vanuatu

The Anglican Church of Melanesia (“ACOM”) at its 17th General Synod convened at TNK on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands expresses its deepest concern and sympathy for the people of the Republic of Vanuatu on the adverse effects of the recent...

Solomon Islands Participate at the 2023 Pacific Labour Mobility Annual Meeting in Vanuatu

Solomon Islands participated at the Pacific Labour Mobility Annual Meeting (PLMAM) in Port Vila, Vanuatu from 20-25 November 2023 in Port Vila, Vanuatu. The Solomon Islands delegation was led by His Excellency, Robert Sisilo, the Solomon Islands...

Devastated by three cyclones in one year, Vanuatu laments impact of triple planetary crisis at plastics treaty talks

16 November 2023, Nairobi Kenya - Vanuatu, the first country in the world to ban plastic straws with the introduction of a single-use plastic regulation, has lent its voice to growing and urgent calls for a global treaty to end the scourge of...

Australia champions Pacific’s case, spotlights Indigenous people at plastics treaty negotiations

18 November 2023, Nairobi Kenya - Australia continues to champion the One Pacific Voice calling for an urgent and ambitious Global Plastic Treaty that addresses the full life cycle of plastics, as the third session of the Intergovernmental...

SPREP Delivers Guest Lecture on Environmental Assessment at the National University of Vanuatu

Port Vila, Vanuatu – 12/10/2023 In a collaborative endeavour to amplify awareness on environmental governance, staff of the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) were invited to the National University of Vanuatu to...

SPEECH BY THE HONOURABLE MINISTER OF EDUCATION, SPORTS AND CULTURE, SEUULA IOANE AT THE APTC GRADUATION

SAMOA, September 28 - Thursday, 28 September 2023 – 9.00am NUS Gymnasius Le Papaigalagala Acknowledgements Rev. Uta MuauluMs Claire McGeechan, Acting Australian High Commissioner to SamoaMr Tim Harbison, APTC Director Skills and System...

Training strengthens Vanuatu CITES reporting on shark management

23 August 2023, Port Vila - Officers from the Department of Environment Protection and Conservation (DEPC) and the Vanuatu Fisheries Department (VFD) recently completed specialised training to improve national management and reporting of shark...

New publication spotlights impact of climate change on women of Vanuatu

03 August 2023, Port Vila Vanuatu - The impact of climate change on the women of Vanuatu is the focus of a new journal article titled “Women and Climate Change in Vanuatu, Pacific Islands Region”, published earlier this month. The article,...

From Paris to Vanuatu, plastic pollution is a major global concern

While country representatives from across the world gathered in Paris to negotiate a treaty on plastic pollution, the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) through the AFD-funded ‘Committing to Sustainable Waste Actions...

SI-Vanuatu Bilateral Senior Officials Conclude Meeting in Torres and Banks Province, Vanuatu.

SI-Vanuatu Bilateral Senior Officials Conclude Meeting in Torres and Banks Province, Vanuatu. Solomon Islands and Vanuatu Senior Government Officials have successfully conducted the SI-Vanuatu Bilateral Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) at Rah...