Tag: Vanuatu Daily Post

By Hilaire Bule in Port Vila Power has transitioned from Vanuatu's government to the opposition in Parliament during the Fifth Extraordinary Session convened to debate...

Pacific Media Watch Vanuatu Daily Post civil society correspondents have written in unison condemning the failure of the Melanesian Spearhead Group to admit West Papua...

By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific journalist in Port Vila and Christine Persico The Vanuatu Supreme Court has ruled in favour of the opposition, which contested...

RNZ Pacific Vanuatu's Parliament is scheduled to meet tomorrow to debate a motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau's government. A political stalemate persists,...

RNZ Pacific Vanuatu's Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Trading Post Ltd, the owner of the Vanuatu Daily Post newspaper, BUZZ FM96 and other...

By Kizzy Kalsakau and Jason Abel in Port Vila The interim President of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) provisional government, Benny Wenda,...

By RNZ Pacific Four people convicted of assaulting the director of Vanuatu's highly acclaimed Wan Smolbag Theatre Company have been sentenced for what the judge...

By RNZ Pacific Vanuatu's media advocacy group Media Association blong Vanuatu (MAV) has condemned what it calls intimidation of a local journalist by airport security...

Compiled by Godwin Ligo in Port Vila The former president of the National United Party (NUP) and one time former Prime Minister, Ham Lini Vanuaroroa,...

By Dan McGarry in Port Vila Earlier this week staff and students of the University of the South Pacific received a summary of an independent...

By Dan McGarry in Port Vila In the wake of a Vanuatu Daily Post investigation into what appeared to be a deliberate attempt to spread...

By Royson Willie in Port Vila Two Vanuatu Daily Post journalists were literally given a pat-down by the police criminal investigation unit yesterday over a...

EDITORIAL: By Dan McGarry in Port Vila After nearly two weeks of silence, Vanuatu's Minister of Internal Affairs Andrew Napuat has answered some—but not all—of...

By RNZ Pacific One of Vanuatu's leading journalists has said the right to information law has contributed to an air of openness in the country. The...

By Dan McGarry in Port Vila To pardon those convicted of betraying the public trust does a disservice to Vanuatu. It is disrespectful to the rule...

By Dan McGarry in Port Vila The government of Vanuatu has convened three major tourism and travel stakeholders this week to announce a major shakeup...

"How your newspaper gets to you" ... Vanuatu Daily Press press rolling with the day's news. Video: VDP Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The Vanuatu Daily Post,...

By Dan McGarry in Port Vila An Air Vanuatu ATR-72 made an emergency landing in Port Vila today. The aircraft, which had 39 passengers and...

COMMENT: By Miranda Ward on Red Ink The Nauru government’s refusal to allow the ABC from entering the country to cover the upcoming Pacific Islands...

By Dan McGarry in Port Vila The average Australian’s conception of Pacific island nations is so limited it makes some of us wonder if they...

By Fern Napwatt and Glenda Willie in Port Vila The Supreme Court in Vanuatu has sentenced Philip Jimmy, a man found guilty of murdering his...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Vanuatu Daily Post editor Jane Joshua, a journalist who has set new standards for social justice and human rights reporting in...