Tag: Espiritu Santo
New Caledonian freight vessel begins service to Vanuatu despite diplomatic row
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
Despite a trade-related controversy that erupted last week between the governments of Vanuatu and New Caledonia,...
Vanuatu election officials risk lives, call for better poll infrastructure
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist
A Vanuatu Mobile Force's officer who risked his life wading through chest-high water carrying ballot boxes, is calling on...
Dan McGarry: A new day in the Pacific – but will...
THE VILLAGE EXPLAINER: By Dan McGarry
With the Australian general election largely done and dusted, and with a clear (if still-to-be-quantified) mandate, Anthony Albanese faces...
Stretched by coronavirus pandemic, Vanuatu faces cyclone, Mt Yasur ash
By Anita Roberts in Port Vila
While the Vanuatu government is investing its resources in tackling the coronavirus pandemic threat, it is now stretching its...
Baseless rumours: why talk of Chinese military base in Vanuatu misses...
BRIEFING: By Dan McGarry in Port Vila
The "news" this week that Vanuatu was to be the site of a Chinese military base caught most...
