Tag: Jotham Napat
Vanuatu govt blasts chiefs’ demand to replace first female MSG head...
RNZ Pacific reporters
Vanuatu's government has issued a stinging rebuke to the country's customary leaders who have reportedly called for revoking the appointment of the...
Ben Bohane: Umaenupne and Umaeneg – isles of the Resting God
In the great expanse of oceans, a number of small, remote islands are having their moment in the spotlight. From the Chagos islands to...
New Caledonia suspends trade cooperation with Vanuatu in row over FLNKS...
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
New Caledonia's government says it has suspended all trade cooperation with Vanuatu after the Vanuatu government...
Vanuatu parliament elects Jotham Napat as new prime minister
RNZ Pacific
Jotham Napat has been elected as the new prime minister of Vanuatu.
Napat was elected unopposed in Port Vila today, receiving 50 votes with...
Melanesian Spearhead Group summit postponed – West Papua uncertain
By Anita Roberts in Port Vila
The Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Leaders Summit proposed to be held from yesterday until July 21 has been postponed...
ULMWP welcomes Vanuatu leader’s ‘Melanesian way’ vow in Jakarta
Asia Pacific Report
The pro-independence United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has welcomed Vanuatu Deputy Prime Minister Jotham Napat’s comments on West Papua during...
Accepting Indonesia into MSG ‘a mistake’, admits Natuman
By Len Garae in Port Vila
Former Vanuatu Prime Minister Joe Natuman says allowing Indonesia -- by former Prime Minister Sato Kilman -- into the...
