カテゴリー: Vanuatu
1,500 civil society groups from 130 countries back Vanuatu’s move to seek protection from the international court of justiceVanuatu’s push for the international court of justice to protect vulnerable nations from climate change has received the backing…
Pacific leaders have broadly lambasted the Russian assault, but some countries have resisted outright condemnation of the superpowerSome Pacific island nations have been left walking a geopolitical tightrope in their response to the war in Ukraine, as …
The inquiry comes after Vanuatu seasonal workers made allegations of bullying and exploitative working conditions in the Australian schemeThe Vanuatu government has launched an inquiry into the country’s labour mobility programs, including the seasonal…
EU states set to vote on proposal after commission found deficiencies including ‘the granting of citizenship to applicants listed in Interpol’s databases’The European Commission has proposed suspending a visa-free travel arrangement with Vanuatu due to…
Freedom of the press might be included in some constitutions of Pacific countries, but it often only works in theoryI spent five years as the lone journalist on the remote Pacific island of Yap. During that time I was harassed, spat at, threatened with…
World Vision report says widespread loss of income and families having fewer meals are seriously affecting children’s healthSee all our coronavirus coverageThe loss of work and skyrocketing food prices, brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic, could lea…
Everyone in the Pacific has stories of times the climate crisis hit our lives. For me, it is the birth of my daughter between cyclonesMy daughter was born between cyclones.It was January 2013, and as we drove to the hospital, we passed the wreckage lef…
Since Cyclone Pam devastated Vanuatu, locals are returning to the saeklon haos, made from vines, palm fronds and grassesWhen Cyclone Pam devastated Vanuatu and concrete buildings collapsed, their iron roofing blown away, there was no loss of life in th…
The Pacific Resource Group in Hong Kong facilitated the applications of more than 650 people for passports through the Vanuatu Contribution Program last yearIf you wanted a new life on a tropical island and had US$130,000 to spare, you might end up vis…
Marco Coffen and Zhou Xiang Huang on list of those who bought passports from the Pacific nation in 2020Citizenship for sale: fugitives, politicians and disgraced businesspeople buying Vanuatu passportsWho’s buying Vanuatu’s passports? Crypto moguls, wa…
The revelations from a Guardian investigation cast new light on the world of ‘golden passports’Citizenship for sale: fugitives, politicians and disgraced businesspeople buying Vanuatu passportsEx-bikie and missing property magnate among Australian name…
Revealed: more than 2,000 people, including individuals sought by police, have purchased passports, and with them visa-free access to the EU and UKWho’s buying Vanuatu’s passports? Crypto moguls, wanted men and even a prime ministerEx-bikie and missing…
China’s Pacific fishing fleet has grown by 500% since 2012 and is taking huge quantities of tunaRead more of our Pacific Plunder series hereSince long before the steel-hulled fishing boats from foreign countries arrived in the South Pacific its people …
Bill placing libel under criminal rather than civil law could see journalists jailed for three years for ‘misleading’ contentJournalists and social media moderators in Vanuatu could face up to three years in prison under a new bill that broadly crimina…
Villagers believe Duke of Edinburgh was born on Tanna and left it to woo and wed the Queen Queen returns to royal duties four days after death of Prince PhilipDays after the news of Prince Philip’s death reverberated around the world, a young woman and…