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VCSIN is made up of 38 civil society groups and non-governmental organisations which operate under the banner of Governance, Leadership and Accountability (GLA).

The agreement, covering defence, law and order, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, is expected to be signed at the Pacific Islands Forum in September.

Nine large vans have been provided to help get the project moving, which will see the release of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that carry Wolbachia.

A source at the wharf told The Independent the problem began when crew of the Forum Samoa discovered that the correct lifting gear had not been stowed on the vessel.

Activists want to see the Vanuatu government, and community leaders, take a more proactive approach to supporting widows, including more financial help.

Ministry of Health sponsors soccer tournament News Leah Lowonbu - July 1, 2018. The money will go towards the 'NCD and Tobacco free' tournament which began on June 15 and will end on July 30.

THE map above illustrates satellite-detected potential ash deposit extent and related exposure and impact caused by the Manaro volcano in Ambae Island. A UNITAR-UNOSAT spokesman said they used Planet imagery, 3m resolution on May 15-16 to capture the image. He said that UNITAR-UNOSAT detected more than 13,500 ha of ash covering almost 34 per cent of the total surface of the island.

IN its monthly Board Meeting on June 27, the VIPA Board of Directors approved and endorsed the following decisions: 1. Approval and endorsement of the new VIPA Business Plan Template and Foreign Investment Application Certificate (FIAC) Application Changes. 2. Changes in the FIAC Certificate Processes.

KEEPING global temperature increases to the lower end of the Paris climate accord would make a dramatic difference to the severity of coral bleaching by mid-century, according to research to be presented to the UN’s World Heritage Committee. The study, conducted by scientists found only four of the 29 World Heritage reefs are projected to experience severe bleaching twice a decade from heat stress by the second half of this century if war ...

THE three-year Vanuatu Red Cross (VRC) project called ‘Supporting community planning 3’, supported by French Red Cross (FRC) and funded by USAid, came to an end today. The project began in July 2015 and was based Vanua Lava, Malekula and Gaua. It established 21 community disaster committees and 20 water and hygiene committees.