30-Day SOE Extension Approved
The Council of Ministers (COM) has approved that the current State of Emergency (SOE) for both COVID-19 and TC Harold which ends on Monday next week be extended for another 30 days. The Deputy Prime Minister (PM) and Minister of Internal Affairs, Ishmael Kalsakau, confirmed this to Daily Post yesterday. The Minister of Lands, Norris […]
Call to maintain hand washing and social distancing
The Director of Public Health Services, Dr. Len Tarivonda, explained that following the outbreak and the spread of COVID-19 around the world, Vanuatu instituted the practices of hand washing and distancing. This was to minimize any possible risks of the spread of COVID-19, if the virus happened to enter Vanuatu, which has not yet at this […]
Schools to reopen on Monday 18/05/2020
The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) has announced that all the schools across Vanuatu will resume Term 2, 2020 from Monday 18 May 2020. The Ministry of Health confirmed on 11 May 2020 that there are no confirmed cases nor suspected cases of COVID-19 in Vanuatu since the first declaration of State of Emergency on […]
New Prime Minister of Republic of Vanuatu
Ishmael Kalsakau is the new Prime Minister of Republic of Vanuatu Ishmael Kalsakau has been elected unopposed as the 13th Prime Minister of the Republic of Vanuatu by secret ballot. Kalsakau was elected by the 52 members of the country’s parliament on Friday 4 November. “Thank you, thank you for the election,” Kalsakau said after […]