Local News: Vanuatu 

 | 

Sign Up

 | 

Sign In

Advertisment

Vanuatu Wire

Comprehensive News Feed for Vanuatu.

Results 1 - 20 of 128 in Vanuatu

  1. FFA members call for tighter controls on fishingRead the original story

    Tuesday | Samoa News

    ... Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Chinese Taipei, Tonga, Tuvalu, United States of America, Vanuatu. Also at the WCPFC are participating territories including American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, French ...

    Comment?

  2. Plumes a-poppin'! [Eruptions]Read the original story w/Photo

    Tuesday Dec 8 | ScienceBlogs

    ... small (1.5 km / ~5,000 feet) and part of the explosive, strombolian activity at the Tavurvur crater. Ambrym, Vanuatu Finally, Ambyrm volcano in Vanuatu has been producing a diffuse plume of steam and sulfur dioxide . The volcano is one of the most ...

    Comment?

    Related Topix: Blog News, Geology, Science, Volcanic Eruption, Natural Disasters, Papua New Guinea, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea, Rabaul, Papua New Guinea

  3. Island in cannibal reconciliation

    Monday Dec 7 | BBC News

    ... after his murder the descendants of those responsible invited his family to Erromango, part of the island nation of Vanuatu. Charles Milner-Williams, of Hampshire, was among those who made the journey. The 65-year-old joined 17 members of his family ...

    Comment?

    Related Topix: Oceania, World News

  4. Vanuatu: Lava's in the air

    Thursday Dec 3 | The New Zealand Herald

    ... world's most accessible active volcano. It's the major drawcard on an island that is rapidly becoming the jewel in Vanuatu's tourism crown. Vanuatu - and Tanna - have lately featured on New Zealand television with the series Meet the Natives, in ...

    Comment?

    Related Topix: Volcanic Eruption, Natural Disasters, Oceania, World News, Travel

  5. EDITORIALA case for strong action

    Thursday Dec 3 | New Straits Times

    ... Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Palau, Pitcairn Islands, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna, as well as Brunei, Hong Kong, Laos, Macau and Singapore, the numbers can be expected to be bigger in ...

    Comment?

    Related Topix: Papua New Guinea, Oceania, World News, HIV/AIDS, Health, Wallis and Futuna, Epidemic, Natural Disasters

  6. Holidays on Earth Today: November 29, 2009Read the original story

    Tuesday Dec 1 | Associated Content

    ... Birthday: 1799 2. Sweden : *First Advent 3. Albania : *Liberation Day 4. Liberia : *W.V.S. Tubman's Birthday 5. Vanuatu : *Unity Day 6. Israel : *Kaftet be-November 7. International : *Feast Day: St. Saturnius; St. Cuthbert Mayne; St. Sernin; & St. ...

    Comment?

    Related Topix: Europe, World News, Albania, Liberia, Africa, Oceania, Israel, Middle East

  7. Timeline: Vanuatu

    Saturday Nov 28 | BBC

    ... 1774 - British explorer Captain Cook charts the islands calling them the New Hebrides. 1800s - Thousands of ni-Vanuatu are kidnapped and forced to work on sugar and cotton plantations in Fiji and Queensland, Australia. The practice, known as ...

    Comment?

    Related Topix: Oceania, World News, Australia

  8. Pacific volcano erupts, leading to evacuation of hundredsRead the original story

    Thursday Nov 26 | New Straits Times

    PORT VILA: More than 300 villagers were evacuated in the Pacific nation of Vanuatu on Thursday after an erupting volcano started spewing smoke and ash onto their homes, the Red Cross said.

    Comment?

    Related Topix: Volcanic Eruption, Natural Disasters, Oceania, World News

  9. Hundreds evacuated as Pacific volcano erupts on Vanuatu

    Thursday Nov 26 | Telegraph.co.uk

    ... of the island. The volcano was throwing ash in the place they live," said a Red Cross spokesman. He said police and Vanuatu's National Disaster Management Office were overseeing the operation. The world's happiest places The Red Cross is providing ...

    Comment?

    Related Topix: Volcanic Eruption, Natural Disasters, Oceania, World News

  10. Volcano eruption forces evacuationRead the original story

    Thursday Nov 26 | The Star

    Port Vila - More than 300 villagers were evacuated in the Pacific nation of Vanuatu on Thursday after an erupting volcano started spewing smoke and ash onto their homes, the Red Cross said.

    Comment?

    Related Topix: Volcanic Eruption, Natural Disasters, Oceania, World News

  11. Pacific volcano eruptsRead the original story

    Thursday Nov 26 | The Straits Times

    MORE than 300 villagers were evacuated in the Pacific nation of Vanuatu on Thursday after an erupting volcano started spewing smoke and ash onto their homes, the Red Cross said.

    Comment?

    Related Topix: Volcanic Eruption, Natural Disasters, Oceania, World News

  12. Volcano erupts in Vanuatu: Red CrossRead the original story

    Wednesday Nov 25 | The Sydney Morning Herald

    More than 300 villagers have been evacuated in the Pacific nation of Vanuatu after an erupting volcano started spewing smoke and ash onto their homes, the Red Cross says.

    Comment?

    Related Topix: Volcanic Eruption, Natural Disasters, Oceania, World News

  13. Vanuatu: Walking up to - the gates of hell'Read the original story w/Photo

    Wednesday Nov 25 | The Chilliwack Progress

    ... rocks. If Yasur were in any Western country, injury liability would keep tourists well away from the rim. But Vanuatu is not a litigious country, so the volcano is there for everyone to marvel at, up close. Really close. A four-wheel drive vehicle ...

    Comment?

    Related Topix: Oceania, World News, Volcanic Eruption, Natural Disasters

  14. Long road to 2010 began in SamoaRead the original story

    Tuesday Nov 17 | Sunday Times

    ... thanks to an Oceania Football Confederation initiative. The exploits of nations such as New Caledonia, Fiji and Vanuatu may well be forgotten when the great and good of the game descend on South Africa in June, but their impact will not go unnoticed ...

    Comment?

  15. Long road to World Cup began in SamoaRead the original story

    Monday Nov 16 | Fijilive

    ... went down to Group A runners-up New Caledonia in the semi-finals and then lost out to fellow beaten semi-finalists Vanuatu in a play-off to decide the third qualifying berth for the second phase. Victory over the Solomon Islands took New Caledonia ...

    Comment?

  16. Tours & cruises in Jamaica, Spain and Asia

    Sunday Nov 15 | Orlando Sentinel

    ... on the "Islands Magazine Melanesian Discovery" cruise. Your final destination is Papua New Guinea, with stops at Vanuatu and the Solomons. Highlights include watching cultural performances (including Papua New Guinea's elaborately costumed Baining ...

    Comment?

    Related Topix: Travel, Jamaica Travel, George Bush, Scottsdale, AZ, Life, Holidays, New Year's Day/Eve, Oceania, Vanuatu Travel, World News

  17. Asheville Film Fest 09Read the original story

    Nov 7, 2009 | Mountain Xpress

    ... Theatre - Upper God is American, and he was born in the USA! The people of Tanna, an island in the archipelago of Vanuatu in the South Pacific Ocean, have invented a new religion. They pray to the American flag and adore John Frum, an American ...

    Comment?

    Related Topix: Asheville, NC, Oceania, World News

  18. TV review: Tribesmen prove more noble than Blighty's nativesRead the original story w/Photo

    Nov 3, 2009 | NZ Herald

    ... that makes the heart sink. Take five men from their traditional village life, on a remote South Pacific island in Vanuatu, to England to see how the white folks live and visit the Queen - or in the case of the men from Tanna, it's Prince Philip they ...

    Comment?

    Related Topix: Oceania, World News

  19. Sinha denies Fiji con jobsRead the original story

    Feb 11, 2009 | Fijilive

    A Fiji man linked to a multi-million scam in Vanuatu has denied fraud-related charges in the High Court in Suva.

    Comment?

    Related Topix: Oceania, World News, Suva, Fiji, Fiji, Fiji, Fiji

  20. Suva 7s team off to Tahiti next monthRead the original story

    Oct 27, 2009 | Fijilive

    ... Cook Islands, New Caledonia, NZ Legends, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomons, Tahiti, Tonga, the United States, Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna. The FORU teams will use the Tahiti Nui 7s as qualifiers to the Wellington, Adelaide and Hong Kong 7s, ...

    Comment?