Vanuatu

The Daily Post says the five year project will address key climate change vulnerabilities and support climate change resilience development with a focus on infrastructure, tourism, fisheries, agriculture and health.

Vanuatu is vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and one of the world's most at-risk places for natural disasters like cyclones, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.

The Green Climate Fund is a fund established within the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Although other islands and provinces have not reported dengue cases, authorities are also monitoring them.

Of the six suspected dengue cases reported from the Northern Province since 8 February, four were tested positive.

Five of the patients have been hospitalized at the Northern Provincial Hospital whilst one patient is being treated at home.

A press release said all the suspected cases are statement from the Northern Provincial Hospital.

Blood samples from patients will be sent to New Caledonia for further testing.

Officials from Vanuatu and France met in Sydney for negotiations on their dispute over the ownership of the Matthew and Hunter islands.

The two small and uninhabited volcanic islands are claimed by Vanuatu as part of its southern most Tafea Province but France also claimed them to be part of New Caledonia.

Mr Salwai said the talks at the University of Sydney were the first ever direct negotiation between the two countries on the dispute.

The Daily Post reported him enthusing about signs of willingness from both parties to find solutions.

While Vanuatu currently doesn't have laws to combat cybercrime, up to 60 per cent of children there go online.

Now a Vanuatu police community liaison officer, Jeff Natapei, has been given funding by the Cyber Safety Pasifika group which he is using to install a billboard on cyber safety this month.

Constable Natapei says youth in particular need to understand that although technology is great for communication, it does have its dangers.

The chairman of the Council, Chief Mol Torvaka Lima Tirsupe, say the national council has structures already in place.

The chairman says he is concerned that if the government goes ahead with the Area Councils, it may clash with traditional structures, especially with regards to land boundaries.

But a government official, Ben Tabi, has assured Chief Tirsupe that the Decentralisation Act states clearly the chiefs have an important role to play in the new initiative, including choosing the chairs of each Area Council.

Vanuatu Beverage is partnering with two other local companies - toilet paper and plastics manufacturer Cellovila, and theatre company Wan Smol Bag - to clean up Mele Village and beach front.

Mele Village, which is located six kilometres outside Port Vila, has a population of around 7000 people, and one of the longest beaches in the country.

The companies have conducted similar clean-up efforts in two Vila suburbs, Tebakor and Malapoa.

Vanuatu Beverage's Business Development Manager Teiva Durand said the cleanup initiative was the first of many more.

At the end of a rural road in Vanuatu’s Port Vila, a school overlooks the well-used football field, and at one end, behind the goal lies a beach soccer pitch with homemade goals.

It’s here in this picturesque locale where the children and young adults of Erakor Village hone their skills day in and day out.

Benjamin Noel, a teacher in the local school and an OFC Just Play trainer, has been working in the village for ten years managing football development and helping to introduce the OFC Just Play Programme to the local community.

Both sides had already confirmed their place in the quarter finals but the Vanuatu club ensured they maintained their perfect winning record.

After a goal-less first half, teenage striker Azariah Soromon set the game alight with a second half hat-trick at Korman Stadium.

The 18 year-old beat his marker and curled the ball around the keeper to put Nalkutan in front two minutes after the restart.

The Vanuatu international doubled his tally with a stunning free kick ten minutes later, before RIchard Manuriki joined in with a free kick of his own on the hour mark.

In what shapes as a fascinating final day at Stade Pater, hosts AS Dragon (6 points and a goal difference of +5), Solomon Warriors (3 points, +3) and Vanuatu’s Erakor Golden Star (3 points, +1) could each top the group, qualify as runners-up or miss the playoffs altogether by finishing third.

In the most complex scenario, wins to Erakor and Solomon Warriors would leave all three teams level on six points with the final positions decided on goal difference, goals scored then a countback on head-to-head results if required.

Two officials from the Vanuatu government were reportedly in Honiara last week to pursue their recruitment drive.

Solomon Star reports up to 100 local nurses were reportedly interviewed by the two Ni-Vanuatu consultants.

Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health Dr Tenneth Dalipanda confirmed he met the two officials, but said he was not aware of how many nurses they wanted to recruit.

Dr Dalipanda said the two officials were the chair and human resource manager of the Vanuatu Public Service Commission.