Vanuatu

This comes after a woman was abducted, assaulted and verbally abused for expressing her views in a public forum on Facebook.

Deputy Lord Mayor of Port Vila, Leimara Malachi, said the protest was planned for next Wednesday to coincide with the first sitting of the country's new parliament for the year.

An Australian national has been arrested in connection with the raid.

The residence, next to Vila East School, was under police surveillance for the last two weeks.

Police said the house was used as nursery for marijuana and that the plants all in pots were watched to grow to their full maturity stage.

While no further details were made available by police, insiders say the entire house was used up for different processes and stages from seedlings phase, transplants, and vegetative stage up to the flowering stage.   

Government’s public relations officer Hilaire Bule says the opposition statement is not only misleading but also misconceived.

The men were all employed in the public transport sector, including the president of the Vanuatu Land Transport Association.

It was alleged they were involved in the abduction on Sunday after the woman had criticised the transport operators over they way they squabbled while seeking fares among tourists disembarking from cruise ships.

RNZI reports the Melanesian duo beat 2012 Olympians Katrin Holtwick and Ilka Semmler from Germany 21-17 21-14 in their opening pool match.

They backed up that performance, beating the 32nd-seeded qualifiers Janne Kongshavn and Vilde Solvoll of Norway 21-14, 21-10.

A UNPKO report has singled out misconduct behavior of a Vanuatu Peacekeeper who had served in East Timor, Corporal George Japheth and it also sighted the failure of his three colleagues, Corporal Glen Nicholson Mahina, Corporal Kapsam Willie and Commander North, Willie Samuel, to report the alien behavior to the relevant authorities.

WACC Chairperson Mrs jenny Ligo condemned the act and said those responsible must face the full force of the law.

Mrs Ligo said those responsible for such an act to cause any form of action to displace women and children must be held accountable.

There have been a spate of recent incidents, including scuffles between tour operators and public transport providers over fares and an attack on a woman who condemned the behaviour.

RBZI reports the woman, who commented on social media, was abducted and assaulted.

Nadaya scored seven goals in six matches for the Reds and said he wants to score more goals.

“I am very happy to be here in Vanuatu to play for a great club,” said Diego Nadaya.

“I am very happy with my performance and want to score more goals for Amicale and I want to help Amicale win competitions in Vanuatu and in Oceania.”

“The only thing I want is for us players to play as a team so we can achieve success.”

RNZI correspondent reports sources in Vanuatu as saying the 37-year-old woman and her nine-year old daughter were kidnapped seven years ago.

The repatriation was arranged by the police forces of both countries.