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Vanuatu election officials risk lives, call for better poll infrastructure

November 1, 2022

By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist A Vanuatu Mobile Force’s officer who risked his life wading through chest-high water carrying ballot boxes, is calling on the new government to fund new bridges and roads for residents of central Santo. Private Samuel Bani is part of the Vanuatu Mobile Force (VMF), a group of volunteers in ... <a title="Vanuatu election officials risk lives, call for better poll infrastructure" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/01/vanuatu-election-officials-risk-lives-call-for-better-poll-infrastructure/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu election officials risk lives, call for better poll infrastructure">Read more</a>

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Stretched by coronavirus pandemic, Vanuatu faces cyclone, Mt Yasur ash

April 7, 2020

By Anita Roberts in Port Vila While the Vanuatu government is investing its resources in tackling the coronavirus pandemic threat, it is now stretching its resources to tackle other natural disasters posing threats to the lives of the people – Cyclone Harold still moving over the country after lashing Santo and constant ash fall from ... <a title="Stretched by coronavirus pandemic, Vanuatu faces cyclone, Mt Yasur ash" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/07/stretched-by-coronavirus-pandemic-vanuatu-faces-cyclone-mt-yasur-ash/" aria-label="Read more about Stretched by coronavirus pandemic, Vanuatu faces cyclone, Mt Yasur ash">Read more</a>