Tehya Skye VANUATU
August 30, 2021 9:45 am | Posted in Features
Tehya Skye Vanuatu is locally owned evolving boutique skin care range with a holistic approach that are handmade in small batches in […] Read more»
Vanuatu and Crypto Currency
July 31, 2021 10:46 am | Posted in Features
The Vanuatu Offshore Finance Centre and the country status as a tax haven, has been in slow decline over the years due to increase international regulations of Anti Money Laundering (AML) /Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CTL) driven by the International based Financial Action Task Force (FATF). Currently, Vanuatu is currently on the blacklist of the EU as a non-cooperative jurisdiction. It has remained on the blacklist despite being cleared by the FATF. One sector of the offshore finance center has seen growth in the last few years. This is the Financial Dealer Licenses issued. Read more»
Telstra’s Pacific adventure: a radical pivot or a deal too good to refuse?
July 31, 2021 10:00 am | Posted in Features
Telstra’s bid for an osbsure telecoms operator in the South Pacific was probably far from Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s mind as he […] Read more»
FROM BLACKBIRDING TO BLACKLISTING
June 28, 2021 1:02 am | Posted in Features
Which way is the European Union(EU) choosing with respect to it s unilateral, selective, subjective, and disproportionate application of its own tax, anti–money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism(AML/CFT) policies, on acutely vulnerable former European colonies? Read more»
ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT of the Country
June 28, 2021 1:01 am | Posted in Features
The Vanuatu Department of Finance and Treasury has released data on the financial position of the Government for the months of January […] Read more»
VANUATU TURNS THE CORNER
May 29, 2021 10:00 am | Posted in Features
Vanuatu has taken two big stepsforward in the past week in the ongoing attempts to mitigate and minimize the negative impacts of the COVID-19 crisis, through the arrival of the vaccines and the announcement of a stimuluspackage. These two milestones areunambiguously positive, and should be celebrated. Read more»
Where We Want To Go When A Pacific Travel Bubble Opens
May 29, 2021 9:00 am | Posted in Features
Flight Centre Travel Group one of the world’s largest travel agency groups, with more than 2,000 leisure, corporate and wholesale businesses have […] Read more»
VANUATU ECONOMY AT THE CROSSROADS
May 1, 2021 11:15 pm | Posted in Features
“The reports published regarding the status of Vanuatu’s visa privileges, is nothing more than a malicious attempt to discredit Vanuatu and the work the country is undertaking, to manage and improve the structure of its highly successful Citizenship Investment Program. The article, materially and factually deficient, has achieved little traction or credibility in the mainstream media space.” Read more»
THE STATE OF BUSINESS POST COVID-19
April 3, 2021 3:20 pm | Posted in Features
Instead of focusing on exports as the primary market for expansion it is suggested we should be seeking to grow demand from the domestic market where possible. For example, the substitution of imported rice with local kaikai, or growing the tourism sector – one of the key customers for this sector..... Read more»
Does Vanuatu need an international airline
April 3, 2021 3:39 am | Posted in Features
By Charles Hakwa Recently Air Vanuatu has been in the spotlight regarding the financial difficulties our national airline is facing. Let us […] Read more»
