Prime Minister Hon Alatoi Ishmael Kalsakau has officially launched the new company VANUEX LTD on 7^th February 2023, which will be conducting business/trade through Digital technology. He has pointed out that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) economic outlook is within the same level of Digital transformation.

Most country’s economy are moving towards Digital and Vanuatu is going in the same direction.

The announcement was made along side MP Jessy Luo, MP for Malekula Hon Anatole Hymak and Minister of Agriculture Hon Nako Natuman.

4 billion VT projects to be funded from Chinese funds that were never used. Prime Minister Hon Alatoi Ishmael Kalsakau Maau’koro has announced a total of 4 billion projects from the aid money that was never utilised by the previous government. The 2 billion for 2021 will be injected into road projects for Efate and Santo while a further 2 million for 2022 will be go towards the construction of a new school of nursing collage in Santo and up grading health facilities.

The Prime Minister made the announcement after signing off all documentations that were later dispatched to Chinese Embassy last week. When he came into office after his election as PM, he found out that 2 billion Chinese grand for 2021 and another 2 million for 2022 was never put to use. The Prime Minister Maau’koro said it is best to target only two islands and make an impact and move to other islands next. This does not mean the government has ignored other islands completely under this grand. We have 2023 and 2024 still to be utilised and the Public Works will still continue working on our roads.

PORT VILA, 19^th June 2025 – Prime Minister Jotham Napat will participate in his first ever international engagement next week as he prepares to attend the Melanesian Spearhead Group Leaders 23^rd Summit in Fiji on Monday.

The Leaders’ Summit is usually preceded by the Senior Officials Meeting and the Foreign Ministers Meeting – the former commencing on Wednesday this week and continuing on Thursday. The Foreign Ministers meeting takes place on Friday 20^th June 2025.

Prime Minister Napat leaves on Friday to participate in various activities over the weekend, organized by the hosts – Fiji – culminating in the Leaders’ Summit proper on Monday.

On Tuesday he is expected to hold bilateral discussions with some of the MSG member countries before returning on Wednesday 25^th June 2025.

As outgoing Chairman of the MSG, Prime Minister Napat is also expected to formally handover the Chairmanship of the MSG to Fiji before the Leaders’ Summit. The handover is expected to be done in the formal traditional Melanesian fashion.

In his absence, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Johnny Koanapo Rasou, will be Acting Prime Minister.

PORT VILA, 17^th June 2025 – The Vanuatu Government fully understands the frustrations people have over the conditions of the roads in the Capital but stresses that it is highly imperative that relevant authorities follow due processes to ensure that the road conditions are fixed to last.

The experience is that most sealing works have not been carried out correctly in the past, costing the country lots of money to continuously patch, only for those patching work to come off during severe weather conditions. The Government, through the Ministry of Infrastructure cannot continue the same approach.

However, as seen from this map (attached), the roads marked (light green) within the CBD are under tender, while the ones marked yellow are being prepared for tendering in July.

The Government is also urging everyone to bear with PWD as they have been undergoing vital training on how to properly carry out sealing works. Under current planning schedule, PWD will be fixing the roads outside of the CBD areas.

The Government also wishes to reiterate that fixing the roads within the town areas cannot be done without first fixing the drainage and key components of a modern road network. Such a task requires proper planning and design.

Additionally, in collaboration with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the rebuilding of Port Vila is currently being discussed through a consultative process – with the public being invited to provide their feedbacks and suggestions on how to improve the town overall look and experience.

Through this participatory approach, the Government hopes to rebuild Port Vila City back better and stronger.

Meanwhile, the Government has ordered more equipment and machinery to help them address the road conditions in and around Port Vila. This is what resilience building is all about.