Category: Wallis and Futuna
A Wallisian woman becomes world judo vice-champion
by Ted Wood | May 14, 2023 | Area, Sports, Wallis and Futuna
On Saturday 13 May, Julia Tolofua, 25 years old, became vice world judo champion in the over 78 kg...
Read MoreCheaper plane tickets for Wallisians and Futunians
by Ted Wood | Mar 23, 2023 | Area, Economy, Travel, Wallis and Futuna
The State increases aid by 45 The Ministry in charge of Overseas Territories in Emmanuel Macron’s government has decided to increase the amount of aid for territorial continuity. This is a monetary aid that aims to reduce...
Read MoreThe Secretary of State in Wallis and Futuna
by Ted Wood | Mar 6, 2023 | Area, Business, Politics, Wallis and Futuna
Jean-François Carenco, Secretary of State for Overseas France, is spending two days in Wallis and...
Read MoreFifo: the International Oceanian Documentary Film Festival
by Ted Wood | Feb 9, 2023 | Area, Culture, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna
The International Oceanian Documentary Film Festival is taking place in Tahiti from February 12 to...
Read MoreA new military ship for Caledonia
by Ted Wood | Jan 18, 2023 | Area, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Pacific, Pacific, Wallis and Futuna
The military ship, the Auguste Bénébig, is one of six patrol boats designed to reinforce the French Navy’s resources in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is at sea to reach Noumea. It weighs 1,300 tonnes and has a range of...
Read MoreThe Council of State partially annuls the elections
by Ted Wood | Nov 16, 2022 | Area, Politics, Wallis and Futuna
On 20 March, the list led by Samuele Keletolona for the elections to the territorial assembly of Wallis and Futuna lost by a few votes. He filed a complaint. According to Samuele Keletolona, some voters were registered on both...
Read MoreA border police in Wallis and Futuna
by Ted Wood | Nov 9, 2022 | Area, Pacific, Travel, Wallis and Futuna
The first border police service (Paf) of Wallis and Futuna was installed on Tuesday 8 November in Mata-Utu. This was notably the occasion for a ceremony to award the stripes of trainee peacekeepers of the national police to the...
Read MoreOptical fibre in Wallis and Futuna
by Ted Wood | Sep 14, 2022 | Area, Wallis and Futuna
Five years after the connection of Wallis and Futuna to the very high speed with the Tuisamoa cable, the work of deployment of the optical fibre ended this Wednesday in Wallis. The project, which was delayed for more than a year...
Read MoreThe MP for Wallis and Futuna will be a “Macronist”
by Ted Wood | Jun 14, 2022 | Area, Politics, Wallis and Futuna
Wallis and Futuna voted on Sunday 12 June to elect their MP. This one will represent the archipelago at the National Assembly in Paris. None of the seven candidates was elected in the first round. There will therefore be a...
Read MoreVirus: France and its overseas territories free…
by Ted Wood | May 15, 2022 | Area, Breaking News, Business, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Pacific, Pacific, Travel, Wallis and Futuna
The end of compelling reasons to travel between France and its overseas territories (except Wallis...
Read MoreThe French Pacific votes for Macron
by Ted Wood | Apr 25, 2022 | Area, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Pacific, Politics, Wallis and Futuna
This is not the case for the other French overseas territories in the world French President...
Read MoreMacron triumphs in Wallis and Futuna
by Ted Wood | Apr 12, 2022 | Area, Politics, Wallis and Futuna
He is ahead of Valérie Pécresse Wallis and Futuna did not vote exactly like its French cousins in New Caledonia and Polynesia. It is true that Emmanuel Macron is in the lead. Here he got 39.47% of the vote. Senator Mikaele...
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- Covid returns to Tahiti
The Covid-19 epidemic is back on the rise in French Polynesia. Sixty-six new cases were confirmed last week, according to Tahiti Infos. According to the health watch bulletin, the cases are mainly concentrated in Tahiti (46), then in the Tuamotus (11) and the Leeward Islands (6). The XBB.1.5 sub-variant, responsible for this upsurge, appears to be more contagious, but has so far caused very few serious cases.