Dateline pacific evening edition for 26 July 2016

Vanuatu business people say income tax is not a good solution to boosting government coffers; a proposal's been put foward to open up the border between Papua New Guinea and Indonesia's Papuan region; plans to boost the number of cyclone resilient homes in the region; Vanuatu's Prime Minister urges the MSG to stay true to its founding principles; a Pacific media freedom watchdog says election observers lack media nous.