[4] Dan McGarry, the newspaper's media director and a Canadian national, announced on 7 November 2019 that the Vanuatu government had refused to renew his work permit.

[5] On 6 July 2019, the Daily Post published an article detailing the deportation of six Chinese nationals by the Vanuatuan government.

[5] Four of the six nationals had been granted Vanuatuan citizenship under the country's Development Support Programme.

[5] McGarry, who has lived in Vanuatu for 16 years and whose spouse and children are from the country, stated that in July 2019, the Prime Minister Charlot Salwai berated him for what Salwai said was his 'negative' reporting and said 'If you don't like it here, go home'.

[5] Vanuatu's Media Association called on the government to reconsider and afford the correct legal rights to McGarry.