Tag: dictatorship

RNZ Pacific The youth wing of Fiji's Social Democratic Liberal Party (Soldelpa) are against any move by its board to form a coalition with the...

RNZ News Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered an address to New Zealand's Parliament today and the government has pledged an additional $3 million of humanitarian...

Jairo Bolledo in Manila Karl Patrick Suyat, 19, has no personal experience of the tyrannical rule of late dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos. But memories of...

REVIEW: By David Robie Seven weeks ago the Philippines truth-telling martial law film Katips was basking in the limelight in the country’s national FAMAS academy...

By Loreben Tuquero in Manila On social media, Ferdinand Marcos Jr needed to have all pieces in place to stage a Malacañang comeback: he had...

COMMENTARY: By Nina Santos in Auckland On May 9, the Philippines went to the polls in what has been called “by far the most divisive...

COMMENTARY: By Keeara Ofren Many of you will know that I am Filipina. The past few days have been quite a journey following the Philippine...

ANALYSIS: By Binoy Kampmark Children should not pay for the sins of their parents. But in some cases, a healthy suspicion of the offspring is...

Rappler Former political prisoner Cristina Bawagan still has the dress she wore the day she was arrested, tortured and sexually abused by soldiers during the...

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk A Melbourne-based Indonesian media academic has warned that declining media freedom in Australia is undermining the country's ability to project liberal...

COMMENTARY: By Pacific Island Times publisher Mar-Vic Cagurangan I remember that day — February 25, 1986. I was then a teenager. My family stood outside...

ANALYSIS: By Suze Wilson, Massey University With recent polling showing National edging ahead of Labour for the first time in two years, Jacinda Ardern’s previously...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Police stopped a climate change march in Suva today and forced activists to remove their banners. They also warned demonstrators against making...

By Luke Nacei in Suva Fiji's pposition National Federation Party leader Professor Biman Prasad told Parliament yesterday that the Electoral Registration of Voters (Amendment) Bill...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk In a seven-minute social media broadcast, President Duwa Lashi La has declared it is time to stop the military regime’s ongoing...

EDITORIAL: By the Samoa Observer editorial board When Australia’s second-longest ever serving Prime Minister faced a complete wipeout at the national elections after 10 years...

By Lian Buan in Manila Veteran journalist and former chairman of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) Jose Jaime "Nonoy" Espina has...

ANALYSIS: By Phil Thornton As chaos flows in Burma, journalists are being forced to hide in plain sight by the Burmese military, writes senior journalist...

By Ryan Aditya in Jakarta Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) coordinator Fatia Maulidiyanti has condemned the invitation to Myanmar coup leader...

By Llanesca T. Panti in Manila Textbooks should be changed to underscore the atrocities committed by the Philippines martial law regime of former dictator Ferdinand...

OPINION: By Dr Lino Jeremaih Tom, MP for Wabag The suspension of EMTV deputy news editor Scott Waide has brought us to a new low...

Protesters mark the 46th anniversary of the declaration of martial law under Philippines dictator Marcos with demonstrations against President Duterte. Video: Rappler By Paterno Esmaquel...