Monthly Archives: April 2016

By Sara Stavropoulos Ruatoria-born soldier Private Christian Hohepa has now travelled a long way since joining the New Zealand Army in 2013. On his first-ever trip...

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill says recent calls by former prime minister and the country's founding leader Sir Michael Somare to leave...

I give my column space today to my favorite communication man, Professor Crispin C. Maslog. A former journalist with Agence France-Presse, Cris was director...

The signing of the Paris Accord on climate change at the United Nations. Video: PBS News Hour clip By Carole Landry in New York With their...

The International Federation of Journalists and the South East Asia Journalist Unions have joined international organisations Committee to Protect Journalists and Freedom House in...

By Julie Cleaver In Fiji, the number of reported domestic violence cases has increased. Police say in the first quarter of this year, it registered...

Fiji is still facing a major challenge to deal with suicide cases, especially of young children, reports Ami Dhabuwala of Asia-Pacific Journalism from Suva. Fiji...

By Kalafi Moala in Nuku'alofa The man who was once jailed for his stand for press freedom in the kingdom of Tonga has now breached...

By Damon Jones and Bill Hare The world took a collective sigh of relief in the last days of 2015, when countries came together to...

After more than half a century without clarity on the identity of perpetrators or those who orchestrated the event, some survivors and victims of...

Twenty-nine veterans of Timor-Leste’s struggle for national liberation will be visiting Australia next week to meet with members of the local veteran community and...

TJ Aumua's video report on youth's fears over their homelands. PMC on Demand By TJ Aumua The effects of climate change on Pacific island nations like...

A regional media forum in Fiji has heard the fear of retribution is a barrier to reporting human rights stories in the Pacific, Radio...

By Elly Burhaini Faizal in Jakarta A high school Indonesian history teacher in Batam, Riau Islands, has brought alternative narratives of the 1965 to 1966...

REVIEW: By Erica George of Amnesty International NZ "Mainstream journalism has failed to communicate not only peace, but also human rights in ways that have...

TJ Aumua's video report "Scientists take on Pacific crown of thorns starfish threat". By TJ Aumua in Suva The crown-of-thorns phenomenon may sound like something from...

The media freedom situation has worsened significantly or stagnated in most of the Asia-Pacific region, reports the Paris-based global media freedom watchdog Reporters Without...

By Ami Dhabuwala in Suva Fiji is gearing up to launch a monitor-and-clean-up project over the predator crown of thorns starfish. The crown of thorns starfish...

While abroad for a study exchange year in Melbourne, Connor Woodman discovered that Indonesia’s effort to thwart the independence movement of its troubled Papuan...

By Felix Chaudhary in Nadi Women and girls' news and issues make up only 24 percent of all reports in print, radio and television media. This...

OPINION: By Professor Wadan Narsey Just living in Australia for a few months and watching television, makes you see clearly, how the Fiji public is...

By Margaret Wise of The Fiji Times Giving voice to the voiceless and championing the rights of all people is essentially about telling the truth. And...