Monthly Archives: June 2016
Protesting students shot in crackdown over UPNG march
At least one University of Papua New Guinea student was allegedly shot in the back at the main Waigani campus in the capital of...
EXCLUSIVE: Human rights defender tells of migrant worker exploitation to Thai court
SPECIAL REPORT: By Nid Satjipanon in Bangkok
On 2 June 2016, human rights activist and lawyer Andy Hall took to the witness box in a...
Barbara Dreaver: Fiji’s journalist blacklist is a disgrace
By Barbara Dreaver, TVNZ's Pacific Correspondent
According to Prime Minister John Key, the 2006 Fiji coup is ancient history and the time is right for...
PNG Opposition files no-confidence motion notice against government
By Ruth Rungula in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's Opposition has filed a notice of a motion for a vote of no-confidence today at its...
New ‘Resource Roulette’ report exposes deep-sea mining risks for Pacific
By Julie Hunter
International law firm Blue Ocean Law and the Fiji-based regional non-governmental organisation Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG) have released a report detailing...
Strong Asia-Pacific contingent lined up for world journalism congress
A short documentary about the work of Pacific Media Centre students and staff by Alistar Kata ... made to mark WJEC at AUT University...
Guam’s Vice-Speaker Cruz raises concerns over FestPac costs
Now that the Festival of Pacific Arts is over, what happens next? The promotion and preservation of culture doesn't stop, reports Kuam News in...
UPNG medical students at Taurama continue boycott for ‘patriotism’
By Quintina Naime in Port Moresby
Student leaders at the University of Papua New Guinea’s School of Medicine and Health Sciences stand firm on their...
Fiji rights coalition calls for review of MP’s suspension for democracy
The NGO Coalition on Human Rights has declared its disappointment over the recent "unjust" incident resulting in the suspension of Opposition Member Roko Tupou...
Australian human rights lawyers defend West Papuan Morning Star mural against ‘external pressure’
One of Australia’s leading human rights organisations has spoken out in support of the retention of a mural in Darwin’s central business district that...
Pacific Profile: Jale Samuwai Curuki – ‘If you’re still a climate denier, I feel...
Report and video story by TJ Aumua for Asia Pacific Report
Name: Jale Samuwai Curuki
Age: 30
Occupation: PhD candidate, University of the South Pacific
Passion: Accounting, climate...
Indonesia on track to having world’s highest smoking rates
By Hans Nicholas Jong in Jakarta
With few commitments to curb cigarette consumption, Indonesia is poised to have the largest population of smokers in the...
Pacific voices: Get lost in paradise with Miss Vanuatu, Valérie Martinez
By Vanuatu Daily Digest
Imagine With Me is a new Vanuatu Tourism Office promotion video shot in several spectacular locations around Efate island by local production...
Student press editors urge Duterte to uphold media freedom in Philippines
By Marc Lino Abila in Manila
The College Editors Guild of the Philippines (CEGP) is most deeply disturbed by President-elect Rodrigo Duterte’s statement that murdered...
Crispin C. Maslog: Open letter to Philippines president-elect Rodrigo Duterte
OPINION: By Crispin C. Maslog in Manila
Let me start by saying I was not your best fan during the elections. I normally do not...
Pacific voices: Connecting with Samoan language, myths and culture
Language and culture can tell us a lot about where we come from. For these New Zealand-born Samoans, this at the heart of truly...
UPNG lifts suspension of classes, to resume semester on June 13
Ruth Rungala of EM TV News reports on the National Court granting students right to seek a judicial review of UPNG's eviction order last...
PNG police officer accused of assault on female journalists at Boroko
By Annette Kora in Port Moresby
A TV Wan female journalist and two National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) reporters in Papua New Guinea have been assaulted...
Samoan PM calls on ACP countries to work together on climate change
EMTV News ACP headlines on YouTube.
By Meleasie Goviro in Port Moresby
Representing the Pacific Islands at the official opening of the African Caribbean and Pacific...
Digicel Asia-Pacific bridges the Digital Divide in PNG
Digicel Asia-Pacific, a digital communications leader in developing markets, has joined the Business Call to Action (BCtA) with a commitment to make digital communications,...
RSF condemns Philippines president-elect’s comments about journalists
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is outraged by Philippines President-elect Rodrigo Duterte’s comment that corrupt journalists are legitimate murder targets and urges the Philippine media...
Fiji government challenged over Indonesian soldiers in school rebuild
By Nasik Swami in Suva
The Fiji government has no say in the Adopt a School programme by donor countries, Parliament has been told in...