Monthly Archives: August 2016

By Peter S. Kinjap in Port Moresby The University of Papua New Guinea administration's decision to ban eight students from continuing their studies is illegal,...

A Café Pacific video at the Tupunis festival on Tanna island. By Odile Guiomar in Lenakel, Tanna Tanna Island has hosted the first Slow Food festival...

Forgotten Dawn Children's official trailer. By TJ Aumua in Auckland Filmmakers Joshua Iosefo and Corey Larry Sio found out this month that their short film Forgotten...

By Bob Makin in Port Vila Some eight years of negotiations on the legal texts have gone into deciding what the Pacific free trade agreement...

By Peter Kinjap in Port Moresby The University of Papua New Guinea (UNPG) Administration has permanently excluded all the Student Representative Council (SRC) members and...

By David Robie on Aneityum, Vanuatu She had the most enchanting smile, even though she had lost her baby teeth. Her toothless grin turned out...

The University of the South Pacific’s (USP) Pasifika Voices group have secured a contract to feature on the soundtrack of the much anticipated Hollywood...

By Thompson Marango in Port Vila Tanna, the movie shot on Tanna Island, Vanuatu, has been picked by Screen Australia as its official entry for...

The Whau Pacific Festival is a four-day event celebrating Pacific culture and art. Held in the west Auckland suburb of Avondale this year, workshops included...

Trade Minister Richard Maru said in Parliament that he had summoned the Fiji High Commissioner on Monday and would write to Fiji’s government to...

Outcomes of a regional Pacific meeting addressing violence against women and girls concluded with strategic steps and an urgent work plan to address the...

Earlier this year West Papuan and Pacific leaders gathered together in the British parliament to call for an Internationally Supervised Vote to determine the future...

By Peter S. Kinjap in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea’s Hides gas landowners from PDL 1 and 7 have signed a memorandum of understanding with...

Young children are among the hundreds that are kept in the Australian detention centre for asylum seekers on Manus Island where there have been persistent...

The Fiji government has announced that it will retain its current national flag, after more than year of debating about whether its colonial symbols...

OPINION: By Murray Horton The Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) and the Security Intelligence Service (SIS) are being handed more powers by the New Zealand...

By Peter S. Kinjap in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea government representatives have met with landowner leaders of Hides PLD1 and PLD7 natural gas field...

Eleven former Vanuatu MPs and one lawyer have been found guilty of conspiracy in a bribery case in which they were originally sentenced to...

By Peter Kinjap in Port Moresby The University of Papua New Guinea has served a contempt charge against the Students Representative Council lawyer Laken Lepatu...

The Fiji 7s team's Olympic win not only made sporting history for Fiji but it was also the first time an Olympic gold had...

By Peter S. Kinjap in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea's Immigration and Citizenship Service Authority in Port Moresby is risking closure due to a constant...

Australia must consider human rights, including the military crackdowns on the West Papuan provinces, when pursuing closer ties with Indonesia, says the Melbourne newspaper...