Yearly Archives: 2016
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...
Indonesian troop build-up in West Papua troubles PNG MPs
By Freddy Mou in Port Moresby
More than 4500 Indonesian soldiers have been moved to Wamena in the Highlands of West Papua region of Indonesia,...
Court grants UPNG students go-ahead to seek judicial review over eviction
By Ruth Rungala in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's National Court has granted leave to the University of PNG Student Representative Council to apply further...
Ian Shirley: The NZ budget that has failed Auckland
ANALYSIS: By Professor Ian Shirley
New Zealand's 2016 budget offered Auckland nothing in the way of vision or hope and it continued the National government’s...
Lecturers strike as students blockade campus at Papuan university
East New Britain Students Association members from the University of Papua New Guinea are calling on Prime Minster Peter O'Neill to step down and...
Free jailed Wewak students now, says PNG opposition leader
By Freddy Mou in Port Moresby
Opposition Leader Don Polye has called on Papua New Guinea's police hierarchy to immediately release students detained in the...
PNG shuts out West Papuan leader on ‘order from top’
Octovianus Mote, secretary-general of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua, says he has been refused entry to Papua New Guinea without any reason...
Student leader reports huge PNG support during ‘awareness’ rallies
By Carmella Gware in Lae
University students carrying out awareness in the Highlands region of Papua New Guinea have received overwhelming support from the rural...
Overdue recognition for trailblazing Kiwi foreign correspondent
Despite being one of New Zealand's most successful foreign and war correspondents, Diana Goodman is far from a household name in her home country
But...
Indonesia next on the buyer list for French submarines?
By Prashanth Parameswaran of The Diplomat
A local Indonesian shipbuilder has formed a formal working group with a French company to explore Jakarta’s submarine requirements...
Tarcisius Tara Kabutaulaka: Don’t be bullied, Indonesia is not Melanesia
By Dr Tarcisius Tara Kabutaulaka in Honolulu, Hawai'i
Late last week, the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement rejecting the Solomon Islands Prime...
PNG students take campaign to provinces – opposition MPs plan protest vote
Students from the University of Papua New Guinea - many already having left the campus after this week's eviction order from the administration -...
Timor-Leste plays diplomacy ‘catch up’ with ASEAN membership
By Tama Salim in Dili
Just 14 years into independence, Timor-Leste has secured membership of a number of international forums, declaring its intent to catch...