Monthly Archives: February 2017

New Zealand journalists are working longer hours, and feeling more pressure, both ethically and resource-wise, than they were only two years ago, a new...

Tanna may have missed out on an Oscar - but in many ways the humble South Pacific cast are the stars of the show. The...

Indonesia and Australia have restored full military relations coinciding with the visit of President Joko Widodo to Canberra at the weekend. Video: Al Jazeera...

Vice News portrays the Philippines war on drugs through the eyes of a photographer. Dondi Tawatao went from feature photographer in Manila to chasing crime...

A scuffle erupts after around as Duterte supporters arrive at a rally of thousands of Duterte critics near the People Power Monument. Video: Rappler Critics...

By Bob Makin in Port Vila The first-ever Oscar-nominated film made in Vanuatu, Tanna, continues to receive enormous praise. The movie has just been awarded the...

Raymond Masono has been appointed new Vice-President of Bougainville and has immediately faced criticism from the Bougainville Freedom Movement. Bougainville News reported Masono was from...

News of the return to green card status for Solomon Islands tuna into the European Union market provides much-deserved cause for celebration, says the...

By Lian Buan in Manila After visiting Senator Leila de Lima in jail, Senator Antonio Trillanes IV said that he will stop at nothing to...

By Charles Yapumi in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O’Neill has described the late Governor-General, Sir Michael Ogio, as a man of...

Senator Leila de Lima has branded President Rodrigo Duterte a "sociopathic serial killer" after he was accused of ordering drug killings. Video: Pinas Trends A...

By Vincent Lingga in Jakarta "PT Freeport Indonesia reserves all its rights including the right to commence arbitration to enforce all provisions of...

Senator Leila de Lima says her camp and police agreed the arrest would happen on Friday, but they were dismayed to find out the...

Amnesty International video and release of its Annual Report on the State of the World’s Human Rights.  Toxic fear mongering by anti-establishment politicians, among them...

New Zealand's Commerce Commission ruled today that Sky Television will not be allowed to merge with Vodafone NZ. Rival telco Spark New Zealand said the...

Landowners make their case at a media conference in Port Moresby. Video: EM TV News The customary landowners of Papua New Guinea's proposed military base...

By Alin Almanar in Jakarta Activists will soon file an appeal with Indonesia's Supreme Court against a ruling that overturned the state information body's order...

By Bob Makin in Port Vila Prime Minister Charlot Salwai paid a moving tribute to the late Father Walter Lini’s leadership of Vanuatu at the...

By Quintina Naime in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea's Registry of Political Parties is encouraging political parties to cultivate and grow their roots in the...

By Dan McGarry in Port Vila On the day of the arrival in Vanuatu of World Bank Vice President Victoria Kwakwa, tourism industry stakeholders are...

Protesting landowners in Central Province blockade the PNG LNG plant site today in anger over unpaid royalties. Video: EMTV By Freddy Mou in Port Moresby More...

Chappy Hakim has resigned as its president director, only three months after his appointment as the mining giant's top executive, PT Freeport Indonesia announced...