Yearly Archives: 2017
Jakarta bombing attack retaliation against police, says analyst
The two Jakarta suicide bomber suspects have been identified by police. Video: Star Online
Pacific Media Centre News Desk
The Indonesian double suicide bombing near a...
‘Respect human rights’ warning from Amnesty over Philippines martial law
Pacific Media Centre News Desk
The Philippines must ensure that human rights are respected and protected, following the President Rodrigo Duterte's declaration of martial law...
Philippines troops rescue 78 hostages from terrorists in Marawi hospital
Carmela Fonbuena files this a video report from Mindanao, Philippines. Video: Rappler
By Carmela Fonbuena in Iligan City, Mindanao
About 78 civilians held captive by the...
Duterte compares Mindanao martial law with Marcos as hostages taken
Philippines Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella announcing President Duterte has declared martial law on the southern island of Mindanao. Video: Rappler
Pacific Media Centre News Desk
The...
Chinese banks provide 40 percent of Fiji’s foreign loans
Pacific Media Centre News Desk
Fiji's Economy Minister Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has told Parliament the national debt is currently F$4.5 billion (NZ$3.07 billion) and was manageable,...
Author Nicky Hager reveals behind the scenes of Hit & Run investigation
By Kendall Hutt in Auckland
Investigative journalist and author Nicky Hager has taken journalism students inside the process behind the controversial book Hit & Run,...
PNG’s forests authority chief granted another five years at helm
Salome Vincent of TVWAN News reports on the PNG forests industry management direction.
Pacific Media Centre News Desk
Papua New Guinea's Forestry Authority acting manager Tunou...
Firefighters dispute holdup hampers French Polynesian airport
Pacific Media Watch
The end of French Polynesia's airport firefighters strike has been held up in Tahiti amid a dispute between two unions, Radio New...
20 deaths in two years because PNG clinic has no medicine, says councillor
By Troy Taule in Port Moresby
More than 20 people in a village in Papua New Guinea's Central Province have died within the space of...
Southern Cross: Media climate study, free speech in Indonesia and Timor-Leste PM’s gag
Pacific Media Watch News Desk
Pacific Media Centre's Kendall Hutt speaks with host of Radio 95bFM's The Wire Amanda Jane Robinson about a study on...
Indonesian student Afi’s blog items inspirational – but her FB ‘frozen’
Translated by Khairiah A. Rahman
The Facebook account of Afi Nihaya Faradisa, an Indonesian high school student from the village of Banyuwangi in eastern Java...
PNG’s media council unveils updated code of ethics as guide for elections
Charmaine Poriambep of TVWan News reports on the timely new PNG code of ethics.
Pacific Media Watch News Desk
Journalists, reporters and media practitioners in Papua...
Pacific media internship offers chance to follow regional issues
One of the PCF interns coming to New Zealand, Shivika Mala of the University of the South Pacific, talks to the Pacific Media Centre...
Thousands support Indonesian petition to repeal blasphemy law
By Marguerite Afra Sapiie in Jakarta
Indonesians have called on President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to immediately repeal Article 156a on religious blasphemy of the Criminal...
‘I want my children back’ – Fighting for Australia’s indigenous children
SPECIAL REPORT: Laura Lyons has been battling the New South Wales and Australian government to have her three children returned to her since they...
Indonesia must step up over Papuan development, says ELSAM
The Indonesian government needs to change the policy of development which makes Papuan community a subject, says a non-government organisation that specialises in West...
Four killed, eight wounded in bungled Indonesian military exercise
By Fadi In Batam, Ruiau Islands, Indonesia
A Chinese-made cannon has malfunctioned and fired off shots randomly during military exercises in Indonesia's Tanjung Datuk, Natuna,...
Timor-Leste journalists facing jail for defamation over PM criticism
Pacific Media Watch News Desk
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has joined its affiliates Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) and the South East...
PNG police chief stands down expat security contractor over ‘illegals’
Pacific Media Centre News Desk
A group of United States security contractors engaged by Papua New Guinea's police chief to give firearms training have been...
Freeport mine in Papua sacks 840 striking workers following May Day
Pacific Media Centre News Desk
Gold and copper mining firm PT Freeport has reportedly laid off 840 employees for going on strike in Timika in...
CPJ condemns attack on Afghan state television — at least 6 dead
Al Jazeera's report on the attack on the National Radio Television of Afghanistan office in Jalalabad.
The Committee to Protect Journalists has strongly condemned the...
PNG Media Council blasts assault on EMTV election news crew
EMTV's head of news Neville Choi reports on the assault on the television crew -- see item at 4min01sec. Video: EMTV News
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