Monthly Archives: February 2018
Marites Vitug: Duterte’s dangerously zero idea of independent journalism
ANALYSIS: By Marites Dañguilan Vitug in Manila
A year ago, the White House barred some members of the press from attending an informal briefing, a...
‘I won’t resign – yet,’ says Natuman over Vanuatu obstruction case
By Glenda Willie and Jonas Cullwick
Vanuatu's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Tourism, Trade, Commerce and Ni-Vanuatu Business Joe Natuman has pleaded guilty to...
14 confirmed dead in PNG Highlands quake, aftershocks
Two PNGDF helicopters had been deployed to the earthquake-hit Southern Highlands region to assist National Disaster officials carry out initial assessment, says Chief-of-Staff Colonel...
More than 30 feared dead after quake hits PNG’s Hela, Southern Highlands
By Jeffrey Elapa in Port Moresby
More than 30 people are believed to have been killed in the massive 7.5 magnitude Papua New Guinean earthquake...
Philippine bishops call for vigilance amid ‘creeping dictatorship’
By Paterno Esmaquel II in Manila
Bishops have called for vigilance in the face of a "creeping dictatorship," as the Philippines marked the 32nd anniversary...
Tuila’epa calls for urgent action over climate change for Pacific survival
By Nanette Woonton at Te Papa
The stark realities of climate change were laid bare at the opening of the Pacific Ocean, Pacific Climate Conference...
Tongan churches failing to provide climate leadership, says researcher
By Philip Cass of Kaniva News
Tonga’s churches are failing to provide leadership over climate change and it is up to young people to join...
More frontline research ‘by Pacific for Pacific’ plea at climate summit
Trailer for the controversial climate change documentary Anote’s Ark – former Kiribati President Anote Tong opened the first Pacific Climate Change Conference in Wellington...
Juffa blasts PNG resources ‘sell out’ but tells of Managalas hope
Rapacious logging cartels feature in PNG's Northern Province Governor Gary Juffa's speech. Video: Café Pacific
By David Robie at Te Papa
Northern Province Governor Gary Juffa...
Underestimate climate change political upheaval ‘at peril’, warns former PM
By David Robie at Te Papa
A former New Zealand prime minister has warned that climate change has the potential to force a legal and...
Filipino shootout at PNG supermarket sparks demand for firearms ban
Police have charged a man with murder after the death of his security officer colleague in a shootout. Both men were Filipinos and investigators...
Ardern mission for post-Gita visit to Tonga, Samoa, Niue and Cook Islands
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters says the New Zealand government’s Pacific Mission will take place early next month and travel to...
Tuila’epa to open high-powered Pacific climate conference
Trailer for the controversial climate change documentary Anote's Ark - former Kiribati President Anote Tong opened the previous Pacific Climate Change Conference in Wellington...
Massive Cyclone Pam disaster aid – good intentions but much unusable
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Tropical Cyclone Pam brought wide-spread devastation to Vanuatu nearly two years ago.
It also brought an outpouring of aid - including 70...
KontraS demands Indonesian police investigate death of terror suspect
By Riani Sanusi Putri in Jakarta
Indonesia's Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (KontraS) has demanded police investigate the cause of death of...
West Papua one step closer to MSG membership, says Wenda
Papua New Guinean Prime Minister Peter O’Neill says the Melanesian Spearhead Group has made solid progress under the chairmanship of Solomon Islands. Video: EMTV...
Vanuatu Daily Post: A call to action for endangered Pacific media freedom
EDITORIAL OPINION: Dan McGarry and Marc Neil-Jones of the Vanuatu Daily Post call for media associations and professionals throughout the Pacific to act to...
One Filipino dead, two wounded in PNG supermarket shootout
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
An expatriate man is dead and two local Papua New Guineans are badly wounded - both children - after two ex-Filipino...
Sounds of Caribbean planned for Auckland’s first steelband festival
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Auckland’s popular Silo Park will come alive to the sounds of the Caribbean next week.
Part of the Summer at Silo Park...
Police again question Islands Business chief editor, ex-publisher in probe
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Islands Business managing director and editor Samisoni Pareti has again been questioned by Fiji police over an online article involving a...
Tonga’s Parliament seeks temporary home after Gita smashed old House
By Kalino Latu, editor of Kaniva News
As Tonga struggles to recover from Cyclone Gita, authorities are looking for somewhere to host the next Parliamentary...
Accidents expose lax safety hitting Indonesia’s infrastructure projects
By Sarah Yuniarni in Jakarta
A recent string of accidents in major construction projects in Indonesia has raised concerns of lax safety standards as President...