Monthly Archives: March 2018
New Timor treaty will finally set borders to resolve oil, gas row
ANALYSIS: By Tom Clarke
Timor-Leste and Australia has signed a maritime boundary agreement at the UN headquarters in New York today, putting their long-running border...
RSF shines light on ‘forbidden coverage’ of women’s rights
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
To mark International Women’s Day tomorrow, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is publishing a report entitled “Women’s rights: Forbidden subject” which sheds...
PNG’s earthquake death toll in Highlands now tops 75
By Sylvester Gawi in Limu village, Hela, Papua New Guinea
Thousands of people have been displaced and are still waiting for relief assistance in disaster...
Move to sack Tongan police chief lays bare ‘prohibited’ guns imports
By Kalino Latu, editor of Kaniva News
A cabinet submission by the Police Minister to dismiss Police Commissioner Steve Caldwell has revealed concerns over an...
K150m released to PNG’s earthquake-ravaged districts in more relief efforts
Prime Minister Peter O'Neill visiting disaster-hit areas at the weekend. Video: EMTV News
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Provinces affected by Papua New Guinea's 7.5 magnitude earthquake...
Undecided ‘up for grabs’ and decisive for Fiji election, says academic
By Nasik Swami in Suva
Fiji's 2018 General Election is going to be a close contest between the ruling FijiFirst and the opposition parties, according...
37 deaths in Southern Highlands, 16 in Hela as PNG relief efforts go on
By Sylvester Gawi in Mendi
Local community leaders have taken charge of care centres in the Southern Highlands province of Papua New Guinea as they...
Gender and diversity research at AUT turns 10
By Helen Twose in Auckland
Auckland University of Technology's Gender and Diversity Research Group has reached a significant milestone, celebrating 10 years of research and...
How Jack Mawe died trying to save his wife and child in PNG earthquake
By Scott Waide of EMTV News
While the multibillion dollar mammoth petroleum company Exxon declared “force majeur” and another counted its financial losses, one family...
NZ Foreign Minister questions China’s influence in the Pacific
Foreign Minister Winston Peters flags a stronger NZ Pacific aid policy and prime ministers Jacinda Ardern and Malcolm Turnbull discuss New Zealand and Australia...
‘Play for our people’ call by Southern Highlands musicians after PNG quake
Elizabeth Tondoa appeals to Southern Highlands musicians to join her in next week's fundraising concert. Video: EMTV News
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Southern Highlands singers Elizabeth...
Tongan police charge Lord Tu’ivakanō with bribery in passport saga probe
By Kalino Latu, editor of Kaniva News
The king’s noble and former Prime Minister, Lord Tu’ivakanō has been charged with passport offences, money laundering and...
PNG declares state of emergency in wake of quake devastation
Communities struck by the 7.5 magnitude earthquake in Papua New Guinea's Hela province remain confused as aftershocks continue. Despite the arrival of National Disaster...
31 deaths so far in PNG quake, but ‘hit-and-miss’ on rural area statistics
Professor Chalapan Kaluwin of the University of Papua New Guinea's School of Natural and Physical Sciences says the country should prepare itself for more...
