Monthly Archives: July 2018

By Len Garae in Port Vila An estimated more than 4000 strong crowd threatened to spill over into the parade grounds at Independence Park during...

The Al Jazeera interview about the Israeli "hijacking" of the Freedom Flotilla in international waters on Sunday. Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Freedom Flotilla Coalition spokesperson David...

PressTV report - Mike Treen detained. Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Israeli forces have reportedly stopped the three-vessel Freedom Flotilla which was nearing the Gaza Strip, report...

Mike Treen's message via YouTube. (Distorted audio - click on subtitles). Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk New Zealander Mike Treen, national director of the Unite Union and...

Dimitri Lascaris Reporting From the Gaza Freedom Flotilla. Video: The Real News Pacific Media Centre Newdesk Real News reporter Dimitri Lascaris on board the Al Awda...

In the final instalment of a three-part series, Dr Lee Duffield in Noumea assesses some of the options and omens. It looks like a simple...

By Chris Graham on board the Al Awda If you’re an optimist, then I’m about 24 hours from Gaza. If you’re a pessimist, then I’m...

An open letter from former Israeli Air Force "rescue" pilot Yonatan Shapira on board the Al Awda bound for Gaza. My name is Yonatan Shapira...

By Dan McGarry in Port Vila An Air Vanuatu ATR-72 made an emergency landing in Port Vila today. The aircraft, which had 39 passengers and...

Komo landowners spokesman John Pipija calls for "no more excuses". Video: EMTV News Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Komo International Airfield landowners in Hela have given the...

In this second of three articles from Noumea, Dr Lee Duffield learns about multicultural Kanaky/New Caledonia and the events that led to their referendum...

PROFILE: By Leilani Sitagata Educator and kuia Tui O’Sullivan has recently retired from Auckland University of Technology after close to 40 years of service. Born and...

IN-DEPTH: By Dr Lee Duffield, recently in Kanaky/New Caledonia The Quatorze Juillet (14 July) events in Noumea this month, as in any small French city,...

By Chris Graham on board the Al Awda By the time you read this, I’ll be sailing on an old, converted fishing trawler from Sicily,...

Former Israeli Air Force "rescue" pilot Yonatan Shapira calls for a boycott of Israel. Video: RealNews Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk The three Gaza "blockade busting" flotilla...

By Sylvester Gawi in Singapore I hope you are reading this with ease and a positive mindset to help change the course of this beautiful...

By Bob Howarth in Dili, Timor-Leste The Dili Dialogue Forum, sponsored by UNESCO and organised by the Timor-Leste Press Council, will be held again next...

As the international Freedom Flotilla heads out into the Mediterranean on its humanitarian voyage to break Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, journalist Richard Sudan...

By Koro Vaka'uta of RNZ Pacific The outgoing general manager and publisher of The Fiji Times says his job has been made difficult by the...

By Dan McGarry in Port Vila Over the course of a week earlier this month, a French/Ni-Vanuatu documentary team ventured to the summit of Ambae’s...

By Mike Treen on board the Freedom Flotilla After months of preparation and training, the Freedom Flotilla is ready to depart for Gaza today. The converted...

The situation in Gaza "is criminal and genocide", says Injustice author Miko Peled in an interview about the latest Israeli bombing attack on Hamas...