Yearly Archives: 2018

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The statistics globally are chilling. And the Asia-Pacific region bears the brunt of the killing of journalists with impunity disproportionately. Revelations in...
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Six in 10 countries now seriously repressing civic freedoms, according to findings in the latest Civicus Monitor, a global research collaboration tracking fundamental freedoms...

COMMENT: By Scott Waide, in an open letter posted on his blog after he was reinstated by EMTV today following suspension for broadcasting an...

By RNZ Pacific The Bougainville President, John Momis, says he has been assured by Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister, Peter O'Neill, that the absence of...

COMMENT: By Bryan Kramer, MP for Madang Papua New Guinea's O'Neill government has taken revenge against senior EMTV Reporter Scott Waide, who was suspended over...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The Media Council of PNG has called on the board and management of Media Niugini Limited to allow senior EMTV journalist Scott...

OPINION: By Dr Lino Jeremaih Tom, MP for Wabag The suspension of EMTV deputy news editor Scott Waide has brought us to a new low...
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The Maserati item from New Zealand's Newshub screened on EMTV News on 17 November 2018. By Vincent Moses in Port Moresby The Papua New Guinean state-owned...
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The trailer for Banabans of Rabi on the Pacific Media Centre YouTube page. By Rahul Bhattarai in Auckland Banabans of Rabi – A story of Survival,...

ANALYSIS: By Mary-Louise O'Callaghan It is both apt and overdue that veteran ABC correspondent Sean Dorney was last night awarded the Outstanding Contribution to Journalism...

Scott Waide's blog highlights an open letter by Genesis Ketan, director of news, PNGFM: As director of News for PNGFM, I am very disappointed at...

By Wansolwara staff in Suva Staff and students at the University of the South Pacific in Suva could only look on in shock after a...

By Richard M. Nanua and Royson Willie in Port Vila Vanuatu's Magistrates Court has remanded a Bangladeshi couple over what is alleged to be the...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned the discrimination practised by the Chinese delegation against local and international media at the summit...

By Blessen Tom in Nuku'alofa Leitis in Waiting, a feature documentary, launched the fourth Nuku'alofa International Film Festival 2018 at the Digicel Square in Nuku'alofa,...
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The National Parliament of Papua New Guinea came under attack yesterday as angry police and corrections officers stormed into Parliament Haus and destroyed the...

By Rahul Bhattarai The Pacific community has contributed immensely to New Zealand's economy - but that isn't the only contribution, says a leading development studies...

By RNZ Pacific Hundreds of Papua New Guinea police have descended on Parliament Haus in the Port Moresby suburb of Waigani demanding payments they say...
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NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters announces a K22 million (NZ$10 million) aid project to help polio vaccination for Papua New Guineans at the St...

By Koroi Tadulala in Suva The role of women in every segment of society is vital and this is slowly been reflected through more women...

By Ivany Atina Arbi in Jakarta Six Greenpeace activists have reportedly been detained by the captain of the tanker Stolt Tenacity for staging a rally...
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A look at the lives of Pacific Islanders who choose to ignore or struggle to embrace their heritage. Video: Plastic Polynesia trailer By Leilani Sitagata Two...