Monthly Archives: July 2019
PNG police minister Kramer claims plot to arrest him
Dumped police commissioner Gary Baki announces his challenge to the new government, claiming that he is the legal commander. Video: EMTV News
By RNZ Pacific
Papua...
Sale of Vanuatu passports ‘degrading’, says Sokomanu
By Godwin Ligo in Port Vila
Vanuatu’s first President and one of the founding fathers of political Independence, Ati George Sokomanu, is calling on the...
Anger as Tongan beauty queen’s bullying claim speech disrupted
TVNZ's Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver reports on organisers trying to shut down the outgoing Miss Heilala Queen during her final address. Video: TVNZ
By Kalafi...
Sacked PNG police chief claims he will challenge his removal
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Papua New Guinea's new Police Minister Bryan Kramer, once the Opposition MP scourge of the former Peter O'Neill-led government, is continuing...
Secrecy veil over deportation of six Chinese nationals raises key questions
By Dan McGarry in Port Vila
Under a veil of secrecy, China has convinced Vanuatu to enforce Chinese law within its own borders.
Six Chinese nationals...
West Papuan suffering will go on if NZ doesn’t take stand, says Rosa Moiwend
Michael Andrew's Pacific Media Watch interview with Rosa Moiwend of West Papua. Video: Pacific Media Centre
By Michael Andrew
West Papuan human rights defender Rosa Moiwend...
No sunbaking in Fiji for Kate – she’s riding to save lives
By Anita Divers
Kate Bielby is going to Fiji this month - but she won’t be lying in the sun on the beach.
Instead, she will...
Some detained Chinese accused were Vanuatu support citizenship applicants
By Dan McGarry in Port Vila
The Chinese Embassy has for a second time failed to respond to a request for comment concerning its role...
Marchers in Tahiti ‘mourn’ French nuclear weapons test legacy
By RNZ Pacific
An estimated 2000 people have joined a march in French Polynesia this week to mark the 53rd anniversary of France's first atomic...
USP hosts talks on social media and fake news in Pacific
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Journalists have gathered for a three-day event at the University of the South Pacific in Suva to discuss the rise of...
‘I’ll resign if found guilty’, pledges PM Marape over UBS loan saga
Deputy Prime Minister Davis Steven has been tasked to set boundaries on the terms of reference and set a timeframe to complete Papua New...
Timor-Leste free speech, criminal defamation and protecting Maun Bo’ot (‘Big Brother’)
By Tempo Timor in Dili
Proposals to make defamation a crime in Timor-Leste have sparked public debate about a controversial law that could see people...
Pro-democracy broadcaster Citizens’ Radio vandalised in Hong Kong
Mixed reactions in Hong Kong after protesters stormed the Legislative Council on Monday, the anniversary of the former British colony's 1997 return to Chinese...
Report into USP mismanagement allegations due next month
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
A report on the alleged mismanagement and abuse charges at the University of the South Pacific is due by August 16,...
USP journo students return from Solomons climate storytelling project
By Michael Andrew
A group of University of the South Pacific journalism students have returned from a week-long trip to the Solomon Islands covering communities...
Search goes on for missing Indonesian military Mi-17 helicopter in Papua
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
The search for the missing Indonesian military Mi-17 helicopter, which disappeared on Friday, continues around the Mol and Aprok mountains near...
Indonesia to make major Pacific pitch at NZ expo amid human rights scrutiny
By RNZ Pacific
Indonesia will use a landmark business and trade exposition next week in New Zealand to launch a fresh diplomatic push in the Pacific,...