Monthly Archives: July 2020
Police commissioners in Tonga and the dropped reforms
COMMENTARY: By Philip Cass of Kaniva Tonga
Where does the responsibility of Tonga's Police Commissioner lie?
Is it to the Police Minister and Cabinet? To the...
‘Fight not over’, says Robredo pushing for safeguards in anti-terror law
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Days after President Rodrigo Duterte signed the Philippines Anti-Terrorism Law, Vice-President Leni Robredo has pushed for safeguards so that the controversial...
PNG health survey shows 56% of women suffer violence at age 15
By Grace Auka-Salmang in Port Moresby
Key findings from the 2016 to 2018 Papua New Guinea Demographic and Health Survey reveals that 56 percent of...
RNZ Mediawatch: Forcing the issue of race at the Herald
By Hayden Donnell, RNZ Mediawatch producer
The New Zealand Herald recently published a column which criticises its own record on race. Teuila Fuatai explains why...
Criminal charges possible if leak source identified in NZ covid privacy breach
By Jane Patterson, political editor of RNZ News
The State Services Minister says the government will do everything it can to track down who is...
The National: Let’s play our part to end gender violence in PNG
The National editorial
Hundreds walked the Sir John Guise drive on Thursday calling for justice for the brutal death of 19-year-old mother-of-two – Jenelyn Kennedy...
200 protest in Auckland as NZ rallies target illegal Israeli land grab
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
About 200 people protested in Auckland as demonstrations took place in at least nine New Zealand cities and towns today against...
‘It’s time men stand up for our women’ message at ‘turning point’ PNG vigil
By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby
A passionate plea by men, women and children has echoed around the Papua New Guinean capital of Port Moresby...
Webinar panel on West Papua sharply divided over media ‘black hole’
The “Understanding information about the land of Papua " webinar livestream. Video: Redaksi Jubi
Pacific Media Watch
A senior Indonesian government official and a New Zealand...
Possible Afghan Files probe journalist prosecution sparks free media law call
Pacific Media Watch
Australia's ABC has revealed the Australian Federal Police (AFP) recommendation regarding the Afghan Files investigative journalism report is for the Commonwealth DPP...
Open letter to Jakarta – Papuan self-determination isn’t special autonomy v2
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
A Papuan church leader and advocate for social justice has penned an open letter to the Indonesian government calling for justice...
Many in black rally for Jenelyn and against PNG gender-based violence
Athletes from the Papua New Guinea’s national team joined the peaceful "cry for justice" march in the nation's capital of Port Moresby. Video: EMTV...
Dame Meg Taylor: We must act now over gender-based violence in PNG
OPEN LETTER: From Dame Meg Taylor to the people of Papua New Guinea
I write this as a Papua New Guinean and a daughter of...
Chris Hipkins replaces David Clark as NZ’s caretaker health minister
From RNZ News Checkpoint
David Clark is out and Chris Hipkins is in as New Zealand's new Health Minister until the election in September.
Hipkins told...
Cook Islands Speaker rules against banning political journalist
By Katrina Tanirau of the Cook islands News
Parliament’s Speaker Niki Rattle has ruled against banning Cook Islands News political editor Rashneel Kumar from reporting...
Kaiwi to undergo quarantine before moving into main Bomana prison
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Bhosip Kaiwi, the man accused of murder in the Papua New Guinean torture case, will be held at the Correctional Services...
Hong Kong protesters in NZ worried about new national security law
By Mackenzie Smith of RNZ News
Hong Kong protesters in New Zealand are worried they could be arrested if they return home because they have...
PNG’s oldest daily, Post-Courier, celebrates a half century
By Melisha Yafoi in Port Moresby
The publishers of the PNG Post-Courier, South Pacific Post Limited, have launched 50th anniversary commemorative postage stamps to mark...
Indonesian radio gets covid creative to communicate climate crisis
By Zahra Karim Didarali
The covid-19 coronavirus pandemic has brought numerous challenges to the way journalists report and has limited the stories they’re able to...
Fiji government tries to allay covid concerns as 160 troops return
By RNZ Pacific
Fiji's health minister is trying to allay concerns about the health of more than 160 soldiers who returned from the Middle East...