Yearly Archives: 2020

By Pia Ranada in Manila Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, for the third time, used his State of the Nation Address (SONA) to call on Congress...

Pacific Media Watch Host Zoe Larsen Cumming had much to discuss on a new documentary, the exquisitely made Loimata – The Sweetest Tears, which was...

By Lian Buan in Manila Manila Judge Rainelda Estacio-Montesa has denied the motion for partial reconsideration filed by Rappler journalists, and upheld the cyber libel...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Twenty three new covid-19 cases have been confirmed in Papua New Guinea's National Capital District - the highest reported so far...

By Adelaide Sirox Kari in Port Moresby As Papua New Guinea's capital continues to record an increase in covid-19 cases, with seven new positive cases...

By Aika Rey in Manila Most Filipinos remain stressed due to the coronavirus pandemic, pollster Social Weather Stations found in a survey earlier this month. The...

By Talebula Kate in Suva Eighteen people were arrested in Fiji last night for breach of the covid pandemic curfew restrictions from 11pm yesterday to...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk When New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the country had managed to stamp out the coronavirus, it was met with...

By RNZ News Four teenagers who fled from a New Zealand managed isolation facility in Hamilton last night with their mother had returned to the...

By RNZ News Immigration New Zealand has confirmed that Behrouz Boochani has been given refugee status in New Zealand. Boochani has been in New Zealand since...

By EMTV News Papua New Guinea's Pandemic Controller David Manning has issued nine new control measures as the country's cases have increased to 31. He said...

By Len Garae in Port Vila Vanuatu Prime Minister Bob Loughman has rejected a claim that he had been invited by the Indonesian government to...

By RNZ Pacific More than 20,000 people have marched through Port Vila for the opening of Vanuatu's 40th Independence Anniversary celebrations. The parade started in the...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Papua New Guinea's rapid response team of the National Capital District (NCD) is conducting thorough case investigation, contact tracing and testing...

An interview with filmmaker Anna Marbrook on the making of Loimata. Video: Tagata Pasifika/Sunpix DOCUMENTARY: By Sri Krishnamurthi, who talks to Jim Marbrook about the...

By Grace Auka-Salmang in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea's Port Moresby General Hospital is scaling down its services due to covid-19 cases being detected on...

By IndoLeft News in Yogyakarta Papuan students and activists have held a protest action against Special Autonomy (Otsus) Chapter II at the zero kilometre point in...

More coronavirus cases in Papua New Guinea. Video: EMTV News By EMTV News Papua New Guinea's National Command Center has announced two new covid-19 cases in...

By Rambo Talabong in Manila Philippine National Police (PNP) chief General Archie Gamboa has called on protesters preparing for rallies on President Rodrigo Duterte’s 2020...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk A 48-year-old woman from Papua New Guinea's Central Province who has died after a battle with stage 4 breast cancer has...

ANALYSIS: By Grant Duncan, of Massey University The starting gates in New Zealand’s September 19 election race are finally full. Labour’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern...

Not everyone is in the same boat! Video: Al Jazeera Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres argues that inequality starts at the top...