Yearly Archives: 2020
‘Stay clear’ of PNG’s political crisis, Marape tells public
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific journalist
Papua New Guinea's prime minister has urged the public to not get caught up in the country's political crisis...
Opposition claims PNG budget vote a ‘mockery’, plans legal challenge
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
The Papua New Guinea Parliament has passed the 2021 national budget with more than half of MPs - including the opposition...
Solomon Islands businesses, rights groups condemn Facebook ban plan
By Robert Iroga in Honiara
Struggling businesses have expressed concerns and international media rights groups have condemned the Solomon Islands government’s proposal to temporarily ban...
Papuan students question rally ban – no action against Islamic hardliners
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Demonstrators from the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) have protested the Indonesian police actions in blocking them when they wanted to hold...
Covid-19 vaccine – hard ethical and practical choices over distribution
ANALYSIS: By Barbara Allen, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington and Michael Macaulay, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
The world...
PNG government passes budget while rebel MPs caught out of town
By RNZ Pacific
Politics in Papua New Guinea has been plunged into more turmoil today, with government MPs continuing to meet while the opposition was...
USP at the crossroads – a student view on tracking good governance
Amid recent months of political turmoil about the region’s premier institution of higher learning, the University of the South Pacific, students have been keen...
Marape confident he is in control in PNG and will not bow to ‘greedy...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Prime Minister James Marape says his executive is still in control for the next three weeks for doing state business, passing...
Solomons to ban Facebook but claims ‘media freedom to remain’
By Georgina Kekea in Honiara
The Solomon Islands cabinet has agreed to ban the world’s biggest social networking platform Facebook in the country.
The submission for...
Covid-19: Ardern confident NZ products ‘not exported with covid’
By RNZ News
The meat industry is waiting with bated breath to find out if there is any truth that New Zealand meat is linked...
PM Marape brands plotter as ‘political scumbag’ in PNG upheaval
By Keith Jackson in Noosa
Papua New Guinea’s prime minister James Marape has arisen with fire in his belly today.
A short time ago he issued...
Five things to know about social media and covid-19 in the Pacific
By Laurens Ikinia in Auckland
A new study on the impact of social media in the Pacific during the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic has warned about...
Scott Waide: Our country, Papua New Guinea, is being taken away from us
Papua New Guinea's opposition - bolstered by its government defectors - moved its camp to West Sepik provincial capital Vanimo at the weekened to...
Infrawatch blames Philippine dam operators for Cagayan, Isabela floods
By Lian Buan in Manila
The widespread flooding in Cagayan that gripped the Philippines this weekend is partly being blamed on the massive release of...
How Hong Kong authorities are gradually taking over public broadcaster RTHK
By Rachel Wong in Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s government-funded broadcaster, Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK), is under fire again.
Last week, police arrested freelance TV producer...
Bryan Kramer: PM says PNG revolt ‘isn’t over’ – I say watch the play
COMMENT: By Bryan Kramer in Port Moresby
Today, Deputy Prime Minister Sam Basil and 12 other ministers in Papua New Guinea's James Marape government crossed...
Bryce Edwards: Ardern’s Labour government stands by as NZ social problems worsen
ANALYSIS: By Bryce Edwards
How determined are Labour to take the necessary steps to fix inequality and poverty? Will electoral calculations triumph over their principles...
NZ covid minister Hipkins announces no lockdown over community case
By RNZ News
Minister of Covid-19 Response Chris Hipkins says he is hopeful a lockdown can be avoided in New Zealand's largest city after a...
Covid-19: NZ tells Auckland workers in downtown to work from home
By RNZ News
A New Zealand covid-19 community case identified in Auckland today had called in sick to work after being tested but went to...
Vanuatu doubles quarantine period, halts domestic travel to Efate
By RNZ Pacific
The capital island of Vanuatu - Efate - is closed off today after the country's first case of covid-19 was announced yesterday.
Stricter...
Gunmen shoot dead Philippines radio journalist outside his home
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
A radio journalist has been shot dead outside his home by two gunmen on a motorcycle, Philippines police said - four...
Shaping sustainable finance – a roadmap for NZ’s future
By Simon Smith
A comprehensive new report by The Aotearoa Circle' s Sustainable Finance Forum looks at how New Zealand can reform its financial...