Monthly Archives: January 2021

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape has visited Goilala’s remote Saki village near Tolukuma gold mine in the Goilala district...

By Wanshika Kumar in Suva The 20th University of the South Pacific Journalism Student Awards in Suva last month were dedicated to retiring Pacific...

ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Cook in CounterPunch The unexpected decision by Judge Vanessa Baraitser to deny a US demand to extradite Julian Assange, foiling efforts to send...

COMMENT: By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby For the majority of Papua New Guineans living in the capital of Port Moresby, providing a home for...

ANALYSIS: By Clive Williams, Australian National University Tensions are running high in the Middle East in the waning days of the Trump administration. Over the weekend,...

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is relieved by the January 4 ruling of UK District Judge Vanessa Baraitser to block the United...

ANALYSIS: By James Laurenceson, University of Technology Sydney Great power competition in the Asia-Pacific region has been building for years. But covid-19 has turbo-charged the...

By RNZ News The new covid-19 variant found in the UK is set to become more prevalent across the world due to its more transmissible...

By Benny Mawel in Jayapura The enforcement of human rights and the resolution of various cases of human rights violations in Papua in 2020 has...

By RNZ News The 16 protesters at Waikeria Prison have surrendered to authorities after a six-day stand-off. The news that the men had ended the stand-off...

By RNZ News Amnesty International is calling on New Zealand's Corrections Minister to ensure force is not used to end the impasse at Waikeria Prison...

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Award-winning editor Mata'afa Keni Lesa is moving on from the Samoa Observer after 22 years, reports Samoa Global News. Mata’afa Keni Lesa...

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The Philippine Center For Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) has named former Rappler reporter and book author Carmela Fonbuena as its next executive...

COMMENTARY: By Scott Waide in Lae Dear Prime Minister Marape Our government has to admit the fact that there is a glaring imbalance between Papua New...

By Harlyne Joku in Port Moresby A concerned Papua New Guinean woman leader and NGO activist, Matilda Koma, has called on the Central provincial government...

By Benny Mawel in Jayapura "Merry Christmas, 25 December 2020," says the graffiti displayed in the yard of the Nduga student dormitory in the study...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Central Governor Robert Agorobe at Saki, Papua New Guinea It was with a heavy heart when we flew into the landslide disaster...

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk A total of 50 journalists were killed worldwide in 2020, according to the second part of the annual round-up of abusive...

By RNZ Pacific Playwrights, teachers, reverends, advocates, athletes and a former boxer are among the 13 Pacific people who have received New Year's Honours, a...