Monthly Archives: May 2021
Cook Islands PM on travel bubble: ‘Today, we start to rebuild’
By Charlie Dreaver, RNZ News political reporter
Cook Island businesses holding out for much needed tourists have now got a reprieve with a travel bubble...
It’s not surprising Indian-Australians feel singled out. They have long been subjected to racism
ANALYSIS: By Sukhmani Khorana, Western Sydney University
In the past five years, the number of overseas-born migrants from India grew more than any other group...
Yamin Kogoya: Reckless Jakarta is turning West Papuans into ‘terrorists’ to justify waging a...
ANALYSIS: By Yamin Kogoya
The Indonesian government has officially labelled the OPM (Organisasi Papua Merdeka) Free Papuan Movement and its military wing, the TPNPB (West...
#HoldTheLine – hundreds of Maria Ressa supporters post ‘pressure’ videos
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
On World Press Freedom Day 2021, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the #HoldTheLine coalition launched an innovative campaign of solidarity with...
Media freedom fraternity must counter attacks on j-education, says JERAA
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Australia's leading journalism education advocacy body has marked World Press Freedom Day by condemning attacks on journalism education and research, including...
Future of USP vice-chancellor in limbo but Samoa keen to be safe haven
By Soli Wilson of the Samoa Observer
The deported vice-chancellor of the University of the South Pacific has told the Samoa Observer that his future...
World Press Freedom Day 2021: Hostility towards journalists on rise
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Journalists are fearful that increased harassment, abuse and violence directed towards them during the covid-19 pandemic could become the new normal,...
Police arrest 15 Papuan students at peaceful May Day rally in Jakarta
By Yogi Ernes in Jakarta
Indonesian police have seized 15 Papuan students among scores arrested at a May Day rally in central Jakarta on the...
No new covid cases in Fiji – but no need to celebrate, says...
By Talebula Kate in Suva
Fiji has reported no new case of coronavirus infection after the screening of 7560 Fijians and 1212 tests conducted by...
May Day – time to reverse decades of relentless attacks on workers, unions
COMMENT: By Matt McCarten
It’s time for progressive activists to step up. The working class needs you.
On May Day - International Workers Day - we...
Only seven governors attend PNG’s covid crisis planning meeting
By Thierry Lepani in Port Moresby
Only seven governors out of Papua New Guinea's 21 provinces and Bougainville attended a meeting in the capital Port...
Australia commits $170m to boost Pacific gender equality efforts
By Josefa Babitu
The Australian government has announced an A$170 million (F$267 million) programme for the Pacific region to strengthen gender equality initiatives over the...
Fiji tightens lockdown as covid cases rise in Viti Levu
By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva
Fiji's government has taken the most drastic measures since covid-19 hit the country in March last year.
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