Monthly Archives: June 2021
Remembering Tiananmen in Hong Kong: An increasingly risky act of resistance
By Oiwan Lam in Hong Kong
Hong Kong police on June 4 deployed 7000 officers in Victoria Park and across the city to ensure that...
Three senior Fiji Ministry of Health staff contract covid-19 – 35 new cases
By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva
Three senior members of Fiji's Ministry of Health have tested positive for covid-19, taking Friday's total new...
Samoan Language Week: A reminder of what it means to be Samoan
COMMENT: By Vaimoana Tapalea
In Samoan Language Week, The New Zealand Herald's Vaimoana Tapaleao welcomes the revival of all things fa'asamoa.
Anyone with an ethnic name...
‘Don’t blame us,’ says military chief over Fiji’s covid surge
RNZ Pacific
The head of the Fiji's defence force has rejected claims by opposition MPs in Parliament this week and has called for an apology...
Samoa Observer: For Tuilaepa, the truth hurts
EDITORIAL: By the Samoa Observer editorial board
Buoyed as he is by court decision, Samoa's caretaker Prime Minister has shown a character flaw weighing...
Fiji’s covid navy cluster still rises as nation records 28 new cases
RNZ Pacific
Fijian authorities have confirmed 28 new cases of Covid-19, taking the total number of active cases to 349.
The Ministry of Health said last...
The Fiji Times: Maintaining physical distancing
EDITORIAL: The Fiji Times
As the number of Fiji's covid-19 positive cases continues to rise, there is obvious discomfort and great concern among many Fijians.
This...
PNG woman tortured and killed in horrifying video over ‘sorcery’
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
A Papua New Guinean woman accused of killing a two-year-old boy through sorcery was assaulted, tortured and killed after...
Reinstate victimised Palestinian journalists’ union leader, says IFJ
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
The International Federation of Journalists has called for the urgent reinstatement of Nasser Abu Bakr, head of the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate,...
Papuan resistance slams Indonesian internet gag amid leader crackdown
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Indonesia has cut off the internet in West Papua to conceal its crackdown on the peaceful liberation movement, says a leading...
‘Step up’ over Carterets food crisis, PNG minister warns rich nations
By Richard Ewart on ABC's Pacific Beat
Papua New Guinea's Minister for Climate Change is calling on the international community to take responsibility for a...
Fuimaono Dylan Asafo: Samoan ruling an unfortunate case of judicial overreach
ANALYSIS: By Fuimaono Dylan Asafo
Samoa's Court of Appeal (CA) ruled yesterday that Article 44(1A) of the Constitution requires that six women should sit in...
Prasad condemns Fiji AG’s attack on FRIEND as ‘shameful, disgraceful’
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama describes FRIEND as a "proxy for the opposition". Video: Fiji Village
By Dhanjay Deo in Suva
Opposition National Federation Party (NFP) leader...
Samoa’s two leaders both keen to meet following appeal court ruling
RNZ Pacific
The leaders of Samoa's two main political parties have finally found something to agree upon since the April 9 general election - they...
Samoan court voids appeal over additional women’s seat
RNZ Pacific
A Court of Appeal decision today may pave the way for the FAST party to assume control of the Samoan government.
Samoa's Court of...
Samoa Observer: Democracy tested as Samoa celebrates independence
EDITORIAL: By the editorial board of the Samoa Observer
Samoa’s 59th Independence Day has come and gone, without the usual fanfare and intense patriotism we...
Papuan armed resistance insists talks with Jakarta must be mediated by UN
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
West Papua National Liberation Army-Free Papua Organisation (TPNPB-OPM) spokesperson Sebby Sambom says the armed resistance force is not prepared to hold...