Monthly Archives: June 2021

A Hongkonger's t-shirt on June 4, 2021.

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...
Fiji's Dr James Fong and Dr Aalisha Sahukhan

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...
NZ Herald journalist Vaimoana Tapaleao

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...
Commander Viliame Naupoto

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...
Tuilaepa Dr Sa'ilele Malielegaoi

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...
Voreqe Bainimarama

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...
Passengers at Suva Bus Terminal

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...
Horror torture in Hela

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...
Nasser Abu Bakr

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,...
#FreeWestPapua

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...
Carteret Islands

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...
Samoan Parliament

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...
Dr Biman Prasadvideo

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...
Deadlocked

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...
Ali'imalemanu Alofa Tuuau

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...
Samoan flag and child

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...
Sebby Sambom TPNPB-OPM

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...