Monthly Archives: May 2022
Fiji’s Court of Appeal rules Russian super yacht will stay in Fiji
By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva
Fiji's Court of Appeal has ruled that the Russian luxury yacht Amadea, seized by the US government...
Journalist blames starving of PNG province news on EMTV dispute
By Prianka Srinivasan of ABC Pacific Beat
A senior Papua New Guinea journalist says an ongoing dispute between journalists and management at television broadcaster EMTV...
US free to remove Russian oligarch’s super yacht after Fiji court appeal fails
RNZ Pacific
The United States government can now remove the US$325 million luxury yacht Amadea, owned by Russian oligarch Suleiman Kerimov, currently docked in Fiji.
A...
Don’t forget our midwives, warns Fiji women’s advocacy group
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The Fiji Women's Rights Movement warned today that the value of midwives in the Pacific country was being undermined because of...
Media freedom slide in Australia ‘undermining’ ability to project democratic values
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
A Melbourne-based Indonesian media academic has warned that declining media freedom in Australia is undermining the country's ability to project liberal...
Take action, don’t just offer words, MEAA tells Australia on media freedom
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
The next Australian government must recommit to press freedom by putting in place overdue reforms to support public interest journalism, says...
Nobel laureates Ramos-Horta, Ressa demand freedoms, fight for democracy
By Sofia Tomacruz in Manila
Nobel laureates José Ramos-Horta and Maria Ressa have urged Southeast Asians to keep working toward a better region where democratic...
Indonesia’s Labour Party calls for ‘fair elections’ on time at May Day rally
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Indonesia's Labour Party has demanded that the 2024 elections be held on schedule and that they be transparent and fair during...
How a law change in PNG has fostered prime ministerial incumbency bias
ANALYSIS: By Michael Kabuni and Stephen Howes
Central to the selection of the prime minister in Papua New Guinea following a general election is Section...
Cyber attack on NZ sea level website blamed on anti-climate critics or ‘the Russians’
By John Lewis of the Otago Daily Times
Aotearoa New Zealand's new NZ SeaRise website, designed to show how the country's coastline will be affected...
Retraction by key Filipino accuser triggers calls to free jailed senator
By Lian Buan in Manila
The retraction of Kerwin Espinosa, one of the main accusers in the Philippines Bilibid drug trade allegations, has drummed up...
USP ranking ‘reaffirms standing in the region’, says vice-chancellor
By Wata Shaw in Suva
The University of the South Pacific’s latest international ranking is a "testament to the excellence" that pervades the university, says...
Climate change: sea levels rising twice as fast as thought in New Zealand
SPECIAL REPORT: By Hamish Cardwell, RNZ News climate reporter
Explosive new data shows the sea level is rising twice as fast as previously thought in...
The value of virtue: 7 reasons why Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s crisis leadership has been so...
ANALYSIS: By Suze Wilson, Massey University and Toby Newstead, University of Tasmania
The war in Ukraine would test even the most hardened political operator: millions...
NZ border reopens to international and Pacific visitors tonight
RNZ News
For the first time in more than two years, New Zealand's border will reopen to international visitors at midnight tonight.
On 19 March 2020,...
Former PNG election manager for Port Moresby jailed for ballot fraud
PNG Post-Courier
A former election manager for Papua New Guinea's National Capital District (NCD) who was charged with election fraud for corruptly receiving a...
