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By Dr Evita March It seems like internet trolling happens everywhere online these days – and it’s showing no signs of slowing down. The British press...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk A mysterious Australian businessman, Jeffrey McGlinn, is the sponsor of a major amendment to Bougainville’s Mining Act, reports PNG Mine Watch...

By Sara Stefanini Political uncertainty hangs over large swathes of the world’s tropical forests this year, raising the risk of more destruction and carbon emissions. Recent...

By RNZ Pacific Rapa Nui has been hit by serious disturbances after a family tried to lynch a homicide suspect, reports Chilean news media. The news...

By Dan McGarry in Port Vila The government of Vanuatu has convened three major tourism and travel stakeholders this week to announce a major shakeup...

By Dr Janet Tupou Hand over heart, speaking life into your goals and dreams can see them come true. After sitting in my first ever lecture...

By Paterno Esmaquel II in Manila The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has slammed the "cycle of hate" in the country as seen...

By Glenda Willie in Port Vila Voters in Vanuatu will be given the opportunity to vote for political reform laws in the country’s first ever...

Bombs minutes apart tore through a Roman Catholic cathedral in Jolo, Sulu, in the southern Philippines region of Mindanao at the weekend. Video: Philippine...

By Benny Wenda, chairman of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua As chairman of The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), I have...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Papua New Guinea's Trade Union Congress has slammed the appointments of Jeffrey Kennedy as chancellor and Kenneth Sumbuk as vice-chancellor of...

By Ben Bohane Reports of the Indonesian military using white phosphorous munitions on West Papuan civilians last month are only the latest horror in a...

By Sofia Tomacruz in Sultan Kudarat, Mindanao Battle-scarred they might be, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front have faced their toughest campaign yet. Armed with nothing but...

By Anya Imandin The right answer to the wrong question over the Brexit referendum is still the wrong answer, says an Auckland University of Technology...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Talks to draft the Paris Agreement rulebook remained deadlocked today on traditionally tough issues. Emerging economies - China, India, Brazil and South...

ANALYSIS: By Professor Derrick Armstrong A traditional view of the tension between research and policy suggests that researchers are poor at communicating their research findings...

PROFILE: By Sincha Dimara in Port Moresby I once asked my mother how was it that she married at the tender age of 16 and...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Indonesian police should investigate a Papuan armed group’s killing of at least 17 people, including a soldier, at a construction area...

How UN agencies strive to put human rights at the centre of their work. Video: UN Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Hundreds of workers from the Confederation...

By Sara Stefanini and Karl Mathiesen in Katowice, Poland In a moment of drama in Poland, countries have closed ranks against a push by oil...

By Ray Jordan in Lampung, Indonesia President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo insists that work on the Trans-Papua road project will continue despite this week's shooting of...

By Arnold Belau in Jayapura and Wahyoe Boediwardhana in Surabaya More than 530 Papuans in several cities across Indonesia and West Papua were arrested following...