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Timorese journalists protest over plan to turn defamation into crime
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Timor-Leste's Journalist Association (AJTL) and journalism students marched through the streets of the capital Dili today calling on the government to...
Indonesian police arrest Djoko – PNG’s ‘Joe Chan’ – ...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Controversial Papua New Guinea citizen Joe Chan has been arrested in Malaysia - this time under the name Djoko Soegiarto Tjandra.
And...
Bryan Kramer: Background to the massive PNG drug heist and probe
By Bryan Kramer, Papua New Guinea's Minister of Police
Assistant Commissioner Lesa Gale of the Australian Federal Police (AFP) staged a press conference to announce...
More covid cases in PNG take total to 91 – health...
By RNZ Pacific
Nineteen more cases of covid-19 have been confirmed in Papua New Guinea, taking the total number so far in the country to...
Noam Chomsky: Decades of ‘neoliberal plague’ left US unprepared for coronavirus...
Linguist and author Noam Chomsky says decades of neoliberal policies that shredded the social safety net and public institutions have left the country ill-prepared...
PNG investigation tracks down K200m ‘biggest drug heist’ – pilot fined
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
A combined investigation team seized more than K200 million ($80 million) worth of cocaine in the biggest drug heist in the...
PNG’s Pruaitch urges focus on Papua border as covid deaths escalate
By Isaac Nicholas in Port Moresby
Thirty eight deaths in the covid-19 pandemic reported across the Papua New Guinea border in the Indonesian-ruled Papuan capital...
Operation Burnham: Former minister Mapp ‘forgot’ about civilian casualties
By Katie Scotcher, RNZ Political Reporter
The former Minister of Defence has admitted he "completely forgot" about a report which stated civilian casualties were possible...
Rogue poll or not, all the signs point to a tectonic...
By Richard Shaw, of Massey University
Strong team. More jobs. Better economy. So say the National Party’s campaign hoardings. Only thing is, last Sunday’s Newshub-Reid...
French nuclear tests: ‘I bury people nearly every day, what was...
By Matthew Scott, reporting for the Pacific Media Centre
The day began with a video, showing a disparate collection of arresting images - the drowned...
74 health workers isolated in PNG’s Morobe after positive covid contact
By Scott Waide of EMTV News
Seventy-four health workers in Papua New Guinea's Morobe province have been isolated after coming in contact with a 35-year-old...
President’s order blamed for Nduga rights violations in Papua
By Budi Sutrisno in Jakarta
President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's instruction for the military and the police to hunt down armed pro-independence rebels accused of being...
Unite union chief welcomes ‘fairness’ changes to fight migrant exploitation
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Unite Union national director Mike Treen has welcomed the changes made by the New Zealand government in a $50 million reform...
Duterte again calls for return of death penalty by lethal injection
By Pia Ranada in Manila
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, for the third time, used his State of the Nation Address (SONA) to call on Congress...
PNG coronavirus cases jump by record 23 as total now tops...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Twenty three new covid-19 cases have been confirmed in Papua New Guinea's National Capital District - the highest reported so far...
Port Moresby emergency ward chaos as medics refuse untested patients
By Adelaide Sirox Kari in Port Moresby
As Papua New Guinea's capital continues to record an increase in covid-19 cases, with seven new positive cases...
Most Filipinos remain stressed due to covid pandemic, says social survey
By Aika Rey in Manila
Most Filipinos remain stressed due to the coronavirus pandemic, pollster Social Weather Stations found in a survey earlier this month.
The...
Fiji police arrest 18 people for breach of covid curfew
By Talebula Kate in Suva
Eighteen people were arrested in Fiji last night for breach of the covid pandemic curfew restrictions from 11pm yesterday to...
Timor-Leste’s ongoing success in eradicating the coronavirus
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
When New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the country had managed to stamp out the coronavirus, it was met with...
Family charged over covid-19 isolation facility escape to attend NZ funeral
By RNZ News
Four teenagers who fled from a New Zealand managed isolation facility in Hamilton last night with their mother had returned to the...
NZ grants Kurdish-Iranian author Behrouz Boochani refugee status
By RNZ News
Immigration New Zealand has confirmed that Behrouz Boochani has been given refugee status in New Zealand.
Boochani has been in New Zealand since...
PNG imposes nine new covid control measures as cases climb to...
By EMTV News
Papua New Guinea's Pandemic Controller David Manning has issued nine new control measures as the country's cases have increased to 31.
He said...