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Somare condemns police for firing on UPNG students – 8 wounded
The founding father and Governor of East Sepik Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare has condemned the actions of police this morning at the University...
PM O’Neill says an inquiry will probe police shootings at UPNG
Prime Minister Peter O'Neill announced today that a Commission of Inquiry will be established as soon as possible to investigate this morning’s police shooting...
Protesting students shot in crackdown over UPNG march
At least one University of Papua New Guinea student was allegedly shot in the back at the main Waigani campus in the capital of...
Barbara Dreaver: Fiji’s journalist blacklist is a disgrace
By Barbara Dreaver, TVNZ's Pacific Correspondent
According to Prime Minister John Key, the 2006 Fiji coup is ancient history and the time is right for...
PNG Opposition files no-confidence motion notice against government
By Ruth Rungula in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's Opposition has filed a notice of a motion for a vote of no-confidence today at its...
New ‘Resource Roulette’ report exposes deep-sea mining risks for Pacific
By Julie Hunter
International law firm Blue Ocean Law and the Fiji-based regional non-governmental organisation Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG) have released a report detailing...
Guam’s Vice-Speaker Cruz raises concerns over FestPac costs
Now that the Festival of Pacific Arts is over, what happens next? The promotion and preservation of culture doesn't stop, reports Kuam News in...
UPNG medical students at Taurama continue boycott for ‘patriotism’
By Quintina Naime in Port Moresby
Student leaders at the University of Papua New Guinea’s School of Medicine and Health Sciences stand firm on their...
Fiji rights coalition calls for review of MP’s suspension for democracy
The NGO Coalition on Human Rights has declared its disappointment over the recent "unjust" incident resulting in the suspension of Opposition Member Roko Tupou...
Indonesia on track to having world’s highest smoking rates
By Hans Nicholas Jong in Jakarta
With few commitments to curb cigarette consumption, Indonesia is poised to have the largest population of smokers in the...
Pacific voices: Get lost in paradise with Miss Vanuatu, Valérie Martinez
By Vanuatu Daily Digest
Imagine With Me is a new Vanuatu Tourism Office promotion video shot in several spectacular locations around Efate island by local production...
Crispin C. Maslog: Open letter to Philippines president-elect Rodrigo Duterte
OPINION: By Crispin C. Maslog in Manila
Let me start by saying I was not your best fan during the elections. I normally do not...
UPNG lifts suspension of classes, to resume semester on June 13
Ruth Rungala of EM TV News reports on the National Court granting students right to seek a judicial review of UPNG's eviction order last...
Samoan PM calls on ACP countries to work together on climate...
EMTV News ACP headlines on YouTube.
By Meleasie Goviro in Port Moresby
Representing the Pacific Islands at the official opening of the African Caribbean and Pacific...
Digicel Asia-Pacific bridges the Digital Divide in PNG
Digicel Asia-Pacific, a digital communications leader in developing markets, has joined the Business Call to Action (BCtA) with a commitment to make digital communications,...
Fiji government challenged over Indonesian soldiers in school rebuild
By Nasik Swami in Suva
The Fiji government has no say in the Adopt a School programme by donor countries, Parliament has been told in...
Indonesian troop build-up in West Papua troubles PNG MPs
By Freddy Mou in Port Moresby
More than 4500 Indonesian soldiers have been moved to Wamena in the Highlands of West Papua region of Indonesia,...
Court grants UPNG students go-ahead to seek judicial review over eviction
By Ruth Rungala in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's National Court has granted leave to the University of PNG Student Representative Council to apply further...
Ian Shirley: The NZ budget that has failed Auckland
ANALYSIS: By Professor Ian Shirley
New Zealand's 2016 budget offered Auckland nothing in the way of vision or hope and it continued the National government’s...
Lecturers strike as students blockade campus at Papuan university
East New Britain Students Association members from the University of Papua New Guinea are calling on Prime Minster Peter O'Neill to step down and...
Free jailed Wewak students now, says PNG opposition leader
By Freddy Mou in Port Moresby
Opposition Leader Don Polye has called on Papua New Guinea's police hierarchy to immediately release students detained in the...
PNG shuts out West Papuan leader on ‘order from top’
Octovianus Mote, secretary-general of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua, says he has been refused entry to Papua New Guinea without any reason...
