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News of the return to green card status for Solomon Islands tuna into the European Union market provides much-deserved cause for celebration, says the...

By Lian Buan in Manila After visiting Senator Leila de Lima in jail, Senator Antonio Trillanes IV said that he will stop at nothing to...

By Charles Yapumi in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O’Neill has described the late Governor-General, Sir Michael Ogio, as a man of...

Senator Leila de Lima has branded President Rodrigo Duterte a "sociopathic serial killer" after he was accused of ordering drug killings. Video: Pinas Trends A...

By Vincent Lingga in Jakarta "PT Freeport Indonesia reserves all its rights including the right to commence arbitration to enforce all provisions of...

Senator Leila de Lima says her camp and police agreed the arrest would happen on Friday, but they were dismayed to find out the...

Amnesty International video and release of its Annual Report on the State of the World’s Human Rights.  Toxic fear mongering by anti-establishment politicians, among them...

Landowners make their case at a media conference in Port Moresby. Video: EM TV News The customary landowners of Papua New Guinea's proposed military base...

By Alin Almanar in Jakarta Activists will soon file an appeal with Indonesia's Supreme Court against a ruling that overturned the state information body's order...

By Bob Makin in Port Vila Prime Minister Charlot Salwai paid a moving tribute to the late Father Walter Lini’s leadership of Vanuatu at the...

By Quintina Naime in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea's Registry of Political Parties is encouraging political parties to cultivate and grow their roots in the...

By Dan McGarry in Port Vila On the day of the arrival in Vanuatu of World Bank Vice President Victoria Kwakwa, tourism industry stakeholders are...

Protesting landowners in Central Province blockade the PNG LNG plant site today in anger over unpaid royalties. Video: EMTV By Freddy Mou in Port Moresby More...

Chappy Hakim has resigned as its president director, only three months after his appointment as the mining giant's top executive, PT Freeport Indonesia announced...

Jakarta has a new award for courage in journalism, honouring West Papuan editor Oktovianus Pogau who died last year. The inaugural award has been...

Thousands of Catholics "Walk for Life" in Manila to protest against the drug-related killings under President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs. Video: Papua New...

By Viriya P. Singgih and Fedina S. Sundaryani in Jakarta Gold and copper miner PT Freeport Indonesia, the country’s largest taxpayer and oldest foreign investor,...

By Quintina Naime in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea's Registry of Political Parties has confirmed 44 political parties will contest the 2017 National Elections. Registrar of...

By Ratri M. Siniwi in Jakarta The World Wildlife Fund Indonesia has called for the conservation of birds-of-paradise - especially in Papua. Locally known as cendrawasih,...

By Ainur Rohmah in Jakarta Police will investigate the allegations made by a former head of an Indonesian anti-corruption body who has accused an ex-president...

The majority of shareholders approve ExxonMobil Corporation's takeover of InterOil in Papua New Guinea. Image: EMTV Papua New Guinea's InterOil shareholders agree to ExxonMobil acquisition;...

By Jane Joshua in Port Vila The 27,400-plus members of the Vanuatu National Provident Fund (VNPF) have been assured that their savings are safe, but...