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Autocracy strikes back: Media freedom under siege in Arabia
ANALYSIS: By Dr Tarek Cherkaoui
Diplomatic quarrels in the Arabian Peninsula have a long history, and small Gulf States, such as Qatar, align themselves with...
New Chinese-built Koura Way road construction on target in PNG
By Delly Waigeno in Port Moresby
Another major road construction in Port Moresby, the Koura Way, is expected to be completed in September.
It is being...
Gary Juffa: Why I was not on the PNG electoral roll...
OPINION: By Gary Juffa, Governor of Oro and a candidate in the PNG general election
Papua New Guinea's incoming government must put a list of...
Timor, Indonesia vote for NZ-backed ‘gift for future’ nuclear-free ban
UN disarmament chief Izumi Nakamitsu flags new challenges facing the disarmament agenda in the 21st century. Video: UN News
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Timor-Leste and Indonesia...
Tallis Obed Moses sworn in as President of Vanuatu
By Bob Makin of Vanuatu Digest in Port Vila
Pastor Tallis Obed Moses has been sworn in as President of the Vanuatu Republic.
Nineteen votes secured...
Lone dissenting Filipino judge – ‘Why I voted against martial law’
By JV Arcena of InterAksyon in Manila
Saying the Philippines needs to wage the long, hard fight against terrorism but cannot do it at the...
Keep fossil fuels in ground, say Pacific groups demanding ‘real climate...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
As Pacific leaders gather in Fiji, civil society groups are urging them to take the strongest possible climate message to the...
Lawmaker wants to dissolve ‘waste of money’ anti-graft, rights watchdogs
By Rizky Andwika in Jakarta
Indonesia's Coalition to Safeguard the National Human Rights Commission has conducted research on the track record of 60 National Human...
Polling starts in new Jiwaka province in PNG’s Highlands
Polling starts in PNG's Jiwaka province. Video: EMTV News
By Vasinatta Yama in Kurumul, Papua New Guinea
Polling for Papua New Guinea's Jiwaka province -- created...
FSM, Marshall Islands envoys seek details on police-involved shootings
By Giff Johnson in Majuro
Ambassadors to the United States from the Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands are seeking information about officer-involved...
PM O’Neill casts his vote in local village, shrugs off polling...
Prime Minister Peter O'Neill casts his vote in home village of Kauwo. Video: EMTV News
By the EMTV News elections coverage team
Papua New Guinea Prime...
Gary Juffa: Why these PNG elections are taking us towards dictatorship
OPINION: By Gary Juffa, current Governor of Oro and a candidate in these elections
I suspect that these Papua New Guinea elections have been so...
‘Peaceful’ Enga ready for voting in spite of bias claim against...
EMTV News coverage on the PNG elections.
By Vasinatta Yama of EMTV News reporting from Wabag
Enga provincial election manager Anton Iamau says Enga is ready...
Images: A day in the life of polling in Port Moresby
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
One of our University of Papua New Guinea citizen journalists has been on the ground photographing polling around Port Moresby -...
‘We crossed 11 rivers with water up to our necks to...
By Zachary Per in Madang
A three-member polling team has told of how they had to walk for hours carrying two ballot boxes, crossing 11...
Chaotic PNG election scene in Moresby with cancelled polling, 4 ‘arrests’
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Papua New Guinea's general election has been rocked with many disruptions, the cancellation of the capital Port Moresby's one-day polling, and...
Under fire PNG elections chief vows he will not resign
Papua New Guinea's under fire Electoral Commissioner Patilias Gamato says he will not step down and will continue to ensure the general election is...
Ban the bomb – how NZ’s ordinary ‘Davids’ checked the nuclear...
Pacific Media Watch editor Kendall Hutt's video on the nuclear free law campaign.
Off The Wall: with Padre James Bhagwan in Suva
As we conclude the...
‘It’s like a bad dream coming back,’ says Parkop on Moresby...
By Gloria Bauai in Port Moresby
Is history repeating itself for the Moresby North West electorate in the Papua New Guinean general election?
In 2012, polling...
More than 100 PNG border soldiers from Papua frontier for polls
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
The Joint Security Operation in Papua New Guinea's Western Province will see more than 100 Defence Force troops assisting in the...
Voting gets under way in PNG national elections
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Papua New Guineans began voting today in the two-week-long rolling ballot at different polling places across the country.
Voting began today in...
40 years of PNG independence – ‘why are our women still...
By Julianna Waeda in Kerema, Papua New Guinea
Although linked by road to Papua New Guinea's capital of Port Moresby and Waigani, Gulf province continues...