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By Stefan Armbruster of SBS News Three countries that have never won a medal in Commonwealth Games history are celebrating after bagging bronze in weightlifting,...

By Lynda Chanwai-Earle of RNZ National Two flags fly proud over the inaugural steelband festival in Auckland’s Silo Park, flapping in a brisk late summer...

By Dan McGarry in Port Vila Meet Mal Menaringmanu, known to many as HRH Charles, Prince of Wales. During his brief visit to Vanuatu on Saturday,...

By Ronalyn V. Olea in Manila   Philippine state security forces have repeatedly blocked members of a fact-finding mission investigating human rights violations against peasant...

PNG’s "first ever" girl band makes debut appearance in Port Moresby. Video: EMTV News By Stacey Yalo in Port Moresby With hopes of empowering more women...

By Fern Napwatt and Glenda Willie in Port Vila The Supreme Court in Vanuatu has sentenced Philip Jimmy, a man found guilty of murdering his...

By Scott Waide in Lae A group of customary landowners in Papua New Guinea has regained access to their land following a significant legal victory...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Three suspected members of an armed criminal gang in Papua New Guinea's second city of Lae are dead following a botched...

By Felix Chaudhary in Lautoka "We're stuck in the river, please come quickly." These were the last words spoken by a distraught daughter to her father-in-law...

Zindzi Mandela, the youngest daughter of Winnie, shares some of her thoughts about her mother in an interview with SABC's Sophie Mokoena. Video: SABC Pacific...

By Felix Chaudhary in Lautoka "It was scary, we've never seen anything like it." That's how a Natabua, Lautoka, man described the experience residents had as...

By Moses Ompusunggu in Jakarta Indonesia's Jakarta Corruption Court has sentenced suspended Southeast Sulawesi governor Nur Alam to 12 years in prison in a case...

OPINION: By John Minto Former US President Barack Obama won office decisively on the basis of a fervent campaign driven by his supporters believing he...

By Mapihi Opai in Manukau Indigenous Fijian women living in New Zealand are not benefitting from the higher level of resources available. In fact, they...

By Ed Davies and Agustinus Beo Da Costa in Jakarta The youngest son of former Indonesian president Suharto, Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra, is making a...

OPINION: By Gary Juffa In the ongoing saga of stopping illegal logging in Papua New Guinea's Oro province, our facts reveal that the PNG Forest...

Prime Minister Peter O'Neill says 20 helicopters have now been deployed on Papua New Guinea's disaster relief operations. Video: EMTV News Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Australian...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk A pair of Indonesian Islamic universities are pushing female students to ditch niqab face veils – with one threatening expulsion for...

By Astari Pinasthika Sarosa in Jakarta The Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior is sailing throughout Indonesia - including West Papua - as a vehicle for environmental...

By Sheany in Jakarta The National Commission on Violence Against Women, or Komnas Perempuan, has called on the government to do more to protect women's...

By Sylvester Gawi in Lae Papua New Guinea's Mendi Butterflies rugby league team has claimed the coveted 2017-2018 Coca Cola Ipatas Cup in Lae, dedicating...

BRIEFING: By Sylvester Gawi in Tari, Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea's Highlands earthquake disaster has brought to light some of the many things that...