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Two Mt Hagen high school students arrested in Highlands protest fallout
The EMTV News report yesterday about the Mt Hagen high school arrests following social media images of the police opening fire on students at...
Highlands unrest following PNG police crackdown on students grounds flights
Graphic student footage of police firing on protesters on Wednesday at the University of Papua New Guinea shows sustained gunfire and tear gas grenades...
Soldiers sent to Timor-Leste border for drug smuggling patrols
Three hundred and fifty Indonesian soldiers from West Kalimantan’s Tanjungpura Military Command have been assigned to keep peace along the border between Indonesia and...
Matariki – the science and history behind the Māori New Year
The bright blue stars known as the Seven Sisters are known for marking the beginning of Matariki - or the Māori New Year.
In the...
Pacific voices: ‘Are Samoans starting to talk to a phone –...
Auckland University of Technology's annual Samoan Language Week debate - that "technology will be the death of Samoan language" (o le a liu efuefu...
‘They shot at us like we’re trying to rob a bank,’...
Prime Minister Peter O'Neill says the confrontation could have been avoided in a statement to the nation on EM TV News tonight.
By Luke Kama...
‘Shut up’ calls as MPs question PNG government about armed police
Shouts of "shut up" and "don't directly insult me" resounded in Papua New Guinea's national Parliament when Rabaul MP Dr Allan Marat asked who...
Port Moresby hospital chief says shooting death reports ‘false, misleading’
Four University of PNG students were rushed to Port Moresby General Hospital in critical condition earlier today, along with four others with minor injuries. All...
Gallery: Peaceful protest scenes end in police crackdown at UPNG
Several students were wounded when police opened fire today with tear gas and with what they said were warning shots against a University of...
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...