Scott Waide
Scott Waide is the Lae bureau chief of EMTV News and began his career with EMTV in 1997 as a news and sports reporter and anchor and has been a media professional for more than 19 years. He has worked as a producer and researcher for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Port Moresby Bureau. Scott is also a recipient of multiple awards including the Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union Prize in 2005 in Iran for best news feature.
Scott Waide: Grand Chief Somare and the wisdom he left for...
COMMENT: By Scott Waide in Wewak
I have not written anything on my blog My Land, My Country since our arrival in Wewak the Sunday...
Michael Somare – the passing of a great man, Sana, the...
By Scott Waide in Lae, Papua New Guinea
Sir Michael was a man of many titles. He was father, grandfather and chief.
As a tribal leader,...
Scott Waide: Playwright Andrew Kuliniasi unleashes another creative bomb – on...
COMMENT: By Scott Waide
In a nation such as Papua New Guinea where oral storytelling is central to the intergenerational transfer of knowledge and wisdom,...
Scott Waide: Tangfu! Just another PX flight cancellation in Port Moresby
OPINION: By Scott Waide in Lae
Yesterday in Papua New Guinea, our Port Moresby-Madang flight got cancelled.
Minutes earlier, as we sat in the departure...
Rebecca Kuku: No end in sight for Port Moresby’s unaffordable rental...
COMMENT: By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby
For the majority of Papua New Guineans living in the capital of Port Moresby, providing a home for...
Scott Waide: Open letter to PM James Marape: Treat our people fairly
COMMENTARY: By Scott Waide in Lae
Dear Prime Minister Marape
Our government has to admit the fact that there is a glaring imbalance between Papua New...
Rebecca Kuku: PNG’s Gulf Province, ignored for too long but now...
By Rebecca Kuku in Kerema
Gulf Province is only six hours away from Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea’s capital city, and is one of the...
Sir Mekere, PNG’s straight shooting and reformist prime minister
OBITUARY: By Scott Waide in Lae
For many Papua New Guineans, Sir Mekere Morauta will be remembered as the straight shooting politician and the reformist...
Scott Waide: My message to PNG’s Prime Minister James Marape
COMMENTARY: By Scott Waide in Lae
As the new Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, you have your work cut out for you. You have...
Scott Waide: Why banning Facebook in PNG is a really bad...
COMMENTARY: By Scott Waide
The reason why politicians in Papua New Guinea are afraid of Facebook is because it has done more in the last...
Scott Waide: Will PNG project reviews mean more benefits for landowners?
This year is a crucial year for Papua New Guinea's mining industry as important players - in Hela, Porgera and Madang - are being...
Chinese officials kick out EMTV, foreign media from APEC events –...
By Scott Waide
Papua New Guinea’s freedoms of speech, expression and access to information were challenged yesterday when Chinese officials barred both local and non-Chinese media from attending meetings...
Scott Waide: How China is several moves ahead in Port Moresby
COMMENTARY: By Scott Waide
In November every year, the Papua New Guinean National budget usually takes centre stage. But not this year.
This week, the 2019 budget...
Scott Waide: Let’s be honest! Nearly every PNG public health facility...
COMMENTARY: By Scott Waide
In Lae City, Papua New Guinea's second-largest city, there are seven urban clinics, each serving between 100 and 150 patients a...
Scott Waide: Amid the PNG silence on military aid, calls go...
COMMENT: By Scott Waide
The global trade war between China and Western powers has reached new heights in the Pacific, and in particular in Papua...
Scott Waide: Any Facebook shutdown in PNG dangerous on many levels
OPINION: By Scott Waide in Lae
Maybe it was a slip of the tongue or a misinterpreted statement… But there is no doubt that whatever...
Two people die, PNG police officer wounded in Madang clashes
By Scott Waide in Madang
Two people are dead and a Papua New Guinean policeman is in critical condition in hospital after being wounded in...
