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Filipino National Bureau of Investigation Director Melvin Matibag takes an oath before testifying
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Sara Duterte impeachment trial – Matibag says no hitman yet, but NBI has persons of interest

APR editor -
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If long-besieged Iran -- the world's 51st-ranked economy -- was able to force the Americans to sue for peace
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Eugene Doyle: Overmatch – why the US will lose a war to China

RIMPAC 2026
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RIMPAC 2026: Part 1 – World’s biggest naval games a dress rehearsal for the coming ‘war on China’ 

Government field officers assess the condition of communities and collapsed structures in General Santos City
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Tsunami advisories issued in Pacific after 7.8 Philippines earthquake

A New Zealand protest over the Gaza genocide with a focus on the media
Philippines

Improvements in Pacific media freedom, but a shameful silence on Gaza ‘death trap’

Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa
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‘Arrest wanted Filipino former police chief’ call by Amnesty after escape

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May 15, 2026
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Chinese oil supplies from Iran in Washington's sights
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Trump’s naval blockade of Strait of Hormuz actually targets China

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April 16, 2026
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Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa's Neil Scott and protesters marching in the Stop Wars Aotearoa rally
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Protesters rally across Aotearoa in condemnation of Israel, US ‘warmongering’ and...

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April 11, 2026
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Filipino photojournalist Alex Baluyut
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Filipino photojournalist Alex Baluyut: An extraordinary sense of truth in an...

APR editor -
February 28, 2026
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Former Filipino president Rodrigo Duterte
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Duterte’s ICC pre-trial in The Hague: What prosecution, victims, defence say...

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February 26, 2026
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Pacific Media at Informit
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Pacific Media journal research added to Informit global database

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February 5, 2026
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Filipino community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio
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RSF condemns verdict in ‘fabricated’ case against Filipino journalist Frenchie Mae...

Pacific Media Watch -
January 22, 2026
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Marian Rivera as Mirama
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Evening star rising: Girlhood in the Aeta heartlands of the Philippines

APR editor -
January 16, 2026
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The Israeli "training" offer has sparked criticism in Australia
Philippines

Tel Aviv offers to train Australian police officers in Israel after...

APR editor -
January 5, 2026
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Wenceslao Vinzons . . . the local war resistance hero
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A ‘forgotten hero’ against Imperial Japan, but the legacy of ‘Bintao’...

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December 2, 2025
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Philippines police unlawfully targeted protesters with unnecessary and excessive force
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Philippines testimony reveals torture, abuses by police, says Amnesty

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November 26, 2025
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Leonora Tumala shares her frustration after their homes in Daet were crushed by a tree in the typhoon
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80 Camarines Norte barangays isolated after Typhoon Uwan hits Philippines

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November 11, 2025
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This enmity towards journalism, has been a hallmark of the Trump presidency
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Making a stand against the global assault on press freedom

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November 5, 2025
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MediaQuest corporate communications consultant Ramon Isberto
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Think, click, share – making media literacy fun for Filipinos

Pacific Media Watch -
October 11, 2025
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Gazan journalist Mariam Dagga in a last note to her son
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Local journalists and fixers are dying at unprecedented rates in Gaza....

Pacific Media Watch -
September 5, 2025
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Filipino media "influencers" complicit in Israeli propaganda programme
Philippines

How two Filipino ‘journalists’ took part in Israeli whitewashing of genocide

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August 31, 2025
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Rifa Berliana Arifin, Indonesia's country director for the Sumud Nusantara initiative (centre)
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Asia-Pacific activists ready to set sail with largest-ever Gaza aid flotilla

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August 24, 2025
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During the visit of the USS Cincinnati to Majuro in July, Marshallese veterans were honoured with a dinner and programme on board the US Navy vessel
Philippines

Pacific Islands military veterans hope for US action over benefits

APR editor -
July 28, 2025
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Siome of the participants in the Aotearoa Philippines national assembly in Auckland yesterday
Philippines

Philippine advocacy group condemns NZ military pact with Manila, rejects election...

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May 11, 2025
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Indonesia - "A true silent retreat . . . especially for journalists"
Philippines

Indonesian postcard image ‘dangerous’ but Fiji a rising star in RSF...

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May 6, 2025
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"Guilty" . . . Filipino protesters in New Zealand at the Black Friday vigil had no doubts on the accountability and fate of former President Rodrigo Duterte
Philippines

Filipino activists praise arrest of ex-president Duterte as first step to...

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March 28, 2025
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Former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte awaiting trial
Philippines

Former Filipino president Duterte’s arrest by the ICC – 20 journalists...

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March 16, 2025
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Pacific verdict on COP29
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A protester at COP29 calls on wealthy nations to "pay up"
Asia Report

COP29: Carbon credit trading scheme criticised as ‘get out of jail...

In the Eye of the Storm
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Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

Pacific Climate Warriors
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How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

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Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr
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Sir Collin Tukuitonga criticises RFK Jr’s measles claims, slams health misinformation

According to WHO, Western Pacific measles cases jumped by 225 percent
Coronavirus

Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

Labour's former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson
Coronavirus

Former broadcast minister defends NZ journalism fund, state-funded media independence

1News political editor Jessica Mutch-McKay talks to the main party leaders in last night's debate
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NZ election 2023: Exposing National leader Christopher Luxon’s Māori health falsehood...

Practices like mask wearing and self-isolation should be encouraged for all
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NZ’s covid-19 mandates end: GP group says some mask-wearing, self-isolation still...

The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants
Coronavirus

Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report

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Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin
Asia Report

Journalist Cole Martin tells it ‘like it is in reality’ in...

Author and journalist Dr David Robie speaking at the launch of the third edition of the Rainbow Warrior book Eyes of Fire
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Nuclear – now climate change: New book on how great powers...

Australia, the country, as a political entity, its government, its major institutions, its official voice to the world, was quiet over the Gaza genocide
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"I am worried about the implications of any law that bans a chant by exiled people"
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West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence
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Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)
APJS newsfile

Islands Business: ‘Big picture’ style journalism is the future for...

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A Nile crocodile, the creature to be deployed in Israel's Ketziot Prison moat
Analysis

Media avoids Israel’s sadism like a crocodile-infested moat

Filipino National Bureau of Investigation Director Melvin Matibag takes an oath before testifying
Philippines

Sara Duterte impeachment trial – Matibag says no hitman yet, but...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio
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Why the Trump administration is running scared of the global criminal...

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A Nile crocodile, the creature to be deployed in Israel's Ketziot Prison moat

Media avoids Israel’s sadism like a crocodile-infested moat

July 22, 2026
Filipino National Bureau of Investigation Director Melvin Matibag takes an oath before testifying

Sara Duterte impeachment trial – Matibag says no hitman yet, but...

July 22, 2026
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Why the Trump administration is running scared of the global criminal...

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Fiji universities criticised for ‘great shame’ of ignoring coup impacts

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27 missing, including 11 children, after two boats capsize off Papua...

July 22, 2026
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