Samoa Observer: The ‘failed state’ fallacy and HRPP propaganda
EDITORIAL: By the Samoa Observer Editorial Board
It has become obvious in recent weeks that the strategy of Samoa’s oldest political party is to “repeat...
Rights groups urge Jokowi to revoke ‘betrayal’ medal for Timorese war...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The Civil Society Alliance -- which is made up of a number of organisations in Indonesia and Timor-Leste -- is urging...
Sāmoa’s defeated PM using civil unrest in bid to seize back...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Michael Field of The Pacific Newsroom
Sāmoa’s defeated prime minister is plotting civil unrest that will climax when a new Legislative Assembly...
#HoldTheLine Coalition welcomes new dismissal of cyber-libel charge against Rappler’s Maria...
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
The #HoldTheLine (#HTL) Coalition has welcomed the dismissal of a cyber-libel charge against Rappler CEO and founder Maria Ressa in the...
MediaWorks and NZ’s problem with toxic work cultures — why HR...
By Fiona Hurd, Auckland University of Technology and Suzette Dyer, University of Waikato
The revelations last week of toxic workplace behaviour and a “boys’ club”...
Tahiti’s ‘wedding of the year’ turns into political row over covid...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Ena Manuireva
Two days after President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Mā’ohi Nui last month, where the French leader urged the local population...
Rabuka makes move – former Fiji PM registers proposed ‘People’s Alliance’
By Litia Cava in Suva
Former Fiji opposition leader Sitiveni Rabuka has submitted his application to register his newly proposed political party -- the "People's...
NZ reaffirms support for Samoa’s Fiame, as Tuila’epa grumbles
RNZ Pacific
The New Zealand government says it has full confidence Samoa's new government and its judiciary will continue to act with integrity.
This comes after...
‘Sleeping giant’ PNG anti-fraud unit has power to recover millions of...
By Frank Rai in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's National Fraud and Anti Corruption Directorate is a "sleeping giant" resting beneath the hills of Konedobu...
Half of Fiji’s 345 covid deaths at home, report health officials
RNZ Pacific
Fifty percent of Fijians who died from covid-19 were at home at the time of their deaths.
The Fiji government said it had noted...
International calls grow to free Papuan activist Victor Yeimo’s over health
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
International pressure is mounting on Indonesia to free West Papuan activist Victor Yeimo, the international spokesperson for the peaceful civilian West...
A View From Afar: How covid-19 has become a trigger of...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
In this episode of A View from Afar, Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning are joined by David Robie to discuss how...
Narrow window to halt climate change catastrophe, says Pacific Forum...
RNZ Pacific
The world is on the brink of a climate catastrophe, with just a narrow window for action to reverse global processes predicted to...
Fiji’s deputy police chief resigns after 39 years of service
By Talebula Kate in Suva
After 39 years with the Fiji Police Force, Rusiate Tudravu has tendered his resignation having reached the office of the...
Court lifts temporary block to PNG executions after 70 years –...
By Trevor Wahune in Port Moresby
A five-man Supreme Court bench has quashed by a majority decision National Court temporary orders that have stayed the...
Parliamentarians ‘no show’ in PNG – session adjourned
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
Speaker Job Pomat walked into an empty chamber of Papua New Guinea's Parliament after the bell was rung about...
‘My torturers carry a heavy burden in their hearts’, says Fiji...
COMMENTARY: By Pita Waqavonovono in Suva
I thank The Fiji Times for covering this story. I also thank Archbishop Peter Chong for providing a space...
There’s no time left for empty climate promises, says Pacific activist
By Dominic Godfrey, RNZ Pacific Journalist
The Pacific's coral reef systems and coastal fisheries are set for extinction if wealthy nations don't drastically and immediately...
Pacific ‘voice of the voiceless’ media in renewed post-covid struggle
By David Robie
Pacific journalism educators are worried that the global covid pandemic has threatened media development programmes in a vast region of island microstates...
Lawyer Veronica Koman joins calls to free Papuan activist Victor Yeimo
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Lawyer and human rights activist Veronica Koman has spoken out about the worsening health of Papuan activist Victor Yeimo who has...