Indonesian police arrest Djoko – PNG’s ‘Joe Chan’ – ...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Controversial Papua New Guinea citizen Joe Chan has been arrested in Malaysia - this time under the name Djoko Soegiarto Tjandra.
And...
Bryan Kramer: Background to the massive PNG drug heist and probe
By Bryan Kramer, Papua New Guinea's Minister of Police
Assistant Commissioner Lesa Gale of the Australian Federal Police (AFP) staged a press conference to announce...
More covid cases in PNG take total to 91 – health...
By RNZ Pacific
Nineteen more cases of covid-19 have been confirmed in Papua New Guinea, taking the total number so far in the country to...
Noam Chomsky: Decades of ‘neoliberal plague’ left US unprepared for coronavirus...
Linguist and author Noam Chomsky says decades of neoliberal policies that shredded the social safety net and public institutions have left the country ill-prepared...
PNG investigation tracks down K200m ‘biggest drug heist’ – pilot fined
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
A combined investigation team seized more than K200 million ($80 million) worth of cocaine in the biggest drug heist in the...
PNG’s Pruaitch urges focus on Papua border as covid deaths escalate
By Isaac Nicholas in Port Moresby
Thirty eight deaths in the covid-19 pandemic reported across the Papua New Guinea border in the Indonesian-ruled Papuan capital...
Operation Burnham: Former minister Mapp ‘forgot’ about civilian casualties
By Katie Scotcher, RNZ Political Reporter
The former Minister of Defence has admitted he "completely forgot" about a report which stated civilian casualties were possible...
Rogue poll or not, all the signs point to a tectonic...
By Richard Shaw, of Massey University
Strong team. More jobs. Better economy. So say the National Party’s campaign hoardings. Only thing is, last Sunday’s Newshub-Reid...
French nuclear tests: ‘I bury people nearly every day, what was...
By Matthew Scott, reporting for the Pacific Media Centre
The day began with a video, showing a disparate collection of arresting images - the drowned...
Outreach patrol brings covid info boost to remote Gulf villages in...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Remote communities in Papua New Guinea's south-western Gulf Province have welcomed an outreach patrol to several villages that has brought treatment...
74 health workers isolated in PNG’s Morobe after positive covid contact
By Scott Waide of EMTV News
Seventy-four health workers in Papua New Guinea's Morobe province have been isolated after coming in contact with a 35-year-old...
35 years on, Tahiti’s Temaru likely guest in Rainbow Warrior rewind
Flashback: Tagata Pasifika's John Pulu talks to Oscar Temaru in 2016.
By David Robie
One of the champions of the South Pacific’s nuclear-free and independence campaigners,...
President’s order blamed for Nduga rights violations in Papua
By Budi Sutrisno in Jakarta
President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's instruction for the military and the police to hunt down armed pro-independence rebels accused of being...
Unite union chief welcomes ‘fairness’ changes to fight migrant exploitation
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Unite Union national director Mike Treen has welcomed the changes made by the New Zealand government in a $50 million reform...
Duterte again calls for return of death penalty by lethal injection
By Pia Ranada in Manila
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, for the third time, used his State of the Nation Address (SONA) to call on Congress...
Loimata – The Sweetest Tears is a spectacularly exquisite documentary
Pacific Media Watch
Host Zoe Larsen Cumming had much to discuss on a new documentary, the exquisitely made Loimata – The Sweetest Tears, which was...
Manila court upholds Ressa cyber libel conviction, cites new 15-year period
By Lian Buan in Manila
Manila Judge Rainelda Estacio-Montesa has denied the motion for partial reconsideration filed by Rappler journalists, and upheld the cyber libel...
PNG coronavirus cases jump by record 23 as total now tops...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Twenty three new covid-19 cases have been confirmed in Papua New Guinea's National Capital District - the highest reported so far...
Port Moresby emergency ward chaos as medics refuse untested patients
By Adelaide Sirox Kari in Port Moresby
As Papua New Guinea's capital continues to record an increase in covid-19 cases, with seven new positive cases...
Most Filipinos remain stressed due to covid pandemic, says social survey
By Aika Rey in Manila
Most Filipinos remain stressed due to the coronavirus pandemic, pollster Social Weather Stations found in a survey earlier this month.
The...