PNG imposes nine new covid control measures as cases climb to...
By EMTV News
Papua New Guinea's Pandemic Controller David Manning has issued nine new control measures as the country's cases have increased to 31.
He said...
‘We won’t drop our support for West Papua,’ pledges Vanuatu’s PM
By Len Garae in Port Vila
Vanuatu Prime Minister Bob Loughman has rejected a claim that he had been invited by the Indonesian government to...
Thousands march through Port Vila to mark Vanuatu’s independence
By RNZ Pacific
More than 20,000 people have marched through Port Vila for the opening of Vanuatu's 40th Independence Anniversary celebrations.
The parade started in the...
PNG rapid response team steps up Port Moresby tracing after covid...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Papua New Guinea's rapid response team of the National Capital District (NCD) is conducting thorough case investigation, contact tracing and testing...
Loimata – a poignant family-to-family story of the revival of waka...
An interview with filmmaker Anna Marbrook on the making of Loimata. Video: Tagata Pasifika/Sunpix
DOCUMENTARY: By Sri Krishnamurthi, who talks to Jim Marbrook about the...
Port Moresby hospital scales down services due to covid breach
By Grace Auka-Salmang in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's Port Moresby General Hospital is scaling down its services due to covid-19 cases being detected on...
Papuan activists in Yogya protest against extended special autonomy
By IndoLeft News in Yogyakarta
Papuan students and activists have held a protest action against Special Autonomy
(Otsus) Chapter II at the zero kilometre point in...
Two more covid-19 cases in Port Moresby with targeted testing
More coronavirus cases in Papua New Guinea. Video: EMTV News
By EMTV News
Papua New Guinea's National Command Center has announced two new covid-19 cases in...
Police chief to Manila democracy protesters – ‘Just do it online’
By Rambo Talabong in Manila
Philippine National Police (PNP) chief General Archie Gamboa has called on protesters preparing for rallies on President Rodrigo Duterte’s 2020...
PNG suffers first reported covid-linked death – woman with breast cancer
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
A 48-year-old woman from Papua New Guinea's Central Province who has died after a battle with stage 4 breast cancer has...
National gambles on Collins crushing Ardern’s charisma in NZ election
ANALYSIS: By Grant Duncan, of Massey University
The starting gates in New Zealand’s September 19 election race are finally full. Labour’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern...
Has the new world order failed? UN calls for new global...
Not everyone is in the same boat! Video: Al Jazeera
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres argues that inequality starts at the top...
Bishops slam draconian security laws in Philippines, Hong Kong
By Nikko Dizon and Paterno R Esmaquel II in Manila
Filipinos and the people of Hong Kong are both in need of prayers over recently-passed...
Graham Davis: Fiji’s great ‘crash through or crash’ budget is counting...
COMMENTARY: By Graham Davis in Sydney
The man with his hands on the tiller of the Fijian economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, has always been a great...
Alexandra Wake: In defence of journalism schools and underpinning civil society
COMMENTARY: By Alexandra Wake in Melbourne
How disappointing to read another opinion piece in Australian papers repeating time-old arguments that fail to acknowledge the excellent...
Eco-tourism is the way of the post-covid future for the ‘blue’...
A SPREP webinar about the Blue Pacific vision for the peoples of the Oceania region.
By Sri Krishnamurthi, reporting for the Pacific Media Centre
“Our journey...
Transparency Solomon Islands pays tribute to Eremae for editor’s legacy
By Robert Iroga in Honiara
Transparency Solomon Islands (TSI) has publicly thanked one of the Solomon islands' longest serving journalists and newspaper editors Ofani Eremae...
Bryan Bruce: Economics and the NZ election – unpacking neoliberal...
ANALYSIS: By Bryan Bruce in the first of a series
What is the purpose of an economy?
I realised this morning that it is 7 years...
Woman’s Weekly and Listener to resume after Bauer sale
By RNZ News
Iconic New Zealand magazine titles NZ Woman's Weekly and the NZ Listener will resume publication immediately, with Bauer Media's titles officially sold...
PNG confirms 4 new covid cases – breach in testing lab
By Thierry Lepani in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's Deputy Controller of the Pandemic Act, Dr Paison Dakulala, has announced four new covid-19 cases in...