Courthouse torched, police assaulted during Rapa Nui unrest
By RNZ Pacific
Rapa Nui has been hit by serious disturbances after a family tried to lynch a homicide suspect, reports Chilean news media.
The news...
Vanuatu’s ‘shared vision 2030’ tourism goal – a pipe dream...
By Dan McGarry in Port Vila
The government of Vanuatu has convened three major tourism and travel stakeholders this week to announce a major shakeup...
Janet Tupou: Speaking life into your goals and seeing dreams come...
By Dr Janet Tupou
Hand over heart, speaking life into your goals and dreams can see them come true.
After sitting in my first ever lecture...
António Sampaio: Freedom of the press – rights, responsibilities and transparency
By António Sampaio in Dili, Timor-Leste
New debates in Timor-Leste are circulating about political interference in newsrooms. Attempts to condition or determine that somebody cannot...
Bishops slam ‘cycle of hate’ they say is destroying moral fabric...
By Paterno Esmaquel II in Manila
The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has slammed the "cycle of hate" in the country as seen...
Vanuatu plans first ever referendum over political reform laws
By Glenda Willie in Port Vila
Voters in Vanuatu will be given the opportunity to vote for political reform laws in the country’s first ever...
At least 20 killed as two bomb blasts hit Jolo Cathedral...
Bombs minutes apart tore through a Roman Catholic cathedral in Jolo, Sulu, in the southern Philippines region of Mindanao at the weekend. Video: Philippine...
Benny Wenda: West Papuan people’s ballot petition handed over to UN
By Benny Wenda, chairman of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua
As chairman of The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), I have...
Typhoon Usman and nightmarish Christmas holiday times in Bicol
Flooding of ricefields and villager homes beside the causeway between Vinzons and Labo in Camarines Norte, Bicol region, during Typhoon Usman on 29 December...
Unions slam ‘farcical’ UPNG appointments of chancellor, VC
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Papua New Guinea's Trade Union Congress has slammed the appointments of Jeffrey Kennedy as chancellor and Kenneth Sumbuk as vice-chancellor of...
Time for US, Australia to change policy on West Papua or...
By Ben Bohane
Reports of the Indonesian military using white phosphorous munitions on West Papuan civilians last month are only the latest horror in a...
Tonga’s communications blackout ‘a problem out of their control’
By Philip Cass and Kalino Latu
Tonga's abrupt communications blackout may last up to two weeks before the fibre optic submarine cable restores the internet...
Critics see Fiji’s Online Safety Act as ‘Trojan horse’ for online...
By Mong Palatino of Global Voices
Fiji’s Online Safety Act took effect this month amid concerns that it will be used to censor the internet.
The...
Jakarta Post: Freedom for cleric linked to Bali bombing? Why now?
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Indonesian President Joko Widodo says a radical Muslim cleric linked to the 2002 Bali bombings would only be released from jail...
Sacked head of Timor-Leste state broadcaster claims ‘political axe’
Ousted Timorese RTTL television chief fought hard to prevent political pressure on his journalists. Video: RTTLEP
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
The ousted president of Timor-Leste's public...
Bangsamoro Islamic troops choose peace via historic Philippines vote
By Sofia Tomacruz in Sultan Kudarat, Mindanao
Battle-scarred they might be, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front have faced their toughest campaign yet.
Armed with nothing but...
Brexit referendum asked the wrong questions, says AUT academic
By Anya Imandin
The right answer to the wrong question over the Brexit referendum is still the wrong answer, says an Auckland University of Technology...
Fiji warns ‘selfish’ countries amid Paris Agreement climate rulebook deadlock
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Talks to draft the Paris Agreement rulebook remained deadlocked today on traditionally tough issues.
Emerging economies - China, India, Brazil and South...
Pacific ‘smart’ thinking grows creative tension between policy and research
ANALYSIS: By Professor Derrick Armstrong
A traditional view of the tension between research and policy suggests that researchers are poor at communicating their research findings...
Sincha Dimara: My mother, a West Papuan survivor of many hardships,...
PROFILE: By Sincha Dimara in Port Moresby
I once asked my mother how was it that she married at the tender age of 16 and...