Southern Cross makes 2020 debut with Black Brothers and health crises
Pacific Media Watch
The Pacific Media Centre's weekly radio programme Southern Cross made its 2020 debut today featuring Sri Krishnamurthi talking to 95bFM presenter Sherry...
New Philippine law gives ‘more teeth’ in anti-terror fight but lacks...
OPINION: SunStar editorial in Cebu
So it goes. Nineteen senators in the Philippines Senate have approved on the third and final reading of Senate Bill...
Panic-buying hits headlines after first NZ coronavirus case
By Colin Peacock of RNZ Mediawatch
Authorities and the media alike knew it was just a matter of time before New Zealand had its first...
China’s ‘mixed messages’ in Asia recipe for distrust, says academic
China’s rise in the Asia-Pacific region has the entire globe assessing how the future of the region might look. Delegates at February’s QS Summit...
RSF concerned about ‘lack of evidence’ in US extradition case against...
By RSF in London
During the first week of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange’s US extradition hearing in London, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) was concerned by...
New Zealand confirms case of Covid-19 coronavirus – traveller from Iran
By RNZ News
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern confirmed today that a suspected case of Covid-19 coronavirus has tested positive in New Zealand.
Ardern said the person...
New Zealanders with disability in Australia treated as ‘second class’
By Stefan Armbruster of SBS News in Brisbane
Thousands of New Zealanders who are denied disability support are hoping Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will take...
ABC warrant case shows ‘system is broken’ – change law, says...
Pacific Media Watch
The ABC’s decision today to end the appeal process against the warrant used to raid its offices demonstrates that the system is...
Opposition senator challenges top Duterte aide in TV network row
By Felipe F. Salvosa II in Manila
Philippines Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon has dismissed comments by Senator Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Go that "politics" is...
PM Jacinda Ardern pays tribute to Fijians killed in Christchurch attacks
By RNZ Pacific
Jacinda Ardern has paid tribute to the three Fijians who died in last year's Christchurch mosque shootings.
Ardern spoke today at Lautoka Mosque...
Duterte on new ABS-CBN franchise: ‘I’ll cross the bridge when I...
President Rodrigo Duterte administers the oath of office to the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) officials in a ceremony at the...
Obituary: Andy Ayamiseba – long road home to an ‘independent’ West...
Andy Ayamiseba died a few days ago. While the West Papuan was loved, admired and supported in Vanuatu, he fought tirelessly to win a...
‘Outsider’ voice films open new storytelling spaces, says academic
By Nicola Igusa
The value of different perspectives in film making is valued now more than ever, says Auckland University of Technology screen production Associate...
Rio Tinto, clean up your own toxic smelter mess (and go...
OPINION: By Murray Horton in Christchurch
For as long as the Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa (Cafca) has existed – more than 45 years...
A broken body and mind, but not a shattered spirit
Sri Krishnamurthi reflects in this special report on what life is really like trying to live and cope with the effects of a stroke...
Philippines uni with biggest journalism school backs ABS-CBN amid threats
Jamela Alindogan reports on journalists in the Philippines protesting and demanding better protection of press freedoms. Video: Al Jazeera
By Neil Joshua N. Servallos in...
Labor’s climate policy too little, too late – we must run...
By Will Steffen of the Australian National University
Opposition leader Anthony Albanese’s announcement on Friday that a Labor government in Australia would adopt a target...
Eight dead following big PNG jailbreak near Mt Hagen – manhunt,...
By Vasinatta Yama in Mt Hagen
Eight prisoners at the Baisu Correctional Service prison near the Western Highlands provincial capital of Mt Hagen are...
Climate change research aims to give back Pacific’s ‘sustainable voice’
Pacific Media Watch
A University of Waikato researcher says some of the current colonial representations of climate change in the Pacific are obscuring Pacific voices...
Indonesia reviews Papua special funds – why $7.4bn since 2002 hasn’t...
ANALYSIS: By Asmiati Malik in Jakarta
The Indonesian government plans to evaluate the efficacy of special funds for the West Papua region. These funds have been...