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...
Human rights watchdog calls for police probe into ‘unclear’ Papua killings
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Indonesian police should investigate a Papuan armed group’s killing of at least 17 people, including a soldier, at a construction area...
Pacific voices tell stories of climate change reality in new documentary
A new documentary Subject to Change, a collection of interviews and personal stories from across the Pacific, explores the impact of climate change. Video:...
UN official defends West Papuan rights – free speech, peaceful assembly
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
West Papuan rights to freedom of speech and peaceful assembly have been defended by the Office of the UN High Commissioner...
Labour rally in Jakarta, Fiji march highlight global human rights issues
How UN agencies strive to put human rights at the centre of their work. Video: UN
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Hundreds of workers from the Confederation...
Māori TV’s Iulia Leilua wins top Māori journalism awards
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Native Affairs journalist Iulia Leilua of Māori Television has won two major awards at the 2018 Ngā Kupu Ora Awards.
Leilua is...
Nations close ranks to stop ‘big four’ oil producers watering down...
By Sara Stefanini and Karl Mathiesen in Katowice, Poland
In a moment of drama in Poland, countries have closed ranks against a push by oil...
Widodo wants security forces to guard all development projects in Papua
By Ray Jordan in Lampung, Indonesia
President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo insists that work on the Trans-Papua road project will continue despite this week's shooting of...
Indonesian police arrest more than 530 over West Papua flag demos
By Arnold Belau in Jayapura and Wahyoe Boediwardhana in Surabaya
More than 530 Papuans in several cities across Indonesia and West Papua were arrested following...