Massive Cyclone Pam disaster aid – good intentions but much unusable
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Tropical Cyclone Pam brought wide-spread devastation to Vanuatu nearly two years ago.
It also brought an outpouring of aid - including 70...
KontraS demands Indonesian police investigate death of terror suspect
By Riani Sanusi Putri in Jakarta
Indonesia's Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (KontraS) has demanded police investigate the cause of death of...
West Papua one step closer to MSG membership, says Wenda
Papua New Guinean Prime Minister Peter O’Neill says the Melanesian Spearhead Group has made solid progress under the chairmanship of Solomon Islands. Video: EMTV...
Vanuatu Daily Post: A call to action for endangered Pacific media...
EDITORIAL OPINION: Dan McGarry and Marc Neil-Jones of the Vanuatu Daily Post call for media associations and professionals throughout the Pacific to act to...
One Filipino dead, two wounded in PNG supermarket shootout
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
An expatriate man is dead and two local Papua New Guineans are badly wounded - both children - after two ex-Filipino...
Sounds of Caribbean planned for Auckland’s first steelband festival
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Auckland’s popular Silo Park will come alive to the sounds of the Caribbean next week.
Part of the Summer at Silo Park...
Police again question Islands Business chief editor, ex-publisher in probe
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Islands Business managing director and editor Samisoni Pareti has again been questioned by Fiji police over an online article involving a...
Tonga’s Parliament seeks temporary home after Gita smashed old House
By Kalino Latu, editor of Kaniva News
As Tonga struggles to recover from Cyclone Gita, authorities are looking for somewhere to host the next Parliamentary...
Accidents expose lax safety hitting Indonesia’s infrastructure projects
By Sarah Yuniarni in Jakarta
A recent string of accidents in major construction projects in Indonesia has raised concerns of lax safety standards as President...
Falling trees and downed power poles hinder Tonga’s Gita relief effort
By Kalino Latu. editor of Kaniva News
The Tongan government’s efforts to assess the extent of destruction by Tropical Cyclone Gita have been hindered by...
Waste colonialism and plastic pollution targeted in NZ ‘pure’ campaign
By Sylvia C. Frain in Auckland
Aotearoa/New Zealand’s status as a “wasteful country” is one of the targets of the PURE 2018 tour launched in...
Tonga welcomes NZ $750,000 aid offer in wake of Gita’s destruction
By Kalino Latu, editor of Kaniva News
The Tongan government has welcomed New Zealand’s offer to donate $750,000 and personnel assistance in the aftermath of...
Tropical Cyclone Gita leaves trail of destruction in Tonga
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Severe Tropical Cyclone Gita has left a trail of destruction after hitting Tonga with 200 kph plus winds during the night.
RNZ...
Tonga under curfew as kingdom braces for fury of Cyclone Gita
By Kalino Latu, editor of Kaniva News
An overnight curfew was in place in Tonga tonight as the kingdom awaited the full force of Cyclone...
Tonga declares state of emergency to face looming wrath of Cyclone...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Tonga has declared a state of emergency today in preparation for severe Tropical Cyclone Gita as it threatens to hit the...
PNG Mine Watch: Bougainville’s new ‘infamous’ Filipino mining company
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte exposes "illegal favours" to mining tycoon Eric Gutierrez, whose company SR Metals Inc has now won an exploration contract on...
Mata’afa Keni Lesa: Cyclone Gita’s over but remember Ofa’s vengeance
OPINION: By Mata'afa Keni Lesa, editor of the Samoa Observer
Tropical Cyclone Gita has left just as quickly as it arrived on Friday night and...
Fiji police grill magazine ex-publisher, director, journalist over story
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Islands Business managing director Samisoni Pareti and journalist Nanise Volau have been questioned by Fiji police over a story published online...
Gallery: Stay away from flooded areas, Samoan police warn after Cyclone...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Tropical Cyclone Gita might be slowing moving away from Samoa but the danger is far from over and a state of...
The Opposition: Paga Hill’s villagers fight for justice in PNG
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
In Papua New Guinea, community leader Joe Moses struggles to save the 3000 inhabitants of Port Moresby's Paga Hill settlement before...