Tallis Obed Moses sworn in as President of Vanuatu
By Bob Makin of Vanuatu Digest in Port Vila
Pastor Tallis Obed Moses has been sworn in as President of the Vanuatu Republic.
Nineteen votes secured...
From ‘anticipation, excitement’ to dictatorship fears in PNG election
As polling draws to a close in Papua New Guinea this weekend and with counting still underway, Pacific Media Watch looks back at the...
Lone dissenting Filipino judge – ‘Why I voted against martial law’
By JV Arcena of InterAksyon in Manila
Saying the Philippines needs to wage the long, hard fight against terrorism but cannot do it at the...
Keith Jackson: Despatches from the election front – ‘despite chaos all...
BACKGROUNDER: By Keith Jackson, publisher of PNG Attitude
Papua New Guinea has long luxuriated in the bright light of the soubriquet, "Land of the Unexpected',...
Green MP Delahunty calls for NZ action, media focus on West...
Ashleigh McCaull's video story. Video: PMC YouTube channel
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Final year Bachelor of Communication Studies student journalist Ashleigh McCaull at Auckland University of...
Women challenge ‘glass ceilings’ in Papua New Guinea
Leanne Jorari interviews Susil Nelson-Kongoi, a "pawa meri". Video: EMTV News
By Leanne Jorari of EMTV News in Port Moresby
Our society is evolving rapidly and...
Deportation of NZ missionary ‘will not be taken lightly’, says archbishop
Deported New Zealand missionary talks to Pacific Media Watch in an exclusive interview about his ousting from Papua New Guinea over alleged visa violations....
Keep fossil fuels in ground, say Pacific groups demanding ‘real climate...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
As Pacific leaders gather in Fiji, civil society groups are urging them to take the strongest possible climate message to the...
Tuimalealiifano becomes new Head of State for Samoa
By Brandon Ulfsby in Apia
The Samoan Parliament confirmed today that Tuimalealiifano Vaaletoa Sualauvi II has been elected as the new Head of State.
His appointment...
Enga vote deferred amid new PNG election disruptions
By Peter S. Kinjap
Polling in Enga has been deferred until tomorrow as more disruptions have hit the Papua New Guinea general election.
The polling was...
Lawmaker wants to dissolve ‘waste of money’ anti-graft, rights watchdogs
By Rizky Andwika in Jakarta
Indonesia's Coalition to Safeguard the National Human Rights Commission has conducted research on the track record of 60 National Human...
Cook Islands plays role in Pacific research mapping media culture
By Rashneel Kumar in Avarua, Rarotonga
The Cook Islands is part of a 12-nation research project to comprehensively map Pacific Islands journalism culture at a...
EMTV turns 30 – and captures a slice of PNG history
Serah Aupong's report on the EMTV milestones. Video: EMTV
By Serah Aupong of EMTV News in Port Moresby
While Papua New Guineans know of EMTV, many...
Polling starts in new Jiwaka province in PNG’s Highlands
Polling starts in PNG's Jiwaka province. Video: EMTV News
By Vasinatta Yama in Kurumul, Papua New Guinea
Polling for Papua New Guinea's Jiwaka province -- created...
Tahitian anti-nuclear advocates mark 51st year since testing began
Pacific Media Watch News desk
Tahitians will today mark the 51st anniversary of the first French nuclear weapons test in the Pacific as advocates still...
FSM, Marshall Islands envoys seek details on police-involved shootings
By Giff Johnson in Majuro
Ambassadors to the United States from the Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands are seeking information about officer-involved...
PM O’Neill casts his vote in local village, shrugs off polling...
Prime Minister Peter O'Neill casts his vote in home village of Kauwo. Video: EMTV News
By the EMTV News elections coverage team
Papua New Guinea Prime...
Gary Juffa: Why these PNG elections are taking us towards dictatorship
OPINION: By Gary Juffa, current Governor of Oro and a candidate in these elections
I suspect that these Papua New Guinea elections have been so...
‘Peaceful’ Enga ready for voting in spite of bias claim against...
EMTV News coverage on the PNG elections.
By Vasinatta Yama of EMTV News reporting from Wabag
Enga provincial election manager Anton Iamau says Enga is ready...
Images: A day in the life of polling in Port Moresby
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
One of our University of Papua New Guinea citizen journalists has been on the ground photographing polling around Port Moresby -...