UN critics join global outrage over Duterte’s Rappler ‘free press’ attack
Rappler’s CEO and executive editor Maria Ressa says that the Philippine government spends a lot of effort to turn journalism into a crime which...
Chris Overland: O’Neill’s ‘monstrous’ plan trashes traditional land legacies
OPINION: By Chris Overland in Adelaide
Recently, Keith Jackson's PNG Attitude has been publishing a discussion on some of the unhappy events that occurred as...
Indonesian court convicts mining protester over ‘communist’ symbol
By Yovinus Guntur in Banyuwangi, Indonesia
An Indonesian court has convicted and sentenced an environmentalist to 10 months in prison on a charge of spreading...
Indonesian soldiers drink snake blood, smash bricks for US Defence Secretary
United States Defence Secretary James Mattis has watched Indonesian special forces smash concrete blocks with their heads, walk barefoot across a flaming log, and...
Nothing can stop Duterte extending Philippine martial law, says legal chief
By Lian Buan in Manila
Philippine Solicitor-General Jose Calida says nothing - not the Supreme Court (SC) and not even the Constitution - can stop...
‘This isn’t the time to be silent,’ say writers defending Rappler
By Jee Y. Geronimo in Manila
After the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) decision to revoke Rappler's licence to operate in a blow to press...
Sano Malifa: Criminal libel and PM Tuilaepa’s ‘gift’ from American Samoa
OPINION: Samoa Observer editorial by Gatoaitele Savea Sano Malifa
Let’s face it. For every beginning there is an end. And for every end there is...
Research explores media practice, freedom of the press in Samoa
By Joshua Lafoai in Apia
A research paper by a National University of Samoa lecturer warns media freedom in Samoa still faces many challenges.
Media freedom...
The man I never knew – a tribute to a PNG...
By Malum Nalu in Port Moresby
As I look into the face in the photo
Into the eyes of the man I never knew
I...
‘Help us’ plea from Bougainville police to find 18 escaped prisoners
By Theresa Baranangko of New Dawn FM
Eighteen prisoners who have escaped from Bougainville's Buka police station are still at large.
Police station Commander Kingsley Lua...
Prime Minister Pōhiva submits his cabinet lineup to the Tongan king
By Kalino Lātū, editor of Kaniva News
A businessman, Dr Tu’i Uata, who was not elected by voters to Tonga's Parliament has been named by...
Why is Israel so afraid of 16-year-old Palestinian girl Ahed Tamimi?
OPINION: By Ariel Gold and Taylor Morley
Sixteen-year-old Ahed Tamimi was back in court last Thursday, with the judge ruling for the third time that...
King’s second son’s noble rights announced in Tonga Gazette
By Kalino Latu in Auckland
King Tupou VI’s second son is the lawful successor to the hereditary noble title and estate of Ata, it has...
Momis calls for unity as Bougainville future status referendum nears
EMTV News report on the call for unity.
By Aloysius Laukai in Buka
The Autonomous Bougainville Government president, Chief Dr John Momis, has called on the...
Glittering time at Toulouse, but Novès’ sacking smacks of scapegoating
TRIBUTE: By former Planet Rugby editor Danny Stephens
Not three hours had passed since last week’s message from Queen Elizabeth II said she was “…hoping...
Indonesia beefs up anti-terror police unit to combat ‘extremist’ challenge
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Indonesia is beefing up its elite Detachment 88 (Densus 88) unit in light of increased threats from local and international terror...
One Palestinian family’s devastating story of Israeli military cruelty
OPINION: By Sister Barbara Cameron
When I read last week of the detention of a young Palestinian teenage girl, 16-year-old Ahed Tamimi, dragged from her...
Murray Horton: Independent foreign policy? Fine words, but not reality
OPINION: By Murray Horton
The Aotearoa Independence Movement (AIM) congratulates Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern for explicitly defying President Trump's bullying in relation to New Zealand's...
Momis announces moratorium on Panguna mining and exploration
By Aloysius Laukai in Buka
The President of the Autonomous Bougainville Government, Chief Dr John Momis, has announced an indefinite moratorium on exploration and mining...
True Christmas story: What history really tells us about the birth...
ANALYSIS: By Robyn J. Whitaker in Melbourne
I might be about to ruin your Christmas. Sorry. But the reality is those nativity plays in which...