Vanuatu launches new digital TV service for the nation
Vanuatu Broadcasting and Television Corporation (VBTC) has launched a new national digital television service and website to mark 50 years of existence of Radio...
Local PNG leader sets deadline to start LNG negotiations
By Peter S. Kinjap in Port Moresby
Businessman and landowner leader of Hides PDL 1 of the PNG LNG Project, Larry Andagali, has set a...
Climate change report confirms ‘worst fears’ for Pacific nations
The State of the Climate 2015 report released this week has reaffirmed that efforts by Pacific Island countries need to be accelerated to keep...
Don’t use force to resolve LNG shut down, warns PNG opposition
By Peter S. Kinjap in Port Moresby
Opposition leader Don Polye says he was informed about government plans to use the police and army to...
PNG landowners shut down the LNG project with ‘no hope’ to...
By Peter S. Kinjap in Port Moresby
Disgruntled landowners of the Papua New Guinea LNG (liquefied natural gas) Project have given notice to ExxonMobil at...
PNG PM directs police investigation into brutal student killing
The group of unknown men who killed Romanong in his dorm room are also accused of setting fire to various buildings on campus after...
Virgin air ban on Vanuatu a ‘temporary measure’
By Dan McGarry in Port Vila
The latest chapter in the airport debacle may soon be over.
Airports Vanuatu Ltd CEO Jason Rakau said yesterday that...
Benny Wenda documentary to screen on TV Down Under
The Road to Home, an award-winning feature length documentary about British-based West Papuan human rights campaigner Benny Wenda will be screening on Australian television from...
Oil Search provides K185m for five-year health, education plan in PNG
By Charles Yapumi in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea’s oil and gas giant, Oil Search, plans to continue investing money into supporting national developmental challenges.
Managing...
Get rid of untrusted ‘public serpents’ in PNG, says Juffa
By Freddy Mou in Port Moresby
Oro Governor Garry Juffa has branded some public servants in the province as "public serpents".
Juffa, when talking to Popondetta...
Waititi ensures strong indigenous presence for his new film
Hunt for the Wilderpeople director Taika Waititi has worked with Screen Australia’s Indigenous Department to ensure Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders were hired to work on...
NZ media research shows increasing generation gap with consumer habits
New research shows more 15 to 34-year-olds in New Zealand are streaming online video than watching traditional television. As a result, access to new...
Australia condemned by rights groups for ‘deliberately ignoring’ refugee abuse
Australia is deliberately ignoring the inhumane treatment of refugees held on the South Pacific island of Nauru as a means of deterring others from...
A damning indictment of the parlous state of affairs in the...
Dr Shailendra Singh reviews a new edition of Don't Spoil My Beautiful Face.
Above all, David Robie’s Don’t Spoil My Beautiful Face: Media, Mayhem and...
West Papuan leader Benny Wenda plans New Zealand visit this month
Benny Wenda, spokesperson for the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) and a traditional tribal leader, will visit New Zealand between August 23...
MPs called on to support PNG university students’ travel
By Quintina Naime in Port Moresby
Governors and members of parliament in Papua New Guinea have been urged to assist university students by way of...
Neoliberalism poisoned climate action and renewables are the antidote
The dominance of ‘econobabble’ and market approaches have hurt climate action. That’s why renewable energy is vital to the future of the climate and the economy, write Dan...
Timor-Leste’s ANTI alliance condemns impunity over ex-General Wiranto
Timor-Leste's National Alliance for an International Tribunal (ANTI) has condemned the Joko Widodo government in Indonesia for appointing retired general Wiranto as a minister...
Fiji Times speaks out: ‘We’re not pro or anti-government’
The Fiji Times has defended itself against comments that were made by a Fijian politician who told members of the public not to read...
Kiribati to compete in two events at the Rio 2016 Olympics
Weightlifter David Katoatau at the 2015 Pacific Games and Oceania Championships. His victory dances have resulted in his videos becoming viral on the internet....