‘Life and death’ climate action needed now after February heat spike
The month of February has experienced a whopping temperature rise not seen before in the history of record-keeping, according to just-released global satellite data,...
Mariana Islands community groups to sue US Navy over at risk...
By Sylvia C. Frain in Saipan
Eight groups plan to file a lawsuit against the US Department of the Navy and the US Fish and...
Timor Sea protest group calls for GG’s help in maritime dispute
The Australian Governor-General, Peter Cosgrove, has turned down a request by a Timor Sea civil society group to meet during his short tour of...
Tour de Flores aims to boost tourism, cultural awareness
By Markus Makur in Flores, Indonesia
The stage is set for the Tour de Flores, a world cycling event that aims to boost tourism on...
Sedition case against Indian student leader devastating free press setback
By Gayathry Venkiteswaran of IFEX
An arrest of a university student for sedition and subsequent attacks against journalists covering the story in India sparked...
Gays and lesbians feel heat of discrimination and prejudice in Indonesia
By Michael Neilson in Jakarta
On the University of Indonesia campus in Depok, south of Jakarta, there is a group that gets together twice a...
Fiji’s AG welcomes relaxed provident fund rules for cyclone aid
By Calvin Prasad in Suva
Fiji's Attorney-General and Minister for Finance Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has welcomed the relaxation of requirements for Fiji National Provident Fund (FNPF)...
Putting state terrorism in context – the Rainbow Warrior follies
Reviewed by Jeremy Agar of CAFCA and published on Nuclear Free and Independent Day.
EYES OF FIRE: The Last Voyage Of The Rainbow Warrior,
by David...
Free lunch for some Fiji schools, cyclone classroom damage $42m
By Maggie Boyle in Suva
Students attending schools managed by TISI Sangam, Fiji's largest non-government organisation, in some cyclone-ravaged areas will be provided lunch for...
Four Corners probe: ‘This mud wave has killed anything alive’
A CNN report at the time of the Bento Rodrigues disaster broadcast on 6 November 2015. Source: Noticias Esporte De Hoje
ABC Four Corners investigative...
Behind the Blockade : A ‘prisoner’ mother’s struggle to remove barriers
Behind the Blockade, by Veronica Hatutasi. Boroko, Papua New Guinea: Word Publishing Company. 233 pages hardcover. ISBN 978-9980-89-024-5.
Reviewed by Anna Solomon
Behind the Blockade, by...
No debate about Vanuatu’s China TV plan and Radio Vanuatu coverage
OPINION: Vanuatu Daily Digest has raised the issue of negligible public awareness of Radio Vanuatu (VBTC) planned developments with a Chinese company over extending...
Fiji baby survives 14 hour cyclone Winston ordeal in esky
By Serafina Silaitoga of the Fiji Times
Eight-month-old Waseroma Rasavou survived 14 hours in an esky cooler as the savage tropical storm battered a remote...
One Jakarta terror bombing suspect still at large, says police chief
One of the suspects directly involved in the bombing attacks in the Thamrin Boulevard business district in the heart of central Jakarta early last...
NZ sending more Defence Force engineers to assist Fiji
By Ashutosh Singh of Newswire Fiji
More assistance from New Zealand is expected to arrive in the country today.
This was confirmed by a representative of New...
Rakiraki town hopes to get business going again next week
By Anish Chand in Rakiraki, Fiji
Rakiraki town, in one of the worst cyclone Winston-ravaged areas in Fiji's northwestern Viti Levu island, is expected to...
11 prisoners shot dead in mass PNG jail breakout
By Junior Ukaha and Pisai Gumar in Lae and Michael Guba in Port Moresby
Eleven prison inmates in Papua New Guinea have been shot dead...
Stop politicising relief help, warns Seruiratu – 62,000 homeless
By Verleshwar Singh and Peni Shute of Newswire Fiji
Fiji's Minister for National Disaster Management, Colonel Inia Seruiratu, has lashed out at political parties that...
Vanuatu opposition raises pardon for 14 jailed MPs issue
By Jonas Cullwick in Port Vila
Vanuatu's Opposition has suggested to the Head of State, President Baldwin Lonsdale, that any decision to free 14 former...
Vanuatu too slow to act over cyclone disaster planning, claims Kalsakau
By Jonas Cullwick in Port Vila
Vanuatu's Opposition has expressed sadness with the government and the people of Fiji, and people of Vanuatu and students...
Prepared? Yes, but devastation of Winston was overwhelming
As aid has started to flow to parts of Fiji left devastated by severe tropical cyclone Winston, the Fiji Times chief editor says that...