Veronica Hatutasi: A journalist’s insights into the Bougainville war
Veronica Hatutasi on difficulties facing authors in Papua New Guinea in an EMTV interview.
By Adam Elliott
Journalist Veronica Hatutasi has recently launched her new book...
Twelve Nobel Prize winners, a Beatle, and the Pope can’t all...
On September 18, 2013, two Greenpeace International activists were arrested during a peaceful protest at a Gazprom oil platform in the Russian Arctic. A...
100 homes damaged, people from Korovou village cry for help
About 100 hundred homes in Korovou village in Tavua have been damaged.
There have been no deaths in the community, but the peoople have pleaded...
Cyclone ‘flattened’ 10 villages in Fiji’s Ra – now 22,181 evacuees
By Shayal Devi of The Fiji Times
Fiji's coastal district of Nakorotubu, Ra, which includes more than 10 villages and a population of more than...
How ISIS extremist media have hijacked religion and language
By Dr Alan Knight in Sydney
Moderate Muslims were losing the media war with ISIS, according to leading Turkish journalist, Kerim Balci.
”Authentic” Muslims were losing...
42 dead and relief focuses on hardest-hit, says Fiji UN...
By Lice Movono-Rova of Newswire Fiji
Forty-two people have died as a result of severe tropical cyclone Winston, says Fiji’s Ambassador to the United Nations Peter...
Koro’s nightmare – no chance for the people against Winston’s fury
When help finally arrived on Koro Island and the media flew in to bear witness, the scenes were of total devastation.
The sign pointing to...
Danger lurks but tales of heroism are emerging, says Fiji Times...
Gradually it is sinking in with the people of Fiji how “powerful and ruthless” severe tropical cyclone Winston has really been with entire villages...
Indonesian police hound Catholic human rights priest over ‘treason’
By Benny Mawel in Jayapura and Ryan Dagur in Jakarta
Indonesian police are seeking to question a Catholic priest over possible treason charges for leading...
Hollande ‘turns page’ on French N-tests but admits health harm
Compensation for the victims of three decades of French nuclear tests in the South Pacific was a focus of President François Hollande's visit to...
Timorese protesters demand ‘good faith’ from Australia over oil dispute
Protesters rallied outside the Australian Embassy in the Timor-Leste capital of Dili yesterday, demanding Canberra come to the table “in good faith” to end...
Fiji community in NZ rally in support for disaster aftermath
By TJ Aumua in Auckland
Auckland’s Fiji community have mobilised together to action disaster relief efforts for their families back home in the Fiji Islands.
Community...
Villagers of Fiji’s Koro island relay their horrific tales
By Cheerieann Wilson of Fiji One News
February 20, 2016, will be a date every single villager on Koro Island in Fiji will never forget.
As...
Despite taking lead on global stage, Fiji pays price for climate...
The Pacific nation was already struggling to adapt to rising oceans and increasing temperatures when severe tropical cyclone Winston struck, comments Common Dreams staff...
29 people dead, 89 injured as Fiji sets up cyclone Winston...
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama speaking to Fiji after severe tropical cyclone Winston devastated the nation at the weekend. Video: FijiGov
By Peni Shute and Allison...
UN agency to scrutinise Vanuatu’s progress over women’s human rights
By Rita Narayan
Vanuatu's record on women's rights will be scrutinised by a United Nations committee in Geneva from tomorrow.
The committee will review the country's...
Fallen hero saves trapped 5 – but dies trying to rescue...
By Sikeli Qounadovu of The Fiji Times
All Fijian Atunaisa Raralevu (No.3) hoped to do was to be able to save 15 people trapped in...
Indonesia environment ministry detects 370 plus forest ‘hotspots’ in West Papua
Indonesia's Environmental Affairs and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya says her ministry's team has found some 370 to 500 "hotspots" of forest fires in the...
Fiji police chief warns parents to ‘be sensible’ over child safety
By Avinesh Gopal in Suva
Fiji's Acting Police Commissioner, Brigadier-General Sitiveni Qiliho, has warned parents and guardians to make sensible decisions about the movements of...
Fiji death toll now 21, plus 8000 homeless in cyclone Winston’s...
The death toll from severe tropical cyclone Winston in Fiji has reached 21 and disaster officials fear this will rise as communications is restored...
Rethinking the kaki lima: Australian and Indonesian students take on a...
By Michael Neilson in Jakarta
Walk down almost any street in Indonesia and you are bound to find street vendors, selling everything from fried tofu...
Fiji Times praises resilience of people in face of Winston’s ‘shocking,...
Fiji Times editor-in-chief Fred Wesley today praised the people of Fiji for their resilience and courage after severe tropical cyclone Winston punished the country...
