Driver in deputy PM’s fatal accident in hospital, PNG police call...
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
On the eve of Papua New Guinea heading into its 2022 national general elections, the bearer of one of...
Vanuatu president warns against ‘dictatorship’ if Justice Ministry is abolished
RNZ Pacific
Vanuatu's outgoing president, Obed Moses Tallis, has urged the government not to abolish the Ministry of Justice, warning against a "dictatorial system".
His opening...
John Minto: NZ government and media must own up to their...
COMMENTARY: By John Minto
The absolute impunity which the Aotearoa New Zealand government has given to Israel’s racist apartheid regime over many decades and the...
PNG police order crackdown on illegal firearms as deadline looms
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's policemen and women around the country have been ordered to arrest and charge anyone in possession...
Protester critically injured by rubber bullet, 7 arrested in protest over...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Papua Legal Aid Foundation (LBH) director Emanuel Gobay says a participant of a demonstration in Jayapura opposing the creation of new...
Pacific students’ education ‘hit harder by pandemic’, say ERO educators
RNZ News
New research shows the pandemic has hit Pacific students harder than others, but many schools are successfully addressing the problem, an educational leader...
Behind the tears for Shireen, more evidence of Israel’s daily crimes...
Al Jazeera Media Network has condemned the “blatant murder” of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh that violates “international laws and norms”. Video: Al Jazeera
COMMENTARY: By...
PNG Deputy PM killed in road accident – a driver on...
RNZ Pacific
Papua New Guinea's deputy Prime Minister Sam Basil has died following a car crash in the Bulolo district of Morobe Province.
As well being...
Making sense of the scary Philippines election – 10 seconds into...
COMMENTARY: By Keeara Ofren
Many of you will know that I am Filipina. The past few days have been quite a journey following the Philippine...
Greens condemn ‘two-tier’ NZ migrant policy as entrenching inequities
RNZ News
The New Zealand government's immigration decisions amount to a "white immigration policy", creating a two-tier system that will entrench inequities, claims the Green...
Comelec probes alleged Philippine ballot tearing-up by policemen
By Dwight de Leon in Manila
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) says it is investigating a viral video which purportedly showed men in police uniform...
Amnesty calls for halt to planned Wabu Block gold mine in...
By Yance Agapa in Paniai
Amnesty International Indonesia executive director Usman Hamid is asking the government to halt the planned gold mine at Wabu Block...
Covid-19 update: 28 further deaths in NZ after cases top 1...
RNZ News
New Zealand reported 7970 new cases of covid-19 in the community and 28 further deaths today, a day after cases in the country...
RSF report another reminder for Fiji to drop harsh media penalties,...
By Vijay Narayan and Naveel Krishant in Suva
The Fijian Media Association says the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) 2020 World Press Freedom Index report is...
West Papuan Laurens Ikinia helps empowering fellow overseas wantoks
Jordan Fennell of ABC Pacific Beat talks to Laurens Ikinia
Living in New Zealand as a student Laurens Ikinia wanted to create a space for...
Philippines forgets history and sells its soul for another Marcos
COMMENTARY: By David Robie
Sadly, the Philippines has sold its soul. Thirty six years ago a People Power revolution ousted the dictator Ferdinand Marcos after...
100 PNG security forces arrive in Porgera, tension eases
By Miriam Zarriga in Mt Hagen
About 100 Papua New Guinea security personnel have arrived in Porgera, Enga Province, amid the fighting that saw 17...
36 years after ousting dictator Marcos, Filipinos elect son as president
By Lian Buan in Manila
With 94.23 percent of precincts already accounted for, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr, the only son and namesake of the late...
Dictator’s son Bongbong Marcos Jr leads partial count in presidential race
Rappler
With 84.39 percent of precincts already accounted for, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., the heir and only son of the late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos,...
FNU formalises ‘exciting’ real world collaboration with Auckland Uni
The Fiji Times
The Fiji National University and the University of Auckland have formalised their partnership through a memorandum of understanding that encourages academic cooperation...
FLNKS insists on full sovereignty for Kanaky New Caledonia
RNZ Pacific
New Caledonia's pro-independence Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) movement and five other small nationalist parties have agreed that they will only...