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Stuff’s independent covid-19 fact guide – ‘The whole truth’
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Those most at-risk of serious illness or death from covid-19 are frequently targeted with misinformation, reports Stuff.
Produced by Stuff in partnership...
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)...
‘Staggering’ drop in PNG’s resource sector revenue hits development
By Glenn Banks and Martyn Namorong in Port Moresby
Government revenues from Papua New Guinea’s mining, oil and gas sector have essentially dried up.
With the...
France under fire for ‘manipulated’ ousting of Temaru from Assembly
By RNZ Pacific
French Polynesia's pro-independence opposition has continued to attack the French government and judiciary for removing its leader Oscar Temaru from the Territorial...
Police hunt four covid-suspect Papuan prisoners after escape from hospital
Indonesian police in West Papua say four prisoners isolated for suspected covid-19 infection have escaped from Bhayangkara Police Hospital and are still at large.
A...
‘Explain your wealth, don’t lose your cool,’ PCIJ tells Duterte
By Rappler
The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism has responded to what it called President Rodrigo Duterte’s “broadsides” aimed at PCIJ's recent reports on the...
West Papua rally: ‘We want to be free people!’
Thousands of people have rallied across West Papua this week demanding independence and their right to self-determination.
The Free West Papua Campaign (FWPC) stated those that...
Melanesian Spearhead Group still backs Kanak decolonisation agenda
By RNZ Pacific
The Melanesian Spearhead Group says it will continue to support the Kanak people in their quest for independence from France despite the...
Police response outside Indonesian Embassy fails to silence Canberra Papua protest
About 20 protesters in support of West Papuan self-determination were defiant in the face of Indonesian nationalism "blasted at them from the embassy" and...
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Reinstate victimised Palestinian journalists’ union leader, says IFJ
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