Tag: Anti-corruption

ANALYSIS: By Keith Jackson Following the election of James Marape’s as Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister, on Sunday, he issued a declaration on Facebook that...

By Dan McGarry in Port Vila To pardon those convicted of betraying the public trust does a disservice to Vanuatu. It is disrespectful to the rule...

How UN agencies strive to put human rights at the centre of their work. Video: UN Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Hundreds of workers from the Confederation...

By Sri Krishnamurthi in Suva In a dramatic afternoon, more than 1000 people sang Fijian songs of jubilation as Chief-Justice Anthony Gates dismissed the appeal...

By Litia Cava in Suva Former Prime Minister and Social Democratic Liberal Party (SODELPA) leader Sitiveni Rabuka is now sure to contest the 2018 general...

By RNZ Pacific A Papua New Guinea opposition MP has filed a criminal complaint against the Electoral Commissioner for alleged misdeeds in last year's general...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigators have arrested nine people during a raid in Jakarta, including a member of the House of...

By RNZ Pacific The leader of Fiji's main opposition party, Sitiveni Rabuka, was today charged by anti-corruption investigators, apparently over "anomalies" in his financial declarations. The...

By Ronald Tito'ona in Honiara Local journalists in the Solomon Islands have been again reminded of their watchdog role by keeping the government accountable in the...

Papua New Guinea's prime minister, Peter O’Neill, has successfully obtained a stay order in the Supreme Court preventing his arrest. This comes pending a review...

By Nellie Setepano in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea's National Court has dismissed stay orders preventing the arrest of Prime Minister Peter O’Neill. This means police...

A citizens video appealing to Papua New Guinean citizens to beat corruption and "vote for change". Video: Mangi PNG By Kiwiana Ngabung in Port Moresby Transparency International...

OBITUARY: Pacific Media Watch News Desk Vanuatu's President Baldwin Jacobson Lonsdale has died at Vila Central Hospital early today after being rushed to hospital last...

ANALYSIS: By Pat Walsh The recent sentencing of Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama, the Christian Chinese-Indonesian Governor of Jakarta, to two years in jail for blasphemy...

By Pia Ranada in Manila President Rodrigo Duterte has warned that he will fire more government personnel in "coming days". "In the coming days, I'm going...

By Ainur Rohmah in Jakarta Police will investigate the allegations made by a former head of an Indonesian anti-corruption body who has accused an ex-president...

Heads roll and investigations begin over the Manumanu defence land deal. Video: EMTV By Gynnie Kero in Port Moresby Two Papua New Guinea cabinet ministers have...

OPINION: By Peter S. Kinjap in Port Moresby. The current Papua New Guinea government is being accused of being the most corrupt in the short...

Heavily armed Papua New Guinea police in camouflage fatigues confront students before opening fire on them on 8 June 2016. Image: PMC video The shootings...

OBITUARY: By Ruslan Sangadji in Jakarta Activist, researcher, scholar and former Tempo magazine journalist George Junus Aditjondro has died in Palu, Central Sulawesi. He was 70...

By Peter Solo Kinjap Papua New Guinean Prime Minister Peter O’Neill’s media adviser, Christopher Hawkins, has denied media reports that K3 million was paid to...

OPINION: By Peter Solo Kinjap The critical observations by some of our intellectuals, scholars, senior statesmen and former prime ministers on the level of...