Tag: Communications
PNG police chief demands covid-19 emergency funding reports from UN
PNG Post-Courier
Papua New Guinea's Police Commissioner David Manning -- who is also head of the country's Covid-19 National Control Centre -- has placed United...
Temaru defence controversy in Radio Tefana political case revisited
RNZ Pacific
Investigators in French Polynesia have reassessed their case against the pro-independence leader Oscar Manutahi Temaru, who has challenged the seizure of his US$100,000...
Rebuilding post-eruption Tonga: 4 key lessons from Fiji after Cyclone Winston
ANALYSIS: By Suzanne Wilkinson, Mohamed Elkharboutly and Regan Potangaroa, Massey University
While news from Tonga is still disrupted following the massive undersea eruption and tsunami...
Covering Tonga’s volcano eruption – without communications
This video shares the ham radio communication efforts for disaster relief after the Hungas twin eruotions in Tonga on January 15. Video: Ham...
Tongan King calls for unity as he vows to rebuild amid...
RNZ Pacific
Tonga's King Tupou VI is urging his people to unify and rise from the ashes of the Hunga volcanic eruption and tsunami which...
‘Our resources on the ground aren’t enough’, says UN Tonga official
UN News
As news coverage of the Hunga volcano eruption and tsunami that hit Tonga starts to fade, the United Nations Coordination Specialist in the...
Tonga eruption: Airport runway cleared of ash, says WHO official
RNZ Pacific
A World Health Organisation representative in Tonga says the international airport has been cleared of volcanic ash which will allow humanitarian aid flights...
Eruption renews debate on lack of backup for Tongan communications
By Kalino Latu and Philip Cass in Auckland
Lack of backup satellite and cable links in the wake of Tonga's volcanic eruption at the...
Tongan volcanic eruption reveals the vulnerabilities in global telecommunications
ANALYSIS: By Dale Dominey-Howes, University of Sydney
In the wake of a violent volcanic eruption in Tonga, much of the communication with residents on the...
No reports of deaths in Tongan volcano tsunami, says NZ prime...
RNZ News
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says there are no official reports of injuries or deaths in Tonga in the wake of the...
Drama and panic as PNG government blunders through first Covid-19 crisis
By EMTV News
A day of intense drama officially ended in Papua New Guinea just before 9pm yesterday when Prime Minister James Marape casually announced...
PNG plans crack down on social media ‘fake news’ and ‘bad...
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby
Cabinet will review social media platforms in Papua New Guinea when it convenes on Thursday, says Prime Minister Peter...
Tonga’s communications blackout ‘a problem out of their control’
By Philip Cass and Kalino Latu
Tonga's abrupt communications blackout may last up to two weeks before the fibre optic submarine cable restores the internet...
Tongasat’s appeal aimed at hindering suing former PMs, says Pōhiva
By Kalino Lātū, editor of Kaniva News
Tonga's Prime Minister ‘Akilisi Pōhiva says he believes an appeal by Tongasat against a Supreme Court ruling over...
Petition to sue ex-PMs over US$50m Tongasat payment, says Kele’a
By Kalino Latu, editor of Kaniva News
A petition calling for a lawsuit to be filed against two former prime ministers of Tonga for their...
Dan McGarry: Strings attached, please – but the choice isn’t so...
ANALYSIS: By Dan McGarry in Port Vila
It’s been widely reported that Prime Minister Charlot Salwai wants a new submarine cable for Vanuatu.
It’s at the...