Tag: Corruption
USP’s academic leader deported for getting close to Fiji’s dark secret
By Michael Field
When the University of the South Pacific’s vice-chancellor, Professor Pal Ahluwalia, was hauled out of his Suva, Fiji, home this week and...
Former PNG PM O’Neill to stand trial over Israeli generators purchase
By RNZ Pacific
Papua New Guinea's former Prime Minister, Peter O'Neill, has been committed to stand trial for charges of misappropriation and official corruption
A Waigani...
Suspended university student rejects OPM claim, challenges dean to debate
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
An Indonesian university student, Frans Josua Napitu, who reported his institution's rector (vice-chancellor) to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), has challenged...
Bryan Kramer: PM says PNG revolt ‘isn’t over’ – I say...
COMMENT: By Bryan Kramer in Port Moresby
Today, Deputy Prime Minister Sam Basil and 12 other ministers in Papua New Guinea's James Marape government crossed...
PNG police minister says officers being probed for gun-smuggling, fraud
By Clifford Faiparik in Port Moresby
Retired and serving police officers in Papua New Guinea are being investigated for alleged offences such as gun-smuggling, fraud...
Bryan Kramer: One year in – why so quiet about corruption...
COMMENTARY: By Bryan Kramer
September 16 - yesterday - marked the 45th year of Independence for Papua New Guinea. It also marked just over a...
Juffa welcomes inter agency probe with logging spot checks in Oro
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Oro Governor Gary Juffa has welcomed a joint investigations team, led by Papua New Guinea's Office of Immigrations and Citizenship Authority,...
Indonesian police arrest Djoko – PNG’s ‘Joe Chan’ – ...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Controversial Papua New Guinea citizen Joe Chan has been arrested in Malaysia - this time under the name Djoko Soegiarto Tjandra.
And...
Malaysia’s media crackdowns driven by a shaky, sensitive government
Al Jazeera’s documentary on the plight of migrant workers during covid-19 lockdown.
ANALYSIS: By Ross Tapsell, of the Australian National University
The recent police interrogations of...
USP saga lesson for Pacific future: No more looking the other...
ANALYSIS: By Biman Chand Prasad in Suva
The recent University of the South Pacific (USP) Council meeting to address governance issues resulting in...
USP Cook Islands backs ‘clean out’ bid in Fiji, avoids student...
By Katrina Tanirau in Avarua
Cook Islands campus backs University of the South Pacific’s attempts to clean out alleged corruption and mismanagement at its Laucala...
Journalist reports on USP payments scandal as campus backs reform VC
Pacific Media Watch
After three days of protests by hundreds of students and staff at the regional University of the South Pacific over the treatment...
PNG police investigate cellphone death threats against Lae city chief
By Jeremy Mogi in Lae
Papua New Guinea police are investigating death threats against Lae City Authorit chief executive Neil Ellery.
The threats were sent by...
Former PM O’Neill granted bail on corruption claims and will self-isolate
Pacific Media Centre
Papua New Guinea's former Prime Minister Peter O’Neill was granted bail last night at the Waigani National Court after being arrested by...
Former PNG PM O’Neill arrested for alleged ‘abuse’ on return home
By RNZ Pacific
Papua New Guinea's former Prime Minister Peter O'Neill has been arrested after arriving back in the country.
Police say O'Neill was arrested on...
Fiji 33 years after the first fateful coup – a failed...
COMMENT: Nik Naidu reflects on the 33rd anniversary of the original - first of four - coups in his homeland of Fiji.
Today is the...
RSF protests over ‘absurd’ ban on Australian journalist visiting NZ
Pacific Media Watch
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s government to end the "absurd situation" in which Australian investigative journalist...
NZ bars Australian investigative journalist working for Al Jazeera
Pacific Media Watch
An award-winning journalist whose reporting on a murder and corruption investigation got her deported from Malaysia has been prevented from boarding a...
Experts warn over Indonesian plan for fast track environmental deregulation
By Hans Nicholas Jong in Jakarta
Experts have warned that a slate of sweeping deregulation planned by the Indonesian government could prove disastrous for the...
Textbooks should highlight Marcos dictatorship atrocities, says Robredo
By Llanesca T. Panti in Manila
Textbooks should be changed to underscore the atrocities committed by the Philippines martial law regime of former dictator Ferdinand...
Ampatuan massacre justice aftermath with more fear of warlords, corruption
The Rappler video feed on the Ampatuan convictions last month.
For decades, the feared Ampatuan clan held sway in the impoverished province of Maguindanao in...
PNG police issue arrest warrant for former PM Peter O’Neill
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Papua New Guinea police have issued a warrant for the arrest of former Prime Minister Peter O'Neill.
According to EMTV News, the...