Tag: Editorials
PNG Post-Courier: Time to consider piracy as a serious issue
EDITORIAL: By the PNG Post-Courier
Ten years ago, a dinghy carrying 5 medical research institute scientists disappeared in Papua New Guinea's West New Britain waters.
The...
The Fiji Times: The role of the media – holding power...
EDITORIAL: By the Fiji Times editor-in-chief Fred Wesley
Fiji's Assistant Minister for iTaukei Affairs Selai Adimaitoga said quite a lot on Friday in her end...
Samoa Observer: The fallacy of a nuclear submarine deal for peace
EDITORIAL: By the Samoa Observer editorial board
It perhaps wasn’t a remarkable coincidence that last month Samoa’s former Ambassador to the United Nations called on...
Herald warns NZ over ‘lockdown fatigue’ and says delta is beatable
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
New Zealand's largest and most influential newspaper has warned the country against "lockdown fatigue" as the major city Auckland entered its...
Samoa Observer: A feminist plot? No, just refusal to accept the...
EDITORIAL: By the Samoa Observer editorial board
It would be an understatement to say that we are stunned to see that the Human Rights Protection...
Samoa Observer: The ‘failed state’ fallacy and HRPP propaganda
EDITORIAL: By the Samoa Observer Editorial Board
It has become obvious in recent weeks that the strategy of Samoa’s oldest political party is to “repeat...
The Jakarta Post: Delay the dangerous Papua Games over covid risks
EDITORIAL: By the editorial board of The Jakarta Post
After chairing a cabinet ministers meeting on July 13, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said the 20th...
The Jakarta Post: New deal, old approach over West Papua
EDITORIAL: By the editorial board of The Jakarta Post
The unanimous House of Representatives decision in Indonesia last week to endorse the revised Papuan Special...
Samoa Observer: For Tuila’epa, what follows defeat?
EDITORIAL: By the Samoa Observer editorial board
When Australia’s second-longest ever serving Prime Minister faced a complete wipeout at the national elections after 10 years...
Samoa Observer: The nation’s chief justice – a gift from above
EDITORIAL: By the Samoa Observer editorial board
How quickly things change.
If, as the old cliche goes, a week is a long time in politics then...
Samoa Observer: For Tuilaepa, the truth hurts
EDITORIAL: By the Samoa Observer editorial board
Buoyed as he is by court decision, Samoa's caretaker Prime Minister has shown a character flaw weighing...
The Fiji Times: Maintaining physical distancing
EDITORIAL: The Fiji Times
As the number of Fiji's covid-19 positive cases continues to rise, there is obvious discomfort and great concern among many Fijians.
This...
The Fiji Times: A warning – funerals are the common exposure...
COMMENT: By Fred Wesley, editor-in-chief, The Fiji Times
Bula.
The big announcement last night must be a very firm reminder for us all in Fiji about...
Samoa Observer: Where is the Head of State?
EDITORIAL: By the Editorial Board
As the focus of Samoa’s political crisis shifts to the courtrooms of our Supreme and District Courts, and with Monday,...
Samoa Observer: Swearing-in strengthens nation’s foundation
EDITORIAL: By the Samoa Observer Editorial Board
What a shame it had to happen as it did.
Fiame Naomi Mata'afa taking the oath of office to...
Samoa Observer: Silence tears down a nation
EDITORIAL: By the Samoa Observer editorial board
The caretaker Prime Minister, Tuilaepa Dr Sa'ilele Malielegaoi, thinks the newspaper you hold in your hands is dedicated...
The National: Let’s play our part to end gender violence in...
The National editorial
Hundreds walked the Sir John Guise drive on Thursday calling for justice for the brutal death of 19-year-old mother-of-two – Jenelyn Kennedy...
NZ’s coronavirus reality check a ‘timely wake-up call’, says Herald
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
New Zealand's coronavirus reality check last week is a "timely wake-up call" crucial to moving towards a transtasman travel bubble, says...
In publishing Tom Cotton, The New York Times has made a...
ANALYSIS: By Denis Muller of the University of Melbourne
When a newspaper with the authority of The New York Times chooses to publish a party-political...
Guam’s news blackout: Since when are our journalists being ‘info rationed’?
On World Press Freedom Day, Mar-Vic Cagurangan, editor and publisher of the Pacific Island Times, questions Guam's information management of the media amid the...
Kaniva News: Amnesty time for NZ overstayers to help check virus...
EDITORIAL: By Kaniva News staff
Last month’s announcement by Minister for Pacific Peoples 'Aupito William Sio that overstayers qualify for health care during the covid-19...
Otago University will not answer Critic’s criticisms in virus editorial
By RNZ News
New Zealand's Otago University will not respond to questions from Critic, the student magazine on campus, during the Covid-19 coronavirus lockdown.
The decision...