Tag: Editorials
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...
Sunday Samoan: Sex crimes, truth and pride in Samoa
By the Samoa Observer Editorial Board
Samoan Prime Minister Tuilaepa Dr Sa’ilele Malielegaoi’s insistence on telling the media how to do its job is unnecessary....
New Philippine law gives ‘more teeth’ in anti-terror fight but lacks...
OPINION: SunStar editorial in Cebu
So it goes. Nineteen senators in the Philippines Senate have approved on the third and final reading of Senate Bill...
‘The people have spoken’ – Fiji Times comments on a...
EDITORIAL COMMENT: By Fred Wesley, editor-in-chief of The Fiji Times
Yesterday marked the end of the 2018 Fiji General Election.
It marked the end of a...
Urgent call for help on Kadavu island after Keni’s Fiji devastation
By Vilimaina Naqelevuki in Suva
A resort owner on Kadavu has called on Fijians to urgently assist those on the island after the devastation caused...
Matangi Tonga condemns state for ‘annihilating’ public broadcasting
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Matangi Tonga has hit-out at what it says are attempts by the government to take over and “muzzle” the Tonga Broadcasting...
Mata’afa Keni Lesa: Don’t forget customary land, West Papua issues
OPINION: By Mata'afa Keni Lesa, editor of the Samoa Observer
On Friday, the 48th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders meeting -- and all other related meetings...
Tackling two sides of the Samoa story – it’s more than...
By Marj Moore in an editorial in today's Samoa Observer.
TWO SIDES TO THE STORY
There are always (at least) two sides to a story.
And one...
Dan McGarry: Freedom of speech comes with responsibility
By Dan McGarry in Port Vila
Julian Ligo recently published an online piece purporting to tell the "real" story down at the wharf, in which...
Prepared? Yes, but devastation of Winston was overwhelming
As aid has started to flow to parts of Fiji left devastated by severe tropical cyclone Winston, the Fiji Times chief editor says that...
Koro’s nightmare – no chance for the people against Winston’s fury
When help finally arrived on Koro Island and the media flew in to bear witness, the scenes were of total devastation.
The sign pointing to...
Fiji Times praises resilience of people in face of Winston’s ‘shocking,...
Fiji Times editor-in-chief Fred Wesley today praised the people of Fiji for their resilience and courage after severe tropical cyclone Winston punished the country...