Tag: Elections

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

Voting in Nauru's election continued today in the one remaining constituency of Aiwo with the incumbent President Baron Divavesi Waqa reelected decisively. Both he and...

By Stefan Armbruster in Brisbane SBS World News has not been granted a journalist visa to cover Nauru’s general election this weekend, despite a direct...

Two digital journalists based in Makassar, in the region of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, have been attacked while attending an event held by Makassar branch...

As candidates concede to presidential frontrunner Rodrigo Duterte, the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines has joined the Filipino people in calling...

The Philippines will need to wait for nearly all of the ballots to be transmitted to see whether former dictator Marcos's son Ferdinand "Bongbong"...

Al Jazeera reports on the Philippines elections on polling day. With 87.5 percent of precincts already accounted for, Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte,  is unofficially...

Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte and Senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr claimed early leads in the presidential and vice-presidential contests, respectively, as the initial...

The Philippines holds its third automated elections today to cap a tight presidential race led so far by Rodrigo Duterte, the tough-talking Davao City...

"Guns, goons and the presidency", a current affairs video about Rodrigo Duterte, the leading candidate in the Philippines elections on Monday. Video: Al Jazeera's...

By Diedre Fanene in Apia Ali’imalemanu Alofa Tuuau is a proud Samoan woman. She is the only new female representative in Samoa's Parliament, having secured...

“Respect”, as Father Walter Lini famously said, “is honourable”. But despite the enormous social, economic and cultural contributions they make every day, Vanuatu’s women are rarely given the respect they deserve;...

By Lanuola Tupufia and Sarafina Sanerivi in Apia HRPP 47 – Tautua Samoa 2 Samoan Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi has achieved another first for...

By Mataeliga Pio Sioa in Apia The numbers are favouring a landslide win for the ruling Human Rights Protection Party in the Samoan general election...

By Jonas Cullwick in Port Vila Vanuatu's Opposition has suggested to the Head of State, President Baldwin Lonsdale, that any decision to free 14 former...

OPINION: By Tess Newton Cain in Port Vila In September 2014, after 8 years of military rule, the people of Fiji went to the polls. The...

By Godwin Ligo in Port Vila New Vanuatu Prime Minister Charlot Salwai has dedicated the sequence of events leading to his surprise election as the...

By Godwin Ligo in Port Vila The Unity Political Group, currently camping on Pele island in Vanuatu, is concentrating on developing its Joint Policy Platform...

From The Fiji Times By Tevita Vuibau and Nasik Swami in Suva Lawyers acting for Fiji's now-suspended National Federation Party (NFP) have demanded an explanation from...

Vanuatu Loop The former Lands Minister, Ralph Regenvanu, says he is available for the position of Vanuatu's next Prime Minister, Vanuatu Loop reports. Regenvanu's Graon mo...

From Vanuatu Daily Post By Jane Joshua in Port Vila Lobbying for numbers to form Vanuatu’s next Government is continuing in earnest after the official declaration...

From Vanuatu Daily Post The president of the Graon mo Jastis Pati (GJP), Ralph Regenvanu, has called on local and foreign media organisations to be...