Tag: EMTV News
PNG’s EMTV sacks top journalist, recruits novices as elections loom
RNZ Pacific
Sincha Dimara, the news and current affairs manager at EMTV and one of Papua New Guinea's most experienced journalists, has been sacked after...
MEAA condemns EMTV’s ‘assault’ on PNG journalists’ rights
MEAA News
The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance’s national media section committee of elected officials has condemned the suspension of 24 Papua New Guinean TV...
PNGTUC blames minister Duma’s news blackout order for EMTV crisis
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
A national trade union in Papua New Guinea today blamed State Enterprises Minister William Duma for causing a media freedom furore...
Jack Lapauve: Why we walked out in protest over EMTV news...
COMMENTARY: EMTV's deputy news editor Jack Lapauve Jr in Port Moresby writes in defence of the newsroom's decision to walk out in protest over...
Protesting EMTV news staff walk out – no live 6pm news...
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Papua New Guinean television station EMTV did not run its usual 6pm news bulletin last night as its journalists and news...
EMTV news team walk out in protest over suspension of their...
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
The national news team of Papua New Guinea's major television channel, EMTV, walked out last night in protest over a decision...
RSF condemns ‘unacceptable political meddling’ over PNG news chief suspension
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned the "unacceptable political meddling" behind Sincha Dimara’s suspension as head of news and current affairs...
Media Council condemns EMTV over ‘dangerous’ suspension of news chief
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
The Media Council of PNG has condemned the suspension of the news chief of Papua New Guinea's major television channel, EMTV,...
Suspension of EMTV’s news chief sparks PNG journo protests
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Suspension of the news manager of Papua New Guinea's major television channel, EMTV, has sparked a flurry of protest from senior...
Pacific media dangers: ‘I had death threats and my tyres slashed...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Joyce McClure in Guam
I spent five years as the lone journalist on the remote Pacific island of Yap. During that time...
Scott Waide: Memo to our younger people – go out to...
COMMENT: By Scott Waide
Senior EMTV journalist and bureau chief Scott Waide in Papua New Guinea's second city Lae this week called time on his...
PNG police release EMTV employee detained over buai market video
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Papua New Guinean police have released a detained EMTV staff man, Richard Magei, after he reportedly filmed officers destroying buai markets...
74 health workers isolated in PNG’s Morobe after positive covid contact
By Scott Waide of EMTV News
Seventy-four health workers in Papua New Guinea's Morobe province have been isolated after coming in contact with a 35-year-old...
Tragic life and death of Jenelyn – babysitter tells of PNG...
By EMTV News
Jenelyn Kennedy eloped with her partner at a tender age of 15, bore him his first child at age of 16, and...
Highlands tribal fighting in PNG – Scott Waide backgrounds the conflict
Scott Waide's EMTV News report.
Pacific Media Watch
Three children were among ten people killed in a brutal attack in Porgera in Papua New Guinea's Highlands...
PNG journalists, media unite against ‘unacceptable’ Choi sacking
By Michael Andrew
Journalists across Papua New Guinea have spoken out in support of EMTV news director Neville Choi after his "unacceptable" termination from a...
EMTV staff protest over sacking of ‘flawless’ news manager Neville Choi
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Papua New Guinea's EMTV news and current affairs manager Neville Choi has been sacked after six years of service in this...
Media freedom in Pacific a growing challenge, says journalism academic
By Blessen Tom
Pacific media freedom and ignorance of Pacific issues by mainstream media in New Zealand are growing challenges for the region, says a...
Bryan Kramer: Who was culprit behind O’Neill government revenge on Waide?
COMMENT: By Bryan Kramer, MP for Madang
Papua New Guinea's O'Neill government has taken revenge against senior EMTV Reporter Scott Waide, who was suspended over...
Open letter from MP for Wabag: EMTV move ‘dictatorship before our...
OPINION: By Dr Lino Jeremaih Tom, MP for Wabag
The suspension of EMTV deputy news editor Scott Waide has brought us to a new low...
PNG quake-hit communities plead for relief aid to ‘bypass’ government
As relief supplies continue to be delivered to earthquake affected communities, there is another looming disaster over water, reports EMTV News.
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
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Challenges on the ground in PNG Highlands – what people really...
By Scott Waide, EMTV journalist and blogger
Survivors in Papua New Guinea's earthquake in the Highlands face tough challenges. And so do the relief agencies...