Tag: Ombudsman
Gavin Ellis: NZ government media teams that breach the law
COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis
New Zealand's Ombudsman, Peter Boshier, has given government agency media teams a well-deserved kick up the fundamental over some of their...
Kramer ‘ambushes’ PNG’s chief ombudsman, challenges integrity
By Jeffrey Elapa of the PNG Post-Courier in Port Moresby
Madang MP Bryan Kramer, who held the police, justice and later immigration portfolios in the...
Pandemic effect on human rights ‘catastrophic’, says Samoan report
RNZ Pacific
Samoa's Ombudsman Luamanuvao Katalaina Sapolu says the human rights effects from the covid-19 pandemic have been catastrophic.
She has just submitted Samoa's eighth State...
MPs boycott forces delay in Vanuatu constitution amendments debate
RNZ Pacific
Vanuatu's Speaker was forced to suspend a special parliamentary sitting today after the opposition and several government MPs did not turn up.
They were...
‘Corruption fighter’ Justice Minister Kramer vows to contest PNG Ombudsman charges
By Thierry Lepani in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's Justice Minister and Madang MP Bryan Kramer has been referred to the Public Prosecutor by the...
‘I’ll resign if found guilty’, pledges PM Marape over UBS loan...
Deputy Prime Minister Davis Steven has been tasked to set boundaries on the terms of reference and set a timeframe to complete Papua New...
PNG leadership rivals O’Neill, Marape both implicated in UBS loan saga
By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific
Political fallout from a controversial loan taken on by Papua New Guinea's government five years ago could hinder rather...
Opposition MP files criminal complaint over PNG election
By RNZ Pacific
A Papua New Guinea opposition MP has filed a criminal complaint against the Electoral Commissioner for alleged misdeeds in last year's general...
PNG Ombudsman wins court order to extend electoral writs deadline
EMTV News reports on the election writs court order.
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
The Ombudsman Commission has obtained an interim court order to extend the return...
Samoa’s Ombudsman on complaints over Observer story
Samoa's Office of the Ombudsman has received a number of complaints in relation to the controversial article “Suicide in Church Hall” published on the...
Former Chief Ombudsman calls for investigation into PM allegations
Former Chief Ombudsman and Police Commissioner Illa Geno in the EMTV News video.
By Serah Aupong in Port Moresby
Former Chief Ombudsman and Police Commissioner Illa...