Tag: Poverty

By RNZ News An immigration consultant is warning an entrenched underclass of unlawful workers will emerge unless the government provides emergency benefits to unemployed immigrants. About...

By Sausan Atika in Jakarta The sluggish delivery of crucial social assistance funds by Indonesia's capital Jakarta administration in response to the Covid-19 outbreak is...

By Sharlyne Eri in Lae A Papua New Guinean man who once resorted to crime to make a living is now running a bicycle repair...

ANALYSIS:  By Bernadinus Steni and Daniel Nepstad Large landscapes of intact tropical forests will figure prominently in global strategies to avert catastrophic climate change and...

By Philip Cass in Auckland Mangere Labour MP Aupito William Sio has hit out at claims by Tongan Māori Party candidate Manase Lua that Labour...

The Philippines' Catholic Church has blasted President Rodrigo Duterte's "war on drugs" for creating a "reign of terror". In its most strongly worded attack yet...

Grasberg mine in the Indonesian region of West Papua has been a source of untold wealth for its owners, but, writes Susan Schulman in...

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"...

I give my column space today to my favorite communication man, Professor Crispin C. Maslog. A former journalist with Agence France-Presse, Cris was director...

Fiji is still facing a major challenge to deal with suicide cases, especially of young children, reports Ami Dhabuwala of Asia-Pacific Journalism from Suva. Fiji...

By Benny Mawel in Jayapura and Ryan Dagur in Jakarta Indonesian police are seeking to question a Catholic priest over possible treason charges for leading...

From Indepth News By Shailendra Singh in Suva Discussions about the concept of "Global Citizenship" are gaining momentum in various international forums, but remain largely unexplored...