Analysis

Vanuatu mourns loss of iconic Pacific media pioneer Marc Neil-Jones

OBITUARY: By Terence Malapa in Port Vila Vanuatu’s media community was in mourning today following the death on Monday of Marc Neil-Jones, founder of the Trading Post Vanuatu, which later...

Caitlin Johnstone: Zionism is strangling free speech in Australia

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone A Palestinian-Australian man has been criminally charged for voicing criticisms of Zionism during a protest...

International Women’s Day activists protest in solidarity with Palestinians

By David Robie Activists in Aotearoa New Zealand marked International Women’s Day today and the start of Ramadan this...

The world cannot ignore Trump’s death threat to my people of Gaza

COMMENTARY: By Ahmed Najar ‘To the People of Gaza: A beautiful Future awaits, but not if you hold Hostages....

Jonathan Cook: Yes, Trump is vulgar. But the US global shakedown is the same one as ever

ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Cook If there is one thing we can thank US President Donald Trump for, it is...

A year on, we know why the Tongan eruption was so violent – it’s a spectacular wake-up call

ANALYSIS: By Shane Cronin, University of Auckland The Kingdom of Tonga exploded into global news on January 15 last year with one of the most...

Yamin Kogoya: Arrest of Papuan governor Enembe condemned as illegal Jakarta ‘kidnap’

ANALYSIS: By Yamin Kogoya Following months of legal limbo and a health crisis, Papua Governor Lukas Enembe was arrested this week by the country’s Corruption...

Why Pacific Islanders are staying put even as rising seas flood their homes and crops

ANALYSIS: By Merewalesi Yee, The University of Queensland; Annah Piggott-McKellar, Queensland University of Technology; Celia McMichael, The University of Melbourne, and Karen E McNamara,...

Behind the News: Media freedom, public interest and The Fiji Times

By John Mitchell in Suva In any true democracy, the role of journalists and the media outlets they represent is to inform the people so...

Steven Ratuva: What an election in Fiji – some reflections, lessons

ANALYSIS: By Professor Steven Ratuva The highly anticipated 2022 election last month was a very close, emotionally charged and highly controversial affair. All that is behind...

2022 wrap: Pacific political upheavals eclipse fierce Tongan volcano

2022 PACIFIC REVIEW: By David Robie The Pacific year started with a ferocious eruption and global tsunami in Tonga, but by the year’s end several...