Bougainville president slams ‘mocking’ by drunken MP over independence
Asia Pacific Report
Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama today condemned a visiting Papua New Guinean member of Parliament for “mocking” the autonomous region’s independence aspirations during...
PNG’s Sir Rabbie blessed at birth – ‘he’ll be a big man, clever’
OBITUARY: By Jean Nuia in Kokopo
Papua New Guinea’s fourth prime minister, Sir Rabbie Namaliu, has died — four days shy of his 76th birthday...
FLNKS message to French PM about Kanak ‘humiliation’ over referendum
By Jan Kohout
New Caledonia’s Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) say they will tell the French Prime Minister of the Kanak people’s “sense...
Indonesia ‘makes humanitarianism illegal’ for West Papuans – 20 arrests claimed
Asia Pacific Report
Twenty West Papuans who were fundraising for the victims of tropical cyclones in Vanuatu were today arrested by Indonesian police in Jayapura,...
Today FM hosts abruptly taken off air and told ‘play music’ in radio shock
Pacific Media Watch
The Mediaworks’ radio station Today FM abandoned scheduling today when presenters broke from programming to question the future of their employer.
Broadcasters told...
Fiji to scrap ‘dead in water’ media law with pledge to back independent journalism
By Kelvin Anthony
The Fiji government has announced it will repeal the controversial Media Industry Development Act 2010.
Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka said cabinet had approved...