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A ‘forgotten hero’ against Imperial Japan, but the legacy of ‘Bintao’ Vinzons is being revived

COMMENTARY: By David Robie Vinzons is a quiet coastal town in the eastern Philippines province of Camarines Norte in Bicol. With a spread out population of about 45,000. it is...

Fiji, NZ protesters kick off UN day of solidarity for Palestine amid calls for sanctions, boycotts on Israel

By David Robie Protesters in Fiji and Aotearoa New Zealand kicked off the UN Day of Solidarity with the...

Fiji PM Rabuka blames ‘insulated’ upbringing for racially motivated 1987 coups

RNZ Pacific Sitiveni Rabuka, the instigator of Fiji’s coup culture, took to the witness stand for the first time...

‘Father of Timor Post’ – why Asia Pacific media legend Bob Howarth’s legacy will live on

TRIBUTE: By Mouzinho Lopes de Araujo The world has lost a giant with the passing of Australian media legend...

Caitlin Johnstone: You don’t hate the mass media enough

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone There was another IDF massacre in Gaza on Saturday, reportedly killing dozens of Palestinians. Israel as...

Confirmed: Australian weapons sold to Israel, reveals Declassified Australia

SPECIAL REPORT: By Michelle Fahy The Australian counter-drone weapons system seen at a weapons demonstration in Israel recently is actually just one of a few...

Pacific media perspectives featured by authors in new communication book

Pacific Media Watch Four researchers and authors from the Asia-Pacific region have provided diverse perspectives on the media in a new global book on intercultural...

An indictment of NZ’s settler colonial and ‘Five Eyes’ spy paranoia over political critics

REVIEW: By David Robie Four months ago, a group of lawyers in Aotearoa New Zealand called for a little reported inquiry into New Zealand spy...

The closest thing Australian cartooning had to a prophet: the sometimes celebrated, sometimes controversial Michael Leunig

ANALYSIS: By Richard Scully, Robert Phiddian and Stephanie Brookes Michael Leunig — who died in the early hours of Thursday December 19, surrounded by “his...

Amnesty International doubles down on Israeli Gaza ‘genocide, atrocities’ report at NZ rally

By David Robie Amnesty International officials at a rally in Auckland today doubled down on their global report this week accusing Israel of genocide and...

Israel and the ICC: A legal scholar’s response to The Washington Post

ANALYSIS: By Abdelghany Sayed On November 24, The Washington Post’s editorial board published an editorial in which it laid out its views on the arrest...