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Social media shines as new star in PNG political process
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Nasya Bahfen: ANALYSIS: It's been called an historic election for Papua New Guinea, for many reasons - and one of them is the growing role of social media.
Ouvéa massacre film gripping tale of betrayal and political opportunism
Saturday, July 21, 2012
David Robie REVIEW: The 1988 Ouvéa massacre triggered a series of events that led to the Matignon Accord to open the door to self-government and self-detemination in New Caledonia and hope for...
FIJI: Coalition for Democracy protests over incorrect Stuff 'raid' news item
Saturday, July 21, 2012
AUCKLAND (Coalition for Democracy in Fiji / Pacific Media Watch): The Coalition for Democracy in Fiji has protested over an incorrect Stuff news story wrongly naming the CDF in relation to reported...
Fiji military regime deploys more troops in UN ops in spite of NZ pressure
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Selwyn Manning reports: Since the 2006 Fiji coup, Commodore Voreqe (Frank) Bainimarama’s military-led government has remained fully engaged with the United Nations while incrementally...
FIJI: A journalism legend returns to newsprint - with the rival daily
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Graham Davis OPINION: SYDNEY (Pacific Media Centre Online / Pacific Media Watch): Vijendra Kumar – a long-serving editor of The Fiji Times who left the country 21 years ago disillusioned with...
REGION: Media welcome repeal of Malaysian sedition law amid cautious warnings
Sunday, July 15, 2012
David Robie SHAH ALAM, Malaysia (Pacific Scoop / Cafe Pacific / Pacific Media Watch): Malaysian news media have welcomed a planned repeal of the colonial-era sedition law as Asian communicators,...
PNG: Media ban on vote counting in Hagen Central
Thursday, July 12, 2012
James Apa Gumuno PORT MORESBY (The National / Pacific Media Watch): The media has been banned from covering counting for the Hagen Central open electorate in Western Highlands province.
PNG: Polye confident of 'new beginning' for next Government
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
PORT MORESBY: (The National / Pacific Media Watch): Senior government minister and Kandep MP Don Polye says his Triumph Heritage Empowerment Party will form the next government. Polye, who is...
NZ: Save TVNZ7 lodges complaint with Ombudsman
Monday, July 9, 2012
AUCKLAND (Save TVNZ7 / Pacific Media Watch): Save TVNZ7, the group trying to keep public service television alive in New Zealand, has lodged a complaint with the Ombudsman over Television NZ’...
WEST PAPUA: Activists win Rumbiak human rights award
Monday, July 9, 2012
SYDNEY (East Timor and Indonesia Action Network / Pacific Media Watch): The West Papua Advocacy Team is pleased to announce that Anne Noonan and Joe Collins and the Australia West Papua Association...
PNG: Caretaker PM wins seat in elections
Sunday, July 8, 2012
PORT MORESBY (Radio Australia / Pacific Media Watch): Papua New Guinea's caretaker Prime Minister Peter O'Neill has been declared the first winner in the country's national elections...
NEW CALEDONIA: Ouvéa massacre film sheds new light on Kanak struggle
Friday, July 6, 2012
AUCKLAND: (Cafe Pacific / Pacific Scoop / Pacific Media Watch): A new feature film exposing French political intrigue that ended with the slaughter of 19 Kanak pro-independence militants in a...
FIJI: New York Times article focuses on democracy challenges
Friday, July 6, 2012
Bruce Hill: MELBOURNE (Radio Australia / Pacific Media Watch): An article about the country's recent past, entitled A Detour on the Road to Democracy, has just been published in America's...
Café Pacific: The Ouvéa massacre – film Rebellion sheds new light
Thursday, July 5, 2012
David Robie: FLASHBACK TO 1988: Excerpt from David Robie’s 1989 book Blood on their Banner about the cave massacre of 19 Kanak militants by French troops at dawn on 5 May 1988 on Ouvéa...
Capacity destruction accelerates: A cautionary tale from Papua New Guinea
Thursday, July 5, 2012
Scott MacWilliam: ANALYSIS: Part 2: How the potential has been largely destroyed in consistent attacks on the University of Papua New Guinea’s funding as well as the importance of its place in...

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