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Parliament Live on Radio until April 20
Thursday, 15 April 2010, 12:30 pm | Pacific.scoop
NUKU'ALOFA (Matangi Tonga/Pacific Media Watch): Live broadcasting of debate in the Tongan Legislative Assembly on matters relating to the proposed political reform started on Thursday, April 8. More >>
NBC Chief Says Things Back to Normal
Thursday, 15 April 2010, 12:29 pm | Pacific.scoop
Papua New Guinea's National Broadcasting Corporation is slowly getting back to normal operations but staff morale is still at its lowest and hopes are high that the government will make a decision quickly to appoint a chief executive officer. More >>
Fiji TV Denies Allegations
Thursday, 15 April 2010, 12:27 pm | Pacific.scoop
SUVA (Radio NZ International/Pacific Media Watch): Fiji TV has confirmed that its head of news and news editor have been transferred to different departments within the company. More >>
Fiji Media Law Threatens Journalists with Jail
Wednesday, 14 April 2010, 4:01 pm | Pacific.scoop
LONDON ( Amnesty International/Pacific Media Watch ): The Fijian government will be able to imprison journalists for up to five years, obliterating media freedom, if its Cabinet adopts a repressive draft Media Decree today, says Amnesty International. More >>
Australia Ignores Pacific History Studies
Wednesday, 14 April 2010, 4:00 pm | Pacific.scoop
MELBOURNE (Radio Australia/Pacific Media Watch): A leading regional historian has says Australia's national school curriculum needs to address Australia's relations with its neighbours. Clive Moore, professor of Pacific and Australian history with ... More >>
Responsible Journalism in the Pacific?
Wednesday, 14 April 2010, 3:59 pm | Pacific.scoop
MELBOURNE ( Pacific Scoop/Pacific Media Watch ): Three Pacific journalists and journalism educators debate what constitutes “responsible journalism” in the Pacific on Radio Australia’s In The Loop programme. This programme features: More >>
Death by a Thousand Decrees
Wednesday, 14 April 2010, 3:58 pm | Pacific.scoop
SYDNEY ( The Australian/Pacific Media Watch ): Last Wednesday morning, Fiji's military government released its long-anticipated, 49-page draft decree on the media. More >>
Papua ‘Ready to Explode’
Monday, 12 April 2010, 12:17 pm | Pacific.scoop
Indonesian Papua risks erupting in bloodshed, with huge loss of life and disastrous consequences for Indonesia and Australia, a new book warns. The book, by respected Australian academics, says Indonesian and international leadership is essential to ... More >>
Fiji, Tonga in Pacific 'Democratisation' Forum
Monday, 12 April 2010, 12:15 pm | Pacific.scoop
The Australian Association for the Advancement of Pacific Studies (AAAPS) conference “Oceanic Transformations” closed on Sunday, April 10, in Melbourne with a plenary session on “Experiences of democratisation in the Pacific”. More >>
Fiji PM Awaits Media Talks Outcome
Monday, 12 April 2010, 12:13 pm | Pacific.scoop
Fiji's Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama is looking forward to the outcome of the consultations on the Media Industry Development Decree 2010. More >>
Fiji Decree Threatens Long-Term Media Restrictions
Monday, 12 April 2010, 12:11 pm | Pacific.scoop
Fiji’s military regime should withdraw a draft decree that would regulate media ownership and news content, while authorising the imposition of fines and prison terms for violations, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. More >>
Cuba's medical aid to Haiti and the Pacific
Monday, 12 April 2010, 12:00 pm | Pacific.scoop
The devastating January 12 earthquake in Haiti threw into stark relief the contrasting approach of the Cuban government and the world's wealthiest powers. In the earthquake's aftermath, the U.S. military took over the airport and seaports and put the arrival ... More >>
Media Laws Must Protect Freedom of Expression
Saturday, 10 April 2010, 11:54 am | Pacific.scoop
SUVA (Citizens’ Constitutional Forum/Pacific Media Watch): The Citizens’ Constitutional Forum urges the interim government to urgently reconsider parts of the Media Industry Development Decree in order to protect freedom of opinion and expression in Fiji. More >>
Fiji Media Call to Soften Penalties
Saturday, 10 April 2010, 11:52 am | Pacific.scoop
SUVA ( Radio NZ International/Pacnews/Pacific Media Watch ): The Fiji Broadcasting Corporation’s (FBC) news director says proposed fines in the draft Media Decree could put most media organisations in the country out of business. More >>
Coverage of Fiji Media Decree 'Hysterical': A-G
Saturday, 10 April 2010, 11:50 am | Pacific.scoop
SUVA (Fiji Broadcasting Corporation/Pacific Media Watch): The reaction by overseas media outlets to Fiji's proposed Media Industry Development Decree is bordering on hysteria, says Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum. More >>
It Will 'Be Lifted'
Thursday, 8 April 2010, 8:26 pm | Pacific.scoop
Censorship of the media will be lifted once the Media Industry Development Decree 2010 is in place. This is what Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, who heads the Justice and Communication ministries, said at the close of consultation into the draft decree yesterday. More >>
Fiji Draft Media Law Triggers News Group Protests
Thursday, 8 April 2010, 8:24 pm | Pacific.scoop
AUCKLAND ( Pacific Scoop/Pacific Media Watch ): A draconian draft media law for Fiji proposed by the military-backed regime has sparked immediate protest by news groups, academics and civil society movements. More >>
Mixed Reactions to Fiji Media Decree
Thursday, 8 April 2010, 8:20 pm | Pacific.scoop
SUVA ( Fiji Broadcasting Corporation/Pacific Media Watch ): The draft of one of the most significant set of laws to govern media operations in Fiji was released and discussed today, receiving mixed reactions from media organisations and civil society ... More >>
Fiji: Censorship is Affecting Work of PINA
Wednesday, 7 April 2010, 2:41 pm | Pacific.scoop
MELBOURNE ( Radio Australia/Pacific Media Watch ): A senior member of the Pacific's key media body, the Pacific Islands News Association (PINA), has called for major changes in how the Suva-based organisation is run. PINA's Vice-president John Woods, ... More >>
Rules of Operation Delay the Release of Ashika Rep
Wednesday, 7 April 2010, 2:40 pm | Pacific.scoop
NUKU'ALOFA ( Matangi Tonga/MIC/Pacific Media Watch ): It is with respect that we seek to make clarifications regarding the press conference by the Minister for Information and Communications on 1 April 2010 and its dissemination to the public. More >>