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Mining Activities To Begin On Bougainville
Wednesday, 13 June 2012, 12:40 pm | Pacific Media Watch
BUKA (PNG Post-Courier / Pacific Media Watch): The Autonomous Bougainville Government has made history by moving a motion on the most sensitive issue on Bougainville mining exploration. More >>
Fiji Anticipates Support For Falklands/Malvinas Resolution
Tuesday, 12 June 2012, 4:07 pm | Pacific Media Watch
SUVA ( Mercopress - South Atlantic News Agency / Pacific Media Watch ): Fiji will continue to be part of the consensus in support of the UN Decolonisation Committee resolution regarding the Falklands/Malvinas dispute, says the Foreign Affairs Minister ... More >>
FDFM Radio Targets Fiji With New Shortwave Broadcast
Tuesday, 12 June 2012, 3:57 pm | Pacific Media Watch
WELLINGTON ( Radio Heritage Foundation / Pacific Media Watch ): The Australian-based Fiji Freedom & Democracy Movement has launched a weekly one hour shortwave radio programme in Fijian targeted at Fiji, says the Radio Heritage Foundation. More >>
Threats Against Bintang Papua Journalists Reported By Jubi
Tuesday, 12 June 2012, 2:21 pm | Pacific Media Watch
Indonesian police have warned several journalists working in Serui, Yapen district in Papua, including a journalist from Bintang Papua, against publishing information about a demonstration that took place there on 29 May, Tabloid Jubi newspaper reports. More >>
Justice For PNG Lies In The Ballot Box
Wednesday, 6 June 2012, 12:47 pm | Pacific Media Watch
PORT MORESBY ( Sydney Morning Herald / Pacific Media Watch ): The stand-off between Papua New Guinea's parliament and its judiciary reached a dangerous flashpoint last week, which can only dismay the country's well-wishers in Australia. The rights and ... More >>
Post-Courier Editorial: Tribal Leaders Can Make A Difference
Wednesday, 6 June 2012, 11:37 am | Pacific Media Watch
PORT MORESBY ( PNG Post-Courier / Pacific Media Watch ): Papua New Guinea’s wantok system can be a blessing and a curse. And this is where the problem lies. More >>
Pacific Media Watch editor tells of media freedom mission
Saturday, 19 May 2012, 11:07 am | Pacific Media Watch
AUCKLAND (PMC Niusblog / Pacific Media Watch): With a strong interest in Pacific issues and a dedication to lending a helping hand, Alex Perrottet, 30, is steadily achieving many of his goals in life. As well as finishing off his master’s degree ... More >>
Pasifika reporter tells the good and the bad Pacific stories
Saturday, 19 May 2012, 11:05 am | Pacific Media Watch
AUCKLAND ( Pacific Scoop / Pacific Media Watch ): Tagata Pasifika reporter and director John Pulu has been described as the “next Mike McRoberts” by Pacific Islands Media Association chair Iulia Leilua. More >>
No Irresponsible Squabbling Fourth Estate
Thursday, 17 May 2012, 2:40 pm | Pacific Media Watch
SUVA ( Islands Business / Pacific Media Watch ): Quote: ‘It is a positive development that there is a realisation that the regional media puts up a united front rather than a splintered image weakened by infighting in full public view. The region, comprising ... More >>
Bougainville President Calls for Media Independence
Monday, 14 May 2012, 1:07 pm | Pacific Media Watch
President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville John Momis is happy that the media in Papua New Guinea has been challenged by politicians and by the political events happening in the country. More >>
Press freedom celebrated with unity and ethics review
Monday, 7 May 2012, 10:45 am | Pacific Media Watch
DILI ( Pacific Scoop / Pacific Media Watch ): The tiny new nation of East Timor, now known as Timor-Leste, has celebrated World Press Freedom Day with an hour-long forum involving its leading journalists and in-house gatherings at media houses. More >>
Isolated news organisations should forge stronger bonds
Monday, 7 May 2012, 10:42 am | Pacific Media Watch
Former PNG Media Council Chief Calls on 'Isolated' News Groups to Win Citizen Allies http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2012/05/former-png-media-council-chief-calls-on-isolated-news-groups-to-seek-civil-society-allies/ More >>
Press Freedom Fragile in Pacific, Says Academic
Saturday, 5 May 2012, 11:28 am | Pacific Media Watch
AUCKLAND ( Radio NZ International / Pacific Media Watch ): The author of a report on Pacific media freedom says press freedom is very fragile in the region. More >>
NZ Must Be Vigilant Over Media Freedom, Says Pima Chair
Saturday, 5 May 2012, 10:32 am | Pacific Media Watch
New Zealanders should not take their media freedom for granted, a leading Pasifika journalist told a public seminar marking World Press Freedom Day last night. More >>
PNG Defers Elections For Six Months
Thursday, 19 April 2012, 10:24 am | Pacific Media Watch
http://www.smh.com.au/world/png-defers-elections-for-six-months-20120405-1wflu.html More >>
PM Pledges Support As Png Faces Political Turmoil
Thursday, 19 April 2012, 10:21 am | Pacific Media Watch
PM Pledges Support As Png Faces Political Turmoil http://www.solomonstarnews.com/news/national/14262-pm-pledges-support-as-png-faces-political-turmoil- More >>
'PNG In Crisis'
Thursday, 19 April 2012, 10:19 am | Pacific Media Watch
PORT MORESBY ( The National (PNG) / Pacific Media Watch ): Prime Minister Peter O’Neill last night announced that Papua New Guinea was in a constitutional crisis, one created by the continuing stand-off between Parliament and the judiciary. More >>
Fiji Tv's Close-Up Profiles Second Pacific Media Summit
Thursday, 19 April 2012, 10:15 am | Pacific Media Watch
http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/pacific-media-watch/video-close-profiles-second-pacific-media-summit-7900 More >>
Web Freedom Faces Greatest Threat Ever, Google Co-Founder
Thursday, 19 April 2012, 10:11 am | Pacific Media Watch
Web Freedom Faces Greatest Threat Ever, Warns Google Co-Founder http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/pacific-media-watch/global-web-freedom-faces-greatest-threat-ever-warns-google-co-founder-7901 More >>
PNG Defers Elections For Six Months
Sunday, 8 April 2012, 12:21 pm | Pacific Media Watch
Papua New Guinea's government yesterday voted to defer mid-year national elections for six months. In doing so it has backflipped on pledges to proceed with the five-yearly poll. More >>
