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Contempt Of Court Lawsuit ‘Improper’
Wednesday, 13 April 2011, 9:17 am | Pacific Media Watch
PORT MORESBY (PNG Post-Courier/Pacific Media Watch): A contempt of court law suit against the National Doctors Association was “not properly served” in an issue involving a planned strike and gagging of the media, lawyer Moses Murray has told ... More >>
The Speight Effect
Wednesday, 13 April 2011, 9:16 am | Pacific Media Watch
SUVA (The Fiji Times/Pacific Media Watch): Henry Speight says he'd never consider changing his surname. But he's determined to change what that name is known for. More >>
MRP Version 2 is the Enemy of Papua
Monday, 11 April 2011, 9:24 am | Pacific Media Watch
Today, we, the Papua nation, are in mourning again on the passing of Mr. Agus Alue Alua, former chairman of MRP. He was called home by the Creator at 2 o'clock this afternoon Numbay time , Papua. More >>
Samoa: Frightening campaign to silence critics
Monday, 11 April 2011, 9:21 am | Pacific Media Watch
APIA (Samoa Observer/Pacific Media Watch): The idea that general election petitions may soon be outlawed in Samoa is scary. More >>
500 Days Since Massacre, It's Time For Aquino To Act
Monday, 11 April 2011, 9:18 am | Pacific Media Watch
MANILA (IFEX/Pacific Media Watch): International press freedom organisations today called on Philippine President Benigno Aquino III to direct his administration to provide the necessary resources and support to ensure the swift prosecution of suspects ... More >>
500 Days Since Massacre, It's Time For Aquino To Act
Monday, 11 April 2011, 9:18 am | Pacific Media Watch
MANILA (IFEX/Pacific Media Watch): International press freedom organisations today called on Philippine President Benigno Aquino III to direct his administration to provide the necessary resources and support to ensure the swift prosecution of suspects ... More >>
NZ Govt Plan To Axe TVNZ7 Blow To Public Broadcasting
Monday, 11 April 2011, 9:17 am | Pacific Media Watch
AUCKLAND (New Zealand Herald/Pacific Media Watch): The New Zealand government rejected a request to renew funding for the non-commercial public broadcasting digital channel TVNZ7 because it says that would have sucked money out of NZ On Air and other projects, ... More >>
Four Accused In Media Assault Case To Appear In Court
Monday, 11 April 2011, 9:12 am | Pacific Media Watch
PORT VILA (Vanuatu Daily Post/Pacific Media Watch): Vanuatu's Minister for Public Infrastructure and Utilities Harry Iauko is yet to be summoned to court to answer to allegations of threats and assault on Daily Post publisher Marc Neil-Jones. More >>
DWU Pioneers Homegrown PHD Studies
Thursday, 7 April 2011, 9:26 am | Pacific Media Watch
MADANG, PNG (Divine Word University/Pacific Media Watch): After 43 years of university education, 36 years of independence and a seemingly unassailable fixation with foreign researchers and consultants, a homegrown doctoral programme has not been offered ... More >>
First Pacific Women-Led Community Radio Consultation
Thursday, 7 April 2011, 9:23 am | Pacific Media Watch
NUKU'ALOFA (Ma'afafine moe Famili/Pacific Media Watch): The office Ma'afafine moe Famili, home of the "1325" media and policy network in Tonga, is the venue of the first women-led Community Radio Consultation starting today in conjunction with Fiji-based ... More >>
Vanuatu Minister To Face Court Over Alleged Assault
Thursday, 7 April 2011, 9:20 am | Pacific Media Watch
MELBOURNE (Radio Australia Pacific Beat/Pacific Media Watch): A Vanuatu cabinet minister accused of involvement in an assault of a newspaper publisher has been charged. More >>
Fiji TV Concedes Samoa TV One One Free Rugby Game A Week
Monday, 4 April 2011, 9:20 am | Pacific Media Watch
Fiji TV Concedes Samoa TV One One Free Rugby Game A Week http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=59747 More >>
Australian Editor in Burma Released on Bail, Faces Trial
Friday, 1 April 2011, 10:09 am | Pacific Media Watch
NEW YORK (Committee to Protect Journalists/Pacific Media Watch): Ross Dunkley, founder and editor of the Myanmar Times weekly newspaper, was released on bail from a Burmese prison today, according to international news reports. Dunkley, an Australian citizen ... More >>
Big News - PMC's Revamped Facebook Page Goes Live
Thursday, 31 March 2011, 9:21 am | Pacific Media Watch
Facebook is slowly phasing out old groups, like PMC's three-year-old one. And to take advantage of all the new applications now offered with pages, PMC has decided to take the big leap. More >>
PDP leader on dialogue: Don't forget the OPM
Wednesday, 30 March 2011, 10:41 am | Pacific Media Watch
Jayapura: Thaha Alhamid, secretary general of Papuan Presidium Council, (PDP),has welcomed the initiative taken by the Papuan Peace Network, the JDP, to seek to solve the Papuan problem by means of a Jakarta-Papua dialogue, and says this should include ... More >>
ANF demands release of jailed nurses
Wednesday, 30 March 2011, 10:35 am | Pacific Media Watch
The Australian Nursing Federation is calling for the immediate release of five nurses in West Papua who have been jailed by the Indonesian government for taking industrial action. More >>
Gender Equality Policies Firm In Fiji Newsrooms
Wednesday, 30 March 2011, 9:35 am | Pacific Media Watch
SUVA (The Fiji Times/Pacific Media Watch): Fiji newsrooms show remarkable uniformity and a strong degree of commitment to gender equality in their policies, says a new research report. More >>
Analysis: McCully Leads Rudd In Treatment Of Pariah Regime
Wednesday, 30 March 2011, 9:32 am | Pacific Media Watch
AUCKLAND (Pacific Media Watch): For outside onlookers at Fiji, the 2014 deadline for democratic elections seemed like a far-off date in the future, arbitrarily picked by military leader Commodore Voreqe "Frank" Bainimarama. More >>
Papua Reporter: Mental Scars Remain, I Am Traumatised
Tuesday, 29 March 2011, 9:34 am | Pacific Media Watch
Banjir Ambarita, a Jayapura-based contributor to the Jakarta Globe, was stabbed on March 3 — the same day he had written about a high-profile case of police abuse. Here he recounts the events of that night. More >>
AJI Papua Presses Police About Stabbing
Tuesday, 29 March 2011, 9:33 am | Pacific Media Watch
JAYAPURA (The Jakarta Globe/Pacific Media Watch): The Papua chapter of the Alliance of Independent Journalists has expressed frustration with the sluggish pace of police investigations into the stabbing of local journalist Banjir Ambarita. More >>
