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Sickening Display By 'Gang Of Brutes', Says Transparency Van
Tuesday, 8 March 2011, 10:31 am | Pacific Media Watch
PORT VILA (Pacific Scoop/Pacific Media Watch): "The scandalous physical attack (a crime under Vanuatu’s Penal Code) on the Daily Post publisher, Marc Neil-Jones, allegedly instigated by the Minister of Public Works, Harry Iauko Iaris – the latest ... More >>
Police Probe Attack On Journalist
Monday, 7 March 2011, 9:25 am | Pacific Media Watch
Police Probe Attack On Journalist http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/police-probe-attack-on-journalist/426665 More >>
Tribute To Creator Of PNG's Much Loved Mista Grasruts
Monday, 7 March 2011, 9:21 am | Pacific Media Watch
PORT MORESBY ( Pacific Media Centre/DogBitesMan/Pacific Media Watch ): An era of sorts came to an end this week with the death of cartoonist Bob Browne in Port Moresby General Hospital. More >>
Pacific Media Condemn Minister 'And His Thugs'
Monday, 7 March 2011, 9:20 am | Pacific Media Watch
PORT VILA (Pacific Scoop/Pacific Media Watch): Pacific media organisations have reacted with outrage over a violent attack on the Vanuatu Daily Post allegedly led by a cabinet minister with the newspaper publisher vowing to bring assault changes against those ... More >>
Ramu Mine: MCC Tries To Stop Photos Being Published
Monday, 7 March 2011, 9:18 am | Pacific Media Watch
PORT MORESBY (PNG Mine Watch/Pacific Media Watch): “We don’t want photos taken at the Ramu Nickel Mine site to be used in the media or anywhere else.” More >>
Amnesty Calls On Fiji Government To Respect Right To Protest
Monday, 7 March 2011, 9:17 am | Pacific Media Watch
MELBOURNE ( Radio Australia/Pacific Media Watch ): Amnesty International says it is deeply concerned about the ongoing crackdown on human rights in Fiji following reports that the military is targetting activists to prevent a peaceful protest planned ... More >>
MCC Tries To Stop Photos Being Published
Saturday, 5 March 2011, 1:13 pm | Pacific Media Watch
“We don’t want photos taken at the Ramu Nickel Mine site to be used in the media or anywhere else.” More >>
Dipo Slapped With Lawsuit Over Calls For Media Boycott
Thursday, 3 March 2011, 10:17 am | Pacific Media Watch
JAKARTA (Jakarta Globe/Pacific Media Watch): Executives from Metro TV and broadsheet Media Indonesia have filed a lawsuit against Cabinet Secretary Dipo Alam over his recent call for an advertising boycott against Indonesian news organisations. More >>
Rebel Hits Out Against Mine Talks
Tuesday, 1 March 2011, 9:19 am | Pacific Media Watch
BUKA, Bougainville (PNG Post-Courier/Pacific Media Watch): Bougainville's feared rebel Me’ekamui hardliner Chris Uma has lashed out at the Autonomous Bougainville Government and the Panguna landowners for talking about the mine re-opening before ... More >>
Activist Uses DVD To Get Around Media Censorship In Fiji
Tuesday, 1 March 2011, 9:17 am | Pacific Media Watch
SUVA ( Radio NZ International/Pacific Media Watch ): A pro-democracy activist and the producer of a political DVD circulating in Fiji says the film is an attempt to get around Fiji’s strict media censorship rules. More >>
Be Sensitive With Tragedy, Media Told
Friday, 25 February 2011, 10:00 am | Pacific Media Watch
SUVA (Fiji Broadcasting Corporation/Pacific Media Watch): The Ministry of Information has asked Fiji media to seek clarification with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs when reporting on the welfare of any Fiji citizen allegedly injured or killed in earthquake-hit ... More >>
Community Visual Project Boosts Hiv Research In PNG Highland
Friday, 25 February 2011, 9:59 am | Pacific Media Watch
GOROKA, PNG (Komuniti Tok Piksa/Pacific Media Watch): Komuniti Tok Piksa is developing new grounds for visual and community action around HIV/AIDS in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea. More >>
Fiji Military Briefly Detains Reporter Over Sugar Industry
Thursday, 24 February 2011, 10:04 am | Pacific Media Watch
SUVA (Radio NZ International/Pacific Media Watch): A Fiji Times journalist has been detained by the military over a report on the country’s sugar industry. More >>
Authority Checks Website Ownership
Tuesday, 22 February 2011, 9:19 am | Pacific Media Watch
The Fiji Media Industry Development Authority is now looking into the ownership of the Fijilive news website to ascertain if it is in breach of the Media Decree, reports a rival news website. More >>
Media Program Interest Remains
Tuesday, 22 February 2011, 9:17 am | Pacific Media Watch
Twenty five enthusiastic students have enrolled for the Certificate in Media and Journalism course offered at the Fiji National University (FNU) this year. More >>
Interview With Dr Sione Vikilani
Tuesday, 22 February 2011, 9:14 am | Pacific Media Watch
In the path towards democracy, the media becomes increasingly relevant in Tonga’s political and social development. The Tonga Chronicle/TMN caught up with Parliament’s public awareness and education officer Dr Sione Vikilani, a former broadcaster who ... More >>
Melanesian Spearhead Group Meeting In Fiji
Monday, 21 February 2011, 9:23 am | Pacific Media Watch
The Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) has welcomed the request by Timor-Leste and Indonesia to be part of its March meeting in Fiji after an earlier request by the two countries, according to the MSG secretariat on Friday. More >>
Story Telling Doco Helps HIV Cultural Awareness Campaign
Monday, 21 February 2011, 9:21 am | Pacific Media Watch
Awareness campaigns on HIV/AIDS in Papua New Guinea lack engagement with people and there is little regard for local cultural context. More >>
Manila: Gunman and Four Others Charged Over Killing
Friday, 18 February 2011, 9:18 am | Pacific Media Watch
Murder charges have been filed against the alleged gunman and four others over the killing of a Palawan-based broadcaster who had been critical of a politician in the Philippines. More >>
Samoa: Savali newspaper launches new website
Thursday, 17 February 2011, 9:23 am | Pacific Media Watch
Savali newspaper has launched a new website. It will provide daily updated news, images, video streams and public forums creating a bridge between the Samoan people and international community. More >>
