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Fiji Military Orders Expat's Deportation
Friday, 15 December 2006, 9:48 am | Pacific Media Watch
SUVA (FT Online/Pacific Media Watch) - Fiji's military government has ordered immediate deportation of Fiji Daily Post newspaper editor-in-chief, Australian expatriate Dr Robert Wolfgramm. More >>
47th Journalist Killed Under Arroyo Administration
Tuesday, 12 December 2006, 10:22 am | Pacific Media Watch
MANILA (IFJ-Asia/Pacific Media Watch) - The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has slammed the Arroyo administration for its failure to protect journalists, after the 47th journalist was killed under the presidency of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ... More >>
Vanuatu: Government Snubs HIV/AIDS Doco
Monday, 11 December 2006, 2:26 pm | Pacific Media Watch
A leading New Zealand documentary maker says she is shocked and saddened by the Vanuatu government's decision to pull out of the launch of a documentary about HIV/AIDS. "It amazes me that the Vanuatu government is prepared to exploit the services of ... More >>
Indonesians Executed Aussies
Monday, 11 December 2006, 9:42 am | Pacific Media Watch
SYDNEY (Daily Telegraph/Pacific Media Watch) - Five young Australians were executed on the orders of Indonesian military chiefs, according to sensational evidence omitted from official government reports. More >>
Fiji Times Shuts Under Censorship Threat
Wednesday, 6 December 2006, 11:18 am | Pacific Media Watch
SUVA (FT Online/Pacific Media Watch) - The Fiji Times - the Pacific country's leading daily newspaper - has suspended publication after the Fiji military ordered the paper not to publish any "propaganda" against the new political leadership. More >>
Fiji Military Commander Says Guns Removed
Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 10:17 am | Pacific Media Watch
SUVA (RNZI Online/Pacific Media Watch) - There was a flurry of activity around Suva on Monday with signs that the Fiji military is working to take control of the capital. More >>
Daily Post Clears Office
Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 10:14 am | Pacific Media Watch
SUVA (Fijilive/Pacific Media Watch) - Staff at the Fiji Daily Post newspaper have cleared their office in Suva amid reports of threats received by management as the military tightened its cordon around the capital. Employees were seen packing computers, ... More >>
Timor: Political Violence, Mob Stones Journalist
Wednesday, 15 November 2006, 10:59 am | Pacific Media Watch
A local Agence France-Presse (AFP) stringer, Nelson da Cruz, was struck in the face with a stone thrown by an unidentified youth while on his way to report a riot in Dili on 9 November 2006. More >>
No Word On Missing Radio Host And Environmentalist
Tuesday, 7 November 2006, 9:35 am | Pacific Media Watch
PARIS (RSF/Pacific Media Watch): RSF has voiced outrage at the indifference of both local and national authorities in the Philippines to the fate of radio host and anti-logging campaigner Joey Estriber, who has been missing ever since he was kidnapped outside ... More >>
Former Fiji PM In Court Of Mutiny Charges
Monday, 6 November 2006, 9:43 am | Pacific Media Watch
SUVA (RNZI Online/Pacific Media Watch): The former Fiji prime minister, Sitiveni Rabuka, will appear in the Suva High Court today on charges of inciting an army mutiny in 2000. More >>
Harmonisation Of Pacific Custom And Human Rights
Tuesday, 17 October 2006, 9:49 am | Pacific Media Watch
AUCKLAND (Law Commission/Pacific Media Watch): Although custom and human rights are commonly seen as conflicting in the Pacific region, the two can often be harmonised, the Law Commission suggests in a study paper released today. More >>
Fiji Times Trainer Praises USP Journalism Graduate
Friday, 13 October 2006, 11:31 am | Pacific Media Watch
SUVA (Wansolwara Online/Pacific Media Watch): The Fiji Times training manager, Steve McCully, has praised the four journalism graduates the company hired as reporters for the newspaper this year. More >>
Fiji vice president concerned about qoliqoli bill
Thursday, 28 September 2006, 3:23 am | Pacific Media Watch
Fiji’s vice president has spoken publicly of his concerns about the government’s controversial Qoliqoli Bill. More >>
Samoa Party leader Su’a guilty of bribery
Thursday, 28 September 2006, 3:22 am | Pacific Media Watch
Samoa Supreme court has convicted the Samoa Party leader, Su’a Rimoni Ah Chong, of one charge of bribery. More >>
Indonesia offers joint sea border patrols with PNG
Thursday, 28 September 2006, 3:21 am | Pacific Media Watch
Indonesia is proposing joint sea patrols along the border with Papua New Guinea to prevent further incidences of illegal fishing. More >>
New Caledonian unionists in court on port blockade
Thursday, 28 September 2006, 3:20 am | Pacific Media Watch
About a dozen members of New Caldonia’s Kanak USTKE union, including its president, have appeared in a Noumea court over an illegal port blockade. More >>
Fiji military wants apology from US ambassador
Thursday, 28 September 2006, 3:18 am | Pacific Media Watch
Fiji’s military has called for an apology from the United States ambassador in Suva, Larry Dinger, for his comments against their commander, Commodore Frank Bainimarama. More >>
Tributes flow for Fiji’s late Sir Vijay R Singh
Thursday, 28 September 2006, 3:16 am | Pacific Media Watch
Tributes are flowing in to Sir Vijay R Singh, the former Speaker of the Fiji parliament, cabinet minister and attorney general who died of cancer aged 75. More >>
Mixed turnout for voting in Cooks election
Thursday, 28 September 2006, 3:15 am | Pacific Media Watch
Returning officers are reporting a mixed turnout at polling booths as Cook Islanders vote in their general election today. More >>
Replacing Solomons AG may compromise independence
Thursday, 28 September 2006, 3:14 am | Pacific Media Watch
There is a warning that the independence of the judiciary in Solomon Islands could be compromised over the dumping and replacement of the Attorney-General. More >>
