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March 12, 2020
By Sofia Tomacruz in Manila Several cabinet members of the Duterte government are placing themselves under quarantine in an effort to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus Covid-19, while serving as the country’s top officials closest to President Rodrigo Duterte. Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III last night became the first cabinet official to announce ... <a title="Duterte cabinet members in self-quarantine amid coronavirus fears" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/12/duterte-cabinet-members-in-self-quarantine-amid-coronavirus-fears/" aria-label="Read more about Duterte cabinet members in self-quarantine amid coronavirus fears">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2020
By Ale Asa in Porgera Eleven people – including three children – have been massacred when a fight between two warring tribes from Tari spilled into the Porgera Valley in the Papua New Guinea Highlands. Three women and five men from Enga were also killed when the O Kiru and Miape tribes resumed fighting, this ... <a title="Three PNG children die among 11 killed in Porgera massacre" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/12/three-png-children-die-among-11-killed-in-porgera-massacre/" aria-label="Read more about Three PNG children die among 11 killed in Porgera massacre">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2020
By Marchio Irfan Gorbiano in Jakarta Indonesia has reported its first death from the Covid-19 coronavirus today, a 53-year-old woman and foreign citizen identified as Case 25. The Health Ministry’s disease control and prevention director-general Achmad Yurianto said Case 25 died about 2 am on Wednesday after nearly three days of treatment. “The patient was ... <a title="Indonesia reports first death – a foreigner – from Covid-19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/11/indonesia-reports-first-death-a-foreigner-from-covid-19/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia reports first death – a foreigner – from Covid-19">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2020
By Dr Crispin Maslog in Manila As fake news on Covid-19 spreads faster than the virus, scientists call for a halt to the “infodemic”. As China admits that the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) is now the worst public health crisis that the country has faced since its founding, a group of scientists has sent out a ... <a title="Scientists call for media sobriety amid Covid-19 fake news ‘infodemic’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/11/scientists-call-for-media-sobriety-amid-covid-19-fake-news-infodemic/" aria-label="Read more about Scientists call for media sobriety amid Covid-19 fake news ‘infodemic’">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2020
By Paul Spoonley of Massey University In the hours after the Christchurch mosque attacks on March 15 last year, I wrote that I hoped New Zealand would finally stop believing it was immune to far-right extremist violence. A year on, I’m not sure enough has changed. I have researched far-right extremism for decades – and ... <a title="Far-right extremists still threaten NZ, a year on from Christchurch attacks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/11/far-right-extremists-still-threaten-nz-a-year-on-from-christchurch-attacks/" aria-label="Read more about Far-right extremists still threaten NZ, a year on from Christchurch attacks">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2020
FBC News reports on the airports economic setbacks. By Ritika Pratap in Suva Fiji Airports will defer future infrastructure projects as a result of financial set-backs caused by the Covid-19 coronavirus. In response to a global slow-down in travel and reduced flights, chief executive Faiz Khan said almost all costs at airports were fixed, and ... <a title="Fiji Airports face major financial disaster over Covid-19, warns chief" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/11/fiji-airports-face-major-financial-disaster-over-covid-19-warns-chief/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji Airports face major financial disaster over Covid-19, warns chief">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s government to end the “absurd situation” in which Australian investigative journalist Mary Ann Jolley is banned from visiting New Zealand because she was deported from Malaysia in 2015 in connection with her reporting. “I’m basically regarded by New Zealand as a ... <a title="RSF protests over ‘absurd’ ban on Australian journalist visiting NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/11/rsf-protests-over-absurd-ban-on-australian-journalist-visiting-nz/" aria-label="Read more about RSF protests over ‘absurd’ ban on Australian journalist visiting NZ">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2020
By Philip Cass Former Prime Minister Lord Tu’ivakano will be sentenced at the end of next month after being found guilty in the Supreme Court yesterday of three charges, including making a false statement for the purpose of obtaining a passport and perjury. The offences in what was known as the Chinese passport scandal were ... <a title="Former Tongan PM guilty on false statement, perjury charges" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/10/former-tongan-pm-guilty-on-false-statement-perjury-charges/" aria-label="Read more about Former Tongan PM guilty on false statement, perjury charges">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2020
By Ayat S. Karokaro in Medan Indonesian activists have deplored the recent jailing of two indigenous community members in Sumatra in a land conflict involving an affiliate of pulp and paper giant Royal Golden Eagle. The Simalungun District Court, in North Sumatra province, handed down nine-month sentences to Jonny Ambarita and Thomson Ambarita, who ... <a title="Indonesian indigenous land defenders jailed in fight with pulpwood giant" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/10/indonesian-indigenous-land-defenders-jailed-in-fight-with-pulpwood-giant/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian indigenous land defenders jailed in fight with pulpwood giant">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2020
By Sofia Tomacruz in Manila President Rodrigo Duterte has rejected calls to place Metro Manila on lockdown after health officials recorded a spike in Covid-19 novel coronavirus cases. In a late night press conference yesterday, Duterte said it was still “too early” to implement the sweeping restrictions that would limit people’s movements. “We have not ... <a title="Duterte rejects Metro Manila coronavirus lockdown for now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/10/duterte-rejects-metro-manila-coronavirus-lockdown-for-now/" aria-label="Read more about Duterte rejects Metro Manila coronavirus lockdown for now">Read more</a>
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March 9, 2020
By Alfredo R. Paloyo of University of Wollongong Panic buying knows no borders. Shoppers in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Hong Kong and the United States have caught toilet paper fever on the back of the Covid-19 coronavirus. Shop shelves are being emptied as quickly as they can be stocked. This panic buying is the result ... <a title="A toilet paper run is like a bank run – economic fixes similar" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/09/a-toilet-paper-run-is-like-a-bank-run-economic-fixes-similar/" aria-label="Read more about A toilet paper run is like a bank run – economic fixes similar">Read more</a>
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March 9, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Violence against women is at epidemic proportions in the Asia Pacific. The region’s governments, if they are to find ways of preventing domestic violence and support its victims, need reliable data, but getting the numbers is a difficult undertaking. Public health researchers Dr Henriette Jensen and Dr Kristin Diemer join The Jakarta ... <a title="The push to end violence against women in Asia-Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/09/the-push-to-end-violence-against-women-in-asia-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about The push to end violence against women in Asia-Pacific">Read more</a>
