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April 8, 2022
COMMENTARY: By Pacific Island Times publisher Mar-Vic Cagurangan I remember that day — February 25, 1986. I was then a teenager. My family stood outside the iron gates of Malacañang Palace among a massive wave of people armed with yellow ribbons, flowers and rosaries. After a four-day uprising, we heard on the radio that the ... <a title="A martial law ghost of the dark years – is history returning in the Philippines?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/08/a-martial-law-ghost-of-the-dark-years-is-history-returning-in-the-philippines/" aria-label="Read more about A martial law ghost of the dark years – is history returning in the Philippines?">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2022
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter As the French Pacific is gearing up for Sunday’s first round of the French presidential election, incumbent President Emmanuel Macron appears to be enjoying the most support among the 14 candidates. Committees set up in support of Macron have been campaigning with the backing of those in power in ... <a title="French Pacific readies for presidential election as Macron seeks second term" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/08/french-pacific-readies-for-presidential-election-as-macron-seeks-second-term/" aria-label="Read more about French Pacific readies for presidential election as Macron seeks second term">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2022
RNZ News Aotearoa New Zealand’s outgoing Director of Public Health says the quick sharing of scientific information and the widespread use of masks have both been critical parts of the country’s public health response. Dr Caroline McElnay, who is leaving the role shortly, presented the regular covid-19 update with Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield ... <a title="‘It was clear sharing information was key,’ says resigned NZ public health chief" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/08/it-was-clear-sharing-information-was-key-says-resigned-nz-public-health-chief/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It was clear sharing information was key,’ says resigned NZ public health chief">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2022
By Melisha Yafoi in Port Moresby Vodafone has made its entry back into the Papua New Guinea market as Digitec-Vodafone to operate as the third mobile operator company. In the next two weeks the PNG market will see the new look Vodafone operate in 25 different locations of the country, selling mobile phones and SIM ... <a title="Vodafone in new ‘price cutting’ bid for PNG’s mobile phone market" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/08/vodafone-in-new-price-cutting-bid-for-pngs-mobile-phone-market/" aria-label="Read more about Vodafone in new ‘price cutting’ bid for PNG’s mobile phone market">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2022
By Rowan Quinn, RNZ News health correspondent Health workers in Aotearoa New Zealand are thanking Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield for his work stopping the ailing health system from collapsing in the covid-19 pandemic — and for saving lives. They say they can relate to him needing a rest. Dr Bloomfield leaves his job ... <a title="Health chief’s resignation: ‘He felt the pressure along with the rest of us’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/08/health-chiefs-resignation-he-felt-the-pressure-along-with-the-rest-of-us/" aria-label="Read more about Health chief’s resignation: ‘He felt the pressure along with the rest of us’">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2022
By Stephen Forbes, Local Democracy reporter A leading epidemiologist says Aotearoa New Zealand has no idea how many community cases of covid-19 there are in the country because so many people are not recording their rapid antigen test (RAT) results. LOCAL DEMOCRACY REPORTING University of Auckland Professor Rod Jackson said an upgrade of the testing ... <a title="Leaked memo raises questions over NZ Health Ministry’s daily covid-19 cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/08/leaked-memo-raises-questions-over-nz-health-ministrys-daily-covid-19-cases/" aria-label="Read more about Leaked memo raises questions over NZ Health Ministry’s daily covid-19 cases">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2022
In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning analyse how it is now clear atrocities committed against Ukrainian civilians is widespread, appears systematic, and may be coldly planned by Russian leaders as troops withdraw toward the east. But can justice be achieved?
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April 6, 2022
RNZ News Aotearoa New Zealand’s Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield — the man who has tirelessly steered the country’s covid-19 pandemic response for the past two years — is stepping down from his role at the end of July. Public Service Commissioner Peter Hughes revealed Dr Bloomfield’s decision in a statement today. Dr Bloomfield ... <a title="NZ’s Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield to step down from role" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/06/nzs-director-general-of-health-ashley-bloomfield-to-step-down-from-role/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield to step down from role">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2022
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea’s general election will go ahead as planned in June with CCTV (closed circuit television) to monitor counting, says Prime Minister James Marape. He has announced “several reforms” that will be included in election monitoring this year. “For purposes of transparency, we will have Transparency International, National ... <a title="Marape, Electoral Commission say PNG election preps are on track" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/06/marape-electoral-commission-say-png-election-preps-are-on-track/" aria-label="Read more about Marape, Electoral Commission say PNG election preps are on track">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2022
RNZ Pacific New Caledonia’s largest pro-independence party says it will not give up on the gains made in terms of decolonisation from France under the 1998 Noumea Accord. Party president Daniel Goa made the statement in an address at the party congress in the north of the main island Grande Terre at the weekend, outlining ... <a title="Caledonian Union vows to end French ‘neo-colonial putsch’ in Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/06/caledonian-union-vows-to-end-french-neo-colonial-putsch-in-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Caledonian Union vows to end French ‘neo-colonial putsch’ in Pacific">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2022
RNZ News Deeper and and more rapid cuts in greenhouse gas emissions are needed to limit the worst effects of global warming, a climate scientist has warned. The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said in a report that global emissions of CO2 would need to peak within three years to stave off the ... <a title="Climate change: IPCC scientist warns world ‘pretty much out of time’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/06/climate-change-ipcc-scientist-warns-world-pretty-much-out-of-time/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change: IPCC scientist warns world ‘pretty much out of time’">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2022
By Rita Peki in Mt Hagen, Papua New Guinea A few shops and buildings in Papua New Guinea’s Western Highlands provincial capital Mt Hagen have been destroyed and looted in a riot that caused four deaths and left 20 people injured and hospitalised. The violence was triggered by a fight between between Mt Hagen Secondary ... <a title="Tension still high in PNG’s Mt Hagen after school fight leads to 4 deaths" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/06/tension-still-high-in-pngs-mt-hagen-after-school-fight-leads-to-4-deaths/" aria-label="Read more about Tension still high in PNG’s Mt Hagen after school fight leads to 4 deaths">Read more</a>