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April 6, 2022
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Ahead of national elections in the Philippines next month, the state has stepped up its attacks on Nobel Peave laureate Maria Ressa and the news outlet she leads, Rappler, reports the Paris-based Reporters Without Borders global media watchdog. “This dramatic escalation in the legal harassment of Maria Ressa and Rappler highlights ... <a title="Media watchdogs slam 16 new legal complaints against Ressa, Rappler" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/06/media-watchdogs-slam-16-new-legal-complaints-against-ressa-rappler/" aria-label="Read more about Media watchdogs slam 16 new legal complaints against Ressa, Rappler">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2022
RNZ News Aotearoa New Zealand will remain at the red covid-19 traffic light setting, says Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Ardern made the announcement at today’s post-cabinet media briefing. She said the rolling average of cases had declined 36 percent in the two weeks since the government refined the traffic light system. There had been early ... <a title="New Zealand to remain at red covid-19 traffic light setting amid pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/06/new-zealand-to-remain-at-red-covid-19-traffic-light-setting-amid-pandemic/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand to remain at red covid-19 traffic light setting amid pandemic">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2022
By Clarissa Moi in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea’s National Court has sent a strong message and warning to those accused of sorcery-related violence when it jailed six people for 40 years each for killing a father and his son in Northern province three years ago. Acting Judge Camillus Sambua jailed Cameron Jovu, Mike Jofo, ... <a title="PNG judge jails 6 sorcery killers 40 years each for ‘barbaric’ deaths" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/06/png-judge-jails-6-sorcery-killers-40-years-each-for-barbaric-deaths/" aria-label="Read more about PNG judge jails 6 sorcery killers 40 years each for ‘barbaric’ deaths">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2022
RNZ Pacific The first female premier of a Solomon Islands province is appealing to New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to help her country manage covid-19 in the community. People travelling between Honiara and Isabel Province were being tested for the virus at four testing centres, and if they test positive they were isolated at ... <a title="First female premier of a Solomons province pleads for NZ covid funds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/06/first-female-premier-of-a-solomons-province-pleads-for-nz-covid-funds/" aria-label="Read more about First female premier of a Solomons province pleads for NZ covid funds">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2022
In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning analyse how it is now clear the 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 1, 2022
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The Post-Courier newspaper today compared Papua New Guinean Prime Minister James Marape to the infamous emperor Nero who fiddled while Rome burned over his controversial one-day Indonesian visit while facing an election in June. “And [he] was clearly despised by his people,” the paper said in a scathing editorial headlined “Tari ... <a title="Post-Courier blasts Marape for sudden Jakarta junket ‘while Tari burns’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/01/post-courier-blasts-marape-for-sudden-jakarta-junket-while-tari-burns/" aria-label="Read more about Post-Courier blasts Marape for sudden Jakarta junket ‘while Tari burns’">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2022
COMMENTARY: By Yamin Kogoya Papuan Governor Lukas Enembe had an hour-long meeting with Russian Ambassador Lyudmila Vorobyeva, accompanied by the director of the Russian Centre for Science and Culture in Jakarta this week. On the table, an invitation for President Vladimir Putin to visit Papua later this year. The governor also had his small team ... <a title="Why Governor Lukas Enembe is inviting Russia’s Putin to Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/31/why-governor-lukas-enembe-is-inviting-russias-putin-to-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Why Governor Lukas Enembe is inviting Russia’s Putin to Papua">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2022
SPECIAL REPORT: By Tim Brown, RNZ News reporter A man whose personal bank account was used to receive donations for New Zealand’s Parliament protest is bankrupt and has been declared insolvent three times. The protest lasted for 23 days before ending in a riot on March 2 when police cracked down on the protesters. Jamie ... <a title="Parliament protest donations went to bank account of man with history of unpaid debt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/31/parliament-protest-donations-went-to-bank-account-of-man-with-history-of-unpaid-debt/" aria-label="Read more about Parliament protest donations went to bank account of man with history of unpaid debt">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2022
A View from Afar – In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning analyse how New Zealand and other nations are providing intelligence expertise in the defence of Ukraine. But are the SIGINT and TECHINT operations a part of the NATO partnership, or, a part of the Five Eyes intelligence network’s operations – ... <a title="LIVE Thurs@Midday Buchanan + Manning: Signals+Tech Intel Ops and the Defence of Ukraine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/30/live-thursmidday-buchanan-manning-signalstech-intel-ops-and-the-defence-of-ukraine/" aria-label="Read more about LIVE Thurs@Midday Buchanan + Manning: Signals+Tech Intel Ops and the Defence of Ukraine">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2022
By Robert Iroga in Honiara Fourteen officers of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) have completed the first public order management (POM) training conducted by Chinese instructors. During the two week course, the Police Response Team (PRT) and Operational Safety Training (OST) officers were trained in unarmed combat skills, advanced use of long sticks, ... <a title="Solomon Islands police complete combat drill with Chinese trainers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/30/solomon-islands-police-complete-combat-drill-with-chinese-trainers/" aria-label="Read more about Solomon Islands police complete combat drill with Chinese trainers">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2022
In spite of a record 34 covid-related deaths being reported in New Zealand today, Director of Public Health Dr Caroline McElnay says it is encouraging to see an overall and sustained drop in case numbers. “For three days last week, case numbers were reported at over 20,000 … today’s case number is up a bit ... <a title="NZ public health chief encouraged in spite of 34 covid deaths and ‘Mexican wave’ cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/30/nz-public-health-chief-encouraged-in-spite-of-34-covid-deaths-and-mexican-wave-cases/" aria-label="Read more about NZ public health chief encouraged in spite of 34 covid deaths and ‘Mexican wave’ cases">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2022
By Robert Iroga in Honiara Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has denied allowing the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) to establish a military base in the Solomon Islands in a security treaty that he confirmed today as having already been finalised. “We denied it totally. We don’t know where it came from,” Sogavare said when responding ... <a title="Sogavare denies ‘insulting’ claim on Chinese military base for Solomons" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/30/sogavare-denies-insulting-claim-on-chinese-military-base-for-solomons/" aria-label="Read more about Sogavare denies ‘insulting’ claim on Chinese military base for Solomons">Read more</a>
