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June 19, 2023
By Nelson Joe in Goroka At least a self-contained shelter is enough to attract international eco-tourists to Papua New Guinea, say tourism operators. David Van, an international tour guide operator, told the Bena tribe in Eastern Highlands province that international tourists had not experienced local life. The tribe nurtures the 217ha Yasina Nature Park at ... <a title="PNG global tourism can thrive in local communities, says Yasina Park chief" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/19/png-global-tourism-can-thrive-in-local-communities-says-yasina-park-chief/" aria-label="Read more about PNG global tourism can thrive in local communities, says Yasina Park chief">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2023
RNZ Pacific The editor of the Marshall Islands Journal, Giff Johnson, is urging Pacific journalists not to be swayed by geopolitical narratives and to stay true to reporting stories that affect people in their daily lives. Held last Friday in Majuro, Johnson, who is also the co-founder of the Pacific Media Institute, hosted Pacific journalists ... <a title="Pacific journos urged not to let geopolitics ‘skew their narratives’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/19/pacific-journos-urged-not-to-let-geopolitics-skew-their-narratives/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific journos urged not to let geopolitics ‘skew their narratives’">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2023
PNG Post-Courier The Waigani National Court has finally handed down a ruling finding Boship Kaiwi guilty of causing the death of his wife Jenelyn Kennedy three years ago. Despite persistent denials by Kaiwi that he had caused the death of Kennedy, he admitted to the court during the trial that he had elbowed and punched ... <a title="PNG court finds Boship Kaiwi guilty over death of Jenelyn Kennedy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/19/png-court-finds-boship-kaiwi-guilty-over-death-of-jenelyn-kennedy/" aria-label="Read more about PNG court finds Boship Kaiwi guilty over death of Jenelyn Kennedy">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2023
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist New Caledonian Joe Xulue has made history by becoming the first person of Kanak heritage to graduate from Harvard University in the United States. During his graduation in Boston on June 6, he proudly wore the Kanak flag as he received a diploma in law — and photos of ... <a title="‘A win for all Kanak people’ says first indigenous Harvard graduate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/19/a-win-for-all-kanak-people-says-first-indigenous-harvard-graduate/" aria-label="Read more about ‘A win for all Kanak people’ says first indigenous Harvard graduate">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2023
SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya Next month, on July 10, six months will have passed since Papua’s Governor Lukas Enembe was “kidnapped” and flown to Jakarta for charges over alleged one million rupiah (NZ$100,000) graft. Despite his deteriorating health, he has been detained in a Corruption Eradication Commission’s cell (KPK) in the Indonesian capital — ... <a title="Critical D-day over Papua governor Lukas Enembe’s legal nightmare?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/19/critical-d-day-over-papua-governor-lukas-enembes-legal-nightmare/" aria-label="Read more about Critical D-day over Papua governor Lukas Enembe’s legal nightmare?">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2023
By Singgih Wiryono in Jakarta Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) chair Muhammad Isnur has condemned the drafting of the Healthcare Bill (RUU Kesehatan) as “fake”, saying that the draft is almost the same as the Omnibus Law on Job Creation (Cipta Kerja). According to Isnur, the similarity can be seen from a test of the ... <a title="Indonesian critic condemns draft health law as based on ‘fake paper’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/18/indonesian-critic-condemns-draft-health-law-as-based-on-fake-paper/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian critic condemns draft health law as based on ‘fake paper’">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2023
External experts are poring over the “inappropriate editing” of international news published online by RNZ. It has already tightened editorial checks and stood down an online journalist. Will this dent trust in RNZ — or news in general? Were campaigns propagating national propaganda a factor? Mediawatch asks two experts with international experience. MEDIAWATCH: By Colin ... <a title="Mediawatch: Further fallout as RNZ takes out the ‘Kremlin garbage’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/18/mediawatch-further-fallout-as-rnz-takes-out-the-kremlin-garbage/" aria-label="Read more about Mediawatch: Further fallout as RNZ takes out the ‘Kremlin garbage’">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Richard Naidu in Suva It has been six months now, but I have to make a strange admission. I miss the laughs I used to get over the pseudo-authoritative pronouncements of Fiji’s former attorney-general Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum (pictured). I recall that he got a bit over-excited in January this year. That was when he ... <a title="Richard Naidu: Money, politics and fear – yet FFP’s millions still weren’t enough" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/17/richard-naidu-money-politics-and-fear-yet-ffps-millions-still-werent-enough/" aria-label="Read more about Richard Naidu: Money, politics and fear – yet FFP’s millions still weren’t enough">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2023
By Iliesa Tora, RNZ Pacific senior sports journalist Fiji Rugby Union (FRU) has confirmed it underpaid its women rugby players and still owes them their dues from last year’s World Cup. In an extraordinary admission of fault, FRU Trustees Board interim chairman Peter Mazey apologised to Fijiana players and acknowledged the women for their “strength ... <a title="‘I am sorry’ – Fiji Rugby admits it shortchanged women players" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/17/i-am-sorry-fiji-rugby-admits-it-shortchanged-women-players/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I am sorry’ – Fiji Rugby admits it shortchanged women players">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2023
Asia Pacific Report Seven regional executives representing all the customary regions of West Papua have declared their support for the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) gaining full membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group. The executives are of the ULMWP ‘provisional government’ in the Indonesian-ruled Melanesian region. The ULMWP declared this political support in ... <a title="West Papua’s customary region leaders back full MSG membership" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/17/west-papuas-customary-region-leaders-back-full-msg-membership/" aria-label="Read more about West Papua’s customary region leaders back full MSG membership">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2023
EDITORIAL: PNG Post-Courier Mister Speaker, our collective question without notice is to you mister Speaker. We want the Prime Minister and his deputy to take note Sir. Our question from the Media Gallery is specifically directed to you, Mr Speaker, because of events that have transpired in the last 48 hours in which the freedom ... <a title="Mr Speaker, we’re not your enemies. We’re reporting without fear or favour" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/17/mr-speaker-were-not-your-enemies-were-reporting-without-fear-or-favour/" aria-label="Read more about Mr Speaker, we’re not your enemies. We’re reporting without fear or favour">Read more</a>
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June 16, 2023
By Jeffrey Elapa in Port Moresby Former Papua New Guinean prime minister Peter O’Neill says the controversial US-PNG Defence Cooperation Agreement threatens the country’s sovereignty. He said the agreement negotiation was started in 2016 by his government but it was different in content from the one signed with the US. O’Neill said the agreement encroached ... <a title="O’Neill says defence pact giving US forces ‘immunity’ threatens PNG sovereignty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/16/oneill-says-defence-pact-giving-us-forces-immunity-threatens-png-sovereignty/" aria-label="Read more about O’Neill says defence pact giving US forces ‘immunity’ threatens PNG sovereignty">Read more</a>