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March 17, 2021
I stayed away from the livestream that we in EMTV produced out of Port Moresby. I did watch parts of it. But it has been hard to watch a full session without becoming emotional and emotion is something that has been in abundance over the last 16 days. There are a thousand and one narratives ... <a title="Scott Waide: Grand Chief Somare and the wisdom he left for everyone" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/17/scott-waide-grand-chief-somare-and-the-wisdom-he-left-for-everyone/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Waide: Grand Chief Somare and the wisdom he left for everyone">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2021
Op-Ed essay by Ms. Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, United Nations-Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific (ESCAP) The COVID-19 crisis poses an unprecedented threat to development in the Asia-Pacific region that could reverse much of the hard-earned progress made in recent years. The good news is we ... <a title="Essay – Sustainable Development Goals can guide Asia-Pacific to build back better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/16/essay-sustainable-development-goals-can-guide-asia-pacific-to-build-back-better/" aria-label="Read more about Essay – Sustainable Development Goals can guide Asia-Pacific to build back better">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2021
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Rubén Sierra From Los Angeles, California In a world harmed by the severe COVID-19 pandemic, the access to vaccines is being distorted by the rules of the open market and the deep gap between rich and poor nations. As the director of the World Health Organization (WHO), ... <a title="Latin America finds its own answers to produce COVID-19 vaccines and save lives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/19/latin-america-finds-its-own-answers-to-produce-covid-19-vaccines-and-save-lives/" aria-label="Read more about Latin America finds its own answers to produce COVID-19 vaccines and save lives">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2021
Article by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana – Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of ESCAP Tomorrow (February 19) marks the entry into force of a new international agreement promoting paperless trade, a timely reminder of how the COVID-19 pandemic has brought digital solutions to regional development challenges into the limelight. Paperless trade across borders has ... <a title="Op-Ed: Accelerating Trade Digitalization in Times of the Pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/19/op-ed-accelerating-trade-digitalization-in-times-of-the-pandemic/" aria-label="Read more about Op-Ed: Accelerating Trade Digitalization in Times of the Pandemic">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Biman Chand Prasad in Suva The whistleblowing vice-chancellor at the University of the South Pacific (USP), Professor Pal Ahluwalia, has described the illegal deportation of he and his wife, Sandra Price, last week as a “surreal” experience. Many would agree that the inhumane, immoral and illegal deportation has plunged the tertiary institution into ... <a title="The future of USP is at stake – do Australia and NZ still stand for human rights?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/13/the-future-of-usp-is-at-stake-do-australia-and-nz-still-stand-for-human-rights/" aria-label="Read more about The future of USP is at stake – do Australia and NZ still stand for human rights?">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2021
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage Op-Ed By Frederick Mills and William Camacaro From Washington DC and New York Venezuela is a nation of people who fight battles even though they have no weapons, who triumph despite setbacks, who organize themselves in disasters, who exalt in the face of terror, who are offended by ... <a title="New Biden Administration: Time for U.S. Rapprochement with Venezuela" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/02/new-biden-administration-time-for-u-s-rapprochement-with-venezuela/" aria-label="Read more about New Biden Administration: Time for U.S. Rapprochement with Venezuela">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk More leading Indonesian figures have made racial slurs against Natalius Pigai, former chair of the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) – and all West Papuans, says United Liberation Movement of West Papua (ULMWP) interim president Benny Wenda. “Since the illegal Indonesian invasion in 1963, Indonesian elites have made clear their ... <a title="State-sanctioned racism against West Papuans ‘shows Jakarta’s true agenda’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/27/state-sanctioned-racism-against-west-papuans-shows-jakartas-true-agenda/" aria-label="Read more about State-sanctioned racism against West Papuans ‘shows Jakarta’s true agenda’">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Alex Baumann, Western Sydney University and Samuel Alexander, University of Melbourne Among the many hard truths exposed by covid-19 is the huge disparity between the world’s rich and poor. As economies went into freefall, the world’s billionaires increased their already huge fortunes by 27.5 percent. And as many ordinary people lost their jobs ... <a title="We are the 1% – the wealth of many Australians puts them in an elite club wrecking the planet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/27/we-are-the-1-the-wealth-of-many-australians-puts-them-in-an-elite-club-wrecking-the-planet/" aria-label="Read more about We are the 1% – the wealth of many Australians puts them in an elite club wrecking the planet">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2021
COMMENT: By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby For the majority of Papua New Guineans living in the capital of Port Moresby, providing a home for their families is only a dream as housing has become a luxury that only the rich can afford. Many families are forced to rent out single rooms for between K500 ... <a title="Rebecca Kuku: No end in sight for Port Moresby’s unaffordable rental prices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/06/rebecca-kuku-no-end-in-sight-for-port-moresbys-unaffordable-rental-prices/" aria-label="Read more about Rebecca Kuku: No end in sight for Port Moresby’s unaffordable rental prices">Read more</a>
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January 2, 2021
COMMENTARY: By Scott Waide in Lae Dear Prime Minister Marape Our government has to admit the fact that there is a glaring imbalance between Papua New Guinean and foreign ownership of businesses. We own very little in our country. The retail, wholesale and real estate in our towns and cities are controlled by Chinese interests. ... <a title="Scott Waide: Open letter to PM James Marape: Treat our people fairly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/02/scott-waide-open-letter-to-pm-james-marape-treat-our-people-fairly/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Waide: Open letter to PM James Marape: Treat our people fairly">Read more</a>
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January 1, 2021
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Rubén Sierra From Los Angeles, California COVID-19 has spread rapidly throughout the world. The pandemic has severely limited the economic activities of developing countries and has even led to periodic shut downs in the most powerful nations. Globally, an estimated 72,650,979 people have been diagnosed with COVID-19 ... <a title="COVID-19: Can the U.S. and Cuba Unite Against a Common Enemy?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/01/covid-19-can-the-u-s-and-cuba-unite-against-a-common-enemy/" aria-label="Read more about COVID-19: Can the U.S. and Cuba Unite Against a Common Enemy?">Read more</a>
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December 31, 2020
By Rebecca Kuku in Kerema Gulf Province is only six hours away from Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea’s capital city, and is one of the most least developed provinces in the country. Its main town, Kerema, is in a sad state. The market has closed, forcing locals to sell their fresh fish and garden food ... <a title="Rebecca Kuku: PNG’s Gulf Province, ignored for too long but now I’m back" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/31/rebecca-kuku-pngs-gulf-province-ignored-for-too-long-but-now-im-back/" aria-label="Read more about Rebecca Kuku: PNG’s Gulf Province, ignored for too long but now I’m back">Read more</a>
