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November 25, 2018
NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern as she appeared on the “negative” EMTV News during APEC – she refused to ride in a Maserati luxury sedan and criticised the funding. Image: PMC screenshot from EMTV News Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The Media Council of PNG has called on the board and management of Media NiuginiLimited to ... <a title="PNG Media Council says bring back Waide – stop attacking free media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/25/png-media-council-says-bring-back-waide-stop-attacking-free-media/" aria-label="Read more about PNG Media Council says bring back Waide – stop attacking free media">Read more</a>
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November 25, 2018
Papua New Guinean journalists at APEC 2018 … “freedom of speech and expression are a fundamental right … and entrenched in the constitution”. Image: Loop PNG OPINION: By Dr Lino Jeremaih Tom, MP for Wabag The suspension of EMTV deputy news editor Scott Waide has brought us to a new low in Papua New Guinea’s ... <a title="Open letter from MP for Wabag: EMTV move ‘dictatorship before our eyes’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/25/open-letter-from-mp-for-wabag-emtv-move-dictatorship-before-our-eyes/" aria-label="Read more about Open letter from MP for Wabag: EMTV move ‘dictatorship before our eyes’">Read more</a>
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November 25, 2018
The Maserati item from New Zealand’s Newshub screened on EMTV News on 17 November 2018. By Vincent Moses in Port Moresby The Papua New Guinean state-owned media company EMTV has been forced to act against its wishes and media ethics to suspend one of the country’s best reporters, their award-winning Lae bureau chief and senior ... <a title="EMTV suspends senior journalist Scott Waide over NZ Maserati news story" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/25/emtv-suspends-senior-journalist-scott-waide-over-nz-maserati-news-story/" aria-label="Read more about EMTV suspends senior journalist Scott Waide over NZ Maserati news story">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2018
Covering the Pacific … “we might even learn a thing or two about the nations and the region within which we live .” Image: Shane McLeod/The Interpreter ANALYSIS: By Mary-Louise O’Callaghan It is both apt and overdue that veteran ABC correspondent Sean Dorney was last night awarded the Outstanding Contribution to Journalism at the 2018 ... <a title="Mary-Louise O’Callaghan: Time we heard the Pacific’s take on the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/24/mary-louise-ocallaghan-time-we-heard-the-pacifics-take-on-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Mary-Louise O’Callaghan: Time we heard the Pacific’s take on the Pacific">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2018
Parliament Haus in Waigani … scene of the reported assault against PNGFM journalists. Image Scott Waide’s blog Scott Waide’s blog highlights an open letter by Genesis Ketan, director of news, PNGFM: As director of News for PNGFM, I am very disappointed at the manner at which two of my reporters – one male and one ... <a title="Scott Waide: PNGFM news boss calls for investigations, penalties for troops who assaulted journalists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/24/scott-waide-pngfm-news-boss-calls-for-investigations-penalties-for-troops-who-assaulted-journalists/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Waide: PNGFM news boss calls for investigations, penalties for troops who assaulted journalists">Read more</a>
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November 23, 2018
By Richard M. Nanua and Royson Willie in Port Vila Vanuatu’s Magistrates Court has remanded a Bangladeshi couple over what is alleged to be the biggest human trafficking and slavery case in Vanuatu and the region. Sekdah Somon and Buxoo Nabilah Bibi – the owners of the “Mr Price” home and furniture store in Vanuatu ... <a title="Couple remanded in big Vanuatu human trafficking, slavery case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/23/couple-remanded-in-big-vanuatu-human-trafficking-slavery-case/" aria-label="Read more about Couple remanded in big Vanuatu human trafficking, slavery case">Read more</a>
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November 22, 2018
Chinese President Xi Jinping in Port Moresby … accused over “new media control strategy” in South Pacific. Image: SCMP Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned the discrimination practised by the Chinese delegation against local and international media at the summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) held last weekend in Papua ... <a title="RSF condemns Chinese exclusion of journalists at APEC side events" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/22/rsf-condemns-chinese-exclusion-of-journalists-at-apec-side-events/" aria-label="Read more about RSF condemns Chinese exclusion of journalists at APEC side events">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2018
The National Parliament of Papua New Guinea came under attack yesterday as angry police and corrections officers stormed into Parliament Haus and destroyed the main entrance. Video: EMTV News Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk National District Governor Powes Parkop has pledged that it will be business as usual today in the Papua New Guinean capital of ... <a title="‘Business as usual’ vows Parkop after storming of PNG Parliament, rioting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/21/business-as-usual-vows-parkop-after-storming-of-png-parliament-rioting/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Business as usual’ vows Parkop after storming of PNG Parliament, rioting">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2018
PNG security forces protesting in Waigani over unpaid APEC security allowances. Image: Loop PNG By RNZ Pacific Hundreds of Papua New Guinea police have descended on Parliament Haus in the Port Moresby suburb of Waigani demanding payments they say they are owed for providing security at last weekend’s APEC leaders summit. RNZ Pacific’s correspondent in ... <a title="Hundreds of protesting PNG police move in on Parliament over pay" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/20/hundreds-of-protesting-png-police-move-in-on-parliament-over-pay/" aria-label="Read more about Hundreds of protesting PNG police move in on Parliament over pay">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2018
NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters announces a K22 million (NZ$10 million) aid project to help polio vaccination for Papua New Guineans at the St John Ambulance Operations Centre in Port Moresby. Video: EMTV News Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk A former prime minister has accused Papua New Guinea’s current leader Peter O’Neill of exposing the country ... <a title="Former PM Sir Mekere blasts ‘lavish staging’ and ‘ridicule’ of APEC" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/20/former-pm-sir-mekere-blasts-lavish-staging-and-ridicule-of-apec/" aria-label="Read more about Former PM Sir Mekere blasts ‘lavish staging’ and ‘ridicule’ of APEC">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2018
SODELPA’s Lynda Tabuya … “breath of fresh air” in Fiji politics. Image: Wikimedia Commons By Koroi Tadulala in Suva The role of women in every segment of society is vital and this is slowly been reflected through more women contesting political spaces in Fiji. This year recorded the highest number of women contesting the country’s ... <a title="Fiji women have confidence that their gender in politics will hear their voices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/20/fiji-women-have-confidence-that-their-gender-in-politics-will-hear-their-voices/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji women have confidence that their gender in politics will hear their voices">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2018
Greenpeace activists unfurl a banner reading “Drop Dirty Palm Oil Now” at a Wilmar International palm oil refinery in Bitung, North Sulawesi, in September. Image: Jurnasyanto Sukarno/Greenpeace Indonesia By Ivany Atina Arbi in Jakarta Six Greenpeace activists have reportedly been detained by the captain of the tanker Stolt Tenacity for staging a rally against global ... <a title="Six activists detained for staging palm oil shipboard rally, says Greenpeace" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/20/six-activists-detained-for-staging-palm-oil-shipboard-rally-says-greenpeace/" aria-label="Read more about Six activists detained for staging palm oil shipboard rally, says Greenpeace">Read more</a>
