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August 6, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The Alliance for Journalists’ Freedom (AJF) has called on the Malaysian government to desist its current investigation of Al Jazeera English as the current methods of investigation are an attack on free, independent journalism. If the Malaysian government takes issue with Al Jazeera’s work – or any reporting – there were ... <a title="AJF slams ‘misguided’ Malaysian investigation into Al Jazeera report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/06/ajf-slams-misguided-malaysian-investigation-into-al-jazeera-report/" aria-label="Read more about AJF slams ‘misguided’ Malaysian investigation into Al Jazeera report">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk The safe reopening of entry points into six Pacific Islands countries amid the covid-19 pandemic is being discussed at a meeting in Fiji this week. The virtual roundtable is being convened by the United Nations and the Asian Development Bank with representatives from Solomon Islands, Kiribati, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Fiji. ... <a title="Pacific launches talks about how to reopen amid covid pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/05/pacific-launches-talks-about-how-to-reopen-amid-covid-pandemic/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific launches talks about how to reopen amid covid pandemic">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2020
Papua New Guinea has one new case of the novel coronavirus covid-19 reported yesterday bringing total cases to 111, reports EMTV News. National Pandemic Response Controller David Manning in a statement late yesterday said the new case was a 27-year-old male of the National Department of Health and was in isolation at the Rita Flynn ... <a title="Another PNG health officer tests covid positive – national covid total now 111" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/04/another-png-health-officer-tests-covid-positive-national-covid-total-now-111/" aria-label="Read more about Another PNG health officer tests covid positive – national covid total now 111">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Controversial Papua New Guinea citizen Joe Chan has been arrested in Malaysia – this time under the name Djoko Soegiarto Tjandra. And also this time as an Indonesian, a wanted and convicted fugitive and graft convict, reports the PNG Post-Courier. He has been on the run for 11 years. Last Thursday ... <a title="Indonesian police arrest Djoko – PNG’s ‘Joe Chan’ – as fugitive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/03/indonesian-police-arrest-djoko-pngs-joe-chan-as-fugitive/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian police arrest Djoko – PNG’s ‘Joe Chan’ – as fugitive">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2020
By RNZ Pacific Nineteen more cases of covid-19 have been confirmed in Papua New Guinea, taking the total number so far in the country to 91. The Pandemic Response Controller, David Manning, announced the new cases in the capital Port Moresby where almost 80 of PNG’s cases had been confirmed in just over two weeks. ... <a title="More covid cases in PNG take total to 91 – health workers still a concern" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/02/more-covid-cases-in-png-take-total-to-91-health-workers-still-a-concern/" aria-label="Read more about More covid cases in PNG take total to 91 – health workers still a concern">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2020
Linguist and author Noam Chomsky says decades of neoliberal policies that shredded the social safety net and public institutions have left the country ill-prepared for a major health crisis. By Democracy Now! As the US coronavirus death toll tops 150,000, Democracy Now! spends the hour with world-renowned political dissident, linguist and author Noam Chomsky, who ... <a title="Noam Chomsky: Decades of ‘neoliberal plague’ left US unprepared for coronavirus pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/02/noam-chomsky-decades-of-neoliberal-plague-left-us-unprepared-for-coronavirus-pandemic/" aria-label="Read more about Noam Chomsky: Decades of ‘neoliberal plague’ left US unprepared for coronavirus pandemic">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2020
By Isaac Nicholas in Port Moresby Thirty eight deaths in the covid-19 pandemic reported across the Papua New Guinea border in the Indonesian-ruled Papuan capital of Jayapura has prompted a call to focus more resources on West Sepik. Papua New Guinea’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Trade Patrick Pruaitch made the appeal appeal to ... <a title="PNG’s Pruaitch urges focus on Papua border as covid deaths escalate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/01/pngs-pruaitch-urges-focus-on-papua-border-as-covid-deaths-escalate/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s Pruaitch urges focus on Papua border as covid deaths escalate">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2020
By Katie Scotcher, RNZ Political Reporter The former Minister of Defence has admitted he “completely forgot” about a report which stated civilian casualties were possible during Operation Burnham. The Burnham Inquiry, led by Sir Terence Arnold and Sir Geoffrey Palmer, has found a child was killed during the operation in Afghanistan and at least seven ... <a title="Operation Burnham: Former minister Mapp ‘forgot’ about civilian casualties" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/31/operation-burnham-former-minister-mapp-forgot-about-civilian-casualties/" aria-label="Read more about Operation Burnham: Former minister Mapp ‘forgot’ about civilian casualties">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2020
By Matthew Scott The day began with a video, showing a disparate collection of arresting images – the drowned Greenpeace photographer Fernando Pereira, camera in hand and a huge smile on his face. Mugshots of two captured French DGSE secret agents – a fake honeymooning pair jailed for manslaughter, but later spirited off to Hao ... <a title="French nuclear tests: ‘I bury people nearly every day, what was our sin?’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/30/french-nuclear-tests-i-bury-people-nearly-every-day-what-was-our-sin/" aria-label="Read more about French nuclear tests: ‘I bury people nearly every day, what was our sin?’">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2020
By Scott Waide of EMTV News Seventy-four health workers in Papua New Guinea’s Morobe province have been isolated after coming in contact with a 35-year-old National Department of Health officer who has tested positive with covid-19. The officer arrived in Lae on Sunday from the capital Port Moresby to attend a workshop and became ill ... <a title="74 health workers isolated in PNG’s Morobe after positive covid contact" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/29/74-health-workers-isolated-in-pngs-morobe-after-positive-covid-contact/" aria-label="Read more about 74 health workers isolated in PNG’s Morobe after positive covid contact">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2020
A SPREP webinar about the Blue Pacific vision for the peoples of the Oceania region. By Sri Krishnamurthi, reporting for the Pacific Media Centre “Our journey to a bluer Pacific as we navigate through covid-19, we’ve all experienced the impact of covid-19 one way or another, our region has not been spared the adverse effects of covid-19. ... <a title="Eco-tourism is the way of the post-covid future for the ‘blue’ Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/27/eco-tourism-is-the-way-of-the-post-covid-future-for-the-blue-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Eco-tourism is the way of the post-covid future for the ‘blue’ Pacific">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Twenty three new covid-19 cases have been confirmed in Papua New Guinea’s National Capital District – the highest reported so far in a day since the outbreak, reports NBC News. Deputy Pandemic Controller Dr Paison Dakulala announced the new cases in a statement last night following a meeting with Controller David ... <a title="PNG coronavirus cases jump by record 23 as total now tops 62" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/27/png-coronavirus-cases-jump-by-record-23-as-total-now-tops-62/" aria-label="Read more about PNG coronavirus cases jump by record 23 as total now tops 62">Read more</a>
