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May 9, 2020
Rappler justice reporter Lian Buan talks to ABS-CBN’s Mike Navallo who broke the report about the shutdown. Video: Rappler Pacific Media Watch For the first time since dictator Ferdinand Marcos declared Martial Law in the Philippines in 1972, ABS-CBN Channel 2 was this week forced to go off the air, reports Rappler. The National Telecommunications ... <a title="Shut down Philippines TV network journalist tells of ‘the unthinkable’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/09/shut-down-philippines-tv-network-journalist-tells-of-the-unthinkable/" aria-label="Read more about Shut down Philippines TV network journalist tells of ‘the unthinkable’">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2020
By Leigh-Marama McLachlan, Māori affairs correspondent of RNZ News There has been a surge in the rate of Māori being tested for the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, but several districts are still lagging behind. The latest data from the Ministry of Health to April 30, shows Māori are being tested at a slightly higher rate than ... <a title="Surge in Māori virus testing but some NZ district health boards lagging" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/08/surge-in-maori-virus-testing-but-some-nz-district-health-boards-lagging/" aria-label="Read more about Surge in Māori virus testing but some NZ district health boards lagging">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2020
By Clifford Faiparik in Port Moresby Repatriation of about 120 Papua New Guinea citizens from the Papua province of Indonesia to West Sepik under the Indonesian special covid-19 state of emergency (SOE) will start next week, says PNG’s Covid-19 SOE Controller David Manning. Manning said the PNG citizens included prisoners serving various terms in Indonesian ... <a title="Indonesia helping PNG citizen repatriations from West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/08/indonesia-helping-png-citizen-repatriations-from-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia helping PNG citizen repatriations from West Papua">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2020
Pacific Media Watch The Journalism Education and Research Association of Australia (JERAA) has called on the Australian government to make strong diplomatic representations to Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to reinstate ABS-CBN’s television operating licence. It has also urged Duterte to make an ongoing commitment to press freedom – particularly now at the height of the ... <a title="Journalism educators call for action after new Duterte attack on free press" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/07/journalism-educators-call-for-action-after-new-duterte-attack-on-free-press/" aria-label="Read more about Journalism educators call for action after new Duterte attack on free press">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Ian Lowe of Griffith University Documentary maker Michael Moore’s latest offering, Planet of the Humans, rightly argues that infinite growth on a finite planet is “suicide”. But the film’s bogus claims threaten to overshadow that message. Planet of the Humans is directed and narrated by longtime Moore collaborator Jeff Gibbs. It makes particularly ... <a title="Moore’s environmental documentary storm – the truth behind the claims" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/07/moores-environmental-documentary-storm-the-truth-behind-the-claims/" aria-label="Read more about Moore’s environmental documentary storm – the truth behind the claims">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Offences perpetrated by members of Papua New Guinea’s disciplinary forces have become prevalent in the country during the coronavirus pandemic, says National Court judge Justice Panuel Mogish. Justice Mogish, while sentencing PNG Defence Force soldier Nelson Pap at the Bomana National Court yesterday for causing grievous bodily harm to a woman under ... <a title="PNG judge condemns ‘brutality’ of rogue acts by disciplinary forces" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/07/png-judge-condemns-brutality-of-rogue-acts-by-disciplinary-forces/" aria-label="Read more about PNG judge condemns ‘brutality’ of rogue acts by disciplinary forces">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2020
ANALYSIS: By David Robie of the Pacific Media Centre, Auckland University of Technology As fears grow over vulnerability to the coronavirus in parts of the Pacific, some governments stand accused of sheltering behind tough emergency or lockdown rules to silence criticism. Already, several media freedom watchdogs and the United Nations have condemned countries – including ... <a title="Pacific governments accused of using virus crisis to cover media crackdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/06/pacific-governments-accused-of-using-virus-crisis-to-cover-media-crackdown/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific governments accused of using virus crisis to cover media crackdown">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Patricio ZamoranoFrom Washington DC Now that we have had a few days to study the failed, illegal paramilitary incursion by a group of American and Venezuelan mercenaries into Venezuela, some key details have emerged in this incredible story. They reveal the internal dynamics of the country’s fractured, ... <a title="Guaidó and the Failed Military Operation against Venezuela: A Story of Betrayal and Financial Corruption" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/06/guaido-and-the-failed-military-operation-against-venezuela-a-story-of-betrayal-and-financial-corruption/" aria-label="Read more about Guaidó and the Failed Military Operation against Venezuela: A Story of Betrayal and Financial Corruption">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2020
By Filipe F. Salvosa II in Manila The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) today issued a cease-and-desist order against ABS-CBN Corporation, the major television broadcaster in the Philippines, after its 25-year broadcast franchise expired on May 4. The shutdown order, coming down amid the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, places in danger some 11,000 jobs in the country’s ... <a title="Top Philippines TV network told to close under Duterte pressure" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/06/top-philippines-tv-network-told-to-close-under-duterte-pressure/" aria-label="Read more about Top Philippines TV network told to close under Duterte pressure">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2020
The Samoa Observer media freedom video, Journalism Without Fear or Favour. By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch Papua New Guinea’s two daily newspapers – the PNG Post-Courier and The National – which dominate the market, demonstrated “overwhelming deference” to the office of former Prime Minister Peter O’Neill, says a new report about ... <a title="PNG media suffers ‘overwhelming deference’, says freedom report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/05/png-media-suffers-overwhelming-deference-says-freedom-report/" aria-label="Read more about PNG media suffers ‘overwhelming deference’, says freedom report">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2020
By RNZ News The sense of national unity felt during the Covid-19 lockdown may disappear as social isolation and economic costs hit home, a report by leading social scientists warns. Koi Tū: the Centre for Informed Futures from the University of Auckland has released a discussion paper outlining potential difficulties as restrictions lift. It argues ... <a title="Lockdown social cohesion likely to fall as ‘acute’ phase ends, say scientists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/05/lockdown-social-cohesion-likely-to-fall-as-acute-phase-ends-say-scientists/" aria-label="Read more about Lockdown social cohesion likely to fall as ‘acute’ phase ends, say scientists">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2020
Tonga has fallen five places to lie 50th in this year’s World Press Freedom Index. In last year’s index, compiled by the Paris-based media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF), it was 45th out of 180 countries. Tonga’s highest ranking was in 2016 when RSF placed it 37th. READ MORE: Tough coronavirus controls threaten Pacific, ... <a title="Tonga drops five places in world free press rankings – ‘keep fighting’ call" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/04/tonga-drops-five-places-in-world-free-press-rankings-keep-fighting-call/" aria-label="Read more about Tonga drops five places in world free press rankings – ‘keep fighting’ call">Read more</a>
