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May 11, 2022
By Yance Agapa in Paniai Amnesty International Indonesia executive director Usman Hamid is asking the government to halt the planned gold mine at Wabu Block in Intan Jaya regency until there is agreement from the Papua indigenous people in the area. “We have asked that the planned mine be halted until the state obtains agreement ... <a title="Amnesty calls for halt to planned Wabu Block gold mine in Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/11/amnesty-calls-for-halt-to-planned-wabu-block-gold-mine-in-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Amnesty calls for halt to planned Wabu Block gold mine in Papua">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2022
COMMENTARY: By David Robie Sadly, the Philippines has sold its soul. Thirty six years ago a People Power revolution ousted the dictator Ferdinand Marcos after two decades of harsh authoritarian rule. Yesterday, in spite of a rousing and inspiring Pink Power would-be revolution, the dictator’s only son and namesake “Bongbong” Marcos Jr seems headed to ... <a title="Philippines forgets history and sells its soul for another Marcos" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/11/philippines-forgets-history-and-sells-its-soul-for-another-marcos/" aria-label="Read more about Philippines forgets history and sells its soul for another Marcos">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2022
By Miriam Zarriga in Mt Hagen About 100 Papua New Guinea security personnel have arrived in Porgera, Enga Province, amid the fighting that saw 17 dead, 100 families displaced and homes destroyed over the weekend. The arrival of the PNG Defence Force (PNGDF) in Porgera on late Sunday evening has eased the tension inside the ... <a title="100 PNG security forces arrive in Porgera, tension eases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/11/100-png-security-forces-arrive-in-porgera-tension-eases/" aria-label="Read more about 100 PNG security forces arrive in Porgera, tension eases">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2022
The Fiji Times The Fiji National University and the University of Auckland have formalised their partnership through a memorandum of understanding that encourages academic cooperation between the two institutions. FNU acting vice-chancellor Dr William May said the collaboration was another opportunity to strengthen the longstanding relationship between the two universities in education and capacity building. ... <a title="FNU formalises ‘exciting’ real world collaboration with Auckland Uni" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/11/fnu-formalises-exciting-real-world-collaboration-with-auckland-uni/" aria-label="Read more about FNU formalises ‘exciting’ real world collaboration with Auckland Uni">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2022
RNZ Pacific New Caledonia’s pro-independence Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) movement and five other small nationalist parties have agreed that they will only discuss the territory’s accession to full sovereignty in talks planned with France. The joint position was adopted at the weekend at the congress of the FLNKS and then a meeting ... <a title="FLNKS insists on full sovereignty for Kanaky New Caledonia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/10/flnks-insists-on-full-sovereignty-for-kanaky-new-caledonia/" aria-label="Read more about FLNKS insists on full sovereignty for Kanaky New Caledonia">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2022
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Seventeen people have been killed, hundreds of families made homeless, dozens of houses razed and government services ground to a halt in Enga Province’s Porgera district in Papua New Guinea as warring clans took up arms against each other. Calls for government help went unanswered at the weekend. Police ... <a title="Fierce fighting continues in PNG’s Porgera with death toll reaching 17" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/10/fierce-fighting-continues-in-pngs-porgera-with-death-toll-reaching-17/" aria-label="Read more about Fierce fighting continues in PNG’s Porgera with death toll reaching 17">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2022
RNZ Pacific A stand-off was averted on Norfolk Island today when a couple occupying a historic house chose to leave rather than face criminal charges. The couple had been occupying one of the old officers’ houses in the Kingston World Heritage Site and the Canberra administrator had had police flown in from the mainland to ... <a title="Stand-off between protesters and police on Norfolk Island averted" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/10/stand-off-between-protesters-and-police-on-norfolk-island-averted/" aria-label="Read more about Stand-off between protesters and police on Norfolk Island averted">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2022
RNZ Pacific Fiji has been ranked as the worst place in the Pacific region for journalists in the latest assessment by the global press freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF). In RSF’s 2022 World Press Freedom Index released last week, Fiji was placed 102nd out of 180 countries — receiving an overall score of 56.91 ... <a title="‘Intimidated’ Fiji worst place for Pacific journalists, says RSF’s freedom index" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/09/intimidated-fiji-worst-place-for-pacific-journalists-says-rsfs-freedom-index/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Intimidated’ Fiji worst place for Pacific journalists, says RSF’s freedom index">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2022
By Arieta Vakasukawaqa in Suva Opposition National Federation Party leader Professor Biman Prasad has questioned the motive of the FijiFirst government to continuously highlight the 1987 coup during the girmit celebrations while refusing to mention the devastation brought about by the 2000 and 2006 coups on Fijians. He highlighted this issue during a rally in ... <a title="Prasad accuses FijiFirst of ‘political gimmick’ in highlighting 1987 coup" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/09/prasad-accuses-fijifirst-of-political-gimmick-in-highlighting-1987-coup/" aria-label="Read more about Prasad accuses FijiFirst of ‘political gimmick’ in highlighting 1987 coup">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Binoy Kampmark Children should not pay for the sins of their parents. But in some cases, a healthy suspicion of the offspring is needed, notably when it comes to profiting off ill-gotten gains. It is certainly needed in the case of Filipino politician and presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr, who stands to ... <a title="Bongbong politics: Rehabilitating the Philippines’ martial law Marcos family" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/09/bongbong-politics-rehabilitating-the-philippines-martial-law-marcos-family/" aria-label="Read more about Bongbong politics: Rehabilitating the Philippines’ martial law Marcos family">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Michael Kabuni and Stephen Howes Central to the selection of the prime minister in Papua New Guinea following a general election is Section 63 of PNG’s Organic Law on Integrity of Political Parties and Candidates (OLIPPAC), which was passed in 2001 (and then amended in 2003). Section 63 requires that the Governor-General invites ... <a title="How a law change in PNG has fostered prime ministerial incumbency bias" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/02/how-a-law-change-in-png-has-fostered-prime-ministerial-incumbency-bias/" aria-label="Read more about How a law change in PNG has fostered prime ministerial incumbency bias">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2022
By Lian Buan in Manila The retraction of Kerwin Espinosa, one of the main accusers in the Philippines Bilibid drug trade allegations, has drummed up calls from different sectors to free jailed opposition senator Leila De Lima, but the Department of Justice (DOJ) is not budging. The difficulty with this development is that Espinosa is ... <a title="Retraction by key Filipino accuser triggers calls to free jailed senator" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/02/retraction-by-key-filipino-accuser-triggers-calls-to-free-jailed-senator/" aria-label="Read more about Retraction by key Filipino accuser triggers calls to free jailed senator">Read more</a>
