REGION: Regenvanu calls for more ‘independent’ Pacific
WELLINGTON (Pacific Scoop / Pacific Media Watch): Ralph Regenvanu, Vanuatu's recently-appointed Minister of Lands, Geology, Mines, Energy and Water, is a self-confessed "notorious critic" of free trade and foreign ownership.
He want…
SAMOA: State project boosts mobile phones and internet links
APIA (Pacific Media Watch / Samoa Observer): A government project has led to dramatically increased access to mobile phones and lower call costs for the Samoan people, as well as improvements to the postal system, according to the Samoa Observer. re…
SAMOA: New TV and radio channel launched
APIA (Pacific Media Watch / Samoa Observer): The Congregational Christian Church of Samoa (CCCS) launched a new television and radio station today.
General secretary Rev Dr Iutisone Salevao says the stations will be called EFKS Television and Radi…
AUDIO: Media freedom ‘great achievement’ in Afghanistan, says BBC reporter
AUCKLAND (Pacific Media Watch): Afghan journalist Bilal Sarwary has hailed media freedom as one of the accomplishments in Afghanistan over the last decade.
The Kabul-based reporter working for the BBC expressed this view at a Pacific Media Centre …
FIJI: Rabuka refuses to reveal name of coup co-conspirators
Rohit Deo
SUVA (Fijivillage.com /Pacific Media Watch): Fiji's 1987 coup leader Sitiveni Rabuka says that it is up to the people of the country to forgive him for his actions.
A young woman named Kajol who was part of a panel discussion at the…
FIJI: Fiji Times ordered to pay $5000 fine under media decree
Praneeta Prakash
SUVA (Fijivillage.com / Pacific Media Watch): Fiji Times Limited, which had pleaded guilty to a charge of breaching the Media Industry Development Decree, has been ordered to pay a $5000 fine by the Suva Magistrates Court.
The fi…
AUDIO: NZ moviegoers enthused over epic Polynesian tale
AUCKLAND (Pacific Media Watch): For the first time after its premiere at the New Zealand International Film Festival, Aucklanders had the chance to experience the classic Norwegian adventure drama Kon Tiki this week. read more
FIJI: Ex-USP professor Narsey ‘gagged’ over media freedom speech
SUVA (Radio NZ International / Pacific Media Watch): A former University of the South Pacific professor says he was stopped from addressing journalism students on World Press Freedom Day earlier this month.
A former economics professor, Dr Wadan N…