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Pacific Islands Forum to launch new US$1.5 billion Pacific Resilience Facility

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A new fund aimed at helping build preparations ahead of disasters to help Pacific nations cut the cost of rebuilding and recovery is doing a stage one launch Wednesday, with the main launch of funding support timed for October 2021. Forum Secretary General Dame Meg Taylor chaired a senior advisers panel in a special advance media briefing on Monday 19...

‘Freedom of Expression is not an option, it is a right’ – MCPNG

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The Papua New Guinea Media Council is deeply concerned about the conduct of police officers in the detaining of a media company employee in Port Moresby today, for taking mobile phone videos of a police operation. The MCPNG has been kept abreast of developments surrounding the detaining of Media Niugini Limited Sales Representative Richard Magei, after he was spotted using...

Meet some of the risk-takers and change-makers defending your right to information

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Remarks by IFEX Executive Director Annie Game at the launch of a collaborative project with the International Free Expression Project, marking World Press Freedom Day 2021 “Hello. I’m Annie Game, the Executive Director of IFEX, a global network of over 100 organisations in more than 70 countries who defend and promote free expression and access to information. Our work at the...

COVID-19: Seven active cases recovered in Fiji

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Fiji has reported another seven active COVID-19 cases of recovery. Head of Health Protection, Dr Aalisha Sahukhan during the daily press briefing Tuesday said with the seven recoveries Fiji now has 44 active cases which are currently being admitted in isolation units. As to whether these cases were border quarantine or locally transmitted Dr Sahukhan said she will reveal more details...

Samoa Caretaker PM welcomes fresh election

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Samoa Caretaker Prime Minister, Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi has applauded the decision from the Head of State to call for fresh General Elections to determine the Government of the day. In a press conference on Tuesday night, shortly after the announcement from the Head of State to void the recent election results, Tuilaepa said the call is appropriate considering the 26-seat...

Samoa AG applies to discontinue FAST hearing

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Samoa Supreme Court will hear an eleventh hour application from the Attorney General to discontinue the challenge from Faatuatua ile Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST) party to issue orders on the interpretation of the Constitution. Attorney General, Savalenoa Mareva Betham-Annandale said the application follows a writ from the Head of State for a fresh General Election declaring April's results void. Savalenoa...

Samoa’s female PM challenger set for rerun after gender quota row

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Samoans could elect their first woman prime minister later this month in the rerun of an April general election that was overshadowed by controversy over the use of gender quota rules in the small Pacific island nation. A new party led by Fiame Naomi Mata’afa, who was bidding to become Samoa’s first female premier, had been headed for a one-seat...

Samoan Head of State intervenes, calls for fresh elections

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Samoans woke up to the news today that they will go back to the polls in just over two-weeks’ time, on 21 May 2021. Calling for fresh elections was the best legal way forward for the Head of State, Tuimalealiifano Vaaletoa Sualauvi II, after he met with the leaders of the two major political parties, Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi of Human...

United Nations General General statement on World Press Freedom Day 2021

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https://youtu.be/NW3NqY4hr_0 Statement from the Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres to mark World Press Freedom Day 2021. Happy #WPFD2021 The global challenges we have faced during the COVID-19 pandemic underline the critical role of reliable, verified and universally accessible information in saving lives and building strong, resilient societies. During the pandemic, and in other crises including the climate emergency, journalists and...

Palau Media Council calls on government to support free and independent media on World Press Freedom Day

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One of the hallmarks of a democratic society is free and independent media. As we celebrate this year's World Press Freedom Day, with the theme “Information as a Public Good,” the Palau Media Council is calling on the government to champion free and independent media. Palau Media Council calls on the government to ensure a fair playing field by providing equal...

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