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Seeds of accountability: OMBUDSMAN COMMISSION AND THE MEDIA 1
No full textThe most serious threat to PNG society is none other than ourselves, not some monsters from outer space or Australia! ... The deepest fear of many of us today is not that out leaders are inadequate but that they are becoming powerful beyond measure. 
Cell lines and commodities: The Hagahai patent case
Get PDFIn March 1995, the United States government issued a patent on a human cell line for an indigenous Hagahai man from the rainforests of Papua New Guinea. The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) were issued patent No. 5,397,696 by the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), the first time that an indigenous person's cells have been patented. Critics saw this is a 'new and dangerous' era in intellectual property rights while even defenders conceded there are serious dilemmas embracing ethics, the law and the media.  
Hard-hitting editorials
Get PDFThe publisher and the editor of The Fiji Times appeared before the Fiji Senate Privileges Commitee on 8 October 1997. Publisher Alan Robinson and editor Samisoni Kakaivalu were called to answer allegations that the newspaper breached parlimentary privilege by allegedly misrepresenting the Senate's proceedings. 
REVIEW: Gaining the edge in the timber furore: Review of The Contemporary Pacific: A Journal of Pacific Island Affairs, Vol 9 No1. Special Issue
No full textReview of The Contemporary Pacific: A Journal of Pacific Island Affairs, Vol 9 No1. Special Issue: 'Logging the South-western Pacific: Perspectives from Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu.' Edited by Kathleen Barlow and Steven Winduo. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press.
Too often reporters become captivated either to the logging company developers, or the non-government organisations campaigning for conservation. Whoever mounts the best public relations campaign for the moment gets the ear of the press. And too often it is the forestry industry, with its better PR resources, that has the edge. Few Pacific journalists ask the hard questions, or dig deeper. Journalism by the press release and rhetoric is the general rule. 
TV - transparent or opaque? OMBUDSMAN COMMISSION AND THE MEDIA 4
No full textTry to understand the source of the story, the channel, the program, even the presenter. Presenters become credible because of their record of telling the truth, being transparent, that's what gets them their viewers and keeps them. The truth differs depending where you are standing
The unrepresentative democracy
No full textFavourable public opinion egged the Papua New Guinea military on and forced Sir Julius Chan's hand over the resignation demand. Military commander Jerry Singirok struck a popular chord when he accused the PNG government of corruption in spite of the fact that he himself had been a party to the Sandline mercenary agreement. 
Fri Pres: Media freedom in the Pacific
No full textAssaults, arbitrary imprisonment, gaggings, threats and defamation cases have become an increasing hazard for Pacific journalists. And they also face mounting pressure from governments to be accountable and to report the truth. But the issue is whose truth and accountability to whom? The full text of the controversial television program shown twice on EM TV in May 1997 to mark the UNESCO World Press Freedom Day.
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Think before you speak
Get PDFWe are grateful for the attempt by Senator Bole to satisfy us that Fiji's senators are a hardworking and productive group of unelected people. When he attacked this newspaper in the Senate on Tuesday he gave what he called a brief explanation of how the Senate continued working after its 20-minute sitting. This, he said, took the form of informal sessions. He hoped this would satisfy The Fiji Times. 
Hot-wired media
Get PDFPapua New Guinea's two daily newspapers are leading the way in the response of the South Pacific news media to the challenge of cyberspace. Both websites came of age during the Sandline mercenary crisis, underscoring the value of content on the Internet. 
REVIEW: Fanning the flames of PNG writing: Review of A Medal Without Honour, by Nash Gegera Sorariba
No full textReview of A Medal Without Honour, by Nash Gegera Sorariba. Port Moresby: University of Papua New Guinea Press.
One of the biggest concerns about Papua New Guinean writing over the years has been the ability by prominent authors to have some form of consistency. Prominent writers have emerged into the circles of brilliance with their unique and talented work, but over the years nothing has been made tangible by them to maintain some level of continuity.