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Wednesday Sep 07, 2011
4th Annual One Wave Festival!

The Pacific Peoples’ Partnership (PPP) is proud to present the 4th annual One Wave Festival,...show full article

Wednesday Jul 27, 2011
Languages of Papua Vanish Without a Whisper

July 21, 2011 - Who will speak Iniai in 2050? Or Faiwol? Moskona? Wahgi? Probably no one, as the...show full article

Tuesday Jul 26, 2011
B.C. FirstVoices Language Project - CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

The First Peoples’ Heritage Language and Culture Council is seeking partnerships with British...show full article

Monday Jul 11, 2011
New Book Announcement: Pacific Island Artists: Navigating the Global Art World Edited by Karen Stevenson

List price: US$69.95
ISBN: 0971412774
Publisher: Masalai Press
Publication Date: June,...show full article

Thursday Jun 30, 2011
Young women speak up!

Thursday 30th June, 2011

HONIARA, SOLOMON ISLANDS - This week 12 young women learnt media and...show full article

Friday May 20, 2011
Fiji Marks First International Day Against Homophobia And Transphobia

PRESS RELEASE (Drodrolagi Movement) - Fiji became the first Pacific Island country to mark...show full article

Monday May 16, 2011
BIG PLANS FOR CREATIVE INDUSTRY

14 May - Cook Islands News ~ As the government examines the economic value of the cultural and...show full article

Thursday May 12, 2011
APPLICATION DEADLINE: MAY 18th | WANSOLWRA YOUTH PEACE-BUILDING CONFERENCE

The Youth Peace-building Conference (W.Y.P.C) will take place on the 20th – 23rd of June in...show full article

Thursday Apr 21, 2011
Land and Sea Mural being unveiled at Ogden Point at the Victoria Harbour

Aboriginal Arts and Culture takes on center stage at the Land and Sea Mural being unveiled at Ogden...show full article

Wednesday Mar 23, 2011
FALEOMAVAEGA TO VISIT RAPA NUI

Washington, D.C. -- Congressman Faleomavaega announced today that he will be traveling to Easter...show full article

Monday Mar 21, 2011
New software to support management of the world's largest tuna fisheries

SPC Thursday, 10 March 2011 - Better informed fishery managers make better management decisions....show full article

Monday Mar 21, 2011
Three Micronesian Countries to Hold National Water Summits on World Water Day, March 22, 2011.

SOPAC - On Tuesday, March 22nd, three Micronesian countries, Palau, FSM and RMI, will celebrate...show full article

Monday Mar 21, 2011
Drinking Water in First Nations and Native Communities

For a country that is supposed to be rich with fresh water, Canada has some disappointing...show full article

Thursday Mar 17, 2011
Govt agrees to bring family home

Rarotonga, Cook Islands - Cabinet has agreed to evacuate Cook Islander Rena Jonassen and his family...show full article

Wednesday Mar 16, 2011
Call for Submissions to Young Aboriginal Women’s Creative Essay Contest!

Deadline to submit: Friday March 25th, 2011

Calling all Young Aboriginal Women (trans,...show full article

Thursday Mar 10, 2011
Global economic recovery to pull up Pacific economies

An Asian Development Bank (ADB) report released on Wednesday shows that the world economy’s...show full article

Tuesday Mar 08, 2011
Claiming and Celebrating Women's Communication Rights

Suva, Fiji Islands March 7, 2010 - A series of rural community radio broadcasts in Vunimono Nausori...show full article

Friday Mar 04, 2011
Reframing science and technology to focus on people and communities: the Pacific approach

UNHQ, New York-- Pacific scientists abound in the region; and most of them don't even know it....show full article

Thursday Mar 03, 2011
Pacific small islands states to CSW 55: gender roles still locked in to women's education and work

2 March UNHQ, New York -- Gender roles are still a locked-in part of education for women and...show full article

Tuesday Mar 01, 2011
Call for greater gender resources to combat impact of financial crisis

22 February 2011

"In the context of this crisis, the single most important mantra should be...show full article

Thursday Feb 24, 2011
ABC International Pacific Fellowship Award 2011

Location: ABC Australia, with exact location to be determined
Job ID:
Application closing date:...show full article

Monday Feb 21, 2011
Femlinkpacific Feature: Media Technology Working for Women's Peace and Security

Suva, Fiji Islands
21 February 2011

As the UN Commission on the Status of Women gets underway...show full article

Monday Feb 21, 2011
U.N.-Backed Meeting in Bangkok Will Examine How Legal Barriers in Asia Hamper Fight Against HIV/AIDS

From Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

February 17, 2011

"Legal barriers are obstructing...show full article

Wednesday Feb 16, 2011
2011 Commonwealth Short Story Competition: February 15 - March 1

In 2010 Lani Young of Samoa was one of the Highly Commended with over two thousand people entered...show full article

Wednesday Feb 16, 2011
What Men Have to Do With It

Most policies that strive for equality still focus exclusively on empowering women and neglect the...show full article

Tuesday Feb 08, 2011
The international community steps in to stop violence against the Rapa Nui Nation

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Escalating violence between the Rapa Nui indigenous communities and the Chilean...show full article

Tuesday Jan 18, 2011
Knowledge of local plants offers numerous benefits

Knowledge of local plants offers numerous benefits
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Tue, 01/04/2011...show full article

Monday Nov 29, 2010
WWF Fellowships: Doctoral and Postdoctoral Research on Marine Protected Areas

*Application deadline: January 31, 2011

World Wildlife Fund is announcing the 2011 Kathryn...show full article

Monday Nov 29, 2010
Toihuarewa Visiting Indigenous Fellowship 2011 For travel to New Zealand

*Application deadline: 31st January 2011.

Aims and Eligibility: The aim of the Toihuarewa...show full article

Tuesday Nov 23, 2010
2011 –- 2012 APLP Fellowship Competition: Application Deadline December 1, 2010

The Asia Pacific Leadership Program is pleased to announce the opening of its 2011 – 2012...show full article

Monday Nov 22, 2010
Canada signs on to UN Declaration of Indigenous Rights

By Stephanie Dearing.

Ottawa - Canada has at long last signed on to the United Nations...show full article

Wednesday Oct 13, 2010
Researcher Seeking Pacific Islanders Now Living in Toronto, CANADA

The Pacific Peoples' Partnership has kindly agreed to forward this email for me. I am a PhD...show full article

Wednesday Oct 06, 2010
*FALEOMAVAEGA HOLDS FIRST EVER HEARING REGARDING INDONESIA WEST PAPUA*

Washington, D.C.

On September 22, 2010, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific...show full article

Wednesday Oct 06, 2010
Floods and landslides kill at least 86 in Indonesia

Aftermath of flooding in Teluk Wondama, West Papua province - 5 Oct 2010 Homes,
businesses and...show full article

Wednesday Jun 16, 2010
Quake kills two in Papua Indonesia

Sali Pelu

June 16 (AFP) -- A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake killed at least two people and...show full article

Tuesday Jun 08, 2010
Papua Losing More Forest To Development

The Jakarta Post
Friday, June 4, 2010

Markus Makur, The Jakarta Post, Timika

Papua's...show full article

Tuesday Jun 08, 2010
PNG gives up rights of landowners to challenge resource developers, PNG NGO claims

By Makereta Komai for Climate Pasifika in Bonn, Germany

04 June 2010, Bonn, Germany –...show full article

Wednesday May 19, 2010
MAJOR OIL SPILL THREATENS OCEAN IN BOUGAINVILLE

Pilferage at old storage tank caused spill

By Gorethy Kenneth
PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea...show full article

Wednesday May 05, 2010
PPP is Hiring!

Pacific Peoples’ Partnership is seeking an enthusiastic and self-motivated Cultural Events...show full article

Monday Apr 26, 2010
Article on the situation in West Papua, published in highly respected UK publication The Economist

...show full article

Friday Apr 23, 2010
Australian trained Indonesian police detain peaceful Papuan protesters

22 April 2010

Local police and members of Detachment 88, Australian and U.S. trained and funded...show full article

Friday Apr 23, 2010
Political Prisoner ‘Denied Proper Health Treatment’

The Jakarta Globe
April 23, 2010
by Nivell Rayda

Papuan political prisoner Filep Karma...show full article

Monday Apr 19, 2010
Kartinis of Papua: Papuan Women need decent markets and freedom from violence

Bintang Papua, 18 April 2010
Abridged in translation

Papuan women who are longing to be able...show full article

Monday Apr 19, 2010
Local elections in Papua will be postponed.

Slightly abridged in translation
Bintang Papua, 18 April 2010

It has now be decided that local...show full article

Monday Apr 19, 2010
Military businesses handover by August

Bagus BT Saragih , The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Thu, 04/15/2010 8:45 AM | National

The...show full article

Tuesday Apr 13, 2010
Purari washes up 12 bodies

Post Courier, April 13
By PETER KORUGL

A GOVERNMENT team from Gulf Province is to go into Wabo,...show full article

Friday Apr 09, 2010
Rights group: 80 percent of detainees tortured

The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Fri, 04/09/2010 11:18 PM | National

A survey conducted by the...show full article

Tuesday Apr 06, 2010
PACIFIC ISLAND NATIONS RAISE EXPECTATIONS FOR CANCUN ON “WORLD WATER DAY”

NEW YORK, March 22, 2010 – The Pacific Small Island Developing States (“Pacific...show full article

Tuesday Apr 06, 2010
Transmigrasi redux in Papua

SMH Editorial April 5, 2010

THE news that Indonesia's government is planning a vast new...show full article

Monday Mar 29, 2010
INDONESIA: Agriculture Expansion Plan Under Fire

JAKARTA, 26 March 2010 (IRIN) - The Indonesian government's plan to develop a food estate in Papua...show full article

Monday Mar 29, 2010
Villagers protest mine company court battle to dump waste in bay

The National, 29 March 2010

THE Chinese Metallurgical Construction Co (MCC) has failed in its...show full article

Wednesday Mar 24, 2010
Indonesia Sees Need For More Troops In Papua

JAKARTA, March 23 (AFP) — The Indonesian military is considering sending thousands of extra...show full article

Wednesday Mar 24, 2010
Community networks key to forest reform

The Jakarta Post [web site]
March 24, 2010
by Adianto P. Simamora

Communities linked to their...show full article

Monday Mar 22, 2010
Mine work halted in Madang a Victory

The National, 22 March 2010

LANDOWNERS in Madang have won a David-and-Goliath battle to freeze a...show full article

Tuesday Mar 16, 2010
Don't Mention West Papua When Indonesia Is In PNG

By Ilya Gridneff, Papua New Guinea Correspondent

PORT MORESBY, March 11 AAP - The contentious...show full article

Tuesday Mar 16, 2010
Tomas moves on Fiji Lau group with hurricane-force winds

by SOPHIE FOSTER
Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Update: 9:19AM HURRICANE Tomas, the Category 4...show full article

Wednesday Mar 10, 2010
Bomb blast . . .Youth fighting for his life in B'ville hospital

Postcourier, 9 March 2010
By GORETHY KENNETH

An American Word War II mortar bomb exploded on...show full article

Wednesday Mar 10, 2010
Stories of Outstanding Solomon Islands Women

Media Release - Auckland University of Technology

A book launched in the Solomon Islands marks...show full article

Monday Mar 08, 2010
Asia-Pacific women lack economic power, rights-U.N.

08 Mar 2010 07:03:42 GMT
Source: Reuters
By Nita Bhalla

NEW DELHI, March 8 (Reuters) - Women...show full article

Monday Mar 01, 2010
How to deliver peace in troubled Papua province

The Jakarta Post
Monday, March 1, 2010

P.M. Erza Killian , Malang

A series of threats and...show full article

Monday Mar 01, 2010
Second oil tanker hits Bougainville reef

The National 25 Feb 2010
By KEITH PUARIA

A SECOND oil tanker hit the reefs of Pokpok Island...show full article

Monday Feb 22, 2010
Obama Has the Power to Help Papua

Jakarta Globe February 21, 2010
Andreas Harsono

Obama Has the Power to Help Papua, the...show full article

Monday Feb 22, 2010
Indonesia aims to be world's breadbasket

21/2/10

By Jerome Rivet (AFP) – 5 hours ago

JAKARTA — Following Brazil's trail,...show full article

Friday Feb 19, 2010
UAE launches Pacific Islands Partnership Program

Friday February 19,2010 -Abu Dhabi: Building upon the first visit of United Arab Emirates (UAE)...show full article

Monday Feb 15, 2010
Papuan pupils given chance to shine

The Jakarta Post
Friday, February 12, 2010
Markus Makur, The Jakarta Post, Timika

Ten...show full article

Monday Feb 15, 2010
Solving the conflict in Papua

detikNews
8 February 2010
(Just received)

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono supports the...show full article

Thursday Feb 04, 2010
Lawlessness and disorder in Papua New Guinea

The Straits Times (Singapore)
Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Bruce Gale, Senior Writer

LAST...show full article

Thursday Feb 04, 2010
Papua Food Estate Faces Land-Use Tangles: Kadin

The Jakarta Globe
February 5, 2010

by Arti Ekawati & Camelia Pasandaran

The...show full article

Monday Feb 01, 2010
Eye in the Sky Pinpoints Papua Environmental Degradation

The Jakarta Globe
January 30, 2010

Images of environmental destruction in the easternmost...show full article

Monday Feb 01, 2010
6.2-magnitude quake hits off PNG

Posted 2 hours 23 minutes ago
Updated 1 hour 42 minutes ago

A strong 6.2-magnitude earthquake...show full article

Wednesday Aug 05, 2009
Pacific Islanders call for justice on climate and human rights

by Cam Walker
Wednesday 5 August 2009

Many strong voices from Pacific, Melanesian, New Zealand...show full article

Friday Jul 24, 2009
ADB Board Approves New Policy to Strengthen Safeguard Protections

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Board of Directors today approved a...show full article

Monday Jul 20, 2009
Tuvalu vows to go carbon neutral

The tiny Pacific island state of Tuvalu has said it wants all its energy to come from renewable...show full article

Thursday Jul 02, 2009
Pacific islands no escape from H1N1 virus infection

HONG KONG, June 25 (Xinhua) -- The island nation of Vanuatu has recorded its first two cases of...show full article

Tuesday Jun 23, 2009
Australian NGO urges Forum to respond to Papuan Human Rights abuses

The Australia West Papua Association is calling on Pacific Island leaders to go public over the...show full article

Tuesday Jun 09, 2009
Irregular carbon credits cause upheaval in Papua New Guinea

AT THE United Nations climate change conference in Bali two years ago, the head of the delegation...show full article

Wednesday May 13, 2009
More aid for Pacific in Australian budget

Linda Mottram, ABC Canberra correspondent

Australia's federal budget will increase aid to the...show full article

Wednesday May 13, 2009
PPP Seeking Cultural Events Coordinator

Pacific Peoples' Partnership is seeking an enthusiastic and self-motivated Cultural Events...show full article

Thursday Apr 30, 2009
Fiji suspended from Pacific forum

Cmdr Frank Bainimarama has ruled out polls before 2014

South Pacific nations have suspended...show full article

Thursday Apr 23, 2009
Hillary Clinton seeks more comprehensive U.S. policy toward the Pacific

April 22, 2009
Washington, D.C. --

Congressman Eni Faleomavaega today met Secretary of State...show full article

Thursday Apr 23, 2009
Tangguh LNG Project Cuts Workers As Construction Nears Completion

The massive Tangguh liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in Papua is continuing to cut its workforce...show full article

Friday Apr 17, 2009
Drowning islands warn of future perils for 'environmental refugees'

MATT FORD
CNN

THERE is one holiday destination that should shake the faith of even the most...show full article

Sunday Mar 15, 2009
Kiribati Looks to Move Sea Threatened Communities Abroad

By Jane Goodwin

The President of Pacific island nation, Kiribati, is reportedly looking for land...show full article

Monday Feb 09, 2009
HIV and AIDS infection is spreading in PNG

Paul Toohey | February 07, 2009 The Australian *JOHNNY is raising three young sons in the...show full article

Tuesday Jan 13, 2009
Australia Provides Emergency Assistance to Federated States of Micronesia and Marshall Islands

Australia will provide US$50,000 in immediate emergency assistance to each of the Federated States...show full article

Wednesday Jan 07, 2009
Church Gives Shelter, Food For Papuan Earthquake Survivors

January 7, 2009

JAKARTA - A Catholic church in Manokwari is giving shelter and distributing...show full article

Wednesday Dec 10, 2008
Storm causes major damage in PNG and the Marshall Islands

Tuesday afternoon huge waves hit PNG's northern coasts. The most affected areas are New Ireland...show full article

Tuesday Dec 09, 2008
Violence against women highest in PNG: AusAID

Updated November 26, 2008 A new report by Australia's international aid agency AusAID reveals...show full article

Tuesday Dec 09, 2008
Niue Joins Call For Easy Access to Adaptation Funds

Pacific Magazine
Tuesday, December 09, 2008

Niue is joining other small islands states in...show full article

Monday Dec 08, 2008
Nautilus Mineral's studies must be independent

Letter to the Editor
The National - Port Moresby, December 8th, 2008

I SUPPORT Sammy Toti of...show full article

Monday Nov 24, 2008
Papua plans microchip implants for AIDS patients

Legislators in Indonesia's remote province of Papua have thrown their support behind a...show full article

Thursday Nov 13, 2008
HIV/AIDS infections rising rapidly in Papua: Official

The number of people living with HIV/AIDS in Papua is increasing every year with 319 new cases...show full article

Monday Nov 10, 2008
Maldives saving to buy new homeland

The Maldives will begin saving to buy a new homeland in case the island nation is submerged beneath...show full article

Tuesday Oct 14, 2008
Connecting Papua’s Central Highlands

Tessa Piper In the Jayawijaya mountains of West Papua live some of the most isolated communities...show full article

Sunday Sep 14, 2008
Carteret Islanders to be relocated to Tinputz

By NELSON K PHILIP

THE Carterets islanders will be relocated to Tinputz on mainland...show full article

Thursday Sep 04, 2008
Raft made of bottles crosses Pacific

HONOLULU - Tanned, dirty and hungry, two men who spent three months crossing the Pacific on a raft...show full article

Wednesday Sep 03, 2008
Urgent Call to Climate Action

Imagine the sea rising around you as your country literally disappears beneath your feet, where the...show full article

Saturday Aug 23, 2008
US Government may seek protection for island chains

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush will seek formal comment from his Cabinet agencies next week on...show full article

Thursday Aug 21, 2008
Pacific nations call for help on climate change

NIUE (AFP) — Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd joined Pacific island nations Tuesday in a call...show full article

Friday Aug 01, 2008
PNG's unsung heroes

SIX PNG women were honoured this week for their incredible work. Minister for Community Development...show full article

Monday Jul 07, 2008
Oceans Becoming a Sea of Plastic Debris

By MARGAUX WEXBERG SANCHEZ

On the first of June, two men and a rabbit set sail from the port of...show full article

Tuesday Jun 24, 2008
NASA scientist testifies climate situation is so bad that the only hope is drastic action

WASHINGTON (AP)

Exactly 20 years after warning America about global warming, a top NASA...show full article

Monday Jun 02, 2008
Watchdog: NASA misled on global warming studies

WASHINGTON (AP) -- NASA's press office "marginalized, or mischaracterized" studies on global...show full article

Monday Jun 02, 2008
Exxon to cut funding to climate change denial groups

By David Adam
Wednesday May 28 2008
www.guardian.co.uk,

The oil giant ExxonMobil has admitted...show full article

Friday May 09, 2008
PPP Job Posting - Cultural Events Coordinator

Pacific Peoples’ Partnership is seeking a dynamic and outgoing Cultural Events Coordinator to...show full article

Tuesday May 06, 2008
Taiwanese officials lose $30m buying influence in PNG

Two top Taiwanese officials have quit over the loss of $30m (£15m) of public money during a...show full article

Monday May 05, 2008
China's new South Pacific influence

By Nick Squires
BBC, South Pacific

As China extends its economic and political potential in...show full article

Friday May 02, 2008
GEF Approves New Funds Toward Pacific Island Sustainability

WASHINGTON, DC, April 25, 2008 – The Global Environment Facility has approved a new series of...show full article

Monday Apr 07, 2008
Towards A United Front In West Papua

By Ben Bohane in Port Vila, Vanuatu
April 07, 2008
Pacific Magazine

The most important summit...show full article

Thursday Mar 13, 2008
Southern Ocean around Antarctica loaded with carbon dioxide

Human activity is the main culprit, according to researchers Southern Ocean is one of the world's...show full article

Friday Feb 08, 2008
Australia ends controversial immigration policy

SYDNEY (AFP) — Australia's widely criticised "Pacific Solution" policy of holding asylum seekers on...show full article