Last month, writing for this blog, I said, “in coming months, further protests will convulse New Caledonia, as French President Macron and Overseas Minister Gérald Darmanin try to ram through ...
I am currently a final year female economics student at the University of Papua New Guinea, living in Port Moresby. But my teenage years were spent in my little village called Krupia, near Boikin...
https://devpolicy.org/life-is-challenging-but-also-rewarding-20240516/
Leadership, governance, and accountability are among the World Health Organization’s core building blocks of the health system. They are foundational to strengthening the effectiveness and f...
https://devpolicy.org/limited-governance-leadership-and-accountability-in-phas-in-png-20240506/
Pacific countries have long complained about the difficulties involved in short-term business travel to Australia and New Zealand. APEC, the Asia-Pacific regional body that brings together some 2...
https://devpolicy.org/time-for-a-pacific-business-travel-card-20240513/
It was 2019 when the two of us crossed paths through education. We never knew our comradeship would be an extraordinary one, changing the course of our lives. Although we came from two different ...
https://devpolicy.org/like-minded-peers-embrace-education-and-leadership-20240508/
Solomon Islands’ elections are normally principally domestic affairs, but the polls held on 17 April 2024 threw the country into the international spotlight. They were widely predicted to yield...
https://devpolicy.org/solomon-islands-an-incumbents-defeat-and-resurrection-20240507/
Fiji’s ranking in a global press freedom index has jumped into the top tier of countries with free or mostly free media after its government last year repealed a draconian law that threatened j...
https://devpolicy.org/fijis-media-freedom-ranking-jumps-pngs-plummets/
Hugh Lucius Davies, AO, OL, the father of geology in Papua New Guinea, has passed away at the age of 89. Renowned for his significant contributions to the geological interpretation and mapping of...
https://devpolicy.org/father-of-geology-in-png-dies-at-89-20240502/
At the weekend, the government announced the first country quotas for its new Pacific Engagement Visa. We already knew that there would be 3,000 PEV visas annually, access to which will be made a...
Polling is over in Solomon Islands. There might be recounts. And there will certainly be electoral petitions in which losers challenge results in court. But that’s all for the future. For now, ...
https://devpolicy.org/solomon-islands-elections-who-won-on-the-night-and-why-20240429/