Coronavirus in the Pacific: weekly briefing
Thursday
16th April
2020
Infection figures remain low for the Pacific, but they have more than doubled since last week. The World Health Organization…
Category Archive: Pillar 1: Governance and democracy
Coronavirus in the Pacific: weekly briefing
Thursday
9th April
2020
There are now more than 220 confirmed cases across the Pacific Islands region (excluding Australia and New Zealand) and six…
Emerging disease and emerging economies: The capacity of Pacific health systems in the face of COVID-19
Friday
27th March
2020
How will Pacific Island and Territories respond to the global pandemic, Covid19.
Shifting electricity generation from non-renewable to renewable sources in Vanuatu
Monday
23rd March
2020
Vanuatu’s National Energy Road Map (NERM) 2016-2030 lists targets and objectives that the Government, through the Department of Energy…
Coronavirus fears and controversial passport sales: Vanuatu’s election explained
Wednesday
18th March
2020
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Despite the fact there are no confirmed cases COVID-19 in Vanuatu so far, the…
The importance of media freedom as a foundation for democracy in the Pacific
Tuesday
3rd March
2020
Pacific nations are on the frontline not only of climate change impacts but also of competition between opposing super powers,…
The long road home
Tuesday
25th February
2020
Originally published by the Pacific Institute of Public Policy, this 2013 appreciation of Andy Ayamiseba’s life of activism in exile…
It’s election year in Vanuatu…things could get interesting
Friday
7th February
2020
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Into the already febrile political chatter of Port Vila in this election year came…
Pacific predictions 2020
Friday
24th January
2020
TESS NEWTON CAIN | As we enter not only a new year but a new decade, there is…
Media repression in Melanesia
Friday
17th January
2020
I was exceptionally fortunate to be invited to attend the recent Melanesia Media Freedom Forum at the Griffith University’s…