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1999 ARCHIVE |
December 1999
EAST TIMOR: Reporting on East Timor - too little, too late - 31 December, 1999
FIJI: Government gives Fiji Times chief editor 28 days to leave country - Link, 30 December, 1999
FIJI: Minister lodges police complaint against journalists - Link, 20 December, 1999
KIRIBATI: Two directors fined over bid to start independent radio - Link, 9 December, 1999
EAST TIMOR: Australian media face probe over leak of secret documents - Link, 8 December, 1999
SOLOMON IS: Solomon Telekom proposes to set up TV service - 2482, 3 December, 1999
EAST TIMOR: Freedom fighters moved to the airwaves - 2481, 3 December, 1999
KIRIBATI: PNG journalist gains first USP regional diploma - Link, 2 December, 1999
KIRIBATI: Kiribati Gazette reports ban on AFP reporter; RSF protests - Link, 2 December, 1999
EAST TIMOR: RSF Report: Mirror file on Cafe Pacific - Link, 1 December, 1999
EAST TIMOR: RSF Report: 'You are a journalist. We're going to kill you.' - Link, 1 December, 1999
MEDIA: PNG journalist gains first regional diploma - Link, 1 December, 1999
EAST TIMOR: RSF calls on Indonesia to charge military over journalist killings - 2477, 1 December, 1999
EAST TIMOR: Reporters Sans Frontieres report on violations against media - Link, 1 December, 1999
EAST TIMOR: RSF calls on Indonesia to charge military over journalist killings - 2477, 1 December, 1999
November 1999
KIRIBATI: Kiribati Government bans Kiwi journalist - Link, 30 November, 1999
KIRIBATI: Michael Field replies to the ban - Link, 30 November, 1999
KIRIBATI: Pacific Media Watch protests over Field ban - 2476, 30 November, 1999
REGION: PINA/IFEX on PIR: ban on Field; Fiji reporters to sue MP - Link, 30 November, 1999
REGION: Pacific Media Watch on PIR: TVNZ sells shares; Leary slams Govt; ban on Field - Link, 30 November, 1999
NZ: Murdoch's News Ltd shortlisted for NZ's Roger Award for 'worst' transnationals - 2475, 30 November, 1999
KIRIBATI: Government bans NZ journalist - 2474, 29 November, 1999
FIJI: TVNZ sells shares in Fiji TV - 2471, 29 November, 1999
ACEH: Journalists protection committee planned - 2470, 29 November, 1999
FIJI: Minister renews attack on Fiji Times - 2468, 27 November, 1999
REGION: Radio Australia seeks more funds for Asia-Pacific - 2467, 27 November, 1999
FIJI: Leary hits out at Govt's attack on media - 2467, 26 November, 1999
FIJI: Government rejects work permit for top editor - 2465, 26 November, 1999
FIJI: Fiji Times accuses Government of 'vendetta' - 2464, 25 November, 1999
FIJI: New TV station 'planned for Fiji' - 2463, 25 November, 1999
FIJI: PM battles with media - Link, 24 November, 1999
EAST TIMOR: Journalists rebuild local media - 2461, 24 November, 1999
FIJI: 'Swift justice' threat stirs up a hornet's nest - Link, 19 November, 1999
FIJI: Chaudhry duels with mass media - 2459, 19 November, 1999
EAST TIMOR: Indonesian mass media 'a hero' - 2455, 19 November, 1999
REGION: French broadcaster to launch satellite TV in Pacific - 2455, 18 November, 1999
REGION: Pacific male journalists told to be more sensitive - 2454, 18 November, 1999
EAST TIMOR: Indonesian 'obstructing journalist death probe' - 2450, 16 November, 1999
EAST TIMOR: Free radio 'Whistling Bird' takes to the air - 2447, 14 November, 1999
EAST TIMOR: Murder probe points to the Indonesian military - 2446, 14 November, 1999
FIJI: Magistrate ordered to pay journalists over contempt case - 2445, 13 November, 1999
EAST TIMOR: Funds in honour of Sander Thoenes - 2444, 13 November, 1999
FIJI: Media clampdown slammed by PNG editor - Link, 12 November, 1999
REGION: New television documentary on media education produced - Link, 12 November, 1999
FIJI: PNG editor replies to minister - 2443, 12 November, 1999
INDONESIA: Ethics 'must guide freedom of press' - 2441, 12 November, 1999
REGION: Hongkong bourse censures [former Fiji Sun owner] Sally Aw Sian - Link, 10 November, 1999
INTERNATIONAL: Why [Pacific media owner] Murdoch wants more - Link, 10 November, 1999
FIJI: Minister hits back at PINA editor - 2437, 10 November, 1999
PNG: Divine Word University promotes media freedom - Link, 9 November, 1999
REGION: New Pacific media documentary launched - 2436, 9 November, 1999
NEW CALEDONIA: Women learn to get message out - 2434, 8 November, 1999
FIJI: PINA'S Oseah Philemon warns of Fiji Islands dangers - Link, 5 November, 1999
FIJI: Transparency International offers to serve as Fiji 'mediator' - Link, 5 November, 1999
AMERICAN SAMOA: Samoa news publisher/editor tours prison - Link, 5 November, 1999
FIJI: Transparency International offer as 'mediator' - 2427, 4 November, 1999
REGION: Pacific Journalism Online report on media awards - Link, 4 November, 1999
REGION: Solomon Islands student wins top USP award - 2427, 4 November, 1999
COMMONWEALTH: RSF reports press freedom flouted in 13 countries - Link, 3 November, 1999
REGION: Transparency International chair to launch USP media awards - 2427, 3 November, 1999
SAMOA: Assassination hearing closed to public, media - 2427, 3 November, 1999
EAST TIMOR: Wansolwara/APN report on the high price of reporting - Link, 1 November, 1999
FIJI: Profile on Netani Rika - Link, 1 November 1999
REGION: Wansolwara editorial on media credibility issues - Link, 1 November, 1999
SOLOMON IS: Opinion on gag 'silence' - Link, 1 November, 1999
SOLOMON IS: Gag puts lives at stake - Link, 1 November, 1999
COOK IS: Profile on Lisa Williams - Link, 1 November, 1999
PNG: 'OP' - chief with the big heart - Link, 1 November, 1999
REGION: Wansolwara publishes special Pacific media issue - Link, 1 November, 1999
REGION: Wansolwara given big boost of funds, equipment - 2427, 1 November, 1999
SOLOMON IS: Honimae attacks 'wildfire' media - 2425, 1 November, 1999
FIJI: Why the media must remain free - Link, 1 November, 1999
FIJI: F$11,900 spent on full page ads - Link, 1 November, 1999
FIJI: Fiji Government attacks 'media hysteria' - Link, 1 November, 1999
FIJI: Fiji Media Council defends complaints process - Link, 1 November, 1999
October 1999
FIJI: Fiji Govt spends almost $12,000 on 'hysteria' ads - 2424, 31 October, 1999
EAST TIMOR: Plea for Australian broadcasting help - 2423, 31 October, 1999
FIJI: Fiji Government attacks 'media hysteria' - 2422, 30 October, 1999
FIJI: No need for Fiji media tribunal: Rabuka - Link, 29 October, 1999
FIJI: Payback time for Fiji's news critics - Link, 29 October, 1999
FIJI: Fiji Media Council defends complaints procedure - 2421, 29 October, 1999
FIJI: Government responds to critics - Link, 28 October, 1999
FIJI: Opposition leader defends media rights; Newspaper publisher defends reports - Link, 28 October, 1999
SOLOMON IS: Government lifts media ban - 2420, 28 October, 1999
FIJI: Prime Minister's address continued - Link, 27 October, 1999
FIJI: Prime Minister's address at Fiji Media Council's code of ethics launching - Link, 27 October, 1999
FIJI: Fiji news media under fire - Link, 27 October, 1999
FIJI: Fiji Government considers media tribunal - 2419, 27 October, 1999
FIJI: Prime Minister lambasts news media, warns of media tribunal - 2418, 27 October, 1999
PNG: New studios open for Radio ENB - 2416, 26 October, 1999
FIJI: Fiji Sun's editor resigns - 2412, 22 October, 1999
FIJI: Pacific Media Watch on Pacific Islands Report - Link, 21 October, 1999
FIJI: Fiji Sun blasts rivals over contempt controversy - 2411, 21 October, 1999
REGION: Pacific media urged to review news values - 2410, 21 October, 1999
FIJI: Strike threat against national broadcaster - 2408, 20 October, 1999
NEW CALEDONIA: RFO suspends actions against staff - 2407, 20 October, 1999
FIJI: Fiji Sun fined $3000 for contempt of court - 2406, 20 October, 1999
HAWAII: US judge prevents closure of Honolulu Star-Bulletin - 2404, 18 October, 1999
NEW CALEDONIA: RFO broadcasts back on air - 2401, 13 October, 1999
FIJI: Maire Bopp wins Pacific media freedom award - 2399, 12 October, 1999
INTERNATIONAL: "Press freedom in the Commonwealth - A pillar of good governance" - Link, 12 October, 1999
REGION: More reports on the 1999 PINA convention - Link, 12 October, 1999
REGION: Reports on PINA convention, Suva 1999 - Link, 11 October, 1999
REGION: Internet - it's all about money - 2398, 11 October, 1999
REGION: Pacific journalism education eyes satellite plan - 2397, 10 October, 1999
NEW CALEDONIA: French minister condemns gag on RFO - 2396, 10 October, 1999
EAST TIMOR: Interfet demand handover of troops linked to murder of journalist - 2395, 10 October, 1999
FIJI: Fiji Media Council chair backs PM's concerns - 2394, 10 October, 1999
PNG: Launch of Mary-Louise O'Callaghan's book on the Sandline affair - 2392, 6 October, 1999
FIJI: Fiji journalists cleared over reports from Parliament - Link, 5 October, 1999
FIJI: Parliament clears reporters - 2390, 5 October, 1999
EAST TIMOR: The high price for media in East Timor - Link, 3 October, 1999
EAST TIMOR: IFJ plans mission to East Timor - 2387, 1 October, 1999
September 1999
FIJI: Pacific Media Watch on Fiji TV fee rise - Link, 30 September, 1999
FIJI: Fiji TV licence fee rise illegal - 2384, 29 September, 1999
FIJI: Opposition Leader sues Daily Post - 2383, 28 September, 1999
NEW CALEDONIA: Union blocks RFO broadcasts again - Link, 28 September, 1999
EAST TIMOR: WAPC plea for journalists - 2382, 27 September, 1999
FIJI: New Fiji Sun daily newspaper makes debut - Link, 27 September, 1999
SAMOA: Editorial: Press freedom vital element in democracy - Link, 26 September, 1999
VANUATU: PINA's statement on Pacific Islands Report - Link, 24 September, 1999
VANUATU: Claim of jail threat behind journalists' suspension - 2379, 24 September, 1999
FIJI: New Fiji Sun daily newspaper makes debut - 2378, 24 September, 1999
EAST TIMOR: Obituary on shot journo - 2375, 24 September, 1999
EAST TIMOR: INTERFET update - ET still 'very dangerous' - 2374, 24 September, 1999
EAST TIMOR: IFJ calls for UN cover after Dutch journalist shot dead - 2372, 23 September, 1999
WEST PAPUA: Television transcript of ABC Four Corners program "Blood on the Cross" - Link, 22 September, 1999
KIRIBATI: Bid to start non-government radio in Kiribati leads to charges - Link, 21 September, 1999
FIJI: USP students launch own 'daily' newspaper - 2371, 21 September, 1999
EAST TIMOR: Two missing journalists rescued - Link, 21 September, 1999
NEW CALEDONIA: French council rules in favour of free speech - 2368, 16 September, 1999
EAST TIMOR: Detained American journalist flown out - 2367, 16 September, 1999
EAST TIMOR: RSF calls for UN action - 2363, 14 September, 1999
MALAYSIA: CPJ condemns jailing of journalist - 2362, 12 September, 1999
EAST TIMOR: AJI condemns violence against journalists - 2361, 12 September, 1999
EAST TIMOR: Pacific opinion: 'Stop the bloodbath' - Link, 11 September, 1999
EAST TIMOR: One missing journalist found safe - 2358, 11 September, 1999
EAST TIMOR: IFJ plea over missing journalists - 2357, 11 September, 1999
EAST TIMOR: AJI reports journalists missing - 2356, 10 September, 1999
EAST TIMOR: AJI criticises interrogation of ANTV's crew - 2355, 10 September, 1999
EAST TIMOR: Media circus rolls out as horror show begins - 2354, 9 September, 1999
NIUE: Row over Internet domain - 2353, 9 September, 1999
SOLOMON IS: Amnesty International to visit - 2352, 9 September, 1999
PNG: Radio Simbu returns to airwaves - 2347, 7 September, 1999
EAST TIMOR: Opinion: PNG must help restore sanity - 2346, 7 September, 1999
EAST TIMOR: SEAPA protests over violence - 2345, 7 September, 1999
REGION: South-East Asia's press under siege - Link, 6 September, 1999
FIJI: Row over Hindi TV show - 2343, 6 September, 1999
EAST TIMOR: Journalists flee militia-controlled Dili - 2342, 6 September, 1999
EAST TIMOR: UN urges foreign journalists to stay - 2341, 4 September, 1999
EAST TIMOR: Article 19 on freedom of expression - 2340, 4 September, 1999
EAST TIMOR: Journalists evacuated from violence - 2338, 3 September, 1999
EAST TIMOR: IPI concerned over further attacks - 2337, 3 September, 1999
EAST TIMOR: CPJ on attacks on journalists - 2336, 2 September, 1999
EAST TIMOR: AJI on militia violence - 2335, 2 September, 1999
SINGAPORE: Government to relax Internet laws - 2334, 2 September, 1999
EAST TIMOR: BBC man: 'I'm lucky to be alive' - Link, 2 September, 1999
FIJI: Fiji TV chief issued permit with strings - 2333, 1 September, 1999
EAST TIMOR: Australian television crew arrested, being deported - 2332, 1 September, 1999
August 1999
FIJI: Daily Post challenges parliamentary attack - Link, 30 August, 1999
FIJI: Chaudhry attacks media - Link, 30 August, 1999
FIJI: Delay in tabling of Privileges Committee finding on Fiji Islands newspapers - 2325, 29 August, 1999
FIJI: Delay in tabling of Privileges Committee finding on Fiji Islands newspapers - Link, 30 August, 1999
**EAST TIMOR: Pacific Media Watch calls for UN action over journalists, poll - 2323, 29 August, 1999
EAST TIMOR: RSF protests over 'information sabotage' of referendum - Link, 29 August, 1999
WEST PAPUA: Media blood on the Cross - Link, 29 August, 1999
**FIJI: Daily Post challenges parliamentary attack - 2322, 28 August, 1999
FIJI: Media war good for all: Zeitlin - Link, 27 August, 1999
PNG: Journalism: UPNG's SOS call unheeded - Link, 27 August, 1999
FIJI: Chaudhry attacks Fiji Times - Link, 26 August, 1999
FIJI: UPNG media lecturer critical over lack of help - 2318, 26 August, 1999
PNG: Sandline mercenary affair book launched - 2320, 26 August, 1999
FIJI: Media war 'good for all' - 2319, 26 August, 1999
FIJI: PM lambasts Fiji Times 'crusade' - 2317, 25 August, 1999
EAST TIMOR: US reporter expelled from Indonesia - 2313, 24 August, 1999
FIJI: Opposition party defends media - 2312, 23 August, 1999
INTERNATIONAL: Tribute to Bright Mwape of MISA - 2310, 22 August, 1999
INDONESIA: Press, readers deal with shock of free information - 2309, 22 August, 1999
FIJI: Government blocks Fiji Times advertisements - 2307, 21 Aug, 1999
REGION: USP to produce millennium TV series - 2306, 21 Aug, 1999
SAMOA: Media barred from reporting fully on political murder - Link, 18 Aug, 1999
SAMOA: Media gagged over assassin's alleged confession - 2303, 18 Aug, 1999
INTERNATIONAL: Twenty journalists killed worldwide, says RSF - 2300, 17 Aug, 1999
REGION: Pacific Islands urged to use Internet as development tool - Link, 17 Aug, 1999
FIJI: Minister undecided on work permit for Fiji TV executive - Link, 17 Aug, 1999
FIJI: Fiji TV's chief still waiting on work permit - 2298, 16 Aug, 1999
SAMOA: Criminal libel charges dropped against Samoa Observer - Link, 16 Aug, 1999
FIJI: PM Chaudhry condemns media again - 2294, 15 Aug, 1999
EAST TIMOR: Journalist's mother: 'Tell me the truth' - 2294, 15 Aug, 1999
INDONESIA: CPJ protests over attack on Aceh editor - 2293, 13 Aug, 1999
INDONESIA: Aceh editor attacked - Link, 13 August, 1999
FIJI: New Fiji Sun newspaper plans impact - Link, 12 August, 1999
FIJI: Parliament summons editors - 2291, 12 August, 1999
INDONESIA: CPJ calls for inquiry into death of journalist - 2290, 11 Aug, 1999
INDONESIA: Journalist found dead in troubled Aceh province - Link, 11 Aug, 1999
FIJI: New Fiji Sun plans big impact on market - 2289, 11 Aug, 1999
INDONESIA: Journalists Alliance names threats to press freedom - 2286, 10 Aug, 1999
SOLOMON IS: Second and third FM stations for Solomon Islands - Link, 10 Aug, 1999
INDONESIA: Journalist found dead in Aceh - 2284, 10 Aug, 1999
FIJI: Fiji TV chief still in limbo - 2280, 7 Aug, 1999
EAST TIMOR: IFJ launches safety office for journalists - 2275, 6 Aug, 1999
SOLOMON IS: SIBC to launch new FM station - 2271, 5 Aug, 1999
PHILIPPINES: Indonesian solidarity for Filipino journalists - 2270, 5 Aug, 1999
SOLOMON IS: Government authorities under fire - 2269, 4 August, 1999
FIJI: Air Fiji sues national media over crash reports - 2268, 4 August, 1999
PNG: The National wins libel case - 2262, 3 August, 1999
FIJI: Profile on Assistant Information Minister Lekh Ram Vayeshnoi - Link, August, 1999
FIJI: Government examines Fiji Times report for possible Public Order Act breach - Link, 3 Aug, 1999
FIJI: Fiji Times challenges Lands Minister - 2261, 2 Aug, 1999
July 1999
FIJI: Fiji Times defends air crash looting reports - 2258, 31 July, 1999
INDONESIA: Jakarta Post editorial on press freedom - 2257, 31 July, 1999
INDONESIA: Indonesia to abolish media controls, minister says - 2256, 31 July, 1999
PHILIPPINES: Press grapple with media thuggery - Link, 28 July, 1999
INDONESIA: Politics, sex are staples in "Reformasi" era - 2252, 28 July, 1999
INDONESIA: Police call in second Time magazine stringer - 2248, 27 July, 1999
PNG: Australian journalists in Skate sights - 2245, 26 July, 1999
EAST TIMOR: Portuguese TV begins special daily ET broadcast - 2243, 25 July, 1999
FIJI: TV 'turnaround' hailed - 2241, 24 July, 1999
REGION: Pacific web training expands - 2246, 23 July, 1999
REGION: Media battle in the Pacific - 2240, 23 July, 1999
FIJI: Fiji TV chief given reprieve pending appeal - 2239, 23 July, 1999
PNG: New bid to save UPNG journalism program - 2237, 22 July, 1999
FIJI: SPC to launch new radio station - 2236, 22 July, 1999
EAST TIMOR: UN radio top of pops - 2235, 22 July, 1999
SAMOA: Government denies assassination media blackout - 2234, 21 July, 1999
INDONESIA: Indonesian election coverage 'biased' - 2233, 21 July, 1999
REGION: Bar on Fiji TV's chief sends shock waves - Link, 18 July, 1999
FIJI: Fiji TV 'dismayed' at govt bar on boss - 2228, 17 July, 1999
MALAYSIA: Media a new battlefield - 2228, 16 July, 1999
FIJI: SBS Dateline condemned over program - 2227, 15 July, 1999
REGION: Pacific media fends off attacks by governments - Link, 15 July, 1999
SOLOMON IS: Commonwealth envoy calls for end to gag - 2225, 15 July, 1999
WEST PAPUA: Britain's SAS implicated in massacre - 2220, 13 July, 1999
WEST PAPUA: Four Corners makes West Papuan claim - 2219, 13 July, 1999
PNG: UPNG journalism school seeks funding abroad - 2217, 13 July, 1999
REGION: Free press is a universal value - Link, 11 July, 1999
INDONESIA: Jakarta Post on Indonesian press law - 2215, 10 July, 1999
SOLOMON IS: PINA protests Solomons media gag - 2214, 9 July, 1999
FIJI: Opposition critical over Fiji TV dispute - 2213, 9 July, 1999
SAMOA: Samoa Observer plea for help - 2212, 9 July, 1999
INDONESIA: Editors charged in bid to stop porn - 2209, 8 July, 1999
FIJI: Immigration defers decision on Fiji TV boss - 2208, 8 July, 1999
SOLOMON IS: Int'l organisations protest over gag - 2203, 6 July, 1999
FIJI: TV head's work permit queried - 2202, 6 July, 1999
SOLOMON IS: RSF protests over media gag - 2201, 6 July, 1999
REGION: Pacific J-schools open up Internet media - 2200, 5 July, 1999
REGION: NZ press council; sets out principles - 2198, 5 July, 1999
FIJI: Activist group challenges government - 2197, 3 July, 1999
FIJI: Government blocks new Fiji TV boss - 2196, 3 July, 1999
SOLOMON IS: CPJ protests over 'draconian' gag - 2195, 3 July, 1999
SOLOMON IS: CPJ protests over media restrictions - Link, 2 July, 1999
June 1999
SOLOMON IS: Government imposes media gag - 2194, 30 June, 1999
FIJI: Minister slams editorials - 2193, 29 June, 1999
REGION: World press councils on UPNG J-school closure - 2192, 28 June, 1999
FIJI: Media under attack from government - 2191, 23 June, 1999
REGION: South Pacific media overview - link, 22 June, 1999
REGION: Cyberspace media & the Pacific's political frontier - link, 21 June, 1999
EAST TIMOR: Balibo witness crucial to any inquiry - 2194b, 22 June, 1999
EAST TIMOR: Radio offers Timor dream of liberty - 2188, 18 June, 1999
PNG: Books appeal to help Divine Word University - 2182, 15 June, 1999
REGION: Asia-Pacific political change seminar - 2181, 14 June, 1999
INDONESIA: Tabloids breathe life into press - 2177, 13 June, 1999
REGION: Online journalists create Pacific websites - 2176, 13 June, 1999
PNG: Future uncertain for UPNG radio - 2175, 13 June, 1999
FIJI: PM's 'minder' roughs up journalists - 2172, 12 June, 1999
INDONESIA: AJI's protest against Attorney-General - 2171, 11 June, 1999
TAHITI: Radio ban 'lifted' but restricts - 2170, 10 June, 1999
INDONESIA: Press lash out at attorney-general - 2169, 10 June, 1999
FIJI: Freedom of Information Bill close - 2168, 9 June, 1999
REGION: USP journalism coordinator gains fellowship - 2159, 4 June, 1999
INDONESIA: Press strives to hold its hard-won freedom - Link, 3 June, 1999
FIJI: Chiefs meeting 'opened to media' - 2154, 3 June, 1999
EAST TIMOR: UN appalled over threats to journalists - 2152, 3 June, 1999
FIJI: Workshop targets media training - 2151, 2 June, 1999
PNG: New community radio station at UPNG - 2149, 1 June, 1999
SE ASIA: Press alliance to monitor abuses - 2145, 1 June, 1999
May 1999
FIJI: Newspapers call for calm in protest rally - 2142, 30 May, 1999
REGION: Tahitian journalist's HIV/AIDS story on doco - 2141, 30 May, 1999
FIJI: Opposition Leader condemns Daily Post - 2140, 29 May, 1999
EAST TIMOR: Former general admits attack on Balibo - 2139, 29 May, 1999
EAST TIMOR: Media gag 'led to crises' - 2138, 29 May, 1999
FIJI: Adi Kuini vows to end chiefs' secrecy - 2137, 28 May, 1999
PNG: UPNG radio station to go on air - 2136, 27 May, 1999
EAST TIMOR: Int'l journalist unions plan safety office - 2132, 25 May, 1999
FIJI: New PM promises 'no legislation' - 2128, 24 May, 1999
EAST TIMOR: SMH reporter, photographer threatened - 2128, 24 May, 1999
FIJI: Outspoken columnists voted MPs - 2124, 21 May, 1999
EAST TIMOR: Media revels in fiesta of democracy - Link, 21 May, 1999
EAST TIMOR: The press, like the nation, is at crossroads - 2123, 21 May, 1999
FIJI: Labour MP critical of election coverage - 2122, 20 May, 1999
EAST TIMOR: TV station's directors quit - 2120, 20 May, 1999
EAST TIMOR: Journalists 'face sacking after election' - 2119, 20 May, 1999
EAST TIMOR: Militia refuse entry to journalists - 2113, 18 May, 1999
VANUATU: Government criticised by IPI - 2112, 18 May, 1999
EAST TIMOR: Where guns and terror are a way of life - 2108, 17 May, 1999
EAST TIMOR: A critical voice is silenced - 2106, 16 May, 1999
PNG: UPNG 'left out in cold' over media freedom - 2101, 13 May, 1999
VANUATU: Government critical of PINA - 2100, 7 May, 1999
FIJI: News media accused of bias - 2099, 6 May, 1999
PNG: PM told 'prove support for free press' - 2096, 5 May, 1999
PNG: Skate pledges to protect free press - 2095, 5 May, 1999
PNG: Media course closure 'a bad move' - 2094, 5 May, 1999
VANUATU: Attack on publisher condemned at media forum - 2093, 4 May, 1999
EAST TIMOR: Dili paper back - 'but a puppet' - 2091, 4 May, 1999
PNG: Christian TV planned - 2089, 4 May, 1999
INTERNATIONAL: UNESCO's World Press Freedom Day website - Link, 3 May, 1999
REGION: World Press Freedom Day coverage on Pacific Journalism Online - Link, 3 May, 1999
FIJI: Media expert says beware of spin doctors - 2088, 3 May, 1999
EAST TIMOR: Suara Timor Timur newspaper to reappear - 2086, 2 May, 1999
EAST TIMOR: Australian journalists get death threats - 2085, 1 May, 1999
EAST TIMOR: Interpreting fear in a dirty conflict - Link, 1 May, 1999
April 1999
REGION: Media & politics expert to launch Pacific Journalism Review - 2084, 30 April, 1999
VANUATU: Trading Post publisher assaulted, threatened - 2081, 29 April, 1999
FIJI: Journalists threatened over school expulsions - 2080, 29 April, 1999
FIJI: Volasiga columnist defiant over allegations - 2075, 24 April, 1999
EAST TIMOR: Indonesian press urge probe of attack on paper - 2073, 24 April, 1999
FIJI: Auditor-General slams political advertisements - 2071, 23 April, 1999
EAST TIMOR: Opinion: Let's save East Timor - 2069, 23 April, 1999
REGION: PIBA wants study on national broadcasters - 2067, 22 April, 1999
EAST TIMOR: CPJ alarmed over attacks on journalists - 2066, 22 April, 1999
EAST TIMOR: RSF concerned over Dili media - 2065, 21 April, 1999
REGION: Forum meeting tackles global information issues - 2064b, 21 April, 1999
REGION: Pacific governments urged to protect freedom of expression - 2064, 20 April, 1999
EAST TIMOR: Anxious Timorese as newspapers shut - 2063, 20 April, 1999
EAST TIMOR: Dili residents forbidden to talk to media - 2062, 20 April, 1999
SOLOMON IS: Official reportedly gags newspaper - 2061, 19 April, 1999
EAST TIMOR: Pro-Indonesia militia sacks news office - 2057, 19 April, 1999
PNG: Siaguru threatens lawsuit against Independent - 2056, 18 April, 1999
REGION: Fresh voices and the Pacific's new cyberspace media - link, 17 April, 1999
TAHITI: Flosse lifts ban on pro-independence Radio Tefana - 2053, 17 April, 1999
REGION: Pacific Journalism Review on Fiji newspaper takeover - 2051, 16 April, 1999
FIJI: FM96 radio show accused of obscenity - 2048, 16 April, 1999
INDONESIA: Journalist beaten by governor - 2047, 16 April, 1999
EAST TIMOR: Belo ambush 'aimed at journalists' - 2046, 13 April, 1999
EAST TIMOR: 'Staying neutral is tough' - 2044, 12 April, 1999
REGION: Pacific media ownership seminar - 2042, 11 April, 1999
FIJI: Ruling party owes radio $16,000 - 2038, 9 April, 1999
FIJI: State radio silent on political deal - 2033, 8 April, 1999
INDONESIA: Students urge House to discuss press bill - 2028, 7 April, 1999
FIJI: Fiji government's bizarre purchase sparks election fear - link, 7 April, 1999
March 1999
FIJI: Questions litter Fiji government's sudden purchase of Daily Post - Link, March, 1999
INDONESIA: Students urge House to discuss press bill - 2014, 27 March, 1999
FIJI: Fiji TV records profits - 2011, 26 March, 1999
INTERNATIONAL: Zambian editor charged with 'espionage' - 2010, 25 March, 1999
SAMOA: PNG opinion: Tofilau a foe of press freedom - 2008, 24 March, 1999
SAMOA: Observer apologises to Polynesian Airlines - 2006, 23 March, 1999
FIJI: Largest Pacific website claimed - 2003, 23 March, 1999
FIJI: Radio Navtarang denies political claims - 1999, 22 March, 1999
INTERNATIONAL: Australian to lead UNESCO global network - 1998, 22 March, 1999
INDONESIA: Blacklisted journalists revealed - 1997, 21 March, 1999
SAMOA: Polynesian Airlines upset over Samoa Post editorial - 1993, 18 March, 1999
SAMOA: Observer found in contempt - 1992, 18 March, 1999
PNG: Women need to educate media - 1991, 17 March, 1999
SAMOA: 2AP radio gag update - 1988, 16 March, 1999
FIJI: Dimuri calls for blacklist review - 1987, 15 March, 1999
INDONESIA: AJI condemns violence towards journalists - 1984, 13 March, 1999
FIJI: Television NZ journalist refused entry - 1982, 13 March, 1999
TAHITI: Flosse appeals tribunal ruling lifting Tefana ban - 1981, 13 March, 1999
INDONESIA: Brutal Indon treatment of protesters and journalists deplored - 1980, 6 March, 1999
SAMOA: CPJ protests over legal harassment of Observer - 1977, 5 March, 1999
FIJI: Christian party slams TV move - 1975, 5 March, 1999
FIJI: TV warned after Ganilau interview - 1973, 4 March, 1999
REGION: Is freedom of the press really free? - Link, 3 March, 1999
FIJI: TV row after interview with former army chief - 1970, 3 March, 1999
February 1999
EAST TIMOR: Australians leave after death threats - 1965, 28 February, 1999
FIJI: Finance Minister visits Post team - 1963, 28 February, 1999
EAST TIMOR: AJI protests at threats to Australian journalists - 1962, 26 February, 1999
SAMOA: Judge refuses injunction appeal over Observer - 1959, 26 February, 1999
FIJI: Daily Post lambasts Fiji Times - 1956, 25 February, 1999
FIJI: Minister outlines plans for Daily Post - 1955, 24 February, 1999
FIJI: Journalism student from Tahiti wins award - 1948, 22 February, 1999
FIJI: Boom plan for Daily Posty - 1947, 21 February, 1999
SAMOA: Polynesian Airlines' view on injunction - 1946, 21 February, 1999
SAMOA: Observer injunction update - 1942, 19 February, 1999
SOLOMON IS: Controversy over police commissioner letter - 1941, 19 February, 1999
SAMOA: CPJ protests over gag move against Observer - 1939, 19 February, 1999
PNG: Chan accepts Singirok's apology - 1938, 19 February, 1999
SAMOA: Court injunction stops Samoa Observer - 1937, 19 February, 1999
FIJI: Radio station clears manager - 1936, 19 February, 1999
PNG: Singirok apology to Chan update - 1933, 18 February, 1999
PNG: Military chief to apologise in media over Sandline - 1932, 17 February, 1999
FIJI: Government buy out of Daily Post stirs alarm - Link, 16 February, 1999
FIJI: Union attacks Daily Post sale - 1929, 15 February, 1999
PNG: Court 'media lockout' over Engan governor's case - 1926, 13 February, 1999
SOLOMON IS: Police chief and newspaper in ethics row - 1925, 13 February, 1999
FIJI: RSF criticises newspaper sale - 1924, 12 February, 1999
FIJI: Media Council and Fiji Times condemn newspaper sale - 1922, 12 February, 1999
TONGA: Police minister wins defamation case - 1921, 11 February, 1999
FIJI: NZ radio man sent on leave - 1920, 11 February, 1999
FIJI: Daily Post confirms state takeover - 1919, 11 February, 1999
FIJI: NZ radio man under attack - 1918, 10 February, 1999
FIJI: PMW Alert Update** Backlash over Daily Post sale - 1917, 10 February, 1999
FIJI: PMW Alert** Government plans to buy out shares of critical newspaper - 1915, 9 February, 1999
EAST TIMOR: Indonesia deports two Australian journalists - 1913, 7 February, 1999
FIJI: New copyright law passed - 1911, 5 February, 1999
REGION: Media freedom in the Pacific Islands (PINA's view) - Link, 5 February, 1999
SOLOMON IS: Guadalcanal seeks gag on ethnic tension news - 1907, 3 February, 1999
FIJI: Minister praises floods appeal radio - 1903, 3 February, 1999
January 1999
PNG: PMW Alert* Pioneering Pacific J-school closing - 1893, 28 January, 1999
PNG: UPNG J-course closure called 'a betrayal' - 1892, 28 January, 1999
PNG: PNG Media Council raps J-course closure - 1888, 27 January, 1999
SAMOA: Observer in trouble over offensive language - link, 27 January, 1999
SAMOA: 'Open up media' call - 1886, 27 January, 1999
PNG: Use radio, govt bodies urged - 1884, 26 January, 1999
FIJI: Minister criticises local press - 1874, 21 January, 1999
BOUGAINVILLE: Radio Independence update - 1870, 19 January, 1999
SOLOMON IS: Solomon Star goes daily - 1867, 19 January, 1999
FIJI: Fiji Times slams chief magistrate - 1860, 14 January, 1999
FIJI: Fiji Sun queen fights bankruptcy - link, 13 January, 1999
FIJI: 'Sex on the beach' banned - 1858, 13 January, 1999
PNG: Post-Courier shrugs off 'buy-out' claims - link, 11 January, 1999
PNG: Police ban West Papua sign - P85, 6 January, 1999
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