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UPNG management calls in police to ‘secure safety’ on campus
The University of Papua New Guinea has called in police to “secure the safety of staff and students” in the ongoing anti-government unrest at...
‘Take back PNG – save your country,’ Namah tells nation
The NBC News report on Belden Namah's appeal to the nation, presented by Jerry Tave.
By Raymond Ginio in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's former opposition...
PM O’Neill’s plea to students: ‘Think before you act’
Prime Minister Peter O’Neill has called on Papua New Guinea's university students to "think before you act" and not to allow others to use...
Opposition Leader Basil challenges UPNG, supports student ballot
Opposition Leader Sam Basil speaking out in support of the University of Papua New Guinea students on EMTV.
By Theckla Gunga in Port Moresby
Papua New...
13 PNG soldiers accused of mutiny face full trial
Thirteen Papua New Guinea Defence Force soldiers who were charged with mutiny have begun testifying.
On Tuesday, they submitted to the Bomana National Court that...
Students threaten mass exodus from UPNG as anti-O’Neill tension grows
Students have threatened a mass withdrawal from the University of Papua New Guinea if the administration does not agree to its demands as anti-government...
Duterte challenged – end Philippines rights violations, say campaigners
As candidates concede to presidential frontrunner Rodrigo Duterte, the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines has joined the Filipino people in calling...
Solomon Islands, Vanuatu promote MSG support for West Papua
By Jane Joshua in Port Vila
Solomon Islands Prime Minister and chairman of the Melanesian Spearhead Group, Manasseh Sogavare, has revealed that the Solomon Islands...
Electoral Commission nullifies Unitech student vote in new PNG twist
The Papua New Guinea Electoral Commission has nullified the referendum conducted at the University of Technology by Lae Election Office last Friday - almost...
Peter Laska: PNG students now need a Plan B – ‘people...
OPINION: By Peter Laska in Port Moresby
What I want to write about is what many University of Papua New Guinea students seem to be...
Students reach out to public in ‘awareness day’ over PNG crisis
By Scott Waide in Lae
More than 3000 students from the University of Technology and the National Polytechnic Institute in Papua New Guinea's second largest...
Benny Giay: West Papua – The journey of our nation
OPINION: By Rev Dr Benny Giay in Jayapura
A number of recent developments in Papua, Indonesia and in the Pacific, have led me to a...
Electoral Commission refuses to recognise UPNG student vote
Students of the University of Papua New Guinea gathered early yesterday morning at the forum square on the Waigani campus to vote for a...
PNG anti-corruption campaigner vows to keep pushing for PM to quit
By Eric Haurupma in Port Moresby
Anti-corruption activist Bryan Kramer says he and his supporters in Papua New Guinea will continue to pursue their call...
Duterte pulls off huge Philippines win, Marcos trailing narrowly
The Philippines will need to wait for nearly all of the ballots to be transmitted to see whether former dictator Marcos's son Ferdinand "Bongbong"...
Defence recruit foreign lawyers for Vanuatu conspiracy case
By Thompson Marango in Port Vila
Two lawyers from Australia have been taken on board the defence team representing 11 of the jailed Vanuatu politicians...
Unitech boycotts classes, Tabar slams UPNG students’ actions
Protesting students of Papua New Guinea's University of Technology in Lae are boycotting their classes this week.
They are calling on Prime Minister Peter O'Neill...
Take your resign petition directly to PM, Parkop tells students
National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop has appealed to the University of Papua New Guinea student leaders to deliver their petition to the Prime...
UPNG warns students planned protest ballot ‘bordering on contempt’
Management of the University of Papua New Guinea today appealed to protesting students to resume classes with seminar exams only three weeks away, warning...
Firebrand Davao mayor Duterte accepts mandate ‘with humility’
Al Jazeera reports on the Philippines elections on polling day.
With 87.5 percent of precincts already accounted for, Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte, is unofficially...
UPNG students shrug off threats – holding new protest ballot
Students are expected to hold a fresh protest ballot at the University of Papua New Guinea today after campus unrest entered its second week,...
Duterte, Marcos claim early leads in initial Philippines election results
Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte and Senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr claimed early leads in the presidential and vice-presidential contests, respectively, as the initial...
