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PNG’s two universities contrast in management style over protests
Administrations at both of Papua New Guinea's two major universities have contrasting approaches to dealing with the national student standoff against the prime minister.
While...
West Papuans, activists protest against Sorong oil palm expansion
As the indigenous people of Sorong, Nabire, Merauke and elsewhere in West Papua continue to resist oil palm expansion, there now appears to be...
Pacific Climate Change Centre step closer – building starts next June
The Pacific Islands are a step closer to having their very own Pacific Climate Change Centre to be hosted at the Secretariat of the...
UPNG suspends semester studies to take academic ‘breather’
By Cleopatra Kolta in Port Moresby
The University of Papua New Guinea Council has announced the suspension of the rest of semester 1, which is...
Timor-Leste optimistic on border talks despite slow progress
By Tama Salim in Dili and Anggi M. Lubis in Jakarta
Timor-Leste remains upbeat about negotiations on outstanding border issues with Indonesia, as the two...
Unitech student leader’s reply to PM: ‘We’re talking about morality’
By Carmella Gware in Lae
A student leader at Papua New Guinea's University of Technology in Lae has responded to Prime Minister Peter O'Neill's letter...
What PM O’Neill told the protesting PNG students – in full
This is the 10-page letter from Prime Minister Peter O’Neill sent yesterday to the University of Papua New Guinea and the PNG University of...
‘I will not resign,’ O’Neill tells PNG students in 10-page letter
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Peter O’Neill has replied to the petitions from the student representative councils of both the University of PNG and...
Unitech students continue ‘indefinite’ boycott as PM’s reply falls short
Prime Minister Peter O'Neil has responded in letters to the University of Papua New Guinea and University of Technology student presidents following their petitions...
Repressive Indonesian acts against academic freedom hit Bandung
In the absence of the Indonesian state's assurance for freedom of expression, the nation has continuously witnessed repressive acts against academic freedom within university...
‘Disappointed’ UPNG students to continue class boycott
By Carmella Gware in Port Moresby
The University of Papua New Guinea students will continue their boycott of classes over the next week, a member...
‘We won’t back down,’ warn UPNG students over PM
University of Papua New Guinea students have warned that they will not back down from their campaign to defend the constitution until the prime...
Court dismisses PNG police chief’s bid to block judicial review
An appeal by Papua New Guinea's Police Commissioner Gari Baki against a judicial review on the suspension of Thomas Eluh and the termination of...
O’Neill replies to PNG university student petitions but seeks ‘advice’
By Adelaide Sirox Kari in Port Moresby
Prime Minister Peter O’Neill has responded to petitions presented to him by students at the two major universities...
First The Suffragettes – and now Vanuatu’s first reserved women MP...
The trailer for The Suffragettes movie.
By Dan McGarry in Port Vila
Vanuatu's Justice Minister Ronald Warsal has announced that earlier this week the Council of...
Veronica Koman: Papua – the pricking of Indonesia’s national conscience
OPINION: By Veronica Koman
When outsiders think of Papua, it may be to puzzle over why protests there seem never-ending. They may assume the main...
Court rejects students’ bid to have police legally removed from UPNG
By Vasinatta Yama and Serah Aupong in Port Moresby
An urgent application by the University of Papua New Guinea's Student Representative Council (SRC) president Kenneth...
Images: Citizen journo’s diary of a student protest in PNG
For three weeks, more than 5000 students at the national University of Papua New Guinea have had a stand-off with the government of Prime...
Business as usual in PNG capital in spite of civil society...
PNG Tonight presenter John Eggins says Papua New Guinea went from a state of high anxiety after civil society groups called for a strike...
UPNG students give ‘patriotic’ ultimatum to PM O’Neill
By Carmella Gware in Port Moresby
Students at the University of Papua New Guinea have given Prime Minister Peter O'Neill 24-hours to respond "favourably" to...
‘You have been warned – no civil disobedience’, say PNG police
Papua New Guinean police have assured residents of Port Moresby that it will be business as usual today, and that officers will be out...
Port Moresby Governor Parkop pledges ‘normalcy’ during strike day
Papua New Guinea's National Capital District governor has pledged it will be business as usual in the strike day today whole transport officials said...
