Tag: APEC
PNG’s ‘useless Maseratis’ – now a used car twist to the...
PNG Post-Courier
There is a new twist in Papua New Guinea's four-year drama surrounding the Maseratis bought for the 2018 APEC Summit.
It has emerged that...
Marape’s ‘mystery’ green energy Singapore trip explained at midnight
PNG Post-Courier
Two days after being elected as Prime Minister again in Papua New Guinea, James Marape took his first official trip as the country's...
US announces deeper engagement strategy to match China in the Pacific
By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva
The United States insists it is a Pacific nation and has unveiled a raft of new strategies...
‘We made a terrible mistake’ over Maseratis, admits PNG’s Pundari
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby
The Papua New Guinea government has admitted that the purchase of the controversial Maserati vehicles for use by the...
PNG’s donated APEC vehicles given to state agencies, NGOs and churches
By Simon Keslep in Port Moresby
The 166 donated vehicles used during last year's Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference in Papua New Guinea have...
PNG probe into parliament rampage still ongoing, says police chief
By RNZ Pacific
Papua New Guinea's Police Commissioner says investigations are ongoing into officers who took part in a rampage through Parliament last year.
Last November,...
PNG’s post-APEC technology dream leaves rural sector far behind
By Pauline Mago-King
It has only been two weeks since the conclusion of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, yet much has transpired – to...
Scott Waide reinstated – ‘thank you’ message from EMTV journalist
COMMENT: By Scott Waide, in an open letter posted on his blog after he was reinstated by EMTV today following suspension for broadcasting an...
Bryan Kramer: Who was culprit behind O’Neill government revenge on Waide?
COMMENT: By Bryan Kramer, MP for Madang
Papua New Guinea's O'Neill government has taken revenge against senior EMTV Reporter Scott Waide, who was suspended over...
EMTV suspends senior journalist Scott Waide over NZ Maserati news story
The Maserati item from New Zealand's Newshub screened on EMTV News on 17 November 2018.
By Vincent Moses in Port Moresby
The Papua New Guinean state-owned...
RSF condemns Chinese exclusion of journalists at APEC side events
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned the discrimination practised by the Chinese delegation against local and international media at the summit...
‘Business as usual’ vows Parkop after storming of PNG Parliament, rioting
The National Parliament of Papua New Guinea came under attack yesterday as angry police and corrections officers stormed into Parliament Haus and destroyed the...
Hundreds of protesting PNG police move in on Parliament over pay
By RNZ Pacific
Hundreds of Papua New Guinea police have descended on Parliament Haus in the Port Moresby suburb of Waigani demanding payments they say...
Former PM Sir Mekere blasts ‘lavish staging’ and ‘ridicule’ of APEC
NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters announces a K22 million (NZ$10 million) aid project to help polio vaccination for Papua New Guineans at the St...
APEC 2018 dominated by US-China trade war – no agreement reached
Speeches made by US Vice-President Mike Pence and Chinese President Xi Jinping to the APEC delegates during the leaders summit in Port Moresby at...
PNG governor may block Australian naval base bid on Manus
By RNZ Pacific
The governor of Papua New Guinea's Manus Province has hinted that he could obstruct Australia's bid to build a naval port on...
Chinese officials kick out EMTV, foreign media from APEC events –...
By Scott Waide
Papua New Guinea’s freedoms of speech, expression and access to information were challenged yesterday when Chinese officials barred both local and non-Chinese media from attending meetings...
Scott Waide: How China is several moves ahead in Port Moresby
COMMENTARY: By Scott Waide
In November every year, the Papua New Guinean National budget usually takes centre stage. But not this year.
This week, the 2019 budget...
Chinese President Xi’s early PNG arrival upstages APEC rivals
News headlines with the arrival of the Chinese president in Papua New Guinea for APEC. Video: EMTV News
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Chinese President Xi Jinping...
Chinese president bound for PNG as controversy mounts over APEC 2018
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Chinese President Xi Jinping left Beijing today for state visits to Papua New Guinea, Brunei and the Philippines - and the...
500 US marines arrive in PNG to bolster APEC summit security
US Marines arrive in Port Moresby on board USS Green Bay. Video: EMTV News
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
More than 500 US marines and US Navy...
FijiFirst scores head start on social media for election, says journalist
By Rahul Bhattarai in Auckland
Fijians are counting down for their general election on Wednesday after early voting that started on November 5.
Prime Minister Voreqe...