Tag: Arson

RNZ News A New Zealander studying at the University of New Caledonia says students have been taught to use fire extinguishers as firefighters are unlikely...

EDITORIAL: By the PNG Post-Courier Last year, the Papua New Guinea government moved in a subtle way into the Fourth Estate. It tried to -- and...

By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent The political fallout from the deadly riots in Papua New Guinea continues, including calls for a vote of...

PNG Post-Courier Gerehu, the sprawling suburban township to the north of Papua New Guinea's capital Port Moresby, is now a "ghost town" for shoppers. All major...

By Gorethy Kenneth and Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Rogue police officers have been alleged to be part of last Wednesday’s uprising of opportunists leading...

By Miriam Zarriga and Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby Fires from the 24-hour spate of looting, rioting and mayhem in Papua New Guinea's Port Moresby...

RNZ News A man has been arrested and charged in relation to the fatal fire at Loafers Lodge in the capital Wellington's Newtown suburb on...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Activists have condemned alleged terror and intimidation against Papuan human rights activists and called the police to thoroughly investigate an alleged...

PNG Post-Courier Papua New Guinean church workers working behind the scenes to help the terrorised people of the Nankina valley in Madang’s Rai Coast district...

By Poreni Umau in Kokopo, Papua New Guinea Women wept among the smoking remains of melting water tanks, hot corrugated iron and the fresh smell...

By Sally Pokiton in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea's mayhem in the Southern Highlands capital of Mendi earlier this month caused destruction of 42,000 vaccine...

Oro Governor Gary Juffa speaks during the Opposition demand for Prime Minister Peter O'Neill's resignation. Video: EMTV News Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Papua New Guinea's Opposition...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Papua New Guinea authorities have imposed a 6pm to 6am curfew in the Southern Highlands provincial capital of Mendi to prevent...