Tag: Border crossers
Covid-infected PNG doctor arrested in Solomon Islands as border crosser
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby
A Papua New Guinean doctor, who is alleged to be covid-19 positive, has been arrested and charged in Solomon...
‘Don’t enter Solomon Islands’ pleads Sogavare with Bougainvilleans
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has appealed to his fellow Solomon Islanders at the western border not to...
West Sepik administration fumes over handling of Papua border crossers
By Jeffrey Elapa in Vanimo, PNG
The West Sepik administration is not happy with the way illegal border crossers are being handled by the Indonesian...
People still slipping across Indonesian border, says PNG governor
By RNZ Pacific
The governor of Papua New Guinea's West Sepik province says people are still defying the official border closure and crossing into Indonesia.
Vanimo,...
PNG arrests 9 border crossers while governor calls for ‘shoot to...
Pacific Media Watch
Police in Papua New Guinea have arrested nine alleged illegal border crossers and quarantined them in Vanimo, reports RNZ Pacific.
The arrests came...