Tag: Court rulings
PNG’s National Court orders state to justify Singapore gold deal
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby
The National Court has ordered the Papua New Guinea government to disclose the full details of the gold refinery...
Former priest, 82, jailed for 12 years over Timor-Leste child abuse
By Antonio Sampaio in Oecusse, Timor-Leste
Defrocked American priest Richard Daschbach, 82, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for the crimes of sexual...
Paris court clears way for Sunday’s New Caledonia referendum
RNZ Pacific
A late legal bid to postpone Sunday's independence referendum in New Caledonia has reportedly failed.
A leading anti-independence leader and president of New Caledonia's...
Vanuatu judge stays Speaker’s vacation of PM plus 18 parliamentary seats
RNZ Pacific
Vanuatu Supreme Court judge Justice Oliver Saksak has granted a stay on the vacation of 19 seats in the country's Parliament.
On Tuesday, the...
PNG court orders police chief David Manning to vacate office
By Zedaiah Kanau in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's Waigani National Court has ordered Police Commissioner David Manning to vacate the office by noon Friday...
When life means life: why the NZ court had to deliver...
The attacker behind New Zealand's worst mass shooting has been sentenced to life in prison, without the chance of parole. Video: Wayne Hay, Al...
Vanuatu man jailed for 26 years for murder of his girlfriend
By Fern Napwatt and Glenda Willie in Port Vila
The Supreme Court in Vanuatu has sentenced Philip Jimmy, a man found guilty of murdering his...
RSF condemns media freedom ‘violations’, gag in PNG election
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned many media freedom violations during the general elections held in Papua New Guinea from 24...
Somare’s answer to Singapore claims: ‘I have never received inducements or...
By Freddy Mou in Port Moresby
The founding father of Papua New Guinea, Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare, has maintained that at no time in...
UPNG lifts suspension of classes, to resume semester on June 13
Ruth Rungala of EM TV News reports on the National Court granting students right to seek a judicial review of UPNG's eviction order last...
Court grants UPNG students go-ahead to seek judicial review over eviction
By Ruth Rungala in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's National Court has granted leave to the University of PNG Student Representative Council to apply further...
PNG’s national court orders temporary stay on student eviction
By Sally Pokiton in Port Moresby
A temporary stay against the eviction of University of Papua New Guinea students from both the Waigani and Taurama...
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...
‘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...
PNG Supreme Court rules detention of asylum seekers illegal
Papua New Guinea’s Supreme Court has ruled Australia’s detention of asylum seekers on Manus Island is illegal.
A copy of the PNG Supreme Court judgment...
High Court ruling leaves asylum seeker families facing deportation to Nauru
From SBS News
Scores of asylum-seeker families, including babies born in Australia, face the prospect of deportation to Nauru after a High Court ruling, reports...
