Tag: Elections

By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby More than 800 election monitors will be deployed nationwide to observe and make independent reports on Papua New Guinea’s...

Speaking about the controversial Manus Asylum Centre saga, Prime Minister Peter O'Neill says the deal was signed and agreed to for the development of...

Hele Ikimotu talks to Pasifika youth about whether they are voting in upcoming general elections in a vox pops video. By Hele Ikimotu in Auckland The...

ANALYSIS: By Jess Hopkinson and Holly Driscoll Social media is a new phenomenon which enables easy and instant access to voters. Papua New Guinea’s freedom...

The joint parade of disciplinary forces in Port Moresby at the weekend. Video: EMTV News By Theckla Gunga in Port Moresby A joint parade between members...

PNG Women in Politics founder Dorothy Tekwie pleads for change in this general election. Video: TVWan News Pacific Media Centre News Desk Papua New Guinea's Greens...

Pacific Media Centre News Desk Popular Oro Governor Gary Juffa, one of the opposition leaders contesting Papua New Guinea's general election next month, has called...

Prime Minister Peter O’Neill continues to defend the country’s economy as the PNG election campaign continues. Video: EMTV News By Kiwiana Ngabung in Port Moresby She...

Glenda Popot of TVWan News reports on the PNG elections campaign trail. Video: TVWan News By Annette Kora in Mount Hagen Papua New Guinea's Highlands region...

Charmaine Poriambep of TVWan News reports on the timely new PNG code of ethics. Pacific Media Watch News Desk Journalists, reporters and media practitioners in Papua...

Pacific Media Centre News Desk A group of United States security contractors engaged by Papua New Guinea's police chief to give firearms training have been...

EMTV's head of news Neville Choi reports on the assault on the television crew -- see item at 4min01sec. Video: EMTV News Pacific Media Watch...

Pacific Media Centre News Desk An online and television news service has reported concerns over "confusion" about recent sightings of armed expatriate men in the...

Pacific Media Watch News Desk Pacific Media Centre director Professor David Robie speaks to Radio 95bFM's The Wire host Amanda Jane Robinson about security operations...

Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare, founding "father" of Papua New Guinea, was given a traditional chieftain’s welcome -- and farewell -- from politics by...

People in Timor-Leste went to the polls yesterday to elect a new president. Their choice was between eight candidates with former guerrilla fighter Francisco...

By Quintina Naime in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea's Registry of Political Parties is encouraging political parties to cultivate and grow their roots in the...

By Quintina Naime in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea's Registry of Political Parties has confirmed 44 political parties will contest the 2017 National Elections. Registrar of...

More than 100,000 Indonesians descended on Jakarta's grand mosque on Saturday to call on people to vote for Muslim candidates running against the city's...

OPINION: By Peter S. Kinjap in Port Moresby. The current Papua New Guinea government is being accused of being the most corrupt in the short...

Police in Fiji have advised political parties that they would need a permit if they are wanting to hold public gatherings in the country. The...

By Peter S. Kinjap in Port Moresby The governor of the Papua New Guinea Western Highlands, Paias Wingti, has called on politicians not to interfere...