Tag: Elections
Gary Juffa: Why I was not on the PNG electoral roll...
OPINION: By Gary Juffa, Governor of Oro and a candidate in the PNG general election
Papua New Guinea's incoming government must put a list of...
From ‘anticipation, excitement’ to dictatorship fears in PNG election
As polling draws to a close in Papua New Guinea this weekend and with counting still underway, Pacific Media Watch looks back at the...
Keith Jackson: Despatches from the election front – ‘despite chaos all...
BACKGROUNDER: By Keith Jackson, publisher of PNG Attitude
Papua New Guinea has long luxuriated in the bright light of the soubriquet, "Land of the Unexpected',...
Women challenge ‘glass ceilings’ in Papua New Guinea
Leanne Jorari interviews Susil Nelson-Kongoi, a "pawa meri". Video: EMTV News
By Leanne Jorari of EMTV News in Port Moresby
Our society is evolving rapidly and...
Enga vote deferred amid new PNG election disruptions
By Peter S. Kinjap
Polling in Enga has been deferred until tomorrow as more disruptions have hit the Papua New Guinea general election.
The polling was...
Polling starts in new Jiwaka province in PNG’s Highlands
Polling starts in PNG's Jiwaka province. Video: EMTV News
By Vasinatta Yama in Kurumul, Papua New Guinea
Polling for Papua New Guinea's Jiwaka province -- created...
PM O’Neill casts his vote in local village, shrugs off polling...
Prime Minister Peter O'Neill casts his vote in home village of Kauwo. Video: EMTV News
By the EMTV News elections coverage team
Papua New Guinea Prime...
Gary Juffa: Why these PNG elections are taking us towards dictatorship
OPINION: By Gary Juffa, current Governor of Oro and a candidate in these elections
I suspect that these Papua New Guinea elections have been so...
‘Peaceful’ Enga ready for voting in spite of bias claim against...
EMTV News coverage on the PNG elections.
By Vasinatta Yama of EMTV News reporting from Wabag
Enga provincial election manager Anton Iamau says Enga is ready...
Images: A day in the life of polling in Port Moresby
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
One of our University of Papua New Guinea citizen journalists has been on the ground photographing polling around Port Moresby -...
Rival Ialibu candidates accuse O’Neill of ‘rigging’ PNG general election
By Peter S. Kinjap
Candidates contesting Papua New Guinea's Ialibu/Pangia Open Electorate in the Southern Highlands province have accused Prime Minister Peter O'Neill of "rigging"...
Lae police chief confirms ‘students’ set fire to PNG ballot papers...
By Peter S. Kinjap in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's Lae Metropolitan Police Superintendent Anthony Wagambie Jnr has confirmed that ballot papers were burnt at...
‘We crossed 11 rivers with water up to our necks to...
By Zachary Per in Madang
A three-member polling team has told of how they had to walk for hours carrying two ballot boxes, crossing 11...
Chaotic PNG election scene in Moresby with cancelled polling, 4 ‘arrests’
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Papua New Guinea's general election has been rocked with many disruptions, the cancellation of the capital Port Moresby's one-day polling, and...
Under fire PNG elections chief vows he will not resign
Papua New Guinea's under fire Electoral Commissioner Patilias Gamato says he will not step down and will continue to ensure the general election is...
‘It’s like a bad dream coming back,’ says Parkop on Moresby...
By Gloria Bauai in Port Moresby
Is history repeating itself for the Moresby North West electorate in the Papua New Guinean general election?
In 2012, polling...
PNG election officials face big ‘one day’ voting challenge in capital
One-day polling for Post Moresby residents takes place today. Video: EMTV News
By Eric Haurupma in Port Moresby
With Papua New Guinea's National Capital District (NCD)...
Transparency sets up free hot line to report corruption during PNG...
A citizens video appealing to Papua New Guinean citizens to beat corruption and "vote for change". Video: Mangi PNG
By Kiwiana Ngabung in Port Moresby
Transparency International...
More than 100 PNG border soldiers from Papua frontier for polls
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
The Joint Security Operation in Papua New Guinea's Western Province will see more than 100 Defence Force troops assisting in the...
Voting gets under way in PNG national elections
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Papua New Guineans began voting today in the two-week-long rolling ballot at different polling places across the country.
Voting began today in...
40 years of PNG independence – ‘why are our women still...
By Julianna Waeda in Kerema, Papua New Guinea
Although linked by road to Papua New Guinea's capital of Port Moresby and Waigani, Gulf province continues...
‘Make election less disruptive’, pleads commissioner ahead of PNG ballot
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...