Tag: Hela

By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby Fresh fighting among candidates’ supporters has left another two dead in Hela’s Margarima in Papua New Guinea's general election. This...

By Peter Korugl in Port Moresby The ruling Pangu Pati has drawn first blood in the Papua New Guinea national general elections with its leader...

By Miriam Zarriga and Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby Caretaker prime minister James Marape has retained his Tari-Pori seat as the first politician to be...

By Marjorie Finkeo and Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Six suspects, including a woman, have been charged in connection with more than K1 million in...

PNG Post-Courier Angry voters in East Sepik and Hela have destroyed ballot boxes and set fire to ballot papers after finding that their names were...

RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape has confirmed reports his eldest son is one of two men arrested in relation to a...

By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Papua New Guinean security forces have intercepted and stopped seven trucks carrying seven containers containing sensitive election material in...

PNG Post-Courier An illegal army in full military gear and arms is being raised in Hela -- one of Papua New Guinea’s most troublesome provinces...

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The Post-Courier newspaper today compared Papua New Guinean Prime Minister James Marape to the infamous emperor Nero who fiddled while Rome...

This year is a crucial year for Papua New Guinea's mining industry as important players - in Hela, Porgera and Madang - are being...

Komo landowners spokesman John Pipija calls for "no more excuses". Video: EMTV News Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Komo International Airfield landowners in Hela have given the...

BRIEFING: By Keith Jackson This week turned out to be one of those only too frequent turbulent periods in Papua New Guinea when you never...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk In a show of frustration over the nonpayment of a business development grant, Angore landowners in Hela province have set fire...

By Johnny Blades of Radio NZ Pacific An ongoing security crisis in Papua New Guinea's Hela province is preventing many earthquake-affected communities receiving relief. February's magnitude...

By Stefan Armbruster of SBS News in Brisbane Papua New Guinea's prime minister has dismissed as "fake news" a report that claims a partially-Australian funded...

“On almost every measure of economic welfare, the PNG economy would have been better off without the PNG LNG project.” Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Papua New...

Prime Minister Peter O'Neill says 20 helicopters have now been deployed on Papua New Guinea's disaster relief operations. Video: EMTV News Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Australian...

BRIEFING: By Sylvester Gawi in Tari, Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea's Highlands earthquake disaster has brought to light some of the many things that...

By Sylvester Gawi in Limu village, Hela, Papua New Guinea Thousands of people have been displaced and are still waiting for relief assistance in disaster...

By Sylvester Gawi in Mendi Local community leaders have taken charge of care centres in the Southern Highlands province of Papua New Guinea as they...

Communities struck by the 7.5 magnitude earthquake in Papua New Guinea's Hela province remain confused as aftershocks continue. Despite the arrival of National Disaster...

By Catherine Graue of Pacific Beat As hundreds of police and soldiers begin their work in Papua New Guinea's Hela Province this week, there have...