Tag: Hela
Highlands security crisis hampers PNG quake response
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...
PNG prime minister slams gas failure report as ‘fake news’
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...
PNG LNG – failed predictions and PNG’s resource curse
“On almost every measure of economic welfare, the PNG economy would have been better off without the PNG LNG project.”
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Australian doctors to be flown into PNG’s quake-stricken areas
Prime Minister Peter O'Neill says 20 helicopters have now been deployed on Papua New Guinea's disaster relief operations. Video: EMTV News
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Harsh response lessons abound in wake of PNG’s quake devastation
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...
PNG’s earthquake death toll in Highlands now tops 75
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...
37 deaths in Southern Highlands, 16 in Hela as PNG relief...
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...
PNG declares state of emergency in wake of quake devastation
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...
Hela ‘no Bougainville’, says former PNG defence force chief Singirok
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...
Gary Juffa: Shedding PNG blood for corporate interest – didn’t we...
OPINION: By Gary Juffa in Port Moresby
The deployment of military troops to Hela province is reminiscent of tragic events that unfolded about 28 years...