Tag: Highlands

By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist Food rationing is underway in remote areas in Papua New Guinea's Highlands following torrential rain and flash flooding. More than...

PNG Post-Courier Prime Minister James Marape has announced comprehensive relief operations in Papua New Guinea's devastating weather that has killed at least 21 people and...

PNG Post-Courier A ceasefire is expected on the battlefields of Wapenamanda in Papua New Guinea's Enga Province that has claimed hundreds of lives and caused...

By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby Prime Minister James Marape has commended Papua New Guinea's police, defence force and the local community for their quick...

PNG Post-Courier Papua New Guinea's opposition has called on Prime Minister James Marape to immediately recall Parliament to address the escalating killings in the upper...

PNG Post-Courier Papua New Guinea police officers have been issued with a Commissioner’s Circular on the approved use of force in the execution of their...

The National in Port Moresby Warlords and armed bandits pose a threat to Papua New Guinea's national security and must be destroyed, says Deputy Opposition...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Port Moresby’s "amazing city" tag in Papua New Guinea is fast losing its varnish and appeal --...

PNG Post-Courier A massive earthquake has sent shockwave across PNG with at least four dead, properties and key infrastructure destroyed and fears of a mounting...

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...

PNG Post-Courier Today is officially the last day of campaigning in Papua New Guinea's 2022 National General Election. Count tomorrow until Monday as rest days, but...

By Miriam Zarriga in Mt Hagen, Papua New Guinea The full strength of the Papua New Guinea security forces has yet to be deployed into...

By Miriam Zarriga in Mt Hagen, Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinean police are investigating serious firearms offences allegedly involving five candidates contesting the election...

Scott Waide's EMTV News report. Pacific Media Watch Three children were among ten people killed in a brutal attack in Porgera in Papua New Guinea's Highlands...

By Ale Asa in Porgera Ten people – including three children – have been massacred when a fight between two warring tribes from Tari spilled...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk An influential warlord in PNG’s Hela province has handed himself in to security forces in the wake of mass killings last...

By RNZ Pacific The United Nations in Papua New Guinea is boosting its presence in the Highlands as it works with the government to improve...

By Jack Lapauve Jnr in Port Moresby Three Papua New Guinean provincial governors and two other MPs have resigned from Prime Minister Peter O'Neill's People's...

Special report by Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific "We have no home, our village is devastated, therefore I have to move my people to another...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Two Papua New Guinean police vehicles travelling from Hagen to Hela in the Highlands after servicing were fired on today in...

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...