Tag: Highlands
Frustrated PNG tribesmen capture 2 policemen – seize vehicles, weapons
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...
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 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...
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...
‘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...
‘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...
PNG police launch communications command centre for general election
EMTV News bulletin on the Highlands joint security forces parade in Mt Hagen.
Pacific Media Centre News Desk
Papua New Guinea's police have opened the first...
PNG police set to launch Highlands election security operation
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...
Two Mt Hagen high school students arrested in Highlands protest fallout
The EMTV News report yesterday about the Mt Hagen high school arrests following social media images of the police opening fire on students at...