Tag: James Marape
Marape reshuffles PNG cabinet – Treasurer demoted, Tkatchenko back
By Jeffrey Elapa and Miriam Zarriga
Papua New Guinea's predicted Cabinet reshuffle has taken place with Treasurer Ian Ling-Stuckey becoming the bombshell victim following last...
Marape tells PNG youth ‘I’m your father’ in bid to mobilise...
RNZ Pacific
In the wake of last week's riots and looting across Papua New Guinea's cities, the government has announced plans to get the country's...
Port Moresby police chief suspended in latest fallout from PNG riots
RNZ Pacific
The latest victim of last week's rioting and looting in Papua New Guinea's capital Port Moresby is the city's top police commander.
National Capital...
Masiu vows 10-day shutdown of PNG’s social media after capital riots
PNG Post-Courier
Papua New Guinea's Communications Minister Timothy Masiu has announced stringent measures to control social media in the country for the next 10 days...
PNG political fallout from deadly riots stirs call for vote over...
By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent
The political fallout from the deadly riots in Papua New Guinea continues, including calls for a vote of...
Marape accuses ‘rogue police’ of being part of Port Moresby’s riots
By Gorethy Kenneth and Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
Rogue police officers have been alleged to be part of last Wednesday’s uprising of opportunists leading...
Aftermath of Port Moresby looting, rioting – 14-day state of emergency
By Miriam Zarriga and Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby
Fires from the 24-hour spate of looting, rioting and mayhem in Papua New Guinea's Port Moresby...
PNG’s Marape under pressure to resign as 6 MPs quit after...
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist
A political crisis is starting to brew in Papua New Guinea as calls are made for Prime Minster James...
PM Marape summons troops after Port Moresby goes up in flames
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
Soldiers and police were jointly patrolling the streets of the Papua New Guinea capital Port Moresby today as the...
Looting breaks out in PNG capital during police and military strike
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist, and Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent
Shops have been set on fire or looted in parts of Papua...
PNG eyes China for more ‘cheaper’ loans as ties gain momentum
By Lawrence Fong in Port Moresby
Cheaper loans will be a key agenda for Papua New Guinea officials when Prime Minister James Marape leads a...
Marape seeks help from Australia, Singapore to fight PNG corruption
By Jeffrey Elapa in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's government has appealed to the Australian Federal Police and the Singapore Police to assist PNG police...
Campaigners call on PNG govt to act over destructive logging
By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
Civil society groups wanting to see an end to destructive logging practices by foreign companies in Papua New...
‘Quit lip service’ and reshuffle PNG cabinet for national benefit, says...
PNG Post-Courier
Vice-Minister of Planning James Nomane has called on Prime Minister James Marape to put Papua New Guinea first and reshuffle cabinet to bring...
Marape calls for policies for a ‘better PNG’ in independence message
PNG Post-Courier
Prime Minister James Marape has reiterated his call for staff of the Department of Prime Minister and National Executive Council to "fully embrace...
PNG’s Marape makes foreign policy gaffes over Israel, West Papua
ANALYSIS: By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report
Prime Minister James Marape has made two foreign policy gaffes in the space of a week...
PNG leader Marape denies Papua human rights comments were his
RNZ Pacific
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has backtracked on his comments that PNG had "no right to comment" on human rights abuses...
Marape claims PNG has ‘no right’ to criticise abuses in West...
RNZ Pacific
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has told Indonesia's President Joko Widodo that PNG has no right to criticise Jakarta over what...
Palestine furious at PNG Prime Minister opening embassy in Jerusalem
RNZ Pacific
The Palestinian Authority has called the opening of Papua New Guinea's Israeli embassy in Jerusalem an "aggression" and a "violation" of international law.
In...
West Papua high on agenda as MSG leaders set to convene...
By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific lead digital and social media journalist
The Pacific region's focus will shift briefly to Port Vila next week when Vanuatu...
FIFA boss wraps up trailblazing Pacific tour with stop in New...
By Craig Stephen, RNZ Pacific
World football's top dog has completed his tour of the Pacific while in the region for the FIFA Women's World...
Macron keen on Varirata forest lookout for bilateral talks with PNG
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby
One of the world’s top leaders and G7 member French President Emmanuel Macron had his one-on–one bilateral talks with...