Tag: James Marape

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...

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...

ANALYSIS: By Stephen Howes and Kingtau Mambon It is often said that Papua New Guinea elections are fought on local issues, and this is no...

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...

PNG Post-Courier Three major parties have emerged as frontrunners to form the next government in Papua New Guinea with their party leaders eager to be...

PNG Post-Courier Opposition People’s National Congress leader Peter O’Neill is urging Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape and the government to refrain from signing...

ANALYSIS: By Michael Kabuni and Stephen Howes Central to the selection of the prime minister in Papua New Guinea following a general election is Section...

By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Outspoken Madang MP Bryan Kramer has been stripped of the Justice and Attorney-General ministries and given the Immigration and...

PNG Post-Courier Prime Minister James Marape has called on Papua New Guineans not to vote for “money, relatives or cargo” in the country's 2022 general...

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...

PNG Post-Courier Papua New Guinea opposition leader Belden Namah has called on a member of Parliament, Lohia Boe Samuel, to resign over the accidental fatal...

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk A national trade union in Papua New Guinea today blamed State Enterprises Minister William Duma for causing a media freedom furore...

Last week the Bougainville Autonomous Government announced an agreement had been reach with Panguna landowners to reopen the island's controversial gold and copper mine. Once...

COMMENTARY: The PNG Post-Courier Papua New Guinea is unsure of what message the government is trying to convey over the latest covid-19 pandemic surge --...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Former Papua New Guinea radio broadcaster and tourism personality Erigere Singin has been elected as the first woman national president of...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Prime Minister James Marape has assured Papua New Guinea that the 2022 National General Election will go ahead as scheduled, reports...

RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea and neighbouring Indonesia have been discussing a potential reopening of their shared border. The border was officially closed early last year...

RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape is appealing to people to take the covid-19 vaccine before doses expire. This comes as the number...

By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Prime Minister James Marape says Papua New Guineans who continue to commit crimes under the pretext of "sorcery" must...

By Melisha Yafoi in Port Moresby It will cost the Papua New Guinea state and Australian operator Barrick Niugini Ltd K630 million (US$180 million) to...

RNZ Pacific The governments of Papua New Guinea and Bougainville have agreed on new terms for the transfer of powers. Under the Bougainville Peace Agreement, the...