Tag: James Marape
PNG Parliament adjourned for general health and safety, says Marape
By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinean Prime Minister James Marape has defended the adjournment of Parliament for four months, saying this is...
PNG parliament adjourns amid covid surge and attempt to remove PM
RNZ Pacific
Papua New Guinea's parliament has adjourned for almost four months, dashing an attempt to oust Prime Minister James Marape.
The adjournment allows Marape to...
Don’t rely on Facebook for accurate vaccine info, says PNG leader
RNZ Pacific
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister has warned citizens against relying on information on Facebook to guide their approach to vaccines.
James Marape was speaking...
Port Moresby to get bronze statue of PNG founding father
By RNZ Pacific
The Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, James Marape, has directed that a bronze statue be erected in honour of Sir Michael...
‘Don’t turn away any student’, Marape tells PNG schools
By Gynnie Kero in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape has instructed schools to enrol all children who turn up for the...
Scott Waide: Open letter to PM James Marape: Treat our people fairly
COMMENTARY: By Scott Waide in Lae
Dear Prime Minister Marape
Our government has to admit the fact that there is a glaring imbalance between Papua New...
Pressure builds on PNG’s Marape as Parliament showdown looms
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific journalist
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape has rejected opposition leader Belden Namah's call for him to resign.
Namah's call...
PNG Supreme Court dismisses challenge to Marape’s election
By RNZ Pacific
Papua New Guinea's Supreme Court has dismissed a legal challenge over the election of James Marape as prime minister last year.
The challenge...
‘Stay clear’ of PNG’s political crisis, Marape tells public
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific journalist
Papua New Guinea's prime minister has urged the public to not get caught up in the country's political crisis...
Opposition claims PNG budget vote a ‘mockery’, plans legal challenge
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
The Papua New Guinea Parliament has passed the 2021 national budget with more than half of MPs - including the opposition...
PNG government passes budget while rebel MPs caught out of town
By RNZ Pacific
Politics in Papua New Guinea has been plunged into more turmoil today, with government MPs continuing to meet while the opposition was...
Marape confident he is in control in PNG and will not...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Prime Minister James Marape says his executive is still in control for the next three weeks for doing state business, passing...
PM Marape brands plotter as ‘political scumbag’ in PNG upheaval
By Keith Jackson in Noosa
Papua New Guinea’s prime minister James Marape has arisen with fire in his belly today.
A short time ago he issued...
Scott Waide: Our country, Papua New Guinea, is being taken away...
Papua New Guinea's opposition - bolstered by its government defectors - moved its camp to West Sepik provincial capital Vanimo at the weekened to...
Bryan Kramer: PM says PNG revolt ‘isn’t over’ – I say...
COMMENT: By Bryan Kramer in Port Moresby
Today, Deputy Prime Minister Sam Basil and 12 other ministers in Papua New Guinea's James Marape government crossed...
Challenging covid-19 – two critics of PNG’s K10m drug development plan
COMMENTARY: By My Land, My Country
The Post-Courier newspaper says a company, Niugini BioMed Ltd, set up just a month ago, will be be commissioned...
Bryan Kramer: One year in – why so quiet about corruption...
COMMENTARY: By Bryan Kramer
September 16 - yesterday - marked the 45th year of Independence for Papua New Guinea. It also marked just over a...
Marape urges PNG citizens to work together for ‘better nation’
By RNZ Pacific
As Papua New Guinea marked its independence anniversary the Prime Minister urged all citizens to help build a "better" PNG.
Yesterday was the...
PNG’s Marape asks China for free trade deal and debt re-financing
By RNZ Pacific
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister has asked China to enter into a free trade agreement with his country, and for in help...
Australia has a ‘moral responsibility’ to planet, says Marape
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Australia has a responsibility to protect the Pacific region from the impacts of climate change, PNG’s newly appointed Prime Minister has...
Phil Fitzpatrick: PNG’s Kramer ‘crucial’ law and order change maker
COMMENTARY: By Phil Fitzpatrick in Tumby Bay
The recent horrific events in Hela Province have brought the role of the police force in Papua New...
PNG’s Marape wants Australia to close Manus detention camp
By RNZ Pacific
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape wants Australia to close the detention centre it has been running on PNG's Manus island...