Tag: Lae
PNG mother murdered after ‘prayer warrior’ falsely accused her as evil
PNG Post-Courier
Standing silently, the 8-year-old girl in Papua New Guinea could only watch as her mother was stripped and tortured until she succumbed to...
Quake buries three alive in Wau as PNG reports death toll...
By Samson Bonai in Port Moresby
Three alluvial miners were buried alive at Koranga mining area in Papua New Guinea following the earthquake which measured...
Deaths, buried villages reported as 7.6 magnitude earthquake hits PNG
By Melisha Yafoi in Port Moresby
A 7.6 magnitude earthquake has been felt across Papua New Guinea with widespread damage to villages and an unconfirmed...
Papua New Guinea goes to the polls amid controversy over missing...
By Frank Rai in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea went to the polls yesterday to begin electing the 11th national Parliament only to find out...
Police warn PNG public about robbers after attack on Unitech students
PNG Post-Courier
Papua New Guinea police have warned the public to take precaution with criminals now operating in large numbers in some suburbs of the...
Lae police chief calls on state agencies, NGOs to tackle illegal...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The Lae police chief has called on government agencies and non-government organisations to address illegal settlements in and around Papua New...
Anti-vaxxer attacks on PNG health workers force closure of Lae clinics
By Carmella Gware in Lae
Urban clinics in Papua New Guinea's second city Lae have closed for an indefinite period following attacks on health workers.
Anti-vaxxers...
Two PNG security firms fight running battle at country’s biggest airport
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Two Papua New Guinean security companies currently providing services at the Jacksons International Airport terminal in the capital Port Moresby attacked...
Tongan missionaries ‘in hiding’ in PNG as angry looters target Asian...
By Kalino Latu, editor of Kaniva Tonga
A group of Tongan missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) in Papua New...
‘Cheated’ PNG landowners threaten to close five fish processing plants
Lae landowners have given the papua New Guinean government seven days to review existing agreements or they will close the disputed tuna fish canneries....
PNG police plan public meeting to address Lae ‘land grabbing’
EMTV News' Lucy Kopana reports on the Lae squatter settlements issue in Papua New Guinea. Image: EMTV News
By Lucy Kopana in Lae
Following a growing...
PNG police shoot dead 3 suspects in botched Lae armed robbery
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Three suspected members of an armed criminal gang in Papua New Guinea's second city of Lae are dead following a botched...