Tag: Madang
PNG killings on the rise as Madang police call for more...
By Dorothy Mark in Madang, PNG
In the last 15 days of the month of July, 15 murders have occurred in the northern Papua New...
4 killed, fears death toll may rise in massive PNG weekend...
PNG Post-Courier
A massive earthquake has sent shockwave across PNG with at least four dead, properties and key infrastructure destroyed and fears of a mounting...
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...
PNG police manhunt for Rai gang cult stalls without chopper
By Sylvester Wemuru in Port Moresby
The manhunt for the Papua New Guinean cult group along the Rai coast near Madang has been halted because...
Wanted by police – a chopper airlift to hunt a PNG...
By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby
A 21-man Papua New Guinean police team deployed to Nankina Valley in Madang’s Rai coast district has requested a...
PNG church workers plead for more police help to end gang...
PNG Post-Courier
Papua New Guinean church workers working behind the scenes to help the terrorised people of the Nankina valley in Madang’s Rai Coast district...
PNG’s ruling Pangu Pati elects first woman as national president
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...
Scott Waide: Tangfu! Just another PX flight cancellation in Port Moresby
OPINION: By Scott Waide in Lae
Yesterday in Papua New Guinea, our Port Moresby-Madang flight got cancelled.
Minutes earlier, as we sat in the departure...
Five holdup bandits killed by PNG police posing as bus passengers
By Gynnie Kero in Madang
Five men have died in a shootout with Papua New Guinea police near Madang after they tried to hold up...
Madang’s local tourism women traders badly hit by virus pandemic
By Martha Louis in Madang
A group of Papua New Guinean women who sell crafts at Madang’s famous Haus Kaving outside the Madang Resort have been...
Scott Waide: Will PNG project reviews mean more benefits for landowners?
This year is a crucial year for Papua New Guinea's mining industry as important players - in Hela, Porgera and Madang - are being...
Two people die, PNG police officer wounded in Madang clashes
By Scott Waide in Madang
Two people are dead and a Papua New Guinean policeman is in critical condition in hospital after being wounded in...
‘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...