Tag: Peter O’Neill
Ex-Treasurer backs probe into LPG non-payments, slams ‘negligence’
Prime Minister Peter O'Neill campaigns for his People's National Congress (PNC) candidates contesting in the 2017 National Elections in the Highlands this week. Video:...
Peter S. Kinjap: PNG needs maturity in political debates and on...
ANALYSIS: By Peter S. Kinjap in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea has entered the third week of the eight-week election campaign before polling commences next...
Duma, Pok step aside in PNG’s Manumanu defence land probe
Heads roll and investigations begin over the Manumanu defence land deal. Video: EMTV
By Gynnie Kero in Port Moresby
Two Papua New Guinea cabinet ministers have...
WJEC16: ‘That day I saw the power of media, and how...
In this "PNG Diehard" citizen video last month, Papua New Guinea police are seen and heard open-firing at students from the University of PNG...
PNG opposition lose no-confidence vote but challenge gagged debate
EMTV News clip featuring the restricted parliamentary debate on the no-confidence vote and closing out of discussion of student unrest.
By Serah Aupong in Port...
Business as usual as O’Neill easily survives PNG no-confidence vote
By Freddy Mou in Port Moresby
Prime Minister Peter O'Neill easily survived as national leader of Papua New Guinea today by winning the parliamentary no-confidence...
Engan students call for PNG inquiry into Goroka campus clash
By Philip Kepson in Wabag
The Engan students at the University of Goroka have called on the Papua New Guinea government to investigate what was...
Death of PNG student denied, protest action continues at 3 campuses
Papua New Guinea authorities deny a student has died from the police crushing of a protest at the University of PNG last Wednesday, but...
Unitech ‘guarantees safety’ for students while UPNG now quiet
By Rocky Issou and NauFM News
The Unitech administration in Papua New Guinea's second city of Lae has condemned last week's shooting by police of...
Highlands unrest following PNG police crackdown on students grounds flights
Graphic student footage of police firing on protesters on Wednesday at the University of Papua New Guinea shows sustained gunfire and tear gas grenades...
USP student journalists condemn ‘highly reckless’ police in PNG shootings
Student journalists at the University of the South Pacific have condemned the Papua New Guinea police for the "highly reckless" open firing into a...
‘They shot at us like we’re trying to rob a bank,’...
Prime Minister Peter O'Neill says the confrontation could have been avoided in a statement to the nation on EM TV News tonight.
By Luke Kama...
‘Shut up’ calls as MPs question PNG government about armed police
Shouts of "shut up" and "don't directly insult me" resounded in Papua New Guinea's national Parliament when Rabaul MP Dr Allan Marat asked who...
Amnesty International protests over ‘disgraceful shootings’ of PNG students
The shooting of students peacefully protesting in Port Moresby yesterday is a disgraceful attack on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and expression,...
Somare condemns police for firing on UPNG students – 8 wounded
The founding father and Governor of East Sepik Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare has condemned the actions of police this morning at the University...
PM O’Neill says an inquiry will probe police shootings at UPNG
Prime Minister Peter O'Neill announced today that a Commission of Inquiry will be established as soon as possible to investigate this morning’s police shooting...
UPNG medical students at Taurama continue boycott for ‘patriotism’
By Quintina Naime in Port Moresby
Student leaders at the University of Papua New Guinea’s School of Medicine and Health Sciences stand firm on their...
Lecturers strike as students blockade campus at Papuan university
East New Britain Students Association members from the University of Papua New Guinea are calling on Prime Minster Peter O'Neill to step down and...
Free jailed Wewak students now, says PNG opposition leader
By Freddy Mou in Port Moresby
Opposition Leader Don Polye has called on Papua New Guinea's police hierarchy to immediately release students detained in the...
PNG students take campaign to provinces – opposition MPs plan protest...
Students from the University of Papua New Guinea - many already having left the campus after this week's eviction order from the administration -...
PNG’s national court orders temporary stay on student eviction
By Sally Pokiton in Port Moresby
A temporary stay against the eviction of University of Papua New Guinea students from both the Waigani and Taurama...
Images: 5000 students at UPNG face sudden eviction after protests
About 5000 students have been ordered to leave the Waigani campus of the University of Papua New Guinea - but a court ruling late...