Tag: PNG Defence Force
PNG’s police and defence force close ranks to foil ‘opportunist crimes’
PNG Post-Courier
Papua New Guinea's Police Commissioner David Manning has commended the coordinated efforts between police and defence intelligence units in the lead up to...
Hundreds feared dead after huge landslide in Papua New Guinea
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
Scores of people have died in a huge landslide which has struck a remote village in the Papua...
Disaster minister Joseph briefs PNG on quake and crises hitting nation
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's Defence Minister and minister responsible for the National Disaster Centre Dr Billy Joseph confirmed today that...
‘Help us help ourselves’ PNG plea over free and open Indo-Pacific
By Jeffrey Elapa in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's Defence Minister Dr Billy Joseph attended the second Japan Pacific Islands Defence Dialogue (JPIDD) in Tokyo,...
‘Chopped boy with a bush knife’: A PNG massacre killer says...
Warning: This story contains details that may be distressing to some readers.
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist, and Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent
As...
Kidnapped Australian helicopter pilot, subcontractors set free in PNG
PNG Post-Courier
A kidnapped Australian pilot of a Hevilift helicopter and two Papua New Guinean subcontractors have been released without harm following a rapid deployment...
Marape accuses ‘rogue police’ of being part of Port Moresby’s riots
By Gorethy Kenneth and Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
Rogue police officers have been alleged to be part of last Wednesday’s uprising of opportunists leading...
PNG’s Marape under pressure to resign as 6 MPs quit after...
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist
A political crisis is starting to brew in Papua New Guinea as calls are made for Prime Minster James...
PNG suspended defence chief claims ‘political interference’ in court
By Jacob Pok in Port Moresby
Concerns over alleged political interference in the command and control of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force are among...
How Washington teamed up with PNG to pip Canberra for ‘control’...
COMMENTARY: A special correspondent in Port Moresby
As an officer of the Department of Foreign Affairs in the Papua New Guinea government, I have to...
‘We’re outgunned,’ says local PNG police chief – ‘give us firepower’
SPECIAL REPORT: By Miriam Zarriga at Wapenamanda, Papua New Guinea
Standing in the middle of the countryside, the sound of heavy gunfire is loud and...
Blinken, Daki sign controversial US-PNG defence pact after day of protests
The National, Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea yesterday intialled a defence cooperation agreement with the United States amid day-long protests against the signing by university...
Memories of war haunt ‘slippery slope’ to a militarised Pacific
ANALYSIS: By Barbara Dreaver in Port Moresby
When I was growing up in Kiribati, then known as the Gilbert Islands, New Zealand divers came to...
Ten invited from PNG to witness coronation in delegation saga
PNG Post-Courier
Papua New Guinea was allowed 10 people to be invited to witness the Coronation of King Charles III on in London on May...
PNG beefs up security for visit of Biden, Modi, Pacific leaders
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
Two American C-17 Globemaster transport planes will bring 20 vehicles to Papua New Guinea in the next few days...
PNG soldiers shock with Boroko street takeover in security uproar
PNG Post-Courier
A small speeding vehicle allegedly driven by an off-duty soldier set off a chain reaction this week that saw two security guards taken...
PNG police negotiators try to win freedom for hostage researchers
PNG Post-Courier
An Australian-based anthropology professor and three Papua New Guinean women researchers are being held captive inside the jungles of the Southern Highlands after...
PNG military ‘won’t sit back’ after soldiers ambushed, warns chief
PNG Post-Courier
PNG Defence Force Commander Major-General Mark Goina says “appropriate force” will be dealt to the gunmen who ambushed and wounded two soldiers in...
Former PNG military chief calls for gun ban to curb election...
PNG Pacific
A former Papua New Guinea military commander who drew up a plan 17 years ago to try to end gun violence says the...
PNG police arrest 18 suspects following election attacks in Port Moresby
Inside PNG News
National Capital Dictrict (NCD) police have arrested 18 suspects following the slasher attacks on civilians yesterday outside Papua New Guinea's national elections...
PNG Defence Force arrive in New Ireland for election duties
Inside PNG News
Forty-Two Papua New Guinea Defence Force staff have arrived in Kavieng for the national general election operations.
New Ireland Provincial Police Commander Chief...
PNG security forces on alert in Hela over ‘illegal army’ tip-off
PNG Post-Courier
An illegal army in full military gear and arms is being raised in Hela -- one of Papua New Guinea’s most troublesome provinces...