Tag: PNG Defence Force

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...

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...

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...

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 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 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 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...

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...

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...

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 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...

By Miriam Zarriga in Mt Hagen About 100 Papua New Guinea security personnel have arrived in Porgera, Enga Province, amid the fighting that saw 17...

By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Seventeen people have been killed, hundreds of families made homeless, dozens of houses razed and government services ground to...

By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby Many allegations have been levelled against Papua New Guinea's disciplinary forces over the years, alleging that police and soldiers...

EDITORIAL: By the PNG Post-Courier Ten years ago, a dinghy carrying 5 medical research institute scientists disappeared in Papua New Guinea's West New Britain waters. The...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Papua New Guinea's New Ireland Governor Sir Julius Chan has met and thanked Captain Nathan Tai Tombe and crew of the...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk The Papua Defence Force’s Navy has intercepted what news media have described as a suspected Chinese pirate vessel and have detained...

Pacific Media Centre PNG Defence Force soldiers are undergoing mass testing for covid-19 while there is controlled access into Murray Barracks to reduce further possible...

By EMTV Online The PNG Defence Force has handed over three suspects for the killing of police Senior Inspector Andrew Tovere to the investigating police. Assistant...

COMMENT: By Scott Waide, deputy regional head of news of EMTV News Yesterday , we received a lot of criticism over our coverage of the...

Pacific Media Watch Former Papua New Guinea Defence Force commander Jerry Singirok has condemned the killing of a senior police officer allegedly by off-duty soldiers. He...

COMMENT: By Scott Waide The global trade war between China and Western powers has reached new heights in the Pacific, and in particular in Papua...