Tag: PNG general election 2022

RNZ Pacific The Governor of Oro province in Papua New Guinea, Gary Juffa, says Prime Minister James Marape encourages "honest debate" and discussion within his...

By Marjorie Finkeo in Port Moresby Eight policemen attached to Mt Hagen police division have been identified as suspects in an election-related shooting that resulted...

PNG Post-Courier A Papua New Guinean businessman has been arrested and charged by police as the first of 15 "persons of interest" relating to post...

RNZ Pacific Transparency International Papua New Guinea (TIPNG) says the country's just-completed national election was a severely flawed process. TIPNG deployed 340 observers during the polling...

By Miriam Zarriga of the PNG Post-Courier in Port Moresby Prime Minister James Marape delivered a shock yesterday when he announced his full cabinet, with...

ANALYSIS: By Orovu Sepoe, Lesley Clark and Teddy Winn The results of the 2022...

By Miriam Zarriga of the PNG Post-Courier in Port Moresby Four prominent Papua New Guinean political leaders are on the police radar for their alleged...

PNG Post-Courier The Southern Highlands capital -- Mendi -- has turned into a battlefield in Papua New Guinea this week as supporters of different candidates...

By Thierry Lepani of the PNG Post-Courier in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea's longest serving politician and oldest member of Parliament is already getting things...

By Gorethy Kenneth of the PNG Post-Courier in Port Moresby Prime Minister James Marape says Papua New Guineans will be consulted on key constitutional questions...

PNG Post-Courier Papua New Guinea's Electoral Commissioner Simon Sinai says he will seek a further extension from the Governor-General for the return of writ for...

By Concy Simon of the PNG Post-Courier Leadership of Papua New Guinea has "gone to the dogs" represented by a rapid increase in prices of...

By Gorethy Kenneth of the PNG Post-Courier in Port Moresby In a historic first, the Papua New Guinea Parliament has installed Pangu Pati leader and...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Papua New Guinea's incumbent leader, James Marape, has been returned to the top job as the country's ninth prime minister, reports...

By Gorethy Kenneth of the PNG Post-Courier in Port Moresby If there is a glimmer of hope in Papua New Guinea’s violence marred national general...

By Peter Korugl of the PNG Post-Courier “Shame on yous!” ... these are the three powerful words Julie Soso, former governor and candidate for the...

By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby People’s National Congress party leader Peter O’Neill has blown the race for the Papua New Guinea prime minister’s job...

By Miriam Zarriga and Marjorie Finkeo of the PNG Post-Courier Police are closing in on 15 candidates in Enga who allegedly used guns to threaten...

By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea politics -- or for that matter, Parliament -- will no longer be the same any more...

By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby The two-week extension on the return of Papua New Guinea's general election writs date has been knocked as unconstitutional. A...

By Marjorie Finkeo in Port Moresby Nine suspects arrested over a barbaric machete attack on Sunday outside the counting venue at Port Moresby's Sir John...

By Claudia Tally in Port Moresby After 36 hours of unrest, fear and anxiety, Port Moresby city woke up yesterday morning to a quiet start...