Tag: PNG Parliament
PNG ‘no dictatorship’, says opposition leader Nomane over foiled vote
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's opposition leader James Nomane says Parliament needs to be recalled immediately as the gravity of Wednesday’s...
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...
‘I won’t resign,’ declares Marape in spite of PNG party defections
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
Prime Minister James Marape has declared that he will not resign in spite of the defection of many Pangu...
Supreme Court reinstates PNG MP after bribery ruling overturned
By Melyne Baroi in Port Moresby
A Papua New Guinea MP, Peter Isoaimo, who had been ousted by the National Court in an alleged bribery...
Bougainville threat to bypass PNG Parliament in independence standoff
By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
Papua New Guinea and Bougainville appear no closer to the tabling in the National Parliament of the referendum...
PNG’s opposition bloc confident of ousting Marape leadership
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's opposition has vowed to remove Prime Minister James Marape and his government from power.
During a media...
‘Psychological powerplay’ – vote of confidence in PNG PM Marape
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist
The opposition group in Papua New Guinea's Parliament staged a walkout yesterday after a fiery exchange, amid an ongoing...
PNG opposition numbers grow ahead of expected no-confidence vote
RNZ Pacific
A total of 12 MPs in the Papua New Guinea government of Jame Marape have now switched sides, joining the opposition ahead of...
Aftermath of Port Moresby looting, rioting – 14-day state of emergency
By Miriam Zarriga and Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby
Fires from the 24-hour spate of looting, rioting and mayhem in Papua New Guinea's Port Moresby...
Looting breaks out in PNG capital during police and military strike
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist, and Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent
Shops have been set on fire or looted in parts of Papua...
PNG opposition calls for emergency over Highlands naked body killings
PNG Post-Courier
Papua New Guinea's opposition has called on Prime Minister James Marape to immediately recall Parliament to address the escalating killings in the upper...
Bougainville minister angry over change in vote on independence
RNZ Pacific
A cabinet minister in Bougainville is furious that the Papua New Guinea government has decided to make a vote on independence an absolute...
20 MPs walk out as PNG’s Tkatchenko apologises for ‘media trolls’...
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
The last time Papua New Guinea heard “there is a stranger in the House” was when two men walked...
‘We’re not primitives’ says UPNG student protest over foreign minister’s ‘disrespect’
By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent
Students at the University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG) marched to Parliament House in in the capital Port...
Bougainville says PNG ‘dragging chain’ over independence issue
RNZ Pacific
The Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) wants to delay the next meeting of the Joint Supervisory Body with the Papua New Guinea government, claiming...
PNG elections: People’s National Congress party endorses 90 plus candidates
By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific journalist
Papua New Guinea's People's National Congress is shaping up as the party to watch as the country's general election...
Parliamentarians ‘no show’ in PNG – session adjourned
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
Speaker Job Pomat walked into an empty chamber of Papua New Guinea's Parliament after the bell was rung about...
