Tag: PNG Police
Young woman found dead with face skinned in Enga in spite...
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
Despite a "historic" ceasefire agreement in Papua New Guinea between Enga authorities and tribal leaders after months of bitter...
Warning signs have been flashing, PNG police housing needs ignored
By Scott Waide in Lae, Papua New Guinea
Ten days into 2024, Port Moresby descended into chaos as opportunists looted and burned shops in Waigani,...
Talks herald Wapenamanda massacre ceasefire in PNG tribal warfare
PNG Post-Courier
A ceasefire is expected on the battlefields of Wapenamanda in Papua New Guinea's Enga Province that has claimed hundreds of lives and caused...
Marape praises security forces in daring kidnap, says lawnessness has ‘destroyed’...
By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby
Prime Minister James Marape has commended Papua New Guinea's police, defence force and the local community for their quick...
Namah not happy with Marape’s reply over PNG ‘warlords’ question
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's former opposition leader Belden Namah says Prime Minister James Marape never answered in detail the questions...
Wapenamanda massacre: ‘Pregnant mothers fled for their lives’
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist
A man housing people who fled a massacre in Papua New Guinea's Enga province yesterday says pregnant mothers and...
Wapenamanda massacre – 50 killed in PNG’s worst tribal fighting
By Miriam Zarriga
Under the banana leaves on a roadside in Papua New Guinea's Highlands lies the dismembered and bullet-riddled bodies of eight men.
All have...
PNG’s police chief David Manning reinstated after Black Wednesday riots
RNZ Pacific
Papua New Guinea's Police Commissioner David Manning has been reinstated after being stood down following riots and looting on January 10.
That rioting --...
Long term plan needed for underlying PNG problems, says academic
By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
Academic Andrew Anton Mako says the Papua New Guinea's systemic dysfunction was plain to see in the rioting...
Port Moresby police chief suspended in latest fallout from PNG riots
RNZ Pacific
The latest victim of last week's rioting and looting in Papua New Guinea's capital Port Moresby is the city's top police commander.
National Capital...
Masiu vows 10-day shutdown of PNG’s social media after capital riots
PNG Post-Courier
Papua New Guinea's Communications Minister Timothy Masiu has announced stringent measures to control social media in the country for the next 10 days...
PNG political fallout from deadly riots stirs call for vote over...
By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent
The political fallout from the deadly riots in Papua New Guinea continues, including calls for a vote of...
PNG’s Gerehu became a ‘ghost town in the blink of an...
PNG Post-Courier
Gerehu, the sprawling suburban township to the north of Papua New Guinea's capital Port Moresby, is now a "ghost town" for shoppers.
All major...
‘Uphold right to life’ says watchdog in aftermath of deadly PNG...
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist
Amnesty International is calling on Papua New Guinea authorities to protect human rights in response to the riots.
Port Moresby...
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...
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...
PM Marape summons troops after Port Moresby goes up in flames
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
Soldiers and police were jointly patrolling the streets of the Papua New Guinea capital Port Moresby today as the...
At least 10 dead after looting, fires on Port Moresby’s ‘darkest...
By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent; Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist; and Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific lead digital and social media journalist
At least...
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...
Marape seeks help from Australia, Singapore to fight PNG corruption
By Jeffrey Elapa in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's government has appealed to the Australian Federal Police and the Singapore Police to assist PNG police...
PNG police chief warns protesters on water, power ‘domestic terrorism’
PNG Post-Courier in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's Police Commissioner David Manning has warned protesters against "domestic terrorism" -- when their actions place the safety...
PNG deploys armoured vehicles to Enga in action against ‘domestic terrorism’
By Theophiles Singh in Port Moresby
Police Commissioner David Manning has warned Papua New Guinea's security force staff and partners not to let their guard...