Tag: PNG Post-Courier
PNG Post-Courier: Census fiasco – why the poor planning, poor vision?
EDITORIAL: PNG Post-Courier
We support Count Me In 2024. It is an important national census event for Papua New Guinea. It is supported by the...
PNG landslide buried ‘more than 2000 people alive’: Rescue teams navigate...
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
More than 2000 people were buried alive in the huge landslide which hit Papua New Guinea on Friday,...
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...
Post-Courier: Stop PNG’s booming death and destruction industry
EDITORIAL: The PNG Post-Courier
Some people are literally making a killing in Enga.
Yes, they really are.
Hired gunmen are getting rich by the day and picking...
Marape thanks Australia for providing an ‘anchor’ for independent PNG
By Bramo Tingkeo of the PNG Post-Courier
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape made his historic address to the Australian Federal Parliament in Canberra...
Post-Courier: Draconian and dangerous move
EDITORIAL: By the PNG Post-Courier
Last year, the Papua New Guinea government moved in a subtle way into the Fourth Estate.
It tried to -- and...
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’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...
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...
PNG’s immigration boss warns foreigners after arrest of NZ citizen
PNG Post-Courier
Papua New Guinea’s chief Immigration boss Stanis Hulahau has warned all foreign nationals in the country that the office will not hesitate to...
PNG Post-Courier: Our democracy, our Melanesian way
EDITORIAL: By the PNG Post-Courier
“Is there a democratic Papua New Guinean nation -- or is it merely an arbitrary nation built on a shaky,...
Marape calls for policies for a ‘better PNG’ in independence message
PNG Post-Courier
Prime Minister James Marape has reiterated his call for staff of the Department of Prime Minister and National Executive Council to "fully embrace...
PNG’s Marape makes foreign policy gaffes over Israel, West Papua
ANALYSIS: By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report
Prime Minister James Marape has made two foreign policy gaffes in the space of a week...
Milne Bay governor explains secret meeting with notorious PNG gang
By Melyne Baroi in Port Moresby
“I will surrender if you guarantee I will not be killed,” says Eugene Pakailasi, who took over leadership of...
Rabaul hospital’s morgue out of service for five years – funding...
By Dianne Wilson in Rabaul, PNG
As the Papua New Guinea government continues its globe trotting, the Nonga Base hospital in Rabaul, East New Britain...
Global tourism can thrive in PNG local communities, says Yasina Park...
By Nelson Joe in Goroka
At least a self-contained shelter is enough to attract international eco-tourists to Papua New Guinea, say tourism operators.
David Van, an...
PNG corruption – ‘Our people think MPs are automatic teller machines’
EDITORIAL: PNG Post-Courier
Are the voters responsible for the corruption in the country?
Papua New Guinea's Health Minister and Member for Wabag, Dr Lino Tom, seems...
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...
‘My daughter didn’t misuse public funds’ says PNG’s under fire minister
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
A defiant Foreign Affairs Minister Justin Tkatchenko says he will not resign over the furore surrounding his daughter Savannah’s...
PNG warns foreigners to respect laws as businessman Pang blacklisted, deported
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea has deported controversial Australian businessman Jamie Pang.
Surrounded by Immigration and Citizenship Authority officials and police, Pang...
PNG’s Sir Rabbie blessed at birth – ‘he’ll be a big...
By Jean Nuia in Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea’s fourth prime minister, Sir Rabbie Namaliu, has died -- four days shy of his...
PNG contractors plead for government to pay up after 12-year wait
By Todagia Kelola in Port Moresby
A number of small contractors in Papua New Guinea are still waiting for positive feedback for money owed to...