Tag: Porgera

The National Papua New Guinea's Police Commissioner David Manning has declared emergency orders to safeguard infrastructure and residents in Porgera due to escalating law and...

By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Women, girls, the elderly, and young boys have rushed to pack any vehicle they could as they escaped heavy...

RNZ Pacific The Papua New Guinea government is calling for local communities in Porgera, Enga province, to end the violence as it works to reopen...

By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby The successful restart of Papua New Guinea's New Porgera Limited gold mine is currently at high risk due to...

PNG Post-Courier Several teachers from a Papua New Guinean school in Porgera, Enga province, are now being investigated by police after they allegedly instigated the...

By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby While Papua New Guinean policing continues to be an issue in Porgera, Enga Province, the killings continue in the...

By Melisha Yafoi of the PNG Post-Courier “It’s okay, we'll just sit here and they can come kill us.” These chilling words are from a defenceless...

By Miriam Zarriga of the PNG Post-Courier A brutal massacre in Porgera town yesterday afternoon in which 18 innocent people were killed has rocked Enga...

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...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Allegations of "hijacking and manipulation" of a Papua New Guinea national government sanctioned validation exercise at the Porgera mine in Enga...

By Melisha Yafoi in Port Moresby It will cost the Papua New Guinea state and Australian operator Barrick Niugini Ltd K630 million (US$180 million) to...

By Ale Asa in Porgera Ten people – including three children – have been massacred when a fight between two warring tribes from Tari spilled...

This year is a crucial year for Papua New Guinea's mining industry as important players - in Hela, Porgera and Madang - are being...