Tag: Powes Parkop

PNG Post-Courier The Chief Justice of Papua New Guinea, Sir Gibbs Salika, has called on the National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop to enforce the...

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...

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...

Asia Pacific Report The United Liberation Movement for West Papua has responded cautiously over the Melanesian Spearhead Group’s surprise denial of full membership at its...

RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea and Indonesia say the economic and social ties between them are closer than ever. Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo visited Port...

PNG Post-Courier Papua New Guineans have been challenged to "actively contribute" towards development projects like the Boroko Transformation Project if citizens want to see change...

RNZ Pacific Indonesian President Joko Widodo is set to make a state visit to Papua New Guinea next month. The one-day visit is scheduled for July...

By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop is stable and recovering at the Gold Coast University Hospital in Australia, according...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Port Moresby’s "amazing city" tag in Papua New Guinea is fast losing its varnish and appeal --...

By Claudia Tally in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea's National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop wants the city’s police to fully investigate the gruesome murder...

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...

RNZ Pacific The Commonwealth group that has been observing the Papua New Guinea national elections has called for an urgent review of the electoral process. The...

EDITORIAL: The PNG Post-Courier The headline of this editorial, we believe, expresses what every eligible voter, business house and candidate in the nation’s capital feels...

PNG Post-Courier Today is officially the last day of campaigning in Papua New Guinea's 2022 National General Election. Count tomorrow until Monday as rest days, but...

PNG Post-Courier "Powes! Powes! Powes!" The city of Port Moresby was ringing with chants of support for its governor for the past 15 years --...

By Claudia Tally in Port Moresby The public’s cry for a safe, affordable and efficient public transport system in Papua New Guinea’s capital Port Moresby...

PNG Post-Courier Papua's Guinea's National Court has issued an interim restraining order stopping the planned eviction of thousands of Morata settlers on portion 2733 in...

By Marjorie Finkeo in Port Moresby Hundreds of settlers from the controversial Garden Hills settlement along Waigani Drive in Papua New Guinea's National Capital District...

Shocking footage has been circulating on social media showing National Armed Forces (TNI) Indonesian military helicopters firing indiscriminately at civilian villages in Suru-Suru District,...

By Grace Auka-Salmang in Port Moresby National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop has announced that there will not be a total lockdown of Port Moresby. He...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop has vowed that NCDC has the municipal mandate to protect public interest and manage the...

By Frank Rai in Port Moresby National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop has lashed out at the Papua New Guinean Department of Lands and Physical...