Tag: Powes Parkop

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...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop has challenged Port Moresby’s almost bottom ranking in the 2021 edition of The Economist Intelligence...

By Janet Kari in Lae, PNG Prosecution of perpetrators of gender-based violence around the country still remains a massive problem for Papua New Guinea, says...

By Marjorie Finkeo in Port Moresby National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop has warned Papua New Guinean ethnic groups to stop fighting and killing each...

By Lulu Mark in Port Moresby Governor Powes Parkop says there will be no lockdown in Papua New Guinea's National Capital District (NCD) despite a...

By Meleasie Goviro in Port Moresby They said it was an emotional day for them, to celebrate Mother’s Day in iconic Paga Hill  in Papua...

By Gloria Bauai in Port Moresby Is history repeating itself for the Moresby North West electorate in the Papua New Guinean general election? In 2012, polling...