Tag: Powes Parkop
PNG’s Parkop tells exiled Papuans ‘don’t lose hope – keep up...
Asia Pacific Report
Governor Powes Parkop of Papua New Guinea's capital Port Moresby has appealed to West Papuans living in his country to carry on...
PNG chief justice urges Moresby governor Parkop to enforce law
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...
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...
Wenda calls on MSG for urgent action to back pledge over...
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...
Jokowi visit strengthens PNG ties but sidelines West Papua human rights
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...
Boroko declared ‘betel nut-free’ as PNG capital Moresby spruces up
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...
Indonesia’s Widodo set to visit Port Moresby next month
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...
Port Moresby governor Parkop stable and recovering after cardiac scare
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...
When will enough be enough? Port Moresby’s struggle with ethnic war
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 --...
Parkop calls for full probe into brutal murders of two Moresby...
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...
Port Moresby back to normal after 36 hours of election tension
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...
Commonwealth observers call for ‘urgent review’ of PNG electoral process
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...
Post-Courier: The incompetency of PNG’s Electoral Commission must stop
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...
Titanic power struggle tipped for PNG’s ‘game changer’ election
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...
‘I’m ready – energised,’ Port Moresby’s Parkop pledges to huge crowd
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 --...
Port Moresby public’s cry for safe public transport finally answered
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 interim restraining order over eviction of homeless Morata settlers
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...
Garden Hills squatters evicted in Port Moresby crackdown on church land
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...
Yamin Kogoya: 60 years ago, Indonesia invaded West Papua with guns....
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,...
Port Moresby backs off ‘total’ lockdown in city, says Governor Parkop
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...
Governor Parkop takes back Moresby park for ‘benefit of our people’
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...