Tag: Rescue
Marape praises security forces in daring kidnap, says lawnessness has ‘destroyed’...
By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby
Prime Minister James Marape has commended Papua New Guinea's police, defence force and the local community for their quick...
‘Heroic efforts’ save 7 PNG teachers and families in kidnap attempt
By Jeffrey Elapa in Port Moresby
In what is described as a "significant relief", seven Papua New Guinea teachers and their families were rescued from...
Cyclone Gabrielle: Help for more than 400 evacuated Pacific RSE workers
RNZ Pacific
More than 400 workers from the Pacific evacuated to a Napier church during Cyclone Gabrielle should be able to return to more permanent...
Cyclone Gabrielle: Pasifika songs of gratitude ring out across Hawke’s Bay
By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific journalist
In the midst of all the destruction from Cyclone Gabrielle in Aotearoa New Zealand, Pasifika voices singing songs of...
Cyclone Gabrielle: NZ death toll rises, ‘grave concerns’ for several missing
RNZ News
As a huge effort ramps up in Aotearoa New Zealand to restore essential services to thousands of people in Tairāwhiti and Hawke's Bay,...
Rescue mission underway for NZ pilot held hostage in Papua, say...
RNZ News
Indonesian police and military have launched a joint mission to rescue a New Zealand pilot who was seized by rebels as a hostage...
PNG Prime Minister Marape visits Saki landslide disaster site
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape has visited Goilala’s remote Saki village near Tolukuma gold mine in the Goilala district...
At the heart of the Goilala landslide disaster – prayers for the...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Central Governor Robert Agorobe at Saki, Papua New Guinea
It was with a heavy heart when we flew into the landslide disaster...
Bad weather hampers PNG landslide relief – two bodies found,...
By Harlyne Joku in Port Moresby
Bad weather has delayed the second relief supplies drop to Papua New Guinea's landslide victims at Saki village near...
Death toll from Papuan floods, mudslides rises to 89
Homes and bridges destroyed in Papua province by landslides triggered by torrential rainfall - the death toll is now 89. Video: Euronews
Pacific Media Centre...
Tourists flee Lombok as Indonesian quake death toll hits 98
Rescuers are still struggling to get to parts of Lombok island to assess the full extent of the damage from the earthquake. Video: Al...
Danish rescue diver praises Thai ‘cool’ kids in Mission Impossible
A Danish diver involved in the mission to successfully save 12 boys and their football coach from flooded Tham Luang cave in Thailand has...
Ambae is Vanuatu’s story, not just a global media backdrop
OPINION: By Dan McGarry
It happens every time disaster strikes in the developing world. The inhabitants of the place become background players in a drama...
Howling dogs all that’s left in volcano island Ambae’s empty villages
By Dan McGarry on Santo
Only the howling of dogs can be heard now in Ambae’s abandoned villages. The entire population has now been moved...
Ambae volcano ‘more stable’, say Vanuatu’s monitoring scientists
Locals evacuate Ambae island as Manaro Voui volcano threatens to erupt in Vanuatu. – Video: Guardian Wires
By Godwin Ligo in Port Vila
New observations...
Vanuatu President seeks calm, PM says ‘we’re not ready for disasters’
By Anita Roberts in Port Vila
Vanuatu sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire and though it is accustomed to being hit by cyclones and...
Ambae Manaro volcano’s crater lakes make it a serious threat to...
Smoke billows from Vanuatu’s Manaro Voui volcano on Ambae island. Video: The Guardian
ANALYSIS: By Chris Firth
If you turned on the television this week, you...
Vanuatu rescuers face tough challenges over Ambae volcano evacuation
By Anita Roberts in Port Vila
The Penama Provincial Disaster and Climate Change Committee is facing a number of challenges in its efforts to help...
