Tag: Sam Basil
PNG has lost a ‘vibrant and visionary’ leader, says grand chief...
PNG Post-Courier
Governor-General Grand Chief Sir Bob Dadae has described Papua New Guinea's late Deputy Prime Minister Sam Basil as a vibrant and visionary leader...
Marape pledges ‘no stone unturned’ in investigation into fatal Basil crash
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea police have been tasked to furnish a full investigation report on the death of Deputy Prime...
Driver in deputy PM’s fatal accident in hospital, PNG police call...
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
On the eve of Papua New Guinea heading into its 2022 national general elections, the bearer of one of...
PNG Deputy PM killed in road accident – a driver on...
RNZ Pacific
Papua New Guinea's deputy Prime Minister Sam Basil has died following a car crash in the Bulolo district of Morobe Province.
As well being...
Bryan Kramer: PM says PNG revolt ‘isn’t over’ – I say...
COMMENT: By Bryan Kramer in Port Moresby
Today, Deputy Prime Minister Sam Basil and 12 other ministers in Papua New Guinea's James Marape government crossed...
PNG’s Pangu in turmoil – facing no MPs as no confidence...
By Frankiy Kapin and Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby
Pangu Pati – the political party that gave Papua and New Guinea independence from Australia –...
Scott Waide: Any Facebook shutdown in PNG dangerous on many levels
OPINION: By Scott Waide in Lae
Maybe it was a slip of the tongue or a misinterpreted statement… But there is no doubt that whatever...
Pangu Pati opposition bloc defects to O’Neill’s PNG government
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
After two weeks of controversy, Pangu Pati leader Sam Basil and most of his party have split with Papua New Guinea's...
PNG opposition lose no-confidence vote but challenge gagged debate
EMTV News clip featuring the restricted parliamentary debate on the no-confidence vote and closing out of discussion of student unrest.
By Serah Aupong in Port...
PNG Opposition files no-confidence motion notice against government
By Ruth Rungula in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's Opposition has filed a notice of a motion for a vote of no-confidence today at its...