Tag: Squatters
‘We slept in the open,’ say PNG evicted widows who bought...
By Kelvin Joe and Gynnie Kero in Port Moresby
Two widows and their children were among other Papua New Guinean squatters who had to dismantle...
Residents torch own homes rather than let Vanuatu police destroy them
By Hilaire Bule, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Port Vila
Scores of homes near the Vanuatu capital Port Vila which were deemed illegal dwellings have been...
World Bank grant to boost Vanuatu reforms for squatter settlements
By Hilaire Bule, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Port Vila
A VT2 billion grant from the World Bank Group is set to reform unplanned urban settlements...
Lae police chief calls on state agencies, NGOs to tackle illegal...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The Lae police chief has called on government agencies and non-government organisations to address illegal settlements in and around Papua New...
Lawyers threaten PNG police with contempt over settlers eviction halt
PNG Post-Courier
A Supreme Court ordered mass eviction of settlers on land between Papua New Guinea's University of PNG, Gerehu Stage 3B and Morata stage...
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...
Port Moresby evicts 400 squatters to make way for new capital...
By Miriam Zarriga and Clifford Faiparik
About 400 squatters in Papua New Guinea watched helplessly as excavators demolished their homes and properties to make way...
Films about 1965 anti-communist stigma dominate Indonesian festival
The trailer for Eka Saputri's film Melawan Arus. Video: Komunitas Kedung
By Joko Santoso in Purbalingga
A short film by a student whose family were victims...
PNG police plan public meeting to address Lae ‘land grabbing’
EMTV News' Lucy Kopana reports on the Lae squatter settlements issue in Papua New Guinea. Image: EMTV News
By Lucy Kopana in Lae
Following a growing...
Tide of Change – documentary by USP students explores climate action
The Tide of Change climate adaptation documentary by university of the South Pacific student journalists. Video: Wansolwara
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
The people of Natawaru Settlement...