Tag: Student protest
Unitech boycotts classes, Tabar slams UPNG students’ actions
Protesting students of Papua New Guinea's University of Technology in Lae are boycotting their classes this week.
They are calling on Prime Minister Peter O'Neill...
Take your resign petition directly to PM, Parkop tells students
National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop has appealed to the University of Papua New Guinea student leaders to deliver their petition to the Prime...
UPNG warns students planned protest ballot ‘bordering on contempt’
Management of the University of Papua New Guinea today appealed to protesting students to resume classes with seminar exams only three weeks away, warning...
UPNG students shrug off threats – holding new protest ballot
Students are expected to hold a fresh protest ballot at the University of Papua New Guinea today after campus unrest entered its second week,...
PNG’s Basil calls for defence of free speech in student unrest
By Freddy Mou in Port Moresby
Opposition Leader Sam Basil says the freedom of speech that is enshrined in the Papua New Guinea constitution must...
PNG’s Unitech votes for class boycott, students demand PM steps down
Unitech's Vice-Chancellor Dr Albert Schram pictured in EMTV video of student unrest updates.
By Scott Waide in Lae
An overwhelming majority of students at Papua New...