Tag: The National
Israel blows up last university in Gaza as air strikes continue...
By Laura Pollock
Gaza's last standing university has been destroyed by the Israeli army as military continued to strike targets in areas of the besieged...
PNG’s Marape condemns ‘jungle justice’ after 6 gunmen shot dead
By Cretilda Alokaka in Port Moresby
Six hired gunmen in Enga were shot dead by men from the Ambulin tribe on Friday in what Papua...
The National welcomes government claim of no plan to control media
The National
Papua New Guinea's The National newspaper has welcomed a statement by the Information and Communication Technology Department (DICT) that the government has no...
Marape blasts foreign media, claiming ‘fake news’ on mining conference
The Sunday Bulletin
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape says it is very disappointing that foreign-owned media in the country continue to run “fake...
PNG police arrest 18 suspects following election attacks in Port Moresby
Inside PNG News
National Capital Dictrict (NCD) police have arrested 18 suspects following the slasher attacks on civilians yesterday outside Papua New Guinea's national elections...
Alex Rheeney: Frontline media lessons of the past – from PNG...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Alexander Rheeney
It was probably one of those rare times when I “became the news” as a journalist.
I had accompanied Greenpeace activists...
Marape tells PNG police they should be ‘doing their job’ over...
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
Prime Minister James Marape says Papua New Guineans who continue to commit crimes under the pretext of "sorcery" must...
PNG’s founding father Sir Michael Somare ‘critically ill’, says family
Asia Pacific Report
Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare, widely regarded as the founding father of independent Papua New Guinea, was in a critical condition in...
Bryan Kramer: How many PNG police chiefs have had a degree?...
COMMENT: By Bryan Kramer, PNG's Minister of Police who has defended Commissioner Manning's appointment today in The National
My last article, announcing that I intend...
PNG sex workers plead for help after one gang-raped, beaten, left...
By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby
Sex workers have urged the Papua New Guinea government to pass a law to protect them after one of...
The National: Let’s play our part to end gender violence in...
The National editorial
Hundreds walked the Sir John Guise drive on Thursday calling for justice for the brutal death of 19-year-old mother-of-two – Jenelyn Kennedy...
The harrowing picture that tells a thousand words about tragedy
This is part of the front page of Papua New Guinea's The National this weekend. Normally we would not publish such a harrowing image...
PNG tribal warlord surrenders to police to ‘restore peace and harmony’
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
An influential warlord in PNG’s Hela province has handed himself in to security forces in the wake of mass killings last...
Port Moresby evicts West Papuan refugees from city settlement
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
About 250 West Papuans have been served notices of eviction to leave their settlement in Port Moresby, reports The National.
National Capital...
‘We’ll deal to you’ Namah threat to PNG daily newspapers
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
An opposition party leader who believes there will soon be a change in government in Papua New Guinea has warned the...
Pacific media freedom groups blast assault on reporters on volcano island
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Some villagers affected by the volcanic eruption on Manam island haven taken out their anger and frustration against four journalists covering...
PNG quake-hit communities plead for relief aid to ‘bypass’ government
As relief supplies continue to be delivered to earthquake affected communities, there is another looming disaster over water, reports EMTV News.
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
People...
The man I never knew – a tribute to a PNG...
By Malum Nalu in Port Moresby
As I look into the face in the photo
Into the eyes of the man I never knew
I...
PNG journalist death sparks anger over violence against women
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Papua New Guinea's National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop sought a court order to stop the burial of a journalist until...
UPNG students burn 800 newspapers in protest over political crisis
Student protesters at the national university in Papua New Guinea demonstrating against the Peter O'Neill government, claiming it is eroding democracy, have targeted news...
PNG media council appeals for ‘respect’ for role of journalists
The Media Council of Papua New Guinea has appealed to government institutions and individuals to respect the role of the media and to allow...