Tag: Unitech
Police warn PNG public about robbers after attack on Unitech students
PNG Post-Courier
Papua New Guinea police have warned the public to take precaution with criminals now operating in large numbers in some suburbs of the...
Scott Waide: Memo to our younger people – go out to...
COMMENT: By Scott Waide
Senior EMTV journalist and bureau chief Scott Waide in Papua New Guinea's second city Lae this week called time on his...
Albert Schram: My wrongful dismissal and malicious prosecution – a warning
On his way back home from Port Moresby to Verona in Italy during a stopover in Singapore, Dr Albert Schram wrote a lengthy article...
Dr Schram absconds on bail – claims PNG prosecution is ‘political’
By Keith Jackson in Noosa
In a shock development in Papua New Guinea's Schram case, the former vice-chancellor of the PNG University of Technology has...
Former Unitech VC takes legal steps in ‘scary’ PNG education controversy
The former vice-chancellor of Papua New Guinea's Unitech will seek leave from the National Court to retrieve his original PhD certificate from Italy, reports...
Lae police chief confirms ‘students’ set fire to PNG ballot papers...
By Peter S. Kinjap in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's Lae Metropolitan Police Superintendent Anthony Wagambie Jnr has confirmed that ballot papers were burnt at...
PNG PM directs police investigation into brutal student killing
The group of unknown men who killed Romanong in his dorm room are also accused of setting fire to various buildings on campus after...
UPNG students still confused in wake of academic closure
By Nadia Marai in Port Moresby
Since the termination of the academic year at the University of Papua New Guinea earlier this month most students...
Unitech student dies after PNG attack, campus buildings set ablaze
A group of men armed with bush knives attacked a student last night in the male dormitories at Papua New Guinea's University of Technology...
Death of PNG student denied, protest action continues at 3 campuses
Papua New Guinea authorities deny a student has died from the police crushing of a protest at the University of PNG last Wednesday, but...
Unitech ‘guarantees safety’ for students while UPNG now quiet
By Rocky Issou and NauFM News
The Unitech administration in Papua New Guinea's second city of Lae has condemned last week's shooting by police of...
PNG’s two universities contrast in management style over protests
Administrations at both of Papua New Guinea's two major universities have contrasting approaches to dealing with the national student standoff against the prime minister.
While...
Unitech student leader’s reply to PM: ‘We’re talking about morality’
By Carmella Gware in Lae
A student leader at Papua New Guinea's University of Technology in Lae has responded to Prime Minister Peter O'Neill's letter...
‘Disappointed’ UPNG students to continue class boycott
By Carmella Gware in Port Moresby
The University of Papua New Guinea students will continue their boycott of classes over the next week, a member...
O’Neill replies to PNG university student petitions but seeks ‘advice’
By Adelaide Sirox Kari in Port Moresby
Prime Minister Peter O’Neill has responded to petitions presented to him by students at the two major universities...
Opposition Leader Basil challenges UPNG, supports student ballot
Opposition Leader Sam Basil speaking out in support of the University of Papua New Guinea students on EMTV.
By Theckla Gunga in Port Moresby
Papua New...
Students threaten mass exodus from UPNG as anti-O’Neill tension grows
Students have threatened a mass withdrawal from the University of Papua New Guinea if the administration does not agree to its demands as anti-government...
Electoral Commission nullifies Unitech student vote in new PNG twist
The Papua New Guinea Electoral Commission has nullified the referendum conducted at the University of Technology by Lae Election Office last Friday - almost...
Students reach out to public in ‘awareness day’ over PNG crisis
By Scott Waide in Lae
More than 3000 students from the University of Technology and the National Polytechnic Institute in Papua New Guinea's second largest...
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...
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...