Tag: University of PNG
International students hit by UPNG suspension in response to protests
NBC's PNG Tonight reporter Mark Kayok reports on UPNG council's decision to indefinitely suspend semester 1 and the hostile response with a threat by...
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...
UPNG suspends semester studies to take academic ‘breather’
By Cleopatra Kolta in Port Moresby
The University of Papua New Guinea Council has announced the suspension of the rest of semester 1, which is...
What PM O’Neill told the protesting PNG students – in full
This is the 10-page letter from Prime Minister Peter O’Neill sent yesterday to the University of Papua New Guinea and the PNG University of...
‘I will not resign,’ O’Neill tells PNG students in 10-page letter
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Peter O’Neill has replied to the petitions from the student representative councils of both the University of PNG and...
Unitech students continue ‘indefinite’ boycott as PM’s reply falls short
Prime Minister Peter O'Neil has responded in letters to the University of Papua New Guinea and University of Technology student presidents following their petitions...
‘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...
‘We won’t back down,’ warn UPNG students over PM
University of Papua New Guinea students have warned that they will not back down from their campaign to defend the constitution until the prime...
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...
Court rejects students’ bid to have police legally removed from UPNG
By Vasinatta Yama and Serah Aupong in Port Moresby
An urgent application by the University of Papua New Guinea's Student Representative Council (SRC) president Kenneth...
Images: Citizen journo’s diary of a student protest in PNG
For three weeks, more than 5000 students at the national University of Papua New Guinea have had a stand-off with the government of Prime...
Business as usual in PNG capital in spite of civil society...
PNG Tonight presenter John Eggins says Papua New Guinea went from a state of high anxiety after civil society groups called for a strike...
UPNG students give ‘patriotic’ ultimatum to PM O’Neill
By Carmella Gware in Port Moresby
Students at the University of Papua New Guinea have given Prime Minister Peter O'Neill 24-hours to respond "favourably" to...
Uniforce guards upset over ‘surprise’ police takeover at UPNG
Uniforce security guards at the University of Papua New Guinea campus say the administration has overlooked their role by bringing in the police force...
Lupari warns ‘agitators’ against hijacking student protests in PNG
Papua New Guinea's Chief Secretary to government Isaac Lupari has warned people attempting to commit illegal acts as part of attempts to hijack student...
UPNG security guards allege police used ‘heavy handed force’ on campus
Some members of the University of Papua New Guinea’s Uniforce Security unit have alleged that the police entered the campus early today using heavy-handed...
UPNG management calls in police to ‘secure safety’ on campus
The University of Papua New Guinea has called in police to “secure the safety of staff and students” in the ongoing anti-government unrest at...
PM O’Neill’s plea to students: ‘Think before you act’
Prime Minister Peter O’Neill has called on Papua New Guinea's university students to "think before you act" and not to allow others to use...
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...
Peter Laska: PNG students now need a Plan B – ‘people...
OPINION: By Peter Laska in Port Moresby
What I want to write about is what many University of Papua New Guinea students seem to be...