Tag: Papua New Guinea
PNG authorities try to quell unrest after 16 prisoners on run shot dead
RNZ Pacific
A curfew has been imposed in part of Papua New Guinea and extra police have been moved in to quell unrest over the...
Media challenges in a digital world – a Pacific perspective (Part one)
In a keynote address at the 2015 University of the South Pacific (USP) journalism awards, Pacific Media Centre director Professor David Robie, formerly head...
PNG’s Sir Rabbie blessed at birth – ‘he’ll be a big man, clever’
OBITUARY: By Jean Nuia in Kokopo
Papua New Guinea’s fourth prime minister, Sir Rabbie Namaliu, has died — four days shy of his 76th birthday...
PNG soldiers shock with Boroko street takeover in security uproar
PNG Post-Courier
A small speeding vehicle allegedly driven by an off-duty soldier set off a chain reaction this week that saw two security guards taken...
PNG police negotiators try to win freedom for hostage researchers
PNG Post-Courier
An Australian-based anthropology professor and three Papua New Guinean women researchers are being held captive inside the jungles of the Southern Highlands after...
Fight against crime in PNG’s Oro gains momentum – 22 suspects charged
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
Since the start of Papua New Guinea’s Operation Stabilising Oro last month, 22 rape, murder and armed robbery suspects...