Tag: Papua New Guinea
Porgera mine ‘killing fields’ – 21 Papua New Guineans die since March 6
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
The successful restart of Papua New Guinea’s New Porgera Limited gold mine is currently at high risk due to...
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...