Built to last: Promises and challenges in PNG
PAPUA New Guinea (PNG) is a land of great beauty and vast but unrealised potential. With over 850 languages, rugged highlands and vast coasts, it is one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse nations on
Bad behaviour: The need for regional cooperation
Mid-last year, reports started surfacing that Deep Sea Mining Finance (DSMF) was extracting seabed minerals in Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) exclusive economic zone (EEZ), unbeknownst to government and without permission
PNG Speaker directs opposition
PAPUA New Guinea Speaker, Job Pomat, has directed the Opposition to hold a caucus meeting to address its leadership
Military exercise ends
A MILITARY exercise between Australia, the United States, and Papua New Guinea have ended, signalling firmer ties in the
PNG carrier orders new aircraft
AIR Niugini has signed a firm order with Airbus for two more latest generation in A22--300 aircraft.
PNG base for US defence
AUSTRALIAN funding will see a refurbished naval base in Papua New Guinea become part of strategic efforts to push back China’s influence in the
Fueling hope in PNG
THE oil and gas sector makes up for around 5% of Papua New Guinea’s formal workforce of just under 400,000
PNG fights energy crisis
IN recent years, Papua New Guinea (PNG) has faced a fuel crisis which threatened to shut down the aviation industry and starve remote communities of critical medicine and
PNG ballot box damage, 11 arrested
ELEVEN people have been arrested for allegedly destroying a ballot box and assaulting a Papua New Guinea police officer during the Aitape-Lumi by-elections last
Pacific police bands display talent
MORE than 100 Pacific musicians gathered in Port Moresby this week in a celebration of music and
Voters destroy bridges in PNG
POLICE and military reinforcements have been deployed after election violence in Enga Province, Papua New
Saint for Papua New Guinea
PREPARATIONS are underway in Papua New Guinea for the canonization of the first Pacific islander
PNG Governor-General denied VIP access
Papua New Guinea’s Governor-General has been left red faced over a bank card issue left him out of Heathrow Airport’s VIP
Solomons win OFC Women’s Nations Cup
The Solomon Islands women's national team secured their first OFC Women's Nations Cup title with a 3-2 victory over favored Papua New Guinea in Suva on
Solomon’s, PNG through to OFC final
Solomons Islands will take on PNG in the final of the OFC Women's Nations Cup in
PNG, Bougainville resume independence talks
New Zealand will host post-referendum talks between the Government of Papua New Guinea and the Autonomous Bougainville Government next week, Foreign Minister Winston Peters has
Arrest warrant for PNG investigator
PNG's anti-corruption commission ICAC is in serious strife as its three expatriate commissioners have fallen out against each other over allegations of abuse of office, officila corruption, misappropriation and
New PNG tax system to be rolled out nationwide
The Papua New Guinea Government has taken a major step towards modernising its tax system with the official signing of a landmark contract to implement a real-time Goods and Services Tax (GST) Monitoring System, known
Indonesia wants Papua New Guinea to join ASEAN, but there are obstacles in the way
Indonesia wants Papua New Guinea to become an ASEAN member, but the bloc’s secretary-general, Kao Kim Hourn, said Wednesday that there would be some obstacles in the
Do Better: Time to wait for science, says PANG
The Pacific must provide an international leadership role in ocean protection for the benefit of the
Ghosts from the deep
There has been interest in deep-sea mining in the Pacific since as early as the 1970s, but it was not until 2016 that the first drill dropped beneath the waves with the intent to begin full mining operations.