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Women bring warring clansmen to the polling booth

25/06/2012 01:22

Humari and Yowindali clansmen put differences aside to vote. Picture and words by Alexander Nara. The Humari and Yowindali clans in the Papua New Guinea (PNG) Highlands province of Hela are still at war. The deaths of five men in recent months from...

Voting gets underway with PM O'Neill leading the way

23/06/2012 16:20

Prime Minister Peter O'Neill cast his vote today in his Kauwo village in Southern Highlands. Picture courtesy of Russell Saigomi. Voting has started in Papua New Guinea (PNG) with Prime Minister Peter O’Neill leading the way in his Southern Highlands electorate of...

Trawen: criminal and electoral offences

07/06/2012 19:53

PNG Electoral Commissioner Andrew Trawen PUBLIC NOTICE: Click here to access a PDF copy of the Criminal and Electoral Offences

PNG Perspective website gets close to 2 million hits

06/06/2012 14:32

PNG journalist and blogger Alexander Rheeney uploading content and editing the website. The Papua New Guinea Issues in Perspective (PNG Perspective) website has chalked up close to 2 million hits since going live in August last year. The website was created to analyse development...

Mekere: lock in funding for infrastructure to avoid missed opportunities

05/06/2012 17:58

Sir Mekere: PNG could miss opportunity to harness potential. Papua New Guinea (PNG) will fail to harness its potential unless it restored discipline to its budgetary processes, locked in funding for rural and national infrastructure maintenance, and recapitalise its...

Singirok condemns Namah's storming of Supreme Court

05/06/2012 07:40

(L-R) Former army commander Brigadier General Jerry Singirok and his former PNGDF captain Belden Namah. The former army commander of Deputy Prime Minister Belden Namah has described the parliamentarian’s storming of Papua New Guinea’s Supreme Court as signs of an MP desperate for...

Somare: 2012 O'Neill-Namah government budget highly irresponsible

04/06/2012 20:50

PRESS RELEASE The Treasurer, Don Poyle, has admitted theO’Neill-Namah 2012 budget faces a massive K500 million deficit that is destinedto become one of the most irresponsible budgets brought down by any PNG Government. In a statement issued today, the MP for Angoram,Hon....

Somare to back candidates who are anti-O'Neill and Namah

04/06/2012 11:48

PRESS RELEASE The Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare has finished the week holding rallies in different parts of the Wewak electorate. Sir Michael said, “I should only be campaigning for my party candidates and looking forward to my retirement but the events since August have...

Australian and New Zealand give troops, aircraft and vessels for polls

04/06/2012 00:54

The PNG Defence Force (PNGDF) to play critical role in PNG 2012 general election security. The Australian and New Zealand governments will provide over 200 defence personnel, helicopters, aircraft and ships to assist Papua New Guinea (PNG) conduct its general election. Australian...

Somare: Australian support to give confidence to PNG voters

04/06/2012 00:31

PRESS RELEASE I welcome the participation of the Australian Government in the provision of helicopters and logistical support for the conduct of a free and fair PNG national election. As PNG’s closest ally and its most important development partner, we welcome the efforts...

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