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PM O'Neill: Bougainville's Aropa airport to be re-opened in December

07/10/2011 04:53

A lone standing radio tower at Aropa airport in the autonomous region of Bougainville. A brick structure, which can be seen in the distance, is all that remains of the Air Niugini terminal which was destroyed during the 10-year conflict. Aropa airport, the international...

PNG pledges AU$42 million to Solomon Islands and agrees to lift work permit restrictions

06/10/2011 21:00

Solomon Islands central bank in Honiara, Solomo Islands. The Solomon Islands government is hoping the lifting of work permit restrictions could lead to long term benefits for its economy. Papua New Guinea (PNG) has pledged K100 million (AU$42 million) in development grants to...

Papua New Guineans go viral on social media condemning police wife beater

06/10/2011 14:24

The Facebook group page PAPUA NEW GUINEANS AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE which was created on Wednesday 5 October. It appears to be the fastest growing PNG-related Facebook group with over 4000 members signing up in less than 24 hours. Papua...

Rudd announces $40 million funding for PNG health infrastructure

01/10/2011 14:09

Kevin Rudd MP being welcomed to Goroka, Eastern Highlands province as the Australian prime minister in a state visit to Papua New Guinea in March 2008. Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd today announced $40 million in funding for health...

PNG Police: body belongs to boat skipper of missing researchers

30/09/2011 10:25

Papua New Guinea police have confirmed that a body found on a group of islands in the Manus province belonged to a member of the boat crew that accompanied a group of missing researchers. The five researchers, who work for the PNG government-funded Institute of Medical Research (IMR),...

PNG cabinet sacks police commissioner

29/09/2011 19:24

The Papua New Guinea cabinet has sacked police commissioner Anthony Wagambie and blamed the Somare government for an administrative oversight that compelled it to act. Prime Minister Peter O’Neill, in a media statement released this afternoon, said cabinet has advised the governor...

PNG whistle-blower bill ready for parliament

29/09/2011 11:51

Work on Papua New Guinea’s draft whistle-blower legislation is complete and it is ready to be tabled in parliament. Highly placed PNG government sources told Papua New Guinea Issues in Perspective that work on the bill had been completed with the next stage for the...

Taskforce to discuss potential of PNG AFL side playing in Australia

26/09/2011 13:53

(Left) Thirteen-year-old Papua New Guinean AFL player Tommy Ndresanei in action for the Under-13 Wests Juniors in Croydon Park Sydney, the junior side for the Western Suburbs Magpies. (Right) Mr Ndresanei and his team-mates celebrate after winning the 2011 grand...

PNG police appeal to three MPs to go in for questioning

18/09/2011 18:17

WANTED: (L-R) Former PNG ministers Paul Tiensten and Francis Potape and East Sepik governor Peter Wararu. Papua New Guinea police have appealed to three national parliamentarians to voluntarily go in for questioning. PNG police commissioner Michael Wagambie said police...

O'Neill: PNG's social indicators deplorable

16/09/2011 23:02

Prime Minister O'Neill laments poor social indicators. Prime Minister Peter O’Neill has described as deplorable Papua New Guinea’s poor social indicators. Giving a post-mortem on the country’s progress as a nation in a speech to mark 36 years of independence, the PM said...

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