カテゴリー: Papua New Guinea
The $100m tax on companies controlling more than 40% of market is ‘arbitrary’ and ‘perplexing’, says telco DigicelDigicel Group says it is considering legal options after Papua New Guinea imposed a $100m tax that the telecoms firm said had potential “i…
Both governments are claiming responsibility for rescue of nine Papua New Guinean nationals last monthTensions between China and Taiwan have found an unlikely battleground – a fight over who rescued nine Papua New Guinean sailors who were lost at sea f…
Four female candidates have been put forward by political heavyweight Sir Peter Ipatas for seats in upcoming electionRain pelts down as the monthly city markets opens its doors in Port Moresby, the capital of Papua New Guinea.Market sellers worry about…
First-term government MP Lohia Boe Samuel has been charged with murder over the death of Robert Jerry last weekA Papua New Guinean MP has been charged with murder, after the shooting death of a man at a restaurant in the capital of Port Moresby last we…
While many Pacific communities are facing shrinking coastlines, a newly formed island has led to generational and tribal fightsWhile across the Pacific communities are dealing with shrinking coastlines, one area in Papua New Guinea has an altogether di…
EMTV has locked out journalists from its newsrooms in a dispute over reporting of conviction of Australian businessman Jamie PangNineteen journalists from Papua New Guinea’s leading television media company, EMTV, have been suspended following a walk-o…
Local government hopes reopening of mine – once world’s most profitable – will support bid for independence from Papua New Guinea The mine at the centre of the decade-long civil war between rebels in Bougainville and Papua New Guinea security forces is…
Justice minister says state lacks ability to humanely execute those convicted, while PM says PNG is a ‘Christian nation’Papua New Guinea has repealed the death penalty 30 years after reintroducing it, with prime minister James Marape saying it was “not…
Justice minister says state lacks ability to humanely execute those convicted, while PM says PNG is a ‘Christian nation’Papua New Guinea has repealed the death penalty 30 years after reintroducing it, with prime minister James Marape saying it was “not…
Authorities have called for calm while announcing the first case of the virulent strain of Covid-19Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageLocal authorities in Papua New Guinea are calling for calm, after the country announced its f…
Freedom of the press might be included in some constitutions of Pacific countries, but it often only works in theoryI spent five years as the lone journalist on the remote Pacific island of Yap. During that time I was harassed, spat at, threatened with…
PNG, where less than 5% of the adult population is vaccinated, is creating opportunities for the virus to spread and mutate, epidemiologists sayCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageExperts have warned that the next variant of Cov…
Frieda River mine proposed by Chinese-owned PanAust sparks appeal to government in Australia where company is registered More than 2,000 people in 60 villages in Papua New Guinea’s north – where the country’s largest gold, copper and silver mine is sla…
Public confusion and distrust over vaccination have been fuelled by what experts say are crippling failures in authorities’ response to the pandemicSee all our coronavirus coverageIn mid-October Dr Clement Malau, a Harvard-educated public health specia…
Survey of more than 6,000 people by Transparency International is the most comprehensive look at corruption in the region to dateOne in three people across the Pacific Islands region have paid a bribe when using a public service in the last year, while…