Papua New Guinea News

WHEN Frank Spiteri travelled to Papua New Guinea to deliver 12 computers to remote schools in Mount Hagen, he was taken aback by the lack of resources at the schools.

Papua New Guinea politicians will head back into parliament this afternoon to address a shock decision by the deputy speaker to declare the prime minister's office vacant.

After 31 years, military historian and researcher Henry Sakaida has finally closed his most perplexing wartime investigation.

''Hela society is very unpredictable, like the weather is unpredictable. But one thing I can say is that if the people see they have been cheated, if the people see that their rights have been deprived, then there may be problems.'' THREE years after work began in earnest building the hardware to extract and pipe gas from the mountains of Papua New ... (more)

Port Moresby City Council financial controller Augustine Ravi gives an interview at Lautoka City Council office yesterday.

The Sri Lankan police Monday arrested 113 people as they attempted to set sail to Australia illegally.

Police spokesman Ajith Rohana says the Sri Lankan nationals were arrested early Monday as they were preparing to leave the country in a fishing trawler.

The 17-year-old girl was helping her grandmother count her personal savings in their Sydney home at 4pm on Thursday when she took a photo of the cash and posted it on her Facebook page.

JUDGES HAVE THROWN Papua New Guinea into turmoil by pronouncing yet again that the current government, led by Peter O'Neill, is illegal-this time on the eve of scheduled elections.

T he parties of the opposition who joined in the campaign of Virodhaya, the VV, were jubilant that general Fonseka was given freedom.

THE PAPUA NEW GUINEA PARLIAMENT is expected to meet again on Tuesday as it seeks to impose states of emergency at several locations around the country, including Port Moresby .

Independent journalist and author Antony Loewenstein visited Papua New Guinea in January and February as part of his research for an upcoming book and documentary about disaster capitalism and privatisation.

A day long fast was observed in Vavuniya on Thursday May 24th calling for release of Tamil political prisoners and seeking information on missing kin.

PNG WRITER AND ACTIVIST Martyn Namorong continues his Take the Truth to Australia tour in Canberra over the next two days where he will meet with senior Australian political figures.

The company's initial surveys revealed large gold deposits at its holdings in Vietnam and Papua New Guinea.

PAPUA New Guinean MPs have voted to declare a state of emergency in the nation's capital after rogue police officers surrounded Parliament House.

May 25 - Fitch has affirmed the ratings of Digicel Group Limited and its subsidiaries Digicel Limited and Digicel International Finance Limited , collectively referred to as 'Digicel' as follows: DGL --Long-term Issuer Default Rating at 'B' --US$1 billion 8.875% senior subordinated notes due 2015 at 'B-/RR5'; --US$415 million 9.125/9.875% senior ... (more)

May 25, Nuwara Eliya: Dairy farmers in Sri Lanka's hill country Nuwara Eliya district have rejected selling their milk at Rs.

POLICE in Papua New Guinea say officers who have surrounded parliament are not taking orders from Police Commissioner Tom Kulunga.

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