Papua New Guinea News Archives

A company in which the Church of England has a A 29 million shareholding will face allegations of human rights abuses and widespread environmental destruction as campaigners publish an - alternative report' into its activities today.

WARRING tribes in Papua New Guinea are ending a 26-year-old battle that has claimed numerous lives and reportedly led tribeswomen to kill their newborn male babies in a desperate bid to stop the fighting.

Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang left here Thursday for an official visit to Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea.

A DEMON worshipper killed four members of his family before killing himself on remote Misima Island in Papua New Guinea's Milne Bay province, according to delayed reports reaching the capital Port Moresby.

Papua New Guinea Customs officials have seized an assortment of deadly weapons from a passenger arriving in the country on a flight from the Philippines.

Parents in a couple of Henderson neighborhoods are bracing for a fight over proposals to rezone their children to different schools next fall.

Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang will pay an official visit to Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea from Oct.

NSW Premier Nathan Rees today confirmed the success of the first breakfast on the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

What is the 30-second pitch you give people on Pronto? David Jackman: We sell software to medium size and larger businesses that enables to them to compete well against their competitors.

Women in the Pacific face some of the highest rates of physical and sexual violence in the world, but regional organisations are working hard to improve the situation.

This picture shows the spouses of the bishops of Papua New Guinea in traditional dress at the 2008 Lambeth Conference.

FORMER prime minister Bob Hawke has been awarded one of Papua New Guinea's highest honours.

Prison guards in Papua New Guinea have stopped what would have been the country's biggest mass break-out by prisoners who were driven to flee after not being fed for two days.

The sale of a three bedroom Meadowbank home will be benefiting underprivileged women in Papua New Guinea, with the entire proceeds of the sale being donated to charity.

Remember the Papua New Guineans suing Jared Diamond and the New Yorker for $10 million in damages? Background at this link .

Students at the Alkena Primary School in Papua New Guinea take part in Global Handwashing Day activities.

Over 500 people gathered at the Madang Provincial Government Headquarters on Thursday, October 15th, to protest Papua New Guinea governments' support for the Pacific Marine Industrial Zone .

Australian-based Cue Energy Resources is returning to the New Zealand share market as the prospects for the offshore Taranaki Maari oil development, in which Cue has a 5 per cent stake, brighten further.

Runaway former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, was reportedly in Papua New Guinea at the weekend, Australia Network News reported Monday.

Papua New Guineans raise damages demand in libel suit to $45 million; "Preppie Murder" lawyer Jack Litman takes on case.

Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed, who staged the world's first underwater cabinet meeting at the weekend, is emerging as the global stuntman in the battle against climate change.

THE Australian Maritime Safety Authority is helping Indonesian and Malaysian agencies after two boats reported being in distress in their waters, the government said today.

THE Australian Maritime Safety Authority is helping Indonesian and Malaysian agencies after two boats reported being in distress in their waters, the government said today.

The purpose of the meeting is to replace the existing Board of Directors of NGG with nominees proposed by the Shareholder Group.

Hear the music of the mountains at the 62nd Annual Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands.

From porcupine hats worn once-upon-a-time to bright silk socks and garters today, men it seems love dressing up.

Wed, Oct 14, 2009, 07:01 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Oct 14, Vavuniya: The newly constructed Prison in Vavuniya, Northern Sri Lanka was declared opened this morning by the Deputy Justice Minister V. Puthrasigamani.

PACIFIC nations are overly dependent on trade with Australia and need to engage with the rest of the world to address rising levels of poverty and hunger, an AusAID report says.

An entire island community is being evacuated due to rising sea-levels in the South Pacific.

Career diplomat Marion Crawshaw will be New Zealand's new High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea, Foreign Minister Murray McCully announced today.

HUSBAND of 2DayFM shock jock Jackie O, Lee Henderson, was rushed to hospital for treatment of serious burns following an accident on the couple's Southern Highlands retreat.

When literature goes out into the world, it's a bit like dandelion seeds set loose on a windy day.

NEW DELHI: Indira Gandhi National Open University has signed a memorandum of understanding with Papua New Guinea University of Technology for a slew of educational and training programmes.

An underpants' thief is terrorising plane passengers in Papua New Guinea. Women travelling with the national carrier Air Niugini are fed up with one or many baggage handlers nicking their knickers.

Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama met with the three visiting Prime Ministers this morning to talk about Fiji's progress.

Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, Sir Michael Somare while launching the book " Tuimacilai " a biography of the late Tui Nayau and Former President of Fiji, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara often wondered if the political challenges in Fiji now would be emphasised if Tui Nayau was still active in the political arena.

The Indira Gandhi National Open University Friday signed an agreement with the Papua New Guinea University of Technology for a number of educational and training programmes.

A NORTH Queensland man who died while walking the Kokoda Track has been farewelled by family and friends in Townsville.

Thousands of panicked South Pacific islanders raced away from the coastline after three strong earthquakes rocked the region and generated a small tsunami Thursday, just over a week after a massive wave killed 178 people in the Samoas and Tonga.

Vangold Resources Ltd. is splitting off most oil and gas properties into new entity called Vanoil Energy Ltd., which it hopes to list separately on the TSX Venture Exchange.

Eddie Mabo occupies a large place in the history of relations between indigenous and other Australians.

Pacific nations braced for a fresh tsunami on Thursday after two huge subsea quakes struck the region, sending islanders fleeing for higher ground, only a week after a series of deadly tsunamis devastated the Samoa islands.

A man is dead this morning after reportedly being shot by a woman with a shotgun near Southern Highlands in the Southwest part of the valley.

Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation - would allow countries that can reduce emissions from deforestation to be paid for doing so.

A "DEMONIC" and "animalistic" Papua New Guinean man, who had trained to be a priest, has been sentenced to six years in jail for raping his daughter, who bore three children by him.

They've both yielded well in trials this year, but in the hunt for the Ord Irrigation Scheme's new broad acre crop, rice looks to have the edge over GM cotton.

A SYDNEY man is the second Australian to die within a week while attempting the Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea.

Bombardier Aerospace announced Friday that Air Niugini, the national airline of Papua New Guinea, has placed a firm order for two Q400 NextGen high speed turboprop airliners.

Did you feel it? Report shaking and damage at your location. You can also view a map displaying accumulated data from your report and others.

EIGHT Papua New Guineans are dead, one beheaded and publicly displayed, while a notorious criminal and ring leader of the attack is on the run after a school fete shootout.

The Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting begins in Port-of-Spain on November 27 and continues for three days.

A TRIBE whose people murdered a Little Bowden missionary on a Pacific island during the Second World War have held a ceremony to seek his family's forgiveness.