PNG seeks investment for bilateral growth
By ANCILLA WRAKUALE TOWNSVILLE in Australia and Port Moresby have had a sister city relationship since independence and PNG is now looking south for technical assistance in helping develop PNG. Prime...
View ArticleBroadband deal signed
By ANCILLA WRAKUALE PAPUA New Guineans will soon benefit from high-speed fibre optic broadband connectivity. Telikom PNG, have partnered with Huawei, a leading global ICT company, to implement...
View ArticleLandslides take toll on key PNG highway
Follow @{0}FEEDBACKEMAILPRINTEASY READSHARE PORT MORESBY, 4 July 2013 (IRIN) - A vital highway, long regarded as the single most important road in Papua New Guinea (PNG), is slowly being destroyed by...
View ArticleAddress poverty for a better future
PORT Moresby residents have over the years become used to seeing the face of poverty in Papua New Guineas National Capital District. From the youngsters giving directions to drivers trying to navigate...
View ArticleTackling the curse of hate
Atrocities: a man covers his face after witnessing women being brutally attacked. Photo: Brendan Esposito Brian Leahy's father was one of the first white men to set foot in the New Guinea highlands,...
View ArticleRudd ascension fails to shock Australia, markets
By Christian Edwards SYDNEY, June 27, (Xinhua) -- In extraordinary circumstances, Kevin Rudd has reassumed the leadership of the Australian Labor Party and consequently becomes the Australian Prime...
View ArticleFour Chinese nationals slain in Papua New Guinea
Sydney: Four Chinese nationals have been stabbed to death in Papua New Guinea in what the South Pacific island nation's Prime Minister today condemned as a "brutal and cowardly" attack. The victims,...
View ArticleGreek PM inaugurates COSCO-run port facilities, invites further Chinese...
ATHENS, June 26 (Xinhua) -- Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras on Wednesday attended the inauguration ceremony of new port facilities run by a subsidiary of Chinese shipping conglomerate COSCO,...
View ArticlePapua New Guinea: Australia To Send Police
Fifty Australian police officers will be sent to Papua New Guinea to help tackle serious law and order problems in the Pacific Ocean country. It comes a day after soldiers armed with guns, machetes...
View ArticleKevin Rudd sworn in as Australian prime minister
CANBERRA, June 27 (Xinhua) -- Kevin Rudd has been sworn in as prime minister of Australia on Thursday following his victory in a ruling Labor party caucus ballot the evening before. Governor-General...
View Article>4 Chinese nationals slain in Papua New Guinea
SYDNEY (AP) — Four Chinese nationals have been stabbed to death in Papua New Guinea in what the South Pacific island...
View ArticleKokoda diggers slam Rudd over 'survivor' comment
ABOUT 625 Australian soldiers did not survive the brutal fighting against crack Japanese troops along the 100km long Track during WW2. Speaking at a joint press conference with Papua New Guinea Prime...
View ArticleUN agency criticises Australia's PNG asylum centre
Published July 12, 2013AFP Asylum seekers (top) walk past a banner on top of a building at Sydney's Villawood Detention Centre on April 21, 2011. The UN refugee agency on Friday criticised conditions...
View ArticleLets support our local level government elections
VOTING has started in Papua New Guineas Local Level Government elections and Papua New Guineans will look forward to the outcome. The LLG polling might not appear important but the attraction in...
View Article4 Chinese nationals slain in Papua New Guinea
SYDNEY (AP) â Four Chinese nationals have been stabbed to death in Papua New Guinea in what the South Pacific island nation's prime minister on Wednesday condemned as a "brutal and cowardly" attack....
View ArticleRid the PNGDF of bad apples
THE Papua New Guinea Constitution is explicit on the functions of the PNG Defence Force and its personnel. Section 202 of the PNG Constitution points out the core tasks and responsibilities of the...
View ArticleChinese hacked to death in Papua New Guinea attack
Four Chinese nationals have been hacked to death in Port Moresby, with one reportedly beheaded and the others dismembered in an attack condemned as “brutal and cowardly” yesterday by Papua New Guinean...
View ArticleTime to condemn and prosecute the corrupt
IT has been over three years since the discussions on the PNG LNG Umbrella Benefits Sharing Agreement were held in Kokopo, East New Britain Province. For a number of Papua New Guineans those...
View ArticlePort Moresby rocked by grisly killings
Sydney - Four Chinese nationals have been hacked to death in Port Moresby, with one reportedly beheaded and the others dismembered in an attack condemned as “brutal and cowardly” on Wednesday by Papua...
View ArticleMajority would give asylum seekers jobs
Traditional welcome: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd arrives in Port Moresby on Monday. Photo: Gary Ramage More than 60 per cent of voters agree that asylum seekers released into the community should be...
View ArticleEssar Projects secures US$ 50 million contract in Papua New Guinea (Essar...
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View ArticleBPNG improves high-tech outlook
By ANCILLA WRAKUALE BANK of Papua New Guinea received a wireless spectrum licence from the National Information Communication Technology Authority to implement a Kina Automated System that would...
View Article2012 good for KAML
By ANCILLA WRAKUALE PAPUA New Guineas first listed investment company, Kina Asset Management Limited recorded a strong return to profitability for 2012 despite ongoing global economic challenges says...
View ArticleSoldiers attack students in PNG
AAP A dental student has been seriously injured when a group of more than 30 soldiers armed with bush knives,...
View ArticleSME awards introduced
By ANCILLA WRAKUALE THE effort to promote the enterprise culture in PNG through the development of Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) continues to grow in earnest with the introduction of various...
View ArticleArmed soldiers attack students at PNG hospital
Published July 14, 2013AFP This file photo shows soldiers guarding the entrance to their barracks in Port Moresby, on March 25, 2001. A group of armed soldiers on Sunday broke down the gates to a...
View Article4 caught over killings of Chinese in PNG
SYDNEY - Four people have been arrested over the brutal killings of the four Chinese...
View ArticleKokoda Diggers slam Kevin Rudd over 'survivor' comment
KOKODA veterans have reacted angrily to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's description of himself as "a survivor of the Kokoda Track." About 625 Australian soldiers did not survive the brutal fighting...
View Article28 Jun 2013Cultures on show in Sister Cities celebrations (Cairns Regional...
(Source: Cairns Regional Council) 28 Jun 2013 Cairns will celebrate its international relationships with seven Sister Cities next Friday as part of Sister Cities National Day on July 5. A blending of...
View ArticleAustralia to send police to PNG amid crime spike
Australia yesterday said it will send 50 police to Papua New Guinea (PNG) to help tackle chronic law and order problems, a day after armed soldiers attacked people indiscriminately at a hospital. The...
View ArticlePNG clarifies probe progress of 4 Chinese death
SYDNEY - Papua New Guinea police have clarified the progress of a probe into the killings of four Chinese in capital of Port Moresby, according to local newspaper The National. National...
View ArticleChina to assist relatives of stabbing victims in PNG
BEIJING - The Foreign Ministry and the Chinese Embassy in Papua New Guinea will offer all-out assistance to the relatives of Chinese who were recently attacked in the country, Foreign Ministry...
View ArticleRudd signs policing pact with PNG
AAP Australia will send 50 police officers to Papua New Guinea to battle rising crime, as the nation's...
View ArticleDisciplined forces must respect law
ARE the disciplinary forces of Papua New Guinea the PNG Defence Force, the Royal PNG Constabulary and the Correctional Service in a state of meltdown? Close to 40-years after independence and we...
View ArticlePNG Leader’s Visit May Herald Better Relations
Tuesday, 25 June 2013, 2:40 pm Press Release: The Jakarta Globe PNG Leader’s Visit May Herald Better Relations Greater cooperation between Papua New Guinea and Indonesia may be on the horizon...
View ArticleFour Chinese murdered by sword in PNG
Four Chinese have been murdered and chopped up by sword in a brutal attack on a shop in Papau New Guinea's capital of Port Moresby. The state owned National Broadcasting Commission says the...
View ArticleTranscript of Doorstop Interview (Australian Government)
(Source: Australian Government) SUN 14 JULY 2013 Prime Minister Cairns PM: I'm here obviously to do some work with the Cairns City Council, an important project, to upgrade the Cairns CBD. This is an...
View ArticleRudd and O'Neill 'mindful' of UN Manus Island criticisms
Australian and Papua New Guinean PMs meet after damning UNHCR report on conditions in immigration detention centre Kevin Rudd (fourth from left) met the prime minister of Papua New Guinea Peter...
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