PNG has room for 10 000 asylum seekers: Kevin Rudd
Boat arrives. Photo. Sunday TelegraphKEVIN Rudd will warn people smugglers he stands ready to create an island from hell in Papua New Guinea housing 10,000 asylum seekers.Amid predictions the Prime...
View ArticleZimbabwe President Mugabe re-elected amid fraud claims
Robert Mugabe has led Zimbabwe since independence in 1980/BBCZimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has won a seventh term in office, officials say, amid claims of electoral fraud.Mr Mugabe, 89, won 61% of...
View ArticlePIUS WINGTI TO GO FOR TRIAL
Pius Wingti to go on trial . Photo source: PNGBlogsThe National Court in Mount Hagen has dismissed an attempt by Governor Paias Wingti, to remove a Judge presiding over an election petition case...
View ArticleAir Niugini flies into Indonesia
Air Niugini is stretching its wings to Indonesia's tourist island of Bali, with its inaugural flight scheduled for later this evening.The flight departs Port Moresby after six o' çlock this evening,...
View ArticlePNG may renegotiate refugee plan
PNG PM Peter O'neill. Getty ImagesPAPUA New Guinea will renegotiate its refugee resettlement plan with Australia if the Pacific island nation has trouble managing large numbers of asylum seekers.Prime...
View ArticleAcute Nurse shortage in Papua New Guinea
PNG Health Minister, Michael Malabag. Getty ImagesThe Health Department has drawn up a Workforce Plan, aimed at boosting nursing manpower strength, currently at a critically low level.Health Minister,...
View ArticlePNG to legislate on Manus Island Asylum Seeker Centre
Boat People. Image credit: Sky news/Getty ImageThe Papua New Guinea government will legislate to shield the Australian run asylum seeker centre on Manus Island from constitutional challenges, as both...
View ArticleThe Education Reform System in Papua New Guinea: Is It a Conspiracy Theory or...
Is this the result of Education Reform: Photo by Lucas KiapBy Lucas KiapIs there any clause in the Vision 2050 providing that in fifty (50) years from now PNG shall design, engineer, manufacture and...
View ArticleBIO SECURITY RISKS MUST BE CONTAINED TO AVERT DECLINE IN EXPORTS, FOOD...
Media Release Hon Sam Basil, Deputy Opposition Leader is concerned that whilst we deal and focus on the non-renewable resource extraction sector, we have turned a blind eye as well as forgotten that...
View ArticlePNG thank New Zealand for Aid
Guard of Honor to PNG Prime Minister: Photo: The NationalPrime Minister Peter O'Neill has praised New Zealand for its 22 million US dollar or about 55 million Kina aid programme to PNG.Mr O’Neill ,...
View ArticleMan saves his dog before wife from sinking boat
Man saves dog before his wife. Getty imagesA man is under fire after he saved his dog before his wife from a sinking boat.The man, who was forced to abandon ship after running into a reef that nearly...
View ArticleJames Segeyaro set to be deliver killer punches to his old club North...
PENRITH hooker James Segeyaro continues to deliver killer punches to his old club North Queensland.First he unexpectedly packed his bags and moved from Townsville to Sydney this year when the Cowboys...
View ArticleAsylum seekers want their money back because of PNG policy
Boat People. Getty Images Asylum seekers in Indonesia have confirmed that some of them are asking people smugglers for their money back because of Australia's new PNG policy.Australia has signed a...
View ArticleChina advertise its military ambitions
Reuters) - With handshakes and smiles, China's military put its best foot forward on Monday as it opened a secretive base to a rare visit by journalists, in an effort to allay Asia's growing fears...
View ArticleAustralia dictates and controls the development path of Papua New Guinea
Christopher PapialiBy CHRISTOPHER PAPIALIAustralia has dictated and controlled the development path of PNG for the last 40 years. Through AusAID package that has run into billions of kina many of our...
View ArticleTwo commercial jets collided in Australia
SYDNEY, New South Wales (AFP) - Two commercial jets collided on the tarmac at Australia's Melbourne airport Saturday, officials said, damaging the aircraft but causing no injury to passengers.The...
View ArticleUsher to keep custody of his 2 young sons
Associated Press/David Goldman - R&B singer Usher ATLANTA (AP) — R&B singer Usher will hold on to primary custody of his two young sons.A judge in Atlanta on Friday dismissed an emergency...
View ArticlePNG’s PM says govt is converting resource wealth into development gains
PNG Prime Minister; Peter O'neill: Getty ImagesPNG’s PM says govt is converting resource wealth into development gains.Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister Peter O'neil told Radio New Zealand...
View ArticlePenrith Panthers set to upgrade and extend contract of hooker James Segeyaro
James Segeyaro. Getty ImagesTHE Panthers are set to upgrade and extend the contract of a player determined to end his former club's finals hopes on Sunday night.Former Cowboys hooker and Panthers...
View ArticleMan kills his wife and posts the photo on Facebook
A Miami man who reportedly posted a photo of his wife’s body on Facebook after killing her turned himself in to authorities on Thursday and confessed to the slaying, police said.Derek Medina, 31,...
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