PNG Hunters come from behind to beat Wynnum Manly Seagulls 36 - 13
The Papua New Guinea SP Hunters have registered 15 wins in row after coming from behind to beat the Wynnum Manly Seagulls 36 -13 in front of a huge crowd at the Sir John Guise Stadium in Port Moresby...
View ArticleAsylum seekers: Andrew Wilkie takes Australia to international criminal court
Andrew Wilkie has written to the international criminal court (ICC) asking it to investigate the Abbott government for crimes against asylum seekers.The independent Tasmanian MP has sent the...
View ArticleIndonesian airline carrying 54 missing over Papua
An Indonesian airliner carrying 54 people was missing Sunday after losing contact with ground control during a short flight in bad weather in the country's mountainous easternmost province of Papua,...
View ArticleVanuatu wins top United Nations ICT award
Prime Minister, Sato Kilman, has announced that Vanuatu will receive a major award from the United Nations for its achievements in information, communications and technology (ICT).The Prime Minister...
View ArticlePNG Hunters sit second on the Intrust Super Cup ladder
Papua New Guinea SP Hunter are on second spot on the Intrust Super Cup Competition ladder.They are behind Townsville Blackhawks, but with a better percentage.The Hunters scored 30 unanswered points in...
View ArticleUniversity of Goroka students to continue strike
University of Goroka Students at University of Goroka, say they will continue their protest this week, if the Vice Chancellor Doctor Gairo Onagi fails to step down from office.All operations at the...
View ArticleEl Nino kills five people in Chimbu Province
Food gardens destroyed by frost in the HighlandsFive children and an elderly man have died as a result of the extreme dry weather that has peaked across the country.All six deaths are reported in...
View ArticleHenganoffi District to be marked Disaster Emergency area
Henganoffi MP & Police Minister Robert Atiyafa. Pics courtesy of radioaustralia.net.auHenganoffi District in the Eastern Highlands Province will soon be a disaster emergency area, after all...
View ArticlePapua New Guinea in El Nino
The Director for PNG National Weather Service Mr Samuel Maiha told a joint press conference today that the country is in El-Nino now and the country is going to be affected very severely over the next...
View ArticlePNG to build Business, Investment and Technology links with India
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O’Neill will attend the Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC) Leaders’ Summit this week in Jaipur in India’s Rajasthan state.Joining the Prime...
View ArticlePNG and Australia discuss arrangements to protect Kokoda
The Kokoda Initiative – an arrangement between the governments of Papua New Guinea and Australia to protect the Owen Stanley ranges region and the Kokoda Track – was the key focus of discussions...
View ArticleAustralia boosts health care in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville
Australia is continuing to work with Papua New Guinea to boost health care.Recently, the Australian Government delivered a much needed ambulance to the people of Arawa, in the Autonomous Region of...
View ArticleAustralia and PNG Defence Forces to conduct Helicopter Exercise
The Australian Defence Force will be conducting helicopter exercises with the Papua New Guinea Defence Force’s (PNGDF) Air Transport Wing at Jackson’s Airport, Port Moresby from 16 August to 7...
View ArticleTkatchenko denies K50m for Independence celebrations
Papua New Guinea Sports and National Events Minister Justin Tkatchenko has brushed aside allegations of a 50-million Kina payment to a foreign company to organize PNG's 40th Independence Anniversary...
View ArticlePNG Hunters team announced for Round 24 match againsts Mackay Cutters
SP Hunters coach Michael Marum and his team are bracing for one of their toughest trips away when they head to their Round 24 Intrust Super Cup match against Mackay Cutters this Saturday.The PNG team...
View ArticleNZ: Polynesian band Te Vaka to join next big Disney movie
A New Zealand Pacific band has been chosen to lend their voices to Disney's next big movie - Moana.Te Vaka is a group of musicians and dancers from various Pacific Island backgrounds based in New...
View ArticleVanuatu Supreme Court to rule on Leadership Code Act
The Supreme Court of Vanuatu will determine on 27 August, whether the Leadership Code Act can be used to prosecute the MP and a prominent local businessman implicated in what is known as the 'bribery'...
View ArticleNZ needs to help Pacific ‘little brother’ on climate, says Tuvalu cleric
New Zealand has been told it’s not doing enough to help its “little brother” Tuvalu to fight climate change, in a desperate call to action.Tuvalu’s Reverend Tafue Lusama is currently on a tour of New...
View ArticleUK company stops buying Fiji's fairtrade sugar
The UK based sugar buyer Tate & Lyle says it is no longer buying fairtrade sugar from Fiji because of a dramatic fall in sales of the brand.It says it only made the decision after considering every...
View ArticlePNG Government announces K25m for 40th Independence Anniversary celebrations
The PNG Government has announced 25 million Kina funding for the country's 40th Independence Anniversary celebrations nationwide.Minister for Sports and National Events Justine Tkatchenko announced...
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