New Look Opposition Move Camp to Vanimo as Australia PM Cancels visit to PNG
The Papua New Guinea Opposition and its coalition moved out of Port Moresby and into Vanimo town in the Sandaun Province.Over 50 members of parliament boarded a chartered flight from the Port Moresby...
View ArticlePNG New Government Coalition Underway - Calls on Outgoing PM Marape to Accept...
The important work of transition from the outgoing administration to the new Coalition Government is underway in Vaimo, Sandaun Province, with more than half of the elected Members of the Tenth...
View ArticlePNG Parliament Adjournment by Namah illegal : Speaker
Papua New Guinea Parliament Speaker Job Pomat says the motion by the Opposition leader Belden Namah to adjourn parliament is not right. Under the organic law and parliament standing order only a...
View ArticleManning : Rumours on Mass Arrest of PNG Politicians Untrue
Papua New Guinea POLICE Commissioner and Controller of the COVID-19 National Pandemic Response Mr David Manning has dispelled speculations on social media that Police will be making mass arrests on an...
View ArticlePNG Politics : PM Marape Government team in Parliament
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has led his Government team, to Parliament this morning as per Speaker Job Pomat's recalling of Parliament for 10 am this morning.They have taken up their...
View Article48 Members pass PNG National Budget , adjourn Parliament To 20 April, 2021
The Papua New Guinea 2021 National Budget of K19.6 billion has been passed by 48 members of parliament who attended the sitting this morning. Treasurer Ian Ling Stuckey facilitated the handing down...
View ArticleMarape and Speaker Perverted PNG Parliament Process as a Desperate and...
Democracy and legal process has been undermined by the current government illegally convening Parliament to push through the 2021 budget, and try to avoid the upcoming Vote of No Confidence by shutting...
View ArticlePNG Politics : More Legal Challenges Expected
The 2021 National Budget was passed in parliament yesterday in a house consisting mostly of government members, but whether due process was followed or whether if it was legal the way it was passed, is...
View ArticleWestern Highlands Reports First COVID-19 Case :PNG has now 604 confirmed cases
Western Highlands Province (WHP) reports its first case of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) today in a nine-year-old boy from Hagen Central.The case had fever, cold and headache at the time of testing....
View ArticlePublic Servants in PNG urged to stay Neutral
PNG Departmental heads, Provincial Administrators, heads of public authorities, and public servants have been urged to ensure services are not disrupted during the current political climate.Secretary...
View ArticlePort Moresby Police urged to remain neutral ACP Wagambie
Statement Let me again remind all members in this command that we have work to do. Crime never ends.The political situation comes at the normal end of Grace period of the office of PM.For Police, we...
View ArticlePNG Budget : Morobe Province Receives Biggest Slice yet again
Morobe province has again received the biggest funding under the 2021 National Budget.The province was appropriated K350.2 million out of the total budgetary appropriation for the provincial sector...
View ArticlePNG Parliament Speaker Errs in Law : Isifu
PORT MORESBY: WE have become enemies unto ourselves, fighting each other unnecessarily at great cost to our people while real culprits continue to plunder our resources at our backs, riding on our...
View ArticleCredibility Test for PNG Treasurer and Minority Government
The recent political antics and rhetoric from the Marape government to try and justify the illegal recall of Parliament this week, and the improper passing of the budget, reminds me that at best...
View ArticleEnga Leaders Resolve to Seek Better Future
The four Engan MPs, have met in person whilst in the Opposition camp and have resolved to remain united and negotiate better deals for their province.The MPs include Sir John Pundari -Kompiam Ambum,...
View ArticleDirio to Light up Port Moresby
The newest private power plant, Dirio Gas & Power project in Central province, should boost the electricity supply to the city of Port Moresby after it was launched just recently.It was officially...
View ArticlePolice Officers Found Drunk and Sleeping in Vehicles to be disciplined
Police in Port Moresby have begun Administrative disciplinary process on the identified policeman whose photo was taken sleeping behind the steering wheel of a Police vehicle.The process had commenced...
View ArticlePM Marape Represents PNG at APEC 2020
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Hon. James Marape says it is a great privilege and honor for him to represent Papua New Guinea at the 2020 APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting virtually.The 27th APEC...
View ArticleO'Neill Gang Cheque Claims are Silly and Demeaning to MPs, says PNG Finance...
Papua New Guinea Finance Minister Rainbow Paita today ridiculed claims by the Opposition that the Government is printing cheques worth hundreds of millions of kina in a bid to hold on to power.“This...
View ArticleAir Niugini Flights to Australia
Air Niugini would like to advise customers that due to the COVID-19 pandemic the Australian Government is limiting the number of passengers on each aircraft arriving into Brisbane in order to manage...
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