Christmas Islander denounces PNG plan
Labor's Papua New Guinea asylum seeker solution won't stop boats from making the perilous journey to Australia, a prominent Christmas Islander says.Gordon Thomson, shire councillor and general...
View ArticleNewcrest has an annual net loss of A$5.78 billion
NEWCREST Mining Ltd has reported an annual net loss of A$5.78 billion (K11.9 billion) for the 12 months to June 30.The company’s financial report released to the market yesterday said the A$5.78...
View ArticleBorder the issue, not PNG solution: Newman
QUEENSLAND'S premier says he's never "had a go" at federal Labor's PNG solution, but he wants better border security in the Torres Strait.Campbell Newman says his jaw dropped when he found out only 13...
View ArticlePNG looks at asylum seeker job scheme
PAPUA New Guinea will have a better sense of how its refugee resettlement scheme with Australia will work by the end of August, following advice from international agencies.PNG's department of...
View ArticleMenzie Yere has earned PNG World Cup spot says rival coach
Menzie's club coach Mark Aston (who is also the Ireland coach) thinks he has earned a place in the PNG squad.Menzie Yere’s form this season should earn him a place in Papua New Guinea’s squad for the...
View ArticleBELDEN NAMAH: THE MAN BEHIND THE ENIGMA
By Sonja Barry RamoiDeep in the mountains of the village called Paru Paru - the village of late secessionist leader and former first President of Bougainville Joseph Kabui - not far from Panguna Mine,...
View ArticlePNG Opposition says Parliament must debate asylum seeker deal
Papua New Guinea’s opposition says the Prime Minister Peter O’Neill is yet to facilitate any debate in parliament about the controversial refugee resettlement deal he signed with his Australian...
View ArticlePNG SOLDIERS IN UN PEACE KEEPING MISSIONS
Soldiers from the Papua New Guinea Defense Force will soon be posted in some of the United Nation’s peace keeping missions around the world.Minister for Foreign Affairs and Immigration, Rimbink Pato,...
View ArticlePNG committed to boat deal: Rudd
BY EHSSAN VEISZADEHAAPAUSTRALIA and Papua New Guinea stand by their agreement that asylum seekers arriving by boat will be sent to PNG for processing and eventual settlement, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd...
View ArticlePNG Public Servants unproductive : Oneill
Port Moresby (The National).Public servants have been bluntly accused of being unproductive since independence at the expense of the people.“They just want to relax and have a good time, sit down under...
View ArticleCanberra apologises Solomon Islands for explosive body search on Prime...
By Elliot DaweaSolomon StarThe Australian government has apologised for the unfortunate action taken by the Australian immigration officers against Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo to undergo an...
View ArticlePOLICE ARREST PETER SHARP
Police have arrested the owner of the Rabaul Queen which sank last year killing hundreds of people.The arrest follows over a year of investigation by a Commission of Inquiry and then an independent...
View ArticleScotland set for PNG Kumuls warm-up clash
Scotland will play a World Cup warm-up match against Papua New Guinea at Featherstone on Saturday, October 19.The first-ever meeting with the Kumuls will be the only pre-tournament match for Steve...
View ArticlePUNDARI TO SUE POST COURIER
The Member for Kompiam-Ambum and Environment Minister, John Pundari, has announced his intention to sue the Post Courier over, what he called, defamatory statements made against him.The article level...
View ArticleFemale Condom Found in 155g Tinned Fish in Lae
By Sam Basil Herman Sembon who is a metal fabricator and works for my company reported the matter yesterday.On the evening of 21st August he sat for dinner in his house at 12 mile outside Lae.He opened...
View ArticleSick Segeyaro turns tide for Penrith
Having infected most of Penrith's NRL side with a stomach bug this week that made a five-day turnaround even more cumbersome, James Segeyaro wasn't the most popular man among his teammates.As Segeyaro...
View ArticlePNG fears over asylum flood
KEVIN Rudd's plan to house thousands of asylum-seekers in tents on Manus Island would be beyond the capacity of Papua New Guinea to deliver, with its most senior immigration official pleading "God help...
View ArticlePNG fears over asylum flood
KEVIN Rudd's plan to house thousands of asylum-seekers in tents on Manus Island would be beyond the capacity of Papua New Guinea to deliver, with its most senior immigration official pleading "God help...
View ArticlePNG suspends asylum talks
PAPUA New Guinea has suspended discussions with Australia on the resettlement of refugees, as its most senior immigration official warned that serious breaches of the asylum-seeker undertakings could...
View ArticleTHE LARGEST ARTIFICIAL ISLAND IN THE WORLD
This largest man made island in the world is being built from Oil money, which we too have in Kutubu and has been exporting it for the last 20 years. But why we haven't built anything like this to show...
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