Heavily armed Police deny students protest march to Australian High...
University of Papua New Guinea students burned a copy of the signed asylum seeker deal between PNG and Australia and lowered the replica of an Australian flag yesterday when their attempt to march to...
View ArticlePNG may renegotiate refugee plan
PAPUA New Guinea will renegotiate its refugee resettlement plan with Australia if the Pacific island nation has trouble managing large numbers of asylum seekers.Prime Minister Peter O'Neill told...
View ArticleTHE LOGIC OF ASYLUM SEEKERS DEAL
There is ongoing public debate in PNG for and against the asylum seekers deal between Australia and PNG. This writer contributes his personalviews.Proponents arguing the affirmative say that it is time...
View ArticleTHE TRUTHS ABOUT O’NEILL’S ASYLUM DEAL
Media Release Prime Minister O’Neill’s ‘Regional Resettlement Agreement’ with Prime Minister Rudd of Australia is highly improper and risky to the long term interest of Papua New Guinea. The Opposition...
View ArticlePNG signs formal agreement on asylum seekers
Liam Fox / ABC NewsThe PNG Government has signed a memorandum of understanding with Australia formalising the plan to send asylum seekers to Manus Island.Australian Immigration Minister Tony Burke...
View ArticleThe Education Reform System in Papua New Guinea: Is It a Conspiracy Theory or...
By Lucas KiapIs there any clause in the Vision 2050 providing that in fifty (50) years from now PNG shall design, engineer, manufacture and launch its first rocket into the space – the birth of PNG’s...
View ArticlePNG to create new refugee residency visa class
Papua New Guinea's government says it will pass legislation to establish a new visa class so refugees can live in the country.PNG foreign minister Rimbink Pato says the government of Peter O'Neill is...
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 ArticleNo guarantee refugees processed in PNG will become citizens : O'niel
Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister says there’s been a gross misunderstanding that all refugees processed through the new asylum seeker arrangement with Australia will be resettled in PNG.Under the...
View ArticleAlaskan Fishing Couple Have Wet Wedding Knee-Deep in River
Instead of walking down the aisle, this bride and groom chose to wade through the water."Fishing is our life and our livelihood. It didn't make any sense to do it any other way," Kadie Walsh, 30, of...
View ArticleCowboys' old boy James Segeyaro set to be a burr under their saddle
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 from people smugglers
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 memorandum of understanding...
View ArticlePNG duo ready to help Babasiga Lions
BY midday yesterday, Labasa was the only side to have submitted work permits for their foreign players.Papua New Guinean duo David Muta and Koriak Upaga are free to feature for the Lions at the Inkk...
View ArticleBe a man or woman of rock of change and determination
By Christopher Papiali The power to move within is a drive that takes one to risk oneself but is also a call that one can appreciate for the greater good of all. Every human being live for comfort and...
View ArticlePNG’s PM Says Govt Is Converting Resource Wealth Into Development Gains
PNG’s PM says govt is converting resource wealth into development gains.Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister Peter O'neil told Radio New Zealand International that his administration is going further...
View ArticlePenrith Panthers set to upgrade and extend contract of hooker James Segeyaro
THE 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 revelation James Segeyaro has...
View Article81-year-old attacks doctor with machete after receiving bad treatment
A doctor was brutally attacked after an elderly man claimed he had received bad care, according to police reports in Italy.Police in Italy said that a doctor in central Italy was attacked at a clinic...
View ArticleChris Brown suffers a seizure 'caused by stress'
Chris Brown has suffered a seizure caused by "intense fatigue and extreme emotional stress" according to his publicist.The R&B singer suffered a non-epileptic seizure early on Friday morning while...
View ArticlePNG corruption under scrutiny
There is too much talking and not enough fighting against corruption in Papua New Guinea, the Chief Secretary to government says.Sir Manasupe Zurenuoc has told a forum on PNG's proposed Independent...
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