From across Papua New Guinea
Nuku District commemorated National Repentance Day on Tuesday by opening the district’s new Prayer House, symbolising faith, unity, and hope for the future. Built on a hill beside the airstrip and overlooking the soon-to-be-opened Nuku Administration Complex, the octagonal structure features eight pillars representing all tribes across the district’s four LLGs. Public Service Minister and […]
The Komo Hulia District Development Authority [DDA], in collaboration with the Papua New Guinea Forest Authority, officially launched the Komo Hulia Agroforestry and Reforestation Program on Tuesday at Komo Station in the Hela Province. While many DDAs across the country prioritize infrastructure and economic sectors, The DDA has chosen to invest in ecological restoration and […]
Australia announced its offering three new undersea international cable connections to Papua New Guinea and the region. High Commissioner Ewen McDonald says these are the Google Pacific cable in the North, the Coral Sea cable in Bougainville, and the Huwakai Niu cable in the South of the region, funded through the Australian Infrastructure Financing Facility […]
Prime Minister James Marape joined hundreds of Christian faithful’s at Port Moresby’s Sir John Guise stadium to observe the National Repentance and Prayer Day. Chief Secretary to Government Ivan Pomaleu and Minister for Community Development, Youth and Religion, Central Governor Rufina Peter are among those who gathered as early as 5 am in a dawn […]
Pacific journalists are receiving specialized training on climate change reporting and the use of artificial intelligence (AI) at the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD) in Kuala Lumpur. The workshop, attended by journalists and content creators from Papua New Guinea’s National Broadcasting Corporation and Vanuatu, aims to strengthen media capacity to cover one of the […]
A group of 11 cyclists from the Wewak Cycling Movement in East Sepik Province has embarked on a remarkable journey to promote peace and unity across Papua New Guinea as the country approaches its 50th Independence Anniversary on September 16th. Their four week cycling tour began in Madang and took them through various provinces, including […]
For decades, the people of Mil Werip in the Imbonggu District have dreamed of a road that would connect their remote community to the rest of the Southern Highlands Province. That dream, long deferred and often dismissed by successive governments, is now inching closer to reality. Mil Werip’s only link to the outside world was […]
The East New Britain provincial government has opened its doors to the people in the province to participate in the proposed Free Trade Zone or FTZ discussion. A consultation meeting that was carried out in Rabaul and Kokopo last week comes following a commitment made by Prime Minister, James Marape in April this year to […]
The ruling Papua and New Guinea Union Party [PANGU] has consolidated its grip on power, increasing its parliamentary numbers to 51 MPs following the inclusion of two newly elected members last night. Porgera-Paiela MP Gidron Maso Karipe and Usino-Bundi MP Vincent Kumura, both winners in recent by-elections, formally joined the government benches. Their predecessors had […]
The shocking death of a female asylum seeker in her room at a Port Moresby lodge yesterday is now the subject of a police investigation. The asylum seeker from Nigeria was said to be in Port Moresby for the last 7 years. A refugee at the lodge she was at told NBC News, she was […]