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Electricity outage starts Thursday parliamentary proceeding

It was a black out moment to start proceedings of day three parliament sitting for this week.

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Opposition considers taking Government to court over alleged breaches to the Connect PNG program act

The lack of a trust fund set up to manage monies allocated under the Government's flagship billion kina Connect PNG Program, is alleged to be a breach of laws and illegal.

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Government asking court interpretation on Allan Bird’s eligibility as alternate prime minister

The Special Parliamentary Committee deliberating on the VONC met today after lunch to discuss the motion to bring a no confidence vote to the floor of parliament against Prime Minister James Marape.

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Connect PNG project is a scam says former Prime Minister Peter O’Neil

It was a Valentines Day point of order romance in Parliament this morning during the first question of the session.

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New look Opposition front bench

Becoming a norm in Parliament, Wednesday's proceeding started an hour late from the 10am start.

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Allan Bird, alternate PM nominee

The Opposition has nominated East Sepik Governor Allan Bird as their alternative Prime Minister.

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Opposition presents VONC motion

The Opposition today presented the vote of no confidence motion to acting speaker of parliament Koni Iguan before the house convened for its first sitting at 2pm.

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Security to beef up during VONC period

Security operations are expected to beef up starting today with about 300 Police and 200 Soldiers dispersed to provide security within the premises of the national parliament and around Port Moresby in the vote-of-no-confidence period.

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James Marape addresses no-Confidence vote as Parliament resumes today

Prime Minister James Marape has expressed confidence in government's stance to survive a potential vote of no-confidence against his leadership as the National Parliament is set to resume today.

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Justin Olam urges PNG Government to focus on pathway development

Papua New Guinea’s ambitious dream to become the 18th NRL team remains cloudy as PNG international Justin Olam reveals uncertainty over the idea to base the team in Australia.

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