Fiji won a fierce contest to head the global rights group, but coalition of NGOs says repression and abuses domestically must be addressed Fiji has won an intense and secretive geo-political battle to become the first Pacific island nation to…
Your thoughts fellow PNGeans/ fellow black people. “The only thing that the black man has inherited from the european colonization is the religion that he practices and that’s exactly what the european colonizers and land occupiers wanted. Have you not…
On Pacific Beat with Catherine Graue Download Pacific: UN votes for better cooperation with PIF (1.98 MB)Download 1.98 MB With a week to go until the annual Pacific Islands Forum leaders’ meeting in Tuvalu, the UN General Assembly has adopted a…
By all means, not possible unless West Papua is self governance. Economic prosperity in PNG is not determined by happens in Australia and New Zealand but by what happens in the ASEAN. Australia cannot be relied on if PNG intends…
Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum, Dame Meg Taylor, is visiting Vanuatu this week. Dame Taylor says her visit to Vanuatu is to consult with various arms of the Vanuatu Government as well as speak at a symposium at the…
By LUKE KAMA, the National PNG THE Central Supplies and Tenders Board (CSTB) will start the public disposal process of assets purchased and owned by the PNG Apec Coordination Authority soon, acting chairman Dr Ken Ngangan says. Ngangan also the…
MORE Papua New Guineans will be able to receive scholarships to study in China following an agreement between Prime Minister Peter O’Neill and Chinese President Xi Jinping. O’Neill said a grant of K150 million was signed to release about 2500…
CHINESE President Xi Jinping says he will take back home lifetime memories of the warm welcome he received from the people during his historical two-day State visit. He will especially mention how the children at a school welcomed him by…
By HELEN TARAWA PAPUA New Guinea is the “last paradise on Earth”, and “one of the best countries in the world”, according to Prime Minister Peter O’Neill. Responding to recent overseas media reports which rated PNG as one of the…
By HELEN TARAWA, the National PNG CHINA and Australia are very good friends who continue to trade with each other and are important to the Asia-Pacific region, says Prime Minister Peter O’Neill. Responding to questions on how Papua New Guinea…