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April 5, 2024
By Boura Goru Kila in Port Moresby A Papua New Guinea court application to stop the news media from reporting on an alleged sexual offence incident involving Goroka MP Aiye Tambua has been thrown out. Magistrate Paul Puri Nii, sitting in the Waigani Committal Court, refused the application by Tambua’s lawyer yesterday, saying media freedom ... <a title="PNG court rejects sex case accused MP’s bid to gag media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/05/png-court-rejects-sex-case-accused-mps-bid-to-gag-media/" aria-label="Read more about PNG court rejects sex case accused MP’s bid to gag media">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2024
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea police in Eastern Highlands are investigating a bomb threat that was sent via an email to the Goroka courthouse yesterday morning. Goroka police station commander Chief Inspector Timothy Pomoso confirmed the incident and threat. According to information received by the PNG Post-Courier, the email from someone ... <a title="PNG police investigate bomb threat at Goroka courthouse in Highlands" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/12/png-police-investigate-bomb-threat-at-goroka-courthouse-in-highlands/" aria-label="Read more about PNG police investigate bomb threat at Goroka courthouse in Highlands">Read more</a>
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September 24, 2022
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea police have arrested five men in Goroka over their alleged involvement in the killing of PNG Ports managing director Fego Kiniafa. Provincial Police Commander Chief Superintendent Michael Welly said the men were in police custody and were now being questioned over the slaying of Kiniafa on ... <a title="5 suspects arrested as probe continues into killing of PNG Ports chief" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/24/5-suspects-arrested-as-probe-continues-into-killing-of-png-ports-chief/" aria-label="Read more about 5 suspects arrested as probe continues into killing of PNG Ports chief">Read more</a>
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September 20, 2022
PNG Post-Courier Goroka town is under lockdown and remains tense as Papua New Guinea police mount a heavy presence following the brutal slaying of the PNG Ports chief executive Fego Kiniafa outside the Eastern Highlands provincial capital. Kiniafa was slashed to death at Nagamiufa on Saturday after he allegedly shot a Nagamiufa man. Four men ... <a title="Tense Goroka town under lockdown after brutal slaying of PNG Ports chief" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/20/tense-goroka-town-under-lockdown-after-brutal-slaying-of-png-ports-chief/" aria-label="Read more about Tense Goroka town under lockdown after brutal slaying of PNG Ports chief">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Amid uncertainty and a court battle over the University of Goroka’s vice-chancellor seat, Higher Education Minister Wesley Raminai surprised staff and students by leading the university’s interim council members onto the campus to be “sworn in”. The usually quiet study-friendly Humilaveka campus atmosphere was disrupted by a chanting group of Huli ... <a title="Goroka ‘swears in’ new officers in defiance of PNG court order" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/20/goroka-swears-in-new-officers-in-defiance-of-png-court-order/" aria-label="Read more about Goroka ‘swears in’ new officers in defiance of PNG court order">Read more</a>
