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July 14, 2022
RNZ Pacific United States Vice-President Kamala Harris has assured Pacific Islands Forum Leaders meeting in the Fiji capital Suva that Washington will “significantly deepen” its engagement in the region. Harris joined the regional leaders today to announce half a dozen new commitments to signal America’s renewed commitment to the region. The commitments included the establishment ... <a title="US tells Pacific leaders it will ‘deepen commitment’ to the region" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/14/us-tells-pacific-leaders-it-will-deepen-commitment-to-the-region/" aria-label="Read more about US tells Pacific leaders it will ‘deepen commitment’ to the region">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2022
By Melisha Yafoi in Port Moresby The Indonesian government has filed a K105.6 million (US$30 million) writ against Papua New Guinea, naming two senior officials as persons of interest toward the illegal shipments of hazardous materials. The two officials named are acting managing director for Conservation and Environment Protection Authority (CEPA) Gunther Joku and State ... <a title="Indonesia sues PNG for K105m over storage of ‘illegal’ oil shipments" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/14/indonesia-sues-png-for-k105m-over-storage-of-illegal-oil-shipments/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia sues PNG for K105m over storage of ‘illegal’ oil shipments">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Kathryn Ryan: “Why is there a six-month gap between boosters?” Siouxsie Wiles: “I can’t answer that for you. It doesn’t make sense based on the data that we have. … In Israel they got it at least four months after, for the over-60s at least. It was really good at preventing ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – Covid Vaccine Policy Fail: Priority groups under-protected" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/13/keith-rankin-essay-covid-vaccine-policy-fail-priority-groups-under-protected/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – Covid Vaccine Policy Fail: Priority groups under-protected">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2022
New Zealanders, and many others, are at present immunity-compromised. Influenzas and 'common colds' are being experienced more severely than usual; and we are seriously short of data about cases of these illnesses, and deaths of people with these illnesses.
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July 7, 2022
RNZ Pacific The president of the United Liberation Movement of West Papua, Benny Wenda, has arrived to a warm welcome in Port Vila from London where he is based. Representatives of the Vanuatu West Papua Independence Committee, who are organising his trip, made sure the media was present only during a welcome ceremony at the ... <a title="Vanuatu offers warm welcome to Papuan independence campaigner" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/07/vanuatu-offers-warm-welcome-to-papuan-independence-campaigner/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu offers warm welcome to Papuan independence campaigner">Read more</a>
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July 7, 2022
PNG Post-Courier Chaos. That is the one word for Papua New Guinea’s 2022 national general election. Unfortunately, the election has descended to that level, and polling is slowly slipping out of the set timetables as chaotic scenes nationwide, manpower problems, logistics issues and unexpected postponements hit the schedule. In the capital Port Moresby, voters were ... <a title="PNG’s capital residents shocked with second deferral of polling day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/07/pngs-capital-residents-shocked-with-second-deferral-of-polling-day/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s capital residents shocked with second deferral of polling day">Read more</a>
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July 7, 2022
EDITORIAL: The PNG Post-Courier The headline of this editorial, we believe, expresses what every eligible voter, business house and candidate in the nation’s capital feels towards the Electoral Commission of PNG. To make a decision like this, the deferral of polling, at the very last minute on the day when this important event is to ... <a title="Post-Courier: The incompetency of PNG’s Electoral Commission must stop" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/07/post-courier-the-incompetency-of-pngs-electoral-commission-must-stop/" aria-label="Read more about Post-Courier: The incompetency of PNG’s Electoral Commission must stop">Read more</a>
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July 6, 2022
By Marjorie Finkeo and Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Six suspects, including a woman, have been charged in connection with more than K1 million in cash seized at Komo airport in Papua New Guinea’s Hela province last weekend. The six were charged on Monday with two counts each of money laundering and being in possession ... <a title="Six charged with money laundering over K1.3 million in suitcase as PNG votes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/06/six-charged-with-money-laundering-over-k1-3-million-in-suitcase-as-png-votes/" aria-label="Read more about Six charged with money laundering over K1.3 million in suitcase as PNG votes">Read more</a>
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July 6, 2022
RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape has confirmed reports his eldest son is one of two men arrested in relation to a suitcase found with US$440,000 at a domestic airport in the Highlands province of Hela last weekend. The arrests occurred after police became suspicious of the suitcase amid heightened security in ... <a title="PNG leader Marape confirms son arrested over money in suitcase" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/06/png-leader-marape-confirms-son-arrested-over-money-in-suitcase/" aria-label="Read more about PNG leader Marape confirms son arrested over money in suitcase">Read more</a>
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July 6, 2022
RNZ Pacific France’s abolition of the status of an overseas minister has received mixed reactions in both France and its overseas territories, with a pro-independence Tahitian member of the National Assembly condemning the “bad signal”. The position was abolished in yesterday’s government reshuffle and replaced with a minister delegate, a post given to Jean-Francois Carenco. ... <a title="Tahitian pro-independence MP slams ‘bad signal’ for French Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/06/tahitian-pro-independence-mp-slams-bad-signal-for-french-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Tahitian pro-independence MP slams ‘bad signal’ for French Pacific">Read more</a>
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July 6, 2022
By Frank Rai in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea went to the polls yesterday to begin electing the 11th national Parliament only to find out that there were names missing on the common roll while some polling stations were short of ballot papers around the country. The distribution of ballot papers and the common roll ... <a title="Papua New Guinea goes to the polls amid controversy over missing names" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/06/papua-new-guinea-goes-to-the-polls-amid-controversy-over-missing-names/" aria-label="Read more about Papua New Guinea goes to the polls amid controversy over missing names">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2022
Inside PNG News Forty-Two Papua New Guinea Defence Force staff have arrived in Kavieng for the national general election operations. New Ireland Provincial Police Commander Chief Inspector Felix Nebanat said this brought the total number of joint security forces up to 400 in the province. Papua New Guinea’s general election began yesterday. ” I am ... <a title="PNG Defence Force arrive in New Ireland for election duties" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/05/png-defence-force-arrive-in-new-ireland-for-election-duties/" aria-label="Read more about PNG Defence Force arrive in New Ireland for election duties">Read more</a>
