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January 11, 2024
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist, and Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent Shops have been set on fire or looted in parts of Papua New Guinea’s capital Port Moresby as unrest broke out during a police and military strike. The protest over unexplained pay deductions to salaries of police, military, and correctional services has ... <a title="Looting breaks out in PNG capital during police and military strike" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/11/looting-breaks-out-in-png-capital-during-police-and-military-strike/" aria-label="Read more about Looting breaks out in PNG capital during police and military strike">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2023
PNG Post-Courier Papua New Guinea’s opposition has called on Prime Minister James Marape to immediately recall Parliament to address the escalating killings in the upper Highlands provinces. The opposition also wants the debate to include other law and order issues that have spiralled out of control in other parts of the country. The call was ... <a title="PNG opposition calls for emergency over Highlands naked body killings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/21/png-opposition-calls-for-emergency-over-highlands-naked-body-killings/" aria-label="Read more about PNG opposition calls for emergency over Highlands naked body killings">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2022
RNZ Pacific The Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) wants to delay the next meeting of the Joint Supervisory Body with the Papua New Guinea government, claiming Port Moresby is “dragging the chain” on drawing up critical constitutional regulations.. The key focus of the ABG is on achieving independence by 2027 by the latest. This latest dispute ... <a title="Bougainville says PNG ‘dragging chain’ over independence issue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/29/bougainville-says-png-dragging-chain-over-independence-issue/" aria-label="Read more about Bougainville says PNG ‘dragging chain’ over independence issue">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2022
By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific journalist Papua New Guinea’s Peoples’ National Congress is shaping up as the party to watch as the country’s general election approaches. Nominations are set to finish later today with campaigning then in earnest through to early July when voting starts. The Peoples’ National Congress (PNC) is led by Peter O’Neill ... <a title="PNG elections: Peoples’ National Congress party endorses 90 plus candidates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/27/png-elections-peoples-national-congress-party-endorses-90-plus-candidates/" aria-label="Read more about PNG elections: Peoples’ National Congress party endorses 90 plus candidates">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2021
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Speaker Job Pomat walked into an empty chamber of Papua New Guinea’s Parliament after the bell was rung about 2pm yesterday, declared a lack of quorum, and left — reportedly disappointed that MPs were late again. It is understood that government MPs were held up in a caucus meeting ... <a title="Parliamentarians ‘no show’ in PNG – session adjourned" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/12/parliamentarians-no-show-in-png-session-adjourned/" aria-label="Read more about Parliamentarians ‘no show’ in PNG – session adjourned">Read more</a>
