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September 16, 2024
The National Papua New Guinea’s Police Commissioner David Manning has declared emergency orders to safeguard infrastructure and residents in Porgera due to escalating law and order issues brought about by illegal miners. Manning said police would be increasing the legitimate use of force to remove combatants in order to protect critical infrastructure, including the Porgera ... <a title="PNG police chief Manning declares emergency for Porgera" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/16/png-police-chief-manning-declares-emergency-for-porgera/" aria-label="Read more about PNG police chief Manning declares emergency for Porgera">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2022
EDITORIAL: By the PNG Post-Courier editor Matthew Vari For weeks, we have seen the election violence as it spread in horrific proportions around the Highlands region, mainly in Enga and other provinces there. Men, women, and even children caught up in the fray costing lives and properties into the millions. Yesterday, the capital city also ... <a title="Post-Courier: Our capital Port Moresby our last stand for peace" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/25/post-courier-our-capital-port-moresby-our-last-stand-for-peace/" aria-label="Read more about Post-Courier: Our capital Port Moresby our last stand for peace">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2022
By Melisha Yafoi of the PNG Post-Courier “It’s okay, we’ll just sit here and they can come kill us.” These chilling words are from a defenceless woman (name withheld) who has seen first-hand the continuous killings in Papua New Guinea’s Porgera Valley, Enga province and accepting what could be the ultimate fate for her and ... <a title="Porgera villagers helpless, unsafe in their homes as ‘warlords’ kill freely" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/23/porgera-villagers-helpless-unsafe-in-their-homes-as-warlords-kill-freely/" aria-label="Read more about Porgera villagers helpless, unsafe in their homes as ‘warlords’ kill freely">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2022
By Miriam Zarriga of the PNG Post-Courier A brutal massacre in Porgera town yesterday afternoon in which 18 innocent people were killed has rocked Enga province and shocked Papua New Guinea. Local police chief acting Superintendent George Kakas was shocked by the act of violence in the wake of the country’s national elections — he ... <a title="18 people hacked to death in Porgera in under an hour amid PNG elections" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/21/18-people-hacked-to-death-in-porgera-in-under-an-hour-amid-png-elections/" aria-label="Read more about 18 people hacked to death in Porgera in under an hour amid PNG elections">Read more</a>
