CoveragePost
March 13, 2024
By Scott Waide in Lae, Papua New Guinea Ten days into 2024, Port Moresby descended into chaos as opportunists looted and burned shops in Waigani, Gerehu and other suburbs. That morning, police, military and correctional service personnel gathered at the Unagi Oval in protest over deductions made to their pays that fortnight. Unsatisfied with the ... <a title="Warning signs have been flashing, PNG police housing needs ignored" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/13/warning-signs-have-been-flashing-png-police-housing-needs-ignored/" aria-label="Read more about Warning signs have been flashing, PNG police housing needs ignored">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
June 24, 2023
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea police will be able to use lethal force to deal with crimes that come under “domestic terrorism” through the amendments to the Criminal Code Act. Police Commissioner David Manning said this as the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary (RPNGC) continue to work for stronger law enforcement ... <a title="PNG law change empowers police to use lethal force in kidnapping, domestic terrorism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/24/png-law-change-empowers-police-to-use-lethal-force-in-kidnapping-domestic-terrorism/" aria-label="Read more about PNG law change empowers police to use lethal force in kidnapping, domestic terrorism">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
March 28, 2023
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby The production and trafficking of methamphetamine (meth), cocaine and now heroin is on the rise with Pacific countries now becoming what many are calling the “Pacific drug highway”. And Papua New Guinea has over three years seen a plane crash, a hotel laboratory, a shipment in postal services, arrival ... <a title="PNG a key transit point for ‘Pacific drug highway’ to Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/28/png-a-key-transit-point-for-pacific-drug-highway-to-australia/" aria-label="Read more about PNG a key transit point for ‘Pacific drug highway’ to Australia">Read more</a>
