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PNG police warn of crackdown on lawbreakers during festive period

December 19, 2022

By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea lawbreakers who disrupt public order and ruin other people’s festive season will be arrested, charged and be placed in police cells across the country, says Internal Security Minister Peter Tsiamalili Jr. As the festive weekend commences this Friday, provincial police commands across the country are already ... <a title="PNG police warn of crackdown on lawbreakers during festive period" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/19/png-police-warn-of-crackdown-on-lawbreakers-during-festive-period/" aria-label="Read more about PNG police warn of crackdown on lawbreakers during festive period">Read more</a>

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Yan, Zhou plead guilty to conspiring to bribe Marshall Islands officials

December 5, 2022

By Giff Johnson, editor, Marshall Islands Journal and RNZ Pacific correspondent in Majuro Three months after their extradition from Thailand to face bribery and money laundering charges in the United States, two naturalised Marshallese citizens pleaded guilty on Friday in a New York court to conspiring to violate the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ... <a title="Yan, Zhou plead guilty to conspiring to bribe Marshall Islands officials" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/05/yan-zhou-plead-guilty-to-conspiring-to-bribe-marshall-islands-officials/" aria-label="Read more about Yan, Zhou plead guilty to conspiring to bribe Marshall Islands officials">Read more</a>

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Marape condemns killing of PNG policeman, says sorry to family

November 2, 2022

By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has sent his condolences to the family of the policeman killed in Hela province. He called on the suspects to surrender and for witnesses to assist police with their investigation into the killing of Senior Constable Nelson Kalimda. “I call upon all ... <a title="Marape condemns killing of PNG policeman, says sorry to family" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/02/marape-condemns-killing-of-png-policeman-says-sorry-to-family/" aria-label="Read more about Marape condemns killing of PNG policeman, says sorry to family">Read more</a>

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Missing PNG cop found dead, police chief vows ‘swift justice’

November 1, 2022

By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby Local government officials in Papua New Guinea have offered a cash reward for information after the body of policeman Senior Constable Nelson Kalimda — whose body went missing in Tari, Hela — was found yesterday in Margarima. The body of Papua New Guinean policeman Constable Nelson Kalimda — who ... <a title="Missing PNG cop found dead, police chief vows ‘swift justice’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/01/missing-png-cop-found-dead-police-chief-vows-swift-justice/" aria-label="Read more about Missing PNG cop found dead, police chief vows ‘swift justice’">Read more</a>

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Man accusing of killing a Tahiti journalist faces renewed charges

November 1, 2022

RNZ Pacific Murder charges have been reinstated against the man suspected of killing French Polynesian journalist Jean-Pascal Couraud, known as “JPK” — his byline, who vanished in 1997. Francis Stein, a former head of the territory’s archive service, was first charged in 2019 but France’s highest court accepted his appeal last year that investigative magistrates ... <a title="Man accusing of killing a Tahiti journalist faces renewed charges" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/01/man-accusing-of-killing-a-tahiti-journalist-faces-renewed-charges/" aria-label="Read more about Man accusing of killing a Tahiti journalist faces renewed charges">Read more</a>

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PNG investigation identifies 8 police suspects in Mt Hagen election violence

October 29, 2022

By Marjorie Finkeo in Port Moresby Eight policemen attached to Mt Hagen police division have been identified as suspects in an election-related shooting that resulted in four people killed and several others wounded on 6 August 2022. The shooting took place in Anglimp-South Waghi electorate in Jiwaka province and investigations were completed last week. The ... <a title="PNG investigation identifies 8 police suspects in Mt Hagen election violence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/29/png-investigation-identifies-8-police-suspects-in-mt-hagen-election-violence/" aria-label="Read more about PNG investigation identifies 8 police suspects in Mt Hagen election violence">Read more</a>

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‘Frightening to see such violence’ in tribal war on PNG’s Kiriwina island

October 27, 2022

By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby At least 32 people have been killed in an all-out war between Kulumata and Kuboma tribes in Milne Bay’s Kiriwina island. Internal Security Minister Peter Tsiamalili Jr confirmed that the killings had erupted early last month after yam gardens were destroyed. “A police team from Port Moresby was deployed ... <a title="‘Frightening to see such violence’ in tribal war on PNG’s Kiriwina island" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/27/frightening-to-see-such-violence-in-tribal-war-on-pngs-kiriwina-island/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Frightening to see such violence’ in tribal war on PNG’s Kiriwina island">Read more</a>

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30 killed, many injured in PNG ‘island of love’ tribal massacre

October 25, 2022

PNG Post-Courier Thirty people are reported to have been killed and many seriously injured in the worst tribal warfare on Kiriwina Island in Papua New Guinea’s Milne Bay Province yesterday. The number of deaths will be the highest ever recorded during a tribal warfare on the island. Douglas Tomuriesa, the member for Kiriwina-Goodenough and Deputy ... <a title="30 killed, many injured in PNG ‘island of love’ tribal massacre" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/25/30-killed-many-injured-in-png-island-of-love-tribal-massacre/" aria-label="Read more about 30 killed, many injured in PNG ‘island of love’ tribal massacre">Read more</a>

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Businessman Nupiri arrested, charged over PNG election violence at Mendi

October 18, 2022

PNG Post-Courier A Papua New Guinean businessman has been arrested and charged by police as the first of 15 “persons of interest” relating to post national election violence in the Southern Highlands Province earlier this year. Police have confirmed the unsuccessful candidate for the SHP regional seat, Peter Nupiri, a former chair of PNG Power ... <a title="Businessman Nupiri arrested, charged over PNG election violence at Mendi" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/18/businessman-nupiri-arrested-charged-over-png-election-violence-at-mendi/" aria-label="Read more about Businessman Nupiri arrested, charged over PNG election violence at Mendi">Read more</a>

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When will enough be enough? Port Moresby’s struggle with ethnic war

October 11, 2022

SPECIAL REPORT: By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Port Moresby’s “amazing city” tag in Papua New Guinea is fast losing its varnish and appeal — its veneer of a modern metropolis tarnished by an ethnic underbelly that relishes criminal activity, racial violence and a tendency to unleash aggressive violent behavior at any opportune time. Last ... <a title="When will enough be enough? Port Moresby’s struggle with ethnic war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/11/when-will-enough-be-enough-port-moresbys-struggle-with-ethnic-war/" aria-label="Read more about When will enough be enough? Port Moresby’s struggle with ethnic war">Read more</a>

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PNG daily Post-Courier joins fight against gender-based violence

October 6, 2022

By Claudia Tally in Port Moresby The Post-Courier daily newspaper is one of 15 companies in Papua New Guinea that have pledged to fight against gender-based violence (GBV) while promoting gender equality within and outside of the workplace. Signing the National Capital District Commission’s “Zero Tolerance to GBV Pledge” under its GBV Strategy 2020–2022, means ... <a title="PNG daily Post-Courier joins fight against gender-based violence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/06/png-daily-post-courier-joins-fight-against-gender-based-violence/" aria-label="Read more about PNG daily Post-Courier joins fight against gender-based violence">Read more</a>

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Parkop calls for full probe into brutal murders of two Moresby women

October 6, 2022

By Claudia Tally in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea’s National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop wants the city’s police to fully investigate the gruesome murder of two women in Port Moresby late last week. Parkop told the Post-Courier that such “despicable” brutality against womenfolk in the city and throughout the country was not welcome — ... <a title="Parkop calls for full probe into brutal murders of two Moresby women" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/06/parkop-calls-for-full-probe-into-brutal-murders-of-two-moresby-women/" aria-label="Read more about Parkop calls for full probe into brutal murders of two Moresby women">Read more</a>