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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>
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July 5, 2022
RNZ Pacific The president of New Caledonia’s Southern Province Sonia Backès has been given a post in France’s reshuffled and enlarged 42-member government. The prime minister Elisabeth Borne appointed her as the secretary of citizenship within the interior ministry, which has integrated the overseas ministry. The reshuffle means that the position of overseas minister has ... <a title="New Caledonia’s Backes joins French government in citizenship post" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/05/new-caledonias-backes-joins-french-government-in-citizenship-post/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonia’s Backes joins French government in citizenship post">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2022
RNZ Pacific Voting in the Papua New Guinea general election begins today. Voters will elect 118 members of Parliament, including governors of the 22 provinces, from the 3600-plus candidates nominated. There are 6000 polling teams in the 22 provinces. There have also been reports that polling in the capital, Port Moresby has been delayed. #BREAKING: ... <a title="Papua New Guinea voters head to the polls to choose from 3600 candidates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/05/papua-new-guinea-voters-head-to-the-polls-to-choose-from-3600-candidates/" aria-label="Read more about Papua New Guinea voters head to the polls to choose from 3600 candidates">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2022
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby A man was held by Papua New Guinean security personnel in Hela Province on Saturday after he was found to have in his possession K1.56 million (about NZ$715,000) in cash carried in a suitcase. The man, who police identified as a local, allegedly told security personnel that the money ... <a title="PNG security detain man with K1.56m in suitcase as elections begin" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/05/png-security-detain-man-with-k1-56m-in-suitcase-as-elections-begin/" aria-label="Read more about PNG security detain man with K1.56m in suitcase as elections begin">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2022
By Theckla Gunga of Inside PNG Papua New Guineans, your future is in your hands, vote wisely. As the campaign trail wound up its last hours at the weekend, voters were being urged to keep their future in mind when choosing and voting this election starting tomorrow. Alvin Gia Huk, an independent candidate, and runner ... <a title="‘Vote wisely – not with cargo cult mentality’ PNG election eve warning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/03/vote-wisely-not-with-cargo-cult-mentality-png-election-eve-warning/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Vote wisely – not with cargo cult mentality’ PNG election eve warning">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2022
PNG Post-Courier Today is officially the last day of campaigning in Papua New Guinea’s 2022 National General Election. Count tomorrow until Monday as rest days, but in politically charged PNG, anything is possible, including illegal last-minute clandestine campaigning. Polling is set to begin Tuesday, July 4, when millions will exercise their democratic right at the ... <a title="Titanic power struggle tipped for PNG’s ‘game changer’ election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/02/titanic-power-struggle-tipped-for-pngs-game-changer-election/" aria-label="Read more about Titanic power struggle tipped for PNG’s ‘game changer’ election">Read more</a>
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June 27, 2022
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Papua New Guinean security forces have intercepted and stopped seven trucks carrying seven containers containing sensitive election material in the Southern Highlands after it was found that the containers had been allegedly tampered with. “Manager Alwyn Jimmy called police in SHP to stop the trucks,” Southern Highlands commander Chief ... <a title="PNG police stop seven trucks and seize ‘sensitive’ election materials" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/27/png-police-stop-seven-trucks-and-seize-sensitive-election-materials/" aria-label="Read more about PNG police stop seven trucks and seize ‘sensitive’ election materials">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2022
RNZ Pacific Sitiveni Rabuka is infamous for making Fiji a republic after carrying out a military coup 35 years ago by overthrowing an Indo-Fijian dominated government to help maintain indigenous supremacy. Rabuka has been a central figure in Fijian politics since 1987 — as the nation’s first coup maker, a former prime minister, most recently ... <a title="Sitiveni Rabuka takes Fiji campaign trail to Aotearoa New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/26/sitiveni-rabuka-takes-fiji-campaign-trail-to-aotearoa-new-zealand/" aria-label="Read more about Sitiveni Rabuka takes Fiji campaign trail to Aotearoa New Zealand">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2022
By Claudia Tally in Port Moresby The impartiality of officials who have been appointed to manage polling in the National Capital District during the Papua New Guinea general election next month has been questioned. In a first of its kind meeting in Port Moresby yesterday, candidates, police and the election manager convened at the Sir ... <a title="Outgoing PNG minister challenges impartiality of officials in demand for fair polls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/24/outgoing-png-minister-challenges-impartiality-of-officials-in-demand-for-fair-polls/" aria-label="Read more about Outgoing PNG minister challenges impartiality of officials in demand for fair polls">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2022
RNZ Pacific As the Papua New Guinea elections approach next month there are increasing worries about the spreading of false information. The poll begins on July 2 and is set to conclude three weeks later on July 22. RNZ Pacific’s PNG correspondent Scott Waide said that while misinformation during elections was not new, it appeared ... <a title="PNG election misinformation ‘worse than ever’, says journalist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/22/png-election-misinformation-worse-than-ever-says-journalist/" aria-label="Read more about PNG election misinformation ‘worse than ever’, says journalist">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2022
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Danny Shaw New York On August 7th a new left of center government will take power in Colombia. Many questions remain to be answered but one thing is clear: this historic election marks a break with a long Colombian history of State violence and monolithic conservatism. On ... <a title="Colombia’s new President, Gustavo Petro: What does this Historic Leftist Victory Mean for a Continent in Revolt? " class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/22/colombias-new-president-gustavo-petro-what-does-this-historic-leftist-victory-mean-for-a-continent-in-revolt/" aria-label="Read more about Colombia’s new President, Gustavo Petro: What does this Historic Leftist Victory Mean for a Continent in Revolt? ">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2022
RNZ Pacific French Polynesia’s President Édouard Fritch has described the election of three candidates of the pro-independence Tavini Huiraatira party to the French National Assembly as “catastrophic”. They won all three seats in a run-off against candidates of his ruling Tapura Huiraatira party, which holds two-thirds of all seats in French Polynesia’s Assembly. Fritch said ... <a title="Fritch slams Tahiti pro-independence wins for Paris as ‘catastrophic’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/22/fritch-slams-tahiti-pro-independence-wins-for-paris-as-catastrophic/" aria-label="Read more about Fritch slams Tahiti pro-independence wins for Paris as ‘catastrophic’">Read more</a>
