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August 27, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop has vowed that NCDC has the municipal mandate to protect public interest and manage the best interests of the Papua New Guinea capital Port Moresby, reports PNG Post-Courier. He made these remarks in a statement while he was present with onlookers at the city’s controversial ... <a title="Governor Parkop takes back Moresby park for ‘benefit of our people’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/27/governor-parkop-takes-back-moresby-park-for-benefit-of-our-people/" aria-label="Read more about Governor Parkop takes back Moresby park for ‘benefit of our people’">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2021
By Frank Rai in Port Moresby National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop has lashed out at the Papua New Guinean Department of Lands and Physical Planning for failing to maintain and manage portions of land in urban centers for public use. He said public space in NCD was “diminishing” and the department had not been ... <a title="Parkop blasts PNG Lands Department for failing to protect public parks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/19/parkop-blasts-png-lands-department-for-failing-to-protect-public-parks/" aria-label="Read more about Parkop blasts PNG Lands Department for failing to protect public parks">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Prime Minister James Marape has assured Papua New Guinea that the 2022 National General Election will go ahead as scheduled, reports the PNG Post-Courier. He dismissed fears that the election will be deferred due to concerns over funding and the electoral roll, which is yet to be updated, with only seven ... <a title="PNG will press ahead with vote next year in spite of setbacks, says Marape" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/16/png-will-press-ahead-with-vote-next-year-in-spite-of-setbacks-says-marape/" aria-label="Read more about PNG will press ahead with vote next year in spite of setbacks, says Marape">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2021
A VIEW FROM AFAR: Dr Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning are joined by Melanesian and Pacific affairs expert, Dr David Robie, to discuss how Covid-19 has become a trigger of instability in the wider Pacific Region. In this, the first of a two-part SPECIAL, we deep dive into the complexities of Melanesian west Pacific affairs.
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August 12, 2021
LIVE PODCAST: In this episode of A View from Afar Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning are joined by Dr David Robie to discuss how Covid-19 has become a trigger of instability in the wider Pacific Region. Dr David Robie is editor of AsiaPacificReport.nz and a renowned expert on Melanesian and Pacific affairs. In this, the ... <a title="LIVE@MIDDAY: Covid-19 & Melanesian Instability with Buchanan + Manning + Dr David Robie" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/12/livemidday-covid-19-melanesian-instability-with-buchanan-manning-dr-david-robie/" aria-label="Read more about LIVE@MIDDAY: Covid-19 & Melanesian Instability with Buchanan + Manning + Dr David Robie">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2021
By Trevor Wahune in Port Moresby A five-man Supreme Court bench has quashed by a majority decision National Court temporary orders that have stayed the death sentence of 14 prisoners on death row in Papua New Guinea. The court ruled that the lower court lacked jurisdiction at the time to commence the proceedings on its ... <a title="Court lifts temporary block to PNG executions after 70 years – 14 to die" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/12/court-lifts-temporary-block-to-png-executions-after-70-years-14-to-die/" aria-label="Read more about Court lifts temporary block to PNG executions after 70 years – 14 to die">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>
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August 9, 2021
By Phoebe Gwangilo in Port Moresby Anti-corruption efforts in Papua New Guinea have received a major boost of €5.4 million (about K21.7 million) in funding from the European Union, to be injected over three years. United Nation Development Programme (UNDP) country representative Dirk Wagener said during the launch of an anti-corruption project in Port Moresby ... <a title="European Union gives PNG K21m boost for anti-corruption project" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/09/european-union-gives-png-k21m-boost-for-anti-corruption-project/" aria-label="Read more about European Union gives PNG K21m boost for anti-corruption project">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2021
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby A female nurse in Madang is the first local Papua New Guinean to be tested positive for the highly infectious coronavirus covid-19 delta strain, with health officials scrambling to find out where she got it from. She becomes the eighth confirmed case in Papua New Guinea. The other seven ... <a title="Madang nurse tests positive as PNG covid delta fears rise after eight cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/06/madang-nurse-tests-positive-as-png-covid-delta-fears-rise-after-eight-cases/" aria-label="Read more about Madang nurse tests positive as PNG covid delta fears rise after eight cases">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2021
By Pita Ligaiula of Pacnews in Suva Fiji’s Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama used his inaugural speech as the new chair of the Pacific Islands Forum to offer an apology to the Micronesian members of the Pacific grouping who were angered by the way the Forum rejected their nominee for the Forum Secretary-General’s job. “I offer ... <a title="‘We’re sorry,’ Pacific Forum chair tells Micronesia over SG post" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/06/were-sorry-pacific-forum-chair-tells-micronesia-over-sg-post/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We’re sorry,’ Pacific Forum chair tells Micronesia over SG post">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2021
RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea and neighbouring Indonesia have been discussing a potential reopening of their shared border. The border was officially closed early last year due to the covid-19 pandemic, but the illegal movement of people back and forth has continued across the porous international boundary. PNG Prime Minister James Marape met with Indonesia’s ... <a title="Indonesia, PNG hold talks over possible reopening of border" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/06/indonesia-png-hold-talks-over-possible-reopening-of-border/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia, PNG hold talks over possible reopening of border">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2021
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby A 15-year-old Papua New Guinean girl, found in a Port Moresby guesthouse during a spot check by immigration and police officers yesterday, says she was sold without her knowledge by her cousin sister for K100 to two men for sex. Officers of the Immigration and Citizenship Authority (ICA) and ... <a title="PNG police rescue girl, 15, ‘sold’ for by her cousin for sex in city crackdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/05/png-police-rescue-girl-15-sold-for-by-her-cousin-for-sex-in-city-crackdown/" aria-label="Read more about PNG police rescue girl, 15, ‘sold’ for by her cousin for sex in city crackdown">Read more</a>
