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December 8, 2020
By Sri Krishnamurthi of the Pacific Media Centre Australian authorities’ heavy-handedness and the use of the covid-19 pandemic to curb civic and media freedoms are major concerns in the latest report, People Power Under Attack 2020, released by the international non-profit organisation CIVICUS. Australia was downgraded last year (2019) and is still rated as having ... <a title="CIVICUS criticises Pacific countries over use of covid to curb freedoms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/08/civicus-criticises-pacific-countries-over-use-of-covid-to-curb-freedoms/" aria-label="Read more about CIVICUS criticises Pacific countries over use of covid to curb freedoms">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2020
By RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea’s former Prime Minister, Peter O’Neill, has been committed to stand trial for charges of misappropriation and official corruption A Waigani Committal Court magistrate Tracey Ganaii yesterday found there was sufficient evidence on the two charges. They relate to the state purchase of two generators from Israel seven years ago ... <a title="Former PNG PM O’Neill to stand trial over Israeli generators purchase" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/02/former-png-pm-oneill-to-stand-trial-over-israeli-generators-purchase/" aria-label="Read more about Former PNG PM O’Neill to stand trial over Israeli generators purchase">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2020
By RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea’s Supreme Court has dismissed a legal challenge over the election of James Marape as prime minister last year. The challenge by Opposition Leader Belden Namah related to alleged irregularities in the parliamentary election 18 months ago. During the May 2019 session, after resigning as prime minister, Peter O’Neill was ... <a title="PNG Supreme Court dismisses challenge to Marape’s election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/27/png-supreme-court-dismisses-challenge-to-marapes-election/" aria-label="Read more about PNG Supreme Court dismisses challenge to Marape’s election">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2020
By RNZ Pacific Three government members of Papua New Guinea’s Parliament have tested positive for covid-19. The MPs, whose names haven’t been publicised, have been in Prime Minister James Marape’s camp during the ongoing political standoff. PNG’s Pandemic Response Controller David Manning said that an MP was initially tested at the weekend and returned a ... <a title="Three PNG government MPs test covid-positive amid political crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/26/three-png-government-mps-test-covid-positive-amid-political-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about Three PNG government MPs test covid-positive amid political crisis">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2020
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific journalist Papua New Guinea’s prime minister has urged the public to not get caught up in the country’s political crisis which has ended up in the courts. James Marape’s government appears to have staved off a vote of no confidence by quickly passing the budget on Tuesday and adjourning parliament ... <a title="‘Stay clear’ of PNG’s political crisis, Marape tells public" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/19/stay-clear-of-pngs-political-crisis-marape-tells-public/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Stay clear’ of PNG’s political crisis, Marape tells public">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk The Papua New Guinea Parliament has passed the 2021 national budget with more than half of MPs – including the opposition – absent from the chamber, assuming it had been adjourned to December 1. The opposition says it is challenging the sitting in the Supreme Court. Opposition lawyers could not obtain ... <a title="Opposition claims PNG budget vote a ‘mockery’, plans legal challenge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/19/opposition-claims-png-budget-vote-a-mockery-plans-legal-challenge/" aria-label="Read more about Opposition claims PNG budget vote a ‘mockery’, plans legal challenge">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2020
By RNZ Pacific Politics in Papua New Guinea has been plunged into more turmoil today, with government MPs continuing to meet while the opposition was out of town, thinking they had adjourned Parliament. The government MPs passed the Budget, and then made their own adjournment, until next April. Last Friday, the opposition, bolstered by government ... <a title="PNG government passes budget while rebel MPs caught out of town" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/17/png-government-passes-budget-while-rebel-mps-caught-out-of-town/" aria-label="Read more about PNG government passes budget while rebel MPs caught out of town">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Prime Minister James Marape says his executive is still in control for the next three weeks for doing state business, passing the budget and to serve the people of Papua New Guinea. In spite of the defection by rebel members of his majority last Friday and a vote to suspend Parliament ... <a title="Marape confident he is control in PNG and will not bow to ‘greedy few’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/17/marape-confident-he-is-control-in-png-and-will-not-bow-to-greedy-few/" aria-label="Read more about Marape confident he is control in PNG and will not bow to ‘greedy few’">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2020
By Keith Jackson in Noosa Papua New Guinea’s prime minister James Marape has arisen with fire in his belly today. A short time ago he issued a short and pugnacious Facebook message to members of Parliament who are plotting to overthrow his government. The plotters are reportedly led by former prime minister Peter O’Neill and ... <a title="PM Marape brands plotter as ‘political scumbag’ in PNG upheaval" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/16/pm-marape-brands-plotter-as-political-scumbag-in-png-upheaval/" aria-label="Read more about PM Marape brands plotter as ‘political scumbag’ in PNG upheaval">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2020
Papua New Guinea’s opposition – bolstered by its government defectors – moved its camp to West Sepik provincial capital Vanimo at the weekened to consolidate its numbers in a move to oust Prime Minister James Marape next month, reports the PNG Post-Courier. The 13 ministers who defected to the opposition will be decommissioned this week, ... <a title="Scott Waide: Our country, Papua New Guinea, is being taken away from us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/16/scott-waide-our-country-papua-new-guinea-is-being-taken-away-from-us/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Waide: Our country, Papua New Guinea, is being taken away from us">Read more</a>
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November 14, 2020
COMMENT: By Bryan Kramer in Port Moresby Today, Deputy Prime Minister Sam Basil and 12 other ministers in Papua New Guinea’s James Marape government crossed the floor to support former prime minister Peter O’Neill and opposition leader Belden Namah’s bid to move a vote of no confidence against Prime Minister James Marape. A total of ... <a title="Bryan Kramer: PM says PNG revolt ‘isn’t over’ – I say watch the play" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/14/bryan-kramer-pm-says-png-revolt-isnt-over-i-say-watch-the-play/" aria-label="Read more about Bryan Kramer: PM says PNG revolt ‘isn’t over’ – I say watch the play">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2020
The Niugini Biomed Ltd papers … seeking to “leap frog” over all the other things Papua New Guinea needs and do drug research. Image: Scott Waide blog We cannot even get National Agriculture and Quarantine Inspection Authority (NAQIA) accredited laboratories up and running around Papua New Guinea for various lab testing our requirements. These labs ... <a title="Challenging covid-19 – two critics of PNG’s K10m drug development plan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/01/challenging-covid-19-two-critics-of-pngs-k10m-drug-development-plan/" aria-label="Read more about Challenging covid-19 – two critics of PNG’s K10m drug development plan">Read more</a>
