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August 15, 2020
By Sri Krishnamurthi, reporting for the Pacific Media Centre “Climate change may be slower but its momentum is enormous.” – Stuart Chape, Acting Director-General, South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP). Does anyone remember Greta Thunberg, the young Swedish environmentalist who caused a worldwide climate change stir – particularly among the neoliberal believers – but was ... <a title="How covid-19 has undermined climate change initiatives in the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/15/how-covid-19-has-undermined-climate-change-initiatives-in-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about How covid-19 has undermined climate change initiatives in the Pacific">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2020
By Patricia Kamo in Port Moresby A bus driver in Papua New Guinea’s capital Port Moresby says it is hard to force passengers to wear masks when they walk in. It is one of the measures put in place after the lifting of the country’s 14-day restrictions. Driver Mark Duma, of Nebilyer in Western Highlands, ... <a title="Bus driver tells of masks resistance as PNG announces record covid cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/13/bus-driver-tells-of-masks-resistance-as-png-announces-record-covid-cases/" aria-label="Read more about Bus driver tells of masks resistance as PNG announces record covid cases">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2020
By The Bougainvillean Bougainville is heading to the polls today amid its first case of the covid-19 in thefourth general election of Papua New Guinea’s autonomous region since 2001. While this election is critically important in the region’s push for independence from mainland PNG, it comes at a time when there is much distress brought ... <a title="Bougainvilleans go to polls today in spite of first covid-19 case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/12/bougainvilleans-go-to-polls-today-in-spite-of-first-covid-19-case/" aria-label="Read more about Bougainvilleans go to polls today in spite of first covid-19 case">Read more</a>
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August 10, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Radio 95bFM The Wire’s Zoë Larsen Cumming and Justin Wong talked to Pacific Media Centre director Professor David Robie today about a resurgence of coronavirus cases in Papua New Guinea and the impact of other Pacific cases on two very important upcoming votes in Bougainville and New Caledonia. Speaking on the ... <a title="New covid cases in PNG, Bougainville, New Caledonia and Tahiti aired" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/10/new-covid-cases-in-png-bougainville-new-caledonia-and-tahiti-aired/" aria-label="Read more about New covid cases in PNG, Bougainville, New Caledonia and Tahiti aired">Read more</a>
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August 10, 2020
Lihir is the second mine in Papua New Guinea to report a confirmed covid-19 case as the national total of infections reached 214 at the weekend. Newcrest Mining Limited confirmed that a 30-year-old male, a mine employee who had flown in from the capital Port Moresby on July 30, had tested positive. He was detected ... <a title="Second PNG mine confirms covid case as national infections top 200" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/10/second-png-mine-confirms-covid-case-as-national-infections-top-200/" aria-label="Read more about Second PNG mine confirms covid case as national infections top 200">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2020
By Patrick Makis in Buka Contact tracing has begun for the Autonomous Region of Bougainville’s first covid-19 case. The 22-year-old male, who had returned from Port Moresby on an Air Niugini flight on July 29, is stable and is being isolated in Arawa town. ABG’s Deputy Controller, Health Secretary Clement Totavun, said the contact tracing ... <a title="Contact tracing begins for first Bougainville covid case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/09/contact-tracing-begins-for-first-bougainville-covid-case/" aria-label="Read more about Contact tracing begins for first Bougainville covid case">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2020
By Lulu Mark in Port Moresby Port Moresby may need to expand its covid-19 isolation facilities quickly and effectively in case a big spike in cases occurs, a doctor says. Rita Flynn isolation facility manager Dr Gary Nou said it would be a disaster if the spread of covid-19 in the capital city continued to ... <a title="Port Moresby may need to expand covid isolation facilities, warns doctor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/07/port-moresby-may-need-to-expand-covid-isolation-facilities-warns-doctor/" aria-label="Read more about Port Moresby may need to expand covid isolation facilities, warns doctor">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk A medical authority has warned that the spike in covid-19 cases in Papua New Guinea is to be expected and could reach thousands between September and December, reports The National today. Professor Glen Mola had predicted early last month, when the number of cases of infection had been below 20, that ... <a title="PNG surge in covid infections to 153 ‘expected’ and likely to rise, says doctor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/06/png-surge-in-covid-infections-to-153-expected-and-likely-to-rise-says-doctor/" aria-label="Read more about PNG surge in covid infections to 153 ‘expected’ and likely to rise, says doctor">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2020
Papua New Guinea has one new case of the novel coronavirus covid-19 reported yesterday bringing total cases to 111, reports EMTV News. National Pandemic Response Controller David Manning in a statement late yesterday said the new case was a 27-year-old male of the National Department of Health and was in isolation at the Rita Flynn ... <a title="Another PNG health officer tests covid positive – national covid total now 111" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/04/another-png-health-officer-tests-covid-positive-national-covid-total-now-111/" aria-label="Read more about Another PNG health officer tests covid positive – national covid total now 111">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2020
Police Commissioner David Manning’s media conference yesterday about the K200 million drug heist. Video: Loop PNG Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Papuan New Guinea’s massive drug haul of more than 600kg of cocaine, seized after a mysterious plane crash by the alleged smugglers more than a week ago, has shaken authorities in both Australia and PNG. ... <a title="Four Papua New Guineans arrested in cocaine for Australia plot" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/04/four-papua-new-guineans-arrested-in-cocaine-for-australia-plot/" aria-label="Read more about Four Papua New Guineans arrested in cocaine for Australia plot">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2020
By Bryan Kramer, Papua New Guinea’s Minister of Police Assistant Commissioner Lesa Gale of the Australian Federal Police (AFP) staged a press conference to announce the arrest of five members of an Australian drug syndicate connected to the recent drug bust in PNG. This was a multi-agency operation that had been ongoing for two years, ... <a title="Bryan Kramer: Background to the massive PNG drug heist and probe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/03/bryan-kramer-background-to-the-massive-png-drug-heist-and-probe/" aria-label="Read more about Bryan Kramer: Background to the massive PNG drug heist and probe">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2020
By RNZ Pacific Nineteen more cases of covid-19 have been confirmed in Papua New Guinea, taking the total number so far in the country to 91. The Pandemic Response Controller, David Manning, announced the new cases in the capital Port Moresby where almost 80 of PNG’s cases had been confirmed in just over two weeks. ... <a title="More covid cases in PNG take total to 91 – health workers still a concern" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/02/more-covid-cases-in-png-take-total-to-91-health-workers-still-a-concern/" aria-label="Read more about More covid cases in PNG take total to 91 – health workers still a concern">Read more</a>
