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August 1, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk A combined investigation team seized more than K200 million ($80 million) worth of cocaine in the biggest drug heist in the history of Papua New Guinea last night, reports the PNG Post-Courier. The 750 kg drug was connected to the mysterious plane crash last Sunday near the PNG LNG plant west ... <a title="PNG investigation tracks down K200m ‘biggest drug heist’ – pilot fined" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/01/png-investigation-tracks-down-k200m-biggest-drug-heist-pilot-fined/" aria-label="Read more about PNG investigation tracks down K200m ‘biggest drug heist’ – pilot fined">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2020
By Isaac Nicholas in Port Moresby Thirty eight deaths in the covid-19 pandemic reported across the Papua New Guinea border in the Indonesian-ruled Papuan capital of Jayapura has prompted a call to focus more resources on West Sepik. Papua New Guinea’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Trade Patrick Pruaitch made the appeal appeal to ... <a title="PNG’s Pruaitch urges focus on Papua border as covid deaths escalate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/01/pngs-pruaitch-urges-focus-on-papua-border-as-covid-deaths-escalate/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s Pruaitch urges focus on Papua border as covid deaths escalate">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2020
By Scott Waide of EMTV News Seventy-four health workers in Papua New Guinea’s Morobe province have been isolated after coming in contact with a 35-year-old National Department of Health officer who has tested positive with covid-19. The officer arrived in Lae on Sunday from the capital Port Moresby to attend a workshop and became ill ... <a title="74 health workers isolated in PNG’s Morobe after positive covid contact" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/29/74-health-workers-isolated-in-pngs-morobe-after-positive-covid-contact/" aria-label="Read more about 74 health workers isolated in PNG’s Morobe after positive covid contact">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Twenty three new covid-19 cases have been confirmed in Papua New Guinea’s National Capital District – the highest reported so far in a day since the outbreak, reports NBC News. Deputy Pandemic Controller Dr Paison Dakulala announced the new cases in a statement last night following a meeting with Controller David ... <a title="PNG coronavirus cases jump by record 23 as total now tops 62" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/27/png-coronavirus-cases-jump-by-record-23-as-total-now-tops-62/" aria-label="Read more about PNG coronavirus cases jump by record 23 as total now tops 62">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2020
By Adelaide Sirox Kari in Port Moresby As Papua New Guinea’s capital continues to record an increase in covid-19 cases, with seven new positive cases recorded on Friday, another crisis is looming at the National Referral Hospital. Port Moresby General Hospital Emergency Ward (PomGen) is currently under immense stress as covid-19 tests take place there. ... <a title="Port Moresby emergency ward chaos as medics refuse untested patients" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/26/port-moresby-emergency-ward-chaos-as-medics-refuse-untested-patients/" aria-label="Read more about Port Moresby emergency ward chaos as medics refuse untested patients">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2020
By RNZ News Immigration New Zealand has confirmed that Behrouz Boochani has been given refugee status in New Zealand. Boochani has been in New Zealand since November. He had travelled to Christchurch for a writers’ festival on a one-month visa and was supported by Amnesty International. He was detained in Manus Island and in Port ... <a title="NZ grants Kurdish-Iranian author Behrouz Boochani refugee status" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/24/nz-grants-kurdish-iranian-author-behrouz-boochani-refugee-status/" aria-label="Read more about NZ grants Kurdish-Iranian author Behrouz Boochani refugee status">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Papua New Guinea’s rapid response team of the National Capital District (NCD) is conducting thorough case investigation, contact tracing and testing of contacts amid growing alarm over covid-19 community transmission in the capital of Port Moresby. The tracing and testing is in collaboration with teams from the Health Department, St John ... <a title="PNG rapid response team steps up Port Moresby tracing after covid spike" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/22/png-rapid-response-team-steps-up-port-moresby-tracing-after-covid-spike/" aria-label="Read more about PNG rapid response team steps up Port Moresby tracing after covid spike">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2020
By Grace Auka-Salmang in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea’s Port Moresby General Hospital is scaling down its services due to covid-19 cases being detected on its premises. The hospital chief executive officer, Dr Paki Molumi, said that since yesterday the hospital had gone into emergency mode. “For PMGH operations, it is mandatory for all staff ... <a title="Port Moresby hospital scales down services due to covid breach" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/21/port-moresby-hospital-scales-down-services-due-to-covid-breach/" aria-label="Read more about Port Moresby hospital scales down services due to covid breach">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2020
More coronavirus cases in Papua New Guinea. Video: EMTV News By EMTV News Papua New Guinea’s National Command Center has announced two new covid-19 cases in Port Moresby. The 18th case is a 53-year-old man with no history of travel and who was experiencing fever, cough, shortness of breath and was tested via GeneXpert Testing. ... <a title="Two more covid-19 cases in Port Moresby with targeted testing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/21/two-more-covid-19-cases-in-port-moresby-with-targeted-testing/" aria-label="Read more about Two more covid-19 cases in Port Moresby with targeted testing">Read more</a>
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July 20, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk A 48-year-old woman from Papua New Guinea’s Central Province who has died after a battle with stage 4 breast cancer has been identified as the 17th covid-19 case in the country. This is the first covid-19 death recorded in PNG, reports the PNG Post-Courier. The National Control Centre said last night ... <a title="PNG suffers first reported covid death – woman with breast cancer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/20/png-suffers-first-reported-covid-death-woman-with-breast-cancer/" aria-label="Read more about PNG suffers first reported covid death – woman with breast cancer">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2020
By Thierry Lepani in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea’s Deputy Controller of the Pandemic Act, Dr Paison Dakulala, has announced four new covid-19 cases in Port Moresby, taking the country’s confirmed cases to 15. Dr Dakulala initially announced two positive cases and then about a couple of hours added another two. All four cases are ... <a title="PNG confirms 4 new covid cases – breach in testing lab" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/17/png-confirms-4-new-covid-cases-breach-in-testing-lab/" aria-label="Read more about PNG confirms 4 new covid cases – breach in testing lab">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2020
By Jimmy Kalebe in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea police have intercepted and confiscated almost K200,000 (about NZ$90,000) in K2 and K5 notes hidden in a container on a ship which arrived at the Lae wharf in a suspected money laundering case. The cash, packed into three boxes inside the container full of bottles of ... <a title="PNG police seize K200,000 on ship in suspected money laundering raid" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/14/png-police-seize-k200000-on-ship-in-suspected-money-laundering-raid/" aria-label="Read more about PNG police seize K200,000 on ship in suspected money laundering raid">Read more</a>
