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March 19, 2020
By RNZ Pacific New Caledonia’s government has confirmed the territory’s first two cases of Covid-19. The government said last night two people who arrived from Australia on their honeymoon have tested positive for the coronavirus. They arrived at Tontouta Airport on board an Aircalin flight from Sydney on Tuesday. READ MORE: RNZ Pacific coronavirus updates ... <a title="Pacific coronavirus: First cases in New Caledonia – Guam now has 8" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/19/pacific-coronavirus-first-cases-in-new-caledonia-guam-now-has-8/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific coronavirus: First cases in New Caledonia – Guam now has 8">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Papua New Guinea has a probable imported case of Covid-19 coronavirus, Health Minister Jelta Wong has announced today, The case is a 45-year-old male who arrived in Port Moresby last Friday, the PNG Post-Courier reports. “Through our checks at the airport, the case did not show any symptoms of cough, flu or ... <a title="PNG has probable coronavirus case, declares health minister" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/19/png-has-probable-coronavirus-case-declares-health-minister/" aria-label="Read more about PNG has probable coronavirus case, declares health minister">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2020
By Scott Waide in Lae The Papua New Guinea Defence Force has been put on alert as Health Minister Jelta Wong formally declared the Covid-19 coronavirus as a “quarantinable disease” under the country’s health laws. The National Security Council met on Monday to discuss additional control measures in light of the worsening crisis in Australia ... <a title="Military put on alert as PNG announces further restrictions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/18/military-put-on-alert-as-png-announces-further-restrictions/" aria-label="Read more about Military put on alert as PNG announces further restrictions">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Scott Waide in Port Moresby There is no other way to say this to the government of Papua New Guinea. Prime Minister James Marape, you need to issue the orders to shut down our borders starting with our international airports. While every other country is initiating lockdowns over the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, Papua ... <a title="Coronavirus: We need to shut down PNG borders and prepare our people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/14/coronavirus-we-need-to-shut-down-png-borders-and-prepare-our-people/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus: We need to shut down PNG borders and prepare our people">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2020
By Ale Asa in Porgera Eleven people – including three children – have been massacred when a fight between two warring tribes from Tari spilled into the Porgera Valley in the Papua New Guinea Highlands. Three women and five men from Enga were also killed when the O Kiru and Miape tribes resumed fighting, this ... <a title="Three PNG children die among 11 killed in Porgera massacre" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/12/three-png-children-die-among-11-killed-in-porgera-massacre/" aria-label="Read more about Three PNG children die among 11 killed in Porgera massacre">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2020
By Vasinatta Yama in Mt Hagen Eight prisoners at the Baisu Correctional Service prison near the Western Highlands provincial capital of Mt Hagen are dead following a massive jail breakout. Western Highlands Acting Provincial Police Commander David Kongui confirmed that two prisoners have surrendered, while an unknown number of prisoners escaped. Many of the fugitives, ... <a title="Eight dead following big PNG jailbreak near Mt Hagen – manhunt, shootouts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/25/eight-dead-following-big-png-jailbreak-near-mt-hagen-manhunt-shootouts/" aria-label="Read more about Eight dead following big PNG jailbreak near Mt Hagen – manhunt, shootouts">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2020
By Sharlyne Eri in Lae A Papua New Guinean man who once resorted to crime to make a living is now running a bicycle repair business. Collin Kunan is a long-time resident of West Taraka, one of Lae’s urban settlements where petty crime is rife because of high unemployment. Kunan said he gave up criminal ... <a title="From PNG crime to a small town cycle business – how to beat the pinch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/24/from-png-crime-to-a-small-town-cycle-business-how-to-beat-the-pinch/" aria-label="Read more about From PNG crime to a small town cycle business – how to beat the pinch">Read more</a>
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February 21, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has embarked on a state visit to New Zealand. It is the first visit to New Zealand by a sitting PNG prime minister since Marape’s predecessor Peter O’Neill’s trip in 2013. Marape, who rolled O’Neill last May in what could yet ... <a title="Marape makes rare PNG visit to NZ to boost friendship, model public service" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/21/marape-makes-rare-png-visit-to-nz-to-boost-friendship-model-public-service/" aria-label="Read more about Marape makes rare PNG visit to NZ to boost friendship, model public service">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2020
By Meriba Tulo in Port Moresby Over the past month, the Autonomous Bougainville Government has made known its intention to put forward several proposed amendments to the Bougainville House of Representatives. These amendments include a provision to allow for a president to serve for more than two terms – which would see current President Chief ... <a title="Bougainville proposing constitution amendments, rejects ‘process’ claim" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/19/bougainville-proposing-constitution-amendments-rejects-process-claim/" aria-label="Read more about Bougainville proposing constitution amendments, rejects ‘process’ claim">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Papua New Guinea’s Minister for State Enterprises Sasindran Muthuvel has reassured the nation that Air Niugini is taking all necessary steps to protect the country against the spread of coronavirus, reports EMTV News. “The airline has instituted a wide range of measures to minimise the risk to the nation, and is constantly ... <a title="Air Niugini putting people first in fight against coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/18/air-niugini-putting-people-first-in-fight-against-coronavirus/" aria-label="Read more about Air Niugini putting people first in fight against coronavirus">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2020
A video made to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Pacific Journalism Review in 2014. Video: Sasya Wreksono/PMC Pacific Media Watch Tuwhera, the open access repository and publisher of Auckland University of Technology, has added 16 years of back copy editions of Pacific Journalism Review to the digital resource. The full text articles from a further ... <a title="Tuwhera expands the PJR ‘critical inquiry’ Pacific media archive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/09/tuwhera-expands-the-pjr-critical-inquiry-pacific-media-archive/" aria-label="Read more about Tuwhera expands the PJR ‘critical inquiry’ Pacific media archive">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2020
St John says several people were turned away from a New Zealand-led evacuation from China yesterday. Nearly 200 people, mostly New Zealanders, were flown to Auckland airport at about 6pm last night from Wuhan, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus. Seventeen Papua New Guinean students were among those evacuated. READ MORE: Coronavirus updates from RNZ ... <a title="NZ evacuates PNG students in Wuhan airlift – several people ‘miss out’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/06/nz-evacuates-png-students-in-wuhan-airlift-several-people-miss-out/" aria-label="Read more about NZ evacuates PNG students in Wuhan airlift – several people ‘miss out’">Read more</a>
