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July 26, 2022
RNZ Pacific The Commonwealth group that has been observing the Papua New Guinea national elections has called for an urgent review of the electoral process. The leader, former Nauru president, Baron Waqa, said he was gravely concerned at the daily incidents of violence and tragic loss of life that were being reported. The Commonwealth Observers ... <a title="Commonwealth observers call for ‘urgent review’ of PNG electoral process" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/26/commonwealth-observers-call-for-urgent-review-of-png-electoral-process/" aria-label="Read more about Commonwealth observers call for ‘urgent review’ of PNG electoral process">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2022
Inside PNG News National Capital Dictrict (NCD) police have arrested 18 suspects following the slasher attacks on civilians yesterday outside Papua New Guinea’s national elections counting centre at Port Moresby’s Sir John Guise stadium. NCD Metropolitan Superintendent Gideon Ikumu said the men were “persons of interest” and police would continue investigating. “The men [suspects] are ... <a title="PNG police arrest 18 suspects following election attacks in Port Moresby" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/26/png-police-arrest-18-suspects-following-election-attacks-in-port-moresby/" aria-label="Read more about PNG police arrest 18 suspects following election attacks in Port Moresby">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2022
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Running like a pack of animals, a group of political party supporters in Papua New Guinea’s capital Port Moresby were armed with bush knives, iron bars and other weapons as they chased down two men outside the national elections counting centre yesterday afternoon. They reached the first man, and ... <a title="Armed PNG election supporters cause chaos in capital, attack bystanders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/25/armed-png-election-supporters-cause-chaos-in-capital-attack-bystanders/" aria-label="Read more about Armed PNG election supporters cause chaos in capital, attack bystanders">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2022
EDITORIAL: By the PNG Post-Courier editor Matthew Vari For weeks, we have seen the election violence as it spread in horrific proportions around the Highlands region, mainly in Enga and other provinces there. Men, women, and even children caught up in the fray costing lives and properties into the millions. Yesterday, the capital city also ... <a title="Post-Courier: Our capital Port Moresby our last stand for peace" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/25/post-courier-our-capital-port-moresby-our-last-stand-for-peace/" aria-label="Read more about Post-Courier: Our capital Port Moresby our last stand for peace">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2022
By Jairo Bolledo in Manila A day before the first State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr in Quezon City, a shooting incident inside the Ateneo de Manila University claimed the lives of at least three individuals, including the former mayor of Lamitan, Basilan, Rose Furigay. Furigay was supposed to ... <a title="Three killed, including former mayor, in Manila university campus shooting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/25/three-killed-including-former-mayor-in-manila-university-campus-shooting/" aria-label="Read more about Three killed, including former mayor, in Manila university campus shooting">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2022
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Radio broadcaster Federico “Ding” Gempesaw has been shot and killed in broad daylight in front of his home in Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City, Mindanao, reports the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ). The IFJ and its affiliate, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), condemn the murder and urge ... <a title="Assassins gun down Philippine broadcaster outside home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/24/assassins-gun-down-philippine-broadcaster-outside-home/" aria-label="Read more about Assassins gun down Philippine broadcaster outside home">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2022
PNG Post-Courier Angry voters in East Sepik and Hela have destroyed ballot boxes and set fire to ballot papers after finding that their names were not on the common roll in Papua New Guinea’s general election. No reports were received of people or election officials being hurt in the violence. Polling started on Monday and ... <a title="Disgruntled PNG voters destroy ballot boxes, set fire to voting papers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/24/disgruntled-png-voters-destroy-ballot-boxes-set-fire-to-voting-papers/" aria-label="Read more about Disgruntled PNG voters destroy ballot boxes, set fire to voting papers">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2022
By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby Fresh fighting among candidates’ supporters has left another two dead in Hela’s Margarima in Papua New Guinea’s general election. This takes the death toll to nine in the province since fighting broke out on July 4 – and nationwide election-related deaths have topped 45. Cars and trucks were set ... <a title="Two more die in Hela fighting to take total to 9 deaths in PNG election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/24/two-more-die-in-hela-fighting-to-take-total-to-9-deaths-in-png-election/" aria-label="Read more about Two more die in Hela fighting to take total to 9 deaths in PNG election">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2022
By Asia Pacific Report editor David Robie A lively 43sec video clip surfaced during last week’s Pacific Islands Forum in the Fiji capital of Suva — the first live leaders’ forum in three years since Tuvalu, due to the covid pandemic. Posted on Twitter by Guardian Australia’s Pacific Project editor Kate Lyons it showed the ... <a title="‘Doorstops’ at the Pacific Forum – why no tough questions on West Papua?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/23/doorstops-at-the-pacific-forum-why-no-tough-questions-on-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Doorstops’ at the Pacific Forum – why no tough questions on West Papua?">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2022
By Miriam Zarriga of the PNG Post-Courier A brutal massacre in Porgera town yesterday afternoon in which 18 innocent people were killed has rocked Enga province and shocked Papua New Guinea. Local police chief acting Superintendent George Kakas was shocked by the act of violence in the wake of the country’s national elections — he ... <a title="18 people hacked to death in Porgera in under an hour amid PNG elections" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/21/18-people-hacked-to-death-in-porgera-in-under-an-hour-amid-png-elections/" aria-label="Read more about 18 people hacked to death in Porgera in under an hour amid PNG elections">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2022
By Miriam Zarriga of the PNG Post-Courier Papua New Guinea’s Police Commissioner David Manning has fired the first warning shot in the hunt for candidates who were involved in disrupting the national elections in Enga province. He is deploying a multipolice and army taskforce to hunt down 15 suspected candidates to bring them to justice ... <a title="PNG police taskforce to hunt down 15 candidate suspects over Enga crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/18/png-police-taskforce-to-hunt-down-15-candidate-suspects-over-enga-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about PNG police taskforce to hunt down 15 candidate suspects over Enga crisis">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2022
By Reiner Brabar in Jayapura Papua People’s Petition (PRP) protesters have braved brutal police blockades, forced dispersals and assaults while staging simultaneous mass actions across Papua. The actions were held on Thursday to demonstrate the people’s opposition to revisions of the Special Autonomy Law on Papua (Otsus), the creation of new autonomous regions (DOB) and ... <a title="Papua People’s Petition protesters hold rallies against new Papuan provinces" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/17/papua-peoples-petition-protesters-hold-rallies-against-new-papuan-provinces/" aria-label="Read more about Papua People’s Petition protesters hold rallies against new Papuan provinces">Read more</a>
