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September 16, 2024
The National Papua New Guinea’s Police Commissioner David Manning has declared emergency orders to safeguard infrastructure and residents in Porgera due to escalating law and order issues brought about by illegal miners. Manning said police would be increasing the legitimate use of force to remove combatants in order to protect critical infrastructure, including the Porgera ... <a title="PNG police chief Manning declares emergency for Porgera" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/16/png-police-chief-manning-declares-emergency-for-porgera/" aria-label="Read more about PNG police chief Manning declares emergency for Porgera">Read more</a>
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September 16, 2024
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Women, girls, the elderly, and young boys have rushed to pack any vehicle they could as they escaped heavy tribal fighting that has erupted in Papua New Guinea’s Porgera Valley. The sound of gunfire erupts in the peaceful valley, shouts of war follow the gunfire, and amid the chaos, ... <a title="20 dead – PNG women, girls flee tribal fighting in Porgera mine valley" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/16/20-dead-png-women-girls-flee-tribal-fighting-in-porgera-mine-valley/" aria-label="Read more about 20 dead – PNG women, girls flee tribal fighting in Porgera mine valley">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2023
PNG Post-Courier Several teachers from a Papua New Guinean school in Porgera, Enga province, are now being investigated by police after they allegedly instigated the torture, burning and interrogation of four women over sorcery accusations on the campus. The four women who worked as cleaners at the school were attacked after one of the teachers ... <a title="PNG police investigate torture of 4 women cleaners by teachers in school" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/07/png-police-investigate-torture-of-4-women-cleaners-by-teachers-in-school/" aria-label="Read more about PNG police investigate torture of 4 women cleaners by teachers in school">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2022
By Melisha Yafoi of the PNG Post-Courier “It’s okay, we’ll just sit here and they can come kill us.” These chilling words are from a defenceless woman (name withheld) who has seen first-hand the continuous killings in Papua New Guinea’s Porgera Valley, Enga province and accepting what could be the ultimate fate for her and ... <a title="Porgera villagers helpless, unsafe in their homes as ‘warlords’ kill freely" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/23/porgera-villagers-helpless-unsafe-in-their-homes-as-warlords-kill-freely/" aria-label="Read more about Porgera villagers helpless, unsafe in their homes as ‘warlords’ kill freely">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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May 11, 2022
By Miriam Zarriga in Mt Hagen About 100 Papua New Guinea security personnel have arrived in Porgera, Enga Province, amid the fighting that saw 17 dead, 100 families displaced and homes destroyed over the weekend. The arrival of the PNG Defence Force (PNGDF) in Porgera on late Sunday evening has eased the tension inside the ... <a title="100 PNG security forces arrive in Porgera, tension eases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/11/100-png-security-forces-arrive-in-porgera-tension-eases/" aria-label="Read more about 100 PNG security forces arrive in Porgera, tension eases">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2022
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Seventeen people have been killed, hundreds of families made homeless, dozens of houses razed and government services ground to a halt in Enga Province’s Porgera district in Papua New Guinea as warring clans took up arms against each other. Calls for government help went unanswered at the weekend. Police ... <a title="Fierce fighting continues in PNG’s Porgera with death toll reaching 17" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/10/fierce-fighting-continues-in-pngs-porgera-with-death-toll-reaching-17/" aria-label="Read more about Fierce fighting continues in PNG’s Porgera with death toll reaching 17">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Allegations of “hijacking and manipulation” of a Papua New Guinea national government sanctioned validation exercise at the Porgera mine in Enga province have been raised, reports the PNG Post-Courier. Tieni Wuape clan leader from the Special Mining Lease (SML) Janet Yuwi told the Post-Courier that a landowner group was allegedly misleading ... <a title="PNG landowner group accused of ‘hijack’ over validation in Porgera" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/29/png-landowner-group-accused-of-hijack-over-validation-in-porgera/" aria-label="Read more about PNG landowner group accused of ‘hijack’ over validation in Porgera">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2021
By Melisha Yafoi in Port Moresby It will cost the Papua New Guinea state and Australian operator Barrick Niugini Ltd K630 million (US$180 million) to reopen the Porgera gold mine. The reopening of the mine in early September will see Barrick paying out full benefits of all employees who were retrenched, including those in care ... <a title="K630m to restart Porgera mine with new deal for PNG landowners" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/07/k630m-to-restart-porgera-mine-with-new-deal-for-png-landowners/" aria-label="Read more about K630m to restart Porgera mine with new deal for PNG landowners">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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April 7, 2019
This year is a crucial year for Papua New Guinea’s mining industry as important players – in Hela, Porgera and Madang – are being examined over their performance. Video: EMTV COMMENTARY: By Scott Waide in Lae Just into the fourth month of 2019, and resource projects in Papua New Guinea have come under scrutiny. Early ... <a title="Scott Waide: Will PNG project reviews mean more benefits for landowners?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/07/scott-waide-will-png-project-reviews-mean-more-benefits-for-landowners/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Waide: Will PNG project reviews mean more benefits for landowners?">Read more</a>
