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Bulolo district, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Photo: RNZ / Johnny Blades The Post Courier reports the five were part of a family of alluvial miners swept away by a landslide that triggered flooding of the Vibo River. A district administrator said bodies of three adults and two children were retrieved from the disaster area after being swept away by the flood and debris. The incident happened last week. A search is ongoing for three more people who had also been swept away. A search and ...

2021-01-15 09:37:12 GMT2021-01-15 17:37:12(Beijing Time) Xinhua English SYDNEY, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Businesses and residents in Papua New Guineas (PNG) second-biggest city Lae are suffering from the blackout on a daily basis because of the nations unstable power supply, local newspaper Post Courier reported on Thursday. Local businesses complained the electricity cost was already high in the city and the continuous blackouts added even more burden on them as they had to buy a power gener...

1 January 2021 Author: Ronald May, ANU As 2020 began, Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) Prime Minister James Marape appeared to be in a strong position to pursue his vision of improved governance and better returns from foreign investment in big resource projects. He had consolidated his position by late 2019 by attracting leading members of the opposition into government, and membership was growing in the Pangu Pati of which he had become parliamentary leader. But a myriad of political, health and ec...

PNG prime minister safe as dissenting MPs rejoin govt  Papua New Guineas prime minister, James Marape, has staved off efforts to remove him, ending weeks of political unrest in the country. The oppositions planned motion of no confidence against Marape, signed earlier this week, was never tabled when parliament adjourned today. Up to eighteen MPs were seen crossing back to sit on the governments side of the house, boosting the prime ministers majority to around 70 of the 111-seat parliament. T...

PNG Politics : Opposition MPs join Government, budget passed The Government used its numerical strength to pass the 2021 Budget this morning, after a dramatic twist of events on the floor of Parliament. This included the movement of Bulolo MP Sam Basil and others to the government and members of the Opposition walking out of Parliament in protest after Treasurer Ian Ling-Stuckey re-tabled the K19.6 Billion deficit Budget. Opposition Leader Belden Namah interrupted the Treasurer through a point...

16 December 2020 6:29 GMT Updated  16 December 2020 13:16 GMT in  Wellington Papua New Guineas Prime Minister James Marape has survived an attempt to remove him from office after avoiding a vote of no confidence in parliament. It was reported by local media in PNG that 17 members of parliament crossed back to the government benches to boost the prime ministers house majority. These were some of the government parliamentarians who had joined the opposition benches in a power play i...

Papua New Guinea prime minister James Marape. Photo: PNG PM media A motion of no confidence in Papua New Guineas prime minister, James Marape, has been withdrawn ending weeks of political unrest in the country. The withdrawal followed the return to government of 18 dissenting MPs including the reinstated deputy prime minister Sam Basil. Capitalising on the renewed numerical strength the government retabled and passed its 2021 budget and adjourned parliament until April next year. This comes af...

Frenemies forever? PNG’s prime minister sees off a challenge Prime Minister James Marape (Peter Morris/Sydney Heads) Published 16 Dec 2020 14:30   0 Comments     So was this serious? Or have the past month’s political events been a cunningly disguised economic rescue package for Papua New Guinea’s resort and restaurant industries? It was more than a month ago that PNG was thrown into political crisis when...

Papua New Guinea prime minister James Marape. Photo: PNG PM media The oppositions planned motion of no confidence against Marape, signed earlier this week, was never tabled when parliament adjourned today. Up to eighteen MPs were seen crossing back to sit on the governments side of the house, boosting the prime ministers majority to around 70 of the 111-seat parliament. The Bulolo MP, Sam Basil, was among the high profile MPs to bounce back to government after defecting to the Belden Namah-led...

Covid-19 health screening at the Jackson International Airport in Port Moresby. Photo: PNG Department of Health PNG records four more Covid-19 cases. Four new cases of covid-19 have been reported in Papua new Guineas Western Highlands province. It brings the national tally to 725. There have been eight deaths related to the coronavirus so far. The four new positive cases - all males ranging in age from seven to 32 - were reported in three separate areas. PNG Opposition picks Pruaitch as nomine...