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Women’s rights Despite Papua New Guinea ratifying the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women in 1995,[2] Papua New Guinea still remains one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a woman or girl,[3] highlighting the government’s failure to implement effective policies to prevent and respond to gender-based violence and discrimination. During the 2015 UPR, Papua New Guinea supported 49 recommendations on women’s rights, including to “ensure access to adequate shelter, psychosocial, legal, and health-care services for survivors of domestic v...

RNZ David Manning, PNG's State of Emergency Controller and Police Commissioner. Photo: PNG PM Media Papua New Guinea’s government has obtained a stay on a court order to quash the appointment of David Manning as police commissioner. Last week, the national court ruled that there was an error in his appointment by the Public Services Commission which overlooked Mr Manning’s lack of a required tertiary qualification. The decision followed judicial review proceedings filed by senior police officers Sylvester Kalaut* and Fred Yakasa challenging the 2019 appointment by the National Executive ...

Both men had failed in an application for the position of police commissioner in competition with Manning in 2019. Justice Cannings ruled that Manning’s appointment was wrong because he did not have a tertiary qualification as required for the parallel post of Secretary to the Police Department. Yesterday, Justice Derek Hartshorn granted the stay order sought by lawyer Troy Mileng of the Solicitor-General’s office representing the state and lawyer Derek Wood representing Manning pending the determination of an appeal against Justice Cannings’ decision. Justice Hartshorn said there was a...

David Manning, PNG's State of Emergency Controller and Police Commissioner. Photo: PNG PM Media Last week, the national court ruled that there was an error in his appointment by the Public Services Commission which overlooked Mr Manning's lack of a required tertiary qualification. The decision followed judicial review proceedings filed by senior police officers Sylvester Kalaut* and Fred Yakasa challenging the 2019 appointment by the National Executive Council. The court ruled that he would cease to be commissioner as of today. But the government has appealed the ruling at the Supreme Court ...

BY: Loop Author 09:32, December 16, 2020 1680 reads Northern Province will receive 12 new police vehicles through the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary (RPNGC) re-fleeting exercise. Police Minister Bryan Kramer said as part of the Station of Excellence initiative, the police force has invited members of parliament (MPs) to participate in a Kina-for-Kina program to purchase new police vehicles for their provinces or districts. The Oro Provincial Government on December 15 th presented a cheque of K1 million to the Police Commissioner David Manning in Po...