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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 rescue team has been joined by local villagers and Morobe province disaster officials. The Bulolo MP...

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 Guinea's (PNG) second-biggest city Lae are suffering from the blackout on a daily basis because of the nation's 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 generator as a standby power source. A long-time businessman and owner of a motorist retail shop in Lae...

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 economic challenges would soon threaten his leadership. The onset of the pandemic was seen as a seriou...

PNG prime minister safe as dissenting MPs rejoin govt  Papua New Guinea's prime minister, James Marape, has staved off efforts to remove him, ending weeks of political unrest in the country. The opposition's 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 government's side of the house, boosting the prime minister's majority to around 70 of the 111-seat parliament. The Bulolo MP, Sam Basil, was among the 18 high profile MPs to bounce back to government after de...

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 of order, arguing that the 2021 National Budget has been deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Cou...