Death notice for Alison Nalu
Family and friends of ALISON NALU, wife of GOROMP NAWATZ , mother of TONY and LEPUNG and grandmother of STEVEN, are advised of her sudden death in Lae on Friday, Feb 7, 2014, after a sudden...
View ArticleStrong quake hits off Papua New Guinea
Reuters An earthquake with a magnitude 7.5 struck off Papua New Guinea yesterday and a tsunami warning was briefly issued for the Pacific Island nation and neighbouring Solomon Islands, but there were...
View ArticleNewcrest axes PNG jobs in austerity drive
The AustralianGOLD miner Newcrest Mining will cut hundreds of jobs in Papua New Guinea in a push towards austerity. The decision comes after the company launched a raft of cost-cutting projects across...
View ArticleHow Asia's LNG sector will drive Exxon Mobil's growth
BY Sarfaraz A. KhanNEW YORK (TheStreet) - Exxon Mobil(XOM_), America's biggest energy company, is expanding its footprint in Asia's liquefied natural gas, or LNG, market. The oil behemoth's LNG project...
View ArticleThe robot is ready - when will deep sea mining start?
The News LONDON: The world´s first deep sea mining robot sits idle on a British factory floor, waiting to claw up high grade copper and gold from the seabed off Papua New Guinea (PNG) - when a...
View ArticleFrank Trimmer’s unique wartime sketches shed light on hardships of life in PNG
Herald SunA greeting card by Frank Trimmer while he was in Papua New Guinea. Source: News Limited FRANK Trimmer would not speak of the hardships he experienced in Papua New Guinea during WWII but his...
View ArticleNautilus Minerals and PNG resolve issues, sign accord
3 By: Henry LazenbyMining Weekly TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – Deep-sea mining hopeful Nautilus Minerals and the Independent State of Papua New Guinea (PNG) last week settled their financing differences...
View ArticleTrainee pilots role models for PNG
ALASTAIR PAULIN- © Fairfax NZ NewsTAKING TO THE SKIES: Left to right, Siolima Walo, 26, Marie Auka, 19, Gail Rivu, 21, Selina Kule, 22.Picture by OLIVER WEBERNelson Aviation College is part of an...
View ArticleSimon says, 'let's help our PNG children'
Our good brother Simon P Merton, who is in Australia recovering from a heart condition, is not one to sit back. He is filling a container with school supplies for the disadvantaged children of his...
View ArticlePhillipines, Papua New Guinea face EU import ban
by AFPRUSSELS: The European Union (EU) on Tuesday warned the Philippines, one of the world’s largest fishing nations, and Papua New Guinea (PNG) that they face an import ban if they do not curb illegal...
View ArticleWhy ExxonMobil's US$19 billion LNG project is a big deal
By Bob CiuraJune 10, 2014 The Motley Fool The role of liquefied natural gas, or LNG, is increasing among the integrated oil and gas super-majors. Giants like ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM ) and Chevron...
View ArticleGordon Market Pig Sty
For a city that hosts the Melanesian Festivalf of Arts and Culture at the end of this month, Pacific Games in a little over 12 months from now, and APEC in 2018, , Port Moresby continues to have pig...
View ArticleThe road to nowhere
Twas total chaos on the Erima to 9-Mile Road yesterday as traffic came to a complte standstill and it was much faster walking than driving. The public relations of the contractir, Dekenai...
View ArticleThe shame of Port Moresby's buses and taxis
The buses (PMVs) and taxis in Port Moresby and getting filthier and stinkier by the day.Not to mention the thugs who drive the taxis, who could end up robbing you or worse, and the filthy bus stops...
View ArticleWhy PNG has gone backwards since 1975
Papua New Guineans just don't seem to take ownership of anything like cleaning up the clogged drain right next to them.It's little things like this that are stopping the country from going forward and...
View ArticleLost Australian soldiers buried with full military honours after nearly 70 years
Remains of two men killed by Japanese near the end of second world war laid to rest in PNG cemetery Australian Associated Press The Bomana war cemetery in Port Moresby. Photograph: Alan Porritt/AAP...
View ArticleTribesmen from Papua New Guinea visit ahead of plans to build village in NYC
Mundiya Kepanga, a ritual wig man, and Fabian Paino, a well-known Malagan carver, visited New York City for the first time to attract tourists to their home.NEW YORK DAILY NEWSSunday, June 15, 2014 Two...
View ArticleRubbish in the park
Rubbish in the park.I wish that our people do not litter so much as these pictures of Jack Pidik Park at 5-Mile in Port Moresby, taken yesterday, show.
View ArticlePilot error contributes to PNG crash
ABCA report has found pilot error contributed to one of PNG's worst aviation disasters. Twenty-eight people died when an Airlines PNG Dash 8 crashed near Madang in October 2011.Many of those killed...
View ArticleUN urges Papua New Guinea to halt 'witch hunting'
DWWith experts pointing to a "growing pattern" of sorcery-related assaults, UN rights adviser Signe Poulsen tells DW the Papua New Guinea government is failing to protect the victims and bring the...
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