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The high-stakes world of Papua New Guinea mining
By Ian Bickis, special to The Northern MinerPORT MORESBY, PAPUA NEW GUINEA — Rising out of the sea at the collision of the Pacific and Indo-Australian tectonic plates, Papua New Guinea is the stuff of...
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Answering the call of God in PNG
This article was first published in The National Weekender on Friday, March 1, 2013By MALUM NALUA few months ago in the USA, Reverend Stephen Michael Leach was desperately seeking to return to Papua...
View ArticleNasfund announces K220.8 million profit for 2012, 10% to be paid to members
Nasfund voard chairman Mel Togolo announced the results of the fund’s 2012 performance after the board met on Thursday , February 28, to accept its audited accounts. The results of the fund were as...
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K100 million hydro plant launched in Bulolo
Source: The National, Monday, March 4, 2013 Story and picture by MALUM NALUELECTRICITY generation in Papua New Guinea has entered a new dimension with the opening of PNG Forest Products’ (PNGFP) K100...
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Power plant named after late landowner
Source: The National, Tuesday, March 5, 2013 Story and picture by MALUM NALUTHE opening of PNG Forest Products’ (PNGFP) K100 million Upper Baiune hydro power project in Bulolo, Morobe, was tinged with...
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PNG Forest Products growing ‘very fast’
Source: The National, Wednesday, March 6, 2013 Story and pictures by MALUM NALUPNG Forest Products (PNGFP) managing director Tony Honey says the company is growing “very fast” and is diversifying into...
View ArticleAustralia could help stop PNG violence: Judge
From: AAP A LEADING Papua New Guinea judge says Australia could help PNG stop the sorcery-related torture and killing of women. Justice Catherine Davani told an International Women's Day lunch in...
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Violence: PNG's women face a crisis
by Jenny Hayward-Jones - 8 March 2013 1:49PMThe Intepreter It's not often in international affairs that a story about sorcery makes the headlines or that I find myself being interviewed about it. The...
View ArticleInterest piques for Papua New Guinea trade mission
Nick DaltonFriday, March 8, 2013The Cairns PostA FAR North trade mission to Papua New Guinea next month is expected to be the biggest yet with the organisers promising actual business deals will take...
View ArticleAsylum seekers to face PNG court next week
8 Mar 2013, 1:25 pm - Source: AAPEighteen asylum seekers are expected to face a Papua New Guinea court on Monday on charges of assault at Manus Island detention centre.A group of 18 asylum seekers...
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United Nations statement on violence against women
Statement by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, on International Women’s Day – 8 March 2013 Violence against womenLast month, in the highlands of Papua New Guinea, a 20-year old...
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A Bulolo love affair
This article first appeared in The National Weekender on Friday, March 8, 2013By MALUM NALULast Saturday, while in the mountains of Baiune in Bulolo, Morobe province, for the opening of PNG Forest...
View ArticleUnited Nations demands end to 'witch' deaths in PNG
Date February 10, 2013The Age Nick Cumming-bruce GenevaSPURRED by the killing of a young woman accused of witchcraft in Papua New Guinea, the United Nations on Friday called on the country to address...
View ArticleAngoram MP Ludwig Schulze passes away
Source: The National, Monday, March 11, 2013 PRIME Minister Peter O’Neill and opposition leader Belden Namah have expressed sadness at the passing of Angoram MP Ludwig Schulze.Schulze passed away...
View ArticlePNG elections fair, democratic, says PM
By Eoin Blackwell, AAP Papua New Guinea Correspondent PAPUA New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill has defended the conduct of the 2012 elections, after a corruption watchdog labelled elements of the...
View ArticlePundari: Ok Tedi mine a curse
Source: The National, Tuesday, March 12, 2013 By SONIA KENUMINISTER for Environment and Conservation John Pundari yesterday broke his silence on the Ok Tedi mining pollution issue, describing it as a...
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Young Daru woman's death sparks fears of a killer TB strain
ByPeter Michael ofThe Courier-Mail AUSTRALIA'S first victim of a killer strain of drug-resistant tuberculosis has died amid warnings of a looming health epidemic on Queensland's doorstep. Medical...
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PNG grapples with ageing health workforce
IRINPhoto: David Swanson/IRINMany nurses are nearing retirement agePORT MORESBY, 14 March 2013 (IRIN) - Papua New Guinea (PNG) is a Pacific country rich in natural resources, yet its health staffing...
View ArticleCondoms needed in PNG prisons
IRINBANGKOK, 14 March 2013 (PlusNews) - A Papua New Guinea (PNG) study released today calls for condoms to be made more widely available in prisons. “All prisoners must have condoms,” Angela Kelly, one...
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Mineral wealth failed to better PNG standards
Source: The National, Thursday, March 14, 2013 By MALUM NALU“SO rich and yet so poor” is a paradox that rings true for Papua New Guinea, as after years of extraction of our natural resources, our...
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