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Race for stake in NBPOL most intense plantation deal
Saturday, 27 December 2014 By: HANIM ADNANThe Star #gigya-share-vertical { margin: 0px 10px 10px 10px; } As of Dec 22, the plantation group has a market capitalisation of RM5.4bil. THE most...
View ArticleNew Bougainville time zone takes effect today
The Autonomous Region of Bougainville will move its clocks forward by one hour on December 28, 2014.A new time zone, to be known as Bougainville Standard Time, has been adopted by the Bougainville...
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Three bodies found in freezer of suspected illegal fishing boat off Papua New...
By PNG correspondent Liam CochraneUpdated about an hour agoMon 29 Dec 2014, 7:46amPhoto: Illegal fishing is a growing problem in the Pacific. (ABC News, file photo) Three human bodies have been...
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Ending the year in style on Fisherman's Island
Story and pictures by MALUM NALUOn Sunday, Dec 28, 2014, my elder brother David and his children invited my children and I for a day cruise to Daugo (Fisherman's) Island off Port Moresby.Also joining...
View ArticleO’Neill welcomes re-election of Shinzo Abe in Japan
December 29, 2014 Office of the Prime MinisterPrime Minister Peter O’Neill has written to offer his congratulations to the Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, following his re-election this month.At...
View ArticlePrime Minister commends Christmas behaviour, urges same for New Year
30 December 2014 Office of the Prime Minister Prime Minister Peter O’Neill has commended citizens and law enforcement agencies around Papua New Guinea for a relatively safe Christmas period, and called...
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PM says Opposition Leader does not understand global energy markets
30 December 2014 Office of the Prime Minister “The greatest threat to wellbeing and happiness in our country comes from people who try to create baseless fear and anxiety - simply for their own...
View ArticleIs Papua New Guinea descending into kleptocracy?
Note the use of "kleptocracy" to describe PNG in this article in the Sydney Morning Herald on Monday: "The recent collapse in oil prices, however, may mean that Australia will not have the luxury of...
View ArticleDon't party like it's 1999
By MALUM NALUMy mind goes back 15 years to Dec 31, 1999, Y2K year, when everyone was saying computers would go haywire and the world would end at the stroke of of midnight. The missus and I lived in a...
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Domestic violence as a way of life: The reality for Papua New Guinea's women
CommentaryThe RAND BlogDecember 31, 2014by Mahlet Woldetsadik In Papua New Guinea (PNG), the South Pacific's largest island, extreme forms of gender-based violence are frequent and unpunished—and more...
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Catholic Bishop declares war on ‘witch hunters’ in Papua New Guinea
ByThomas D. Williams, Ph.D.31 Dec 2014 BreitbartIn Papua New Guinea, four women have been accused by other villagers of practicing black magic and may face an excruciating death, along with their...
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Mt Hagen goes to the dogs
Story and pictures by SIMON GESIPSadly Santa has never arrived in this part of the Highlands town of Mt Hagen. We will be moving into the New Year with all this rubbish Rubbish, rubbish everywhere and...
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PM O’Neill: 2015 will bring challenges and PNG well-placed to make progress...
1 January 2015 Office of the Prime MinisterPrime Minister Peter O’Neill (pictured) is looking forward to the challenges that will be faced and progress that will be made through the new year.“The year...
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PAL eyeing Cebu Pacific's share in seat entitlements to Papua New Guinea
InterAksyonMANILA – The Philippines' flag carrier wants to mount more flights to Papua New Guinea. In a filing with the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), Philippine Airlines (PAL)...
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PNG authorities unable to find bodies reported in abandoned tuna fishing boat...
By ABC PNG correspondent Liam CochraneUpdated Fri 2 Jan 2015, 4:54pm The abandoned fishing boat Liao is believed to have been set on fire by the crew after it ran aground (Supplied) ...
View ArticleCouple killed in PNG for allegedly practising sorcery
Radio New Zealand InternationalIn Papua New Guinea, an elderly couple from Okapa block at Six-Mile settle in the capital's northeast was brutally killed on New Years Day for allegedly practising...
View ArticleFiji tops happy list out of 64 countries, including Papua New Guinea
Dawn GibsonFiji Times Online Saturday, January 03, 2015A 2014 HAPPINESS poll conducted jointly by WIN/Gallup International and Tebbutt Research this year has placed Fiji at the top of its tally, ahead...
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Papua New Guinea: Witch hunts displacing dozens as women flee villages to...
By Ludovica IaccinoJanuary 5, 2015 Papua New Guinea is witnessing a rise in internal refugees as dozens of women accused of practising witchcraft are fleeing their villages fearing for their lives. In...
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NEC to declare emergency along Highlands Highway
Prime Minister's Media Prime Minister Peter O’Neill says immediate action is needed to repair sections of the Highlands Highway and to have a proper design and construction approach for the length of...
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PNG prime minister Peter O'Neill continues legal challenge against leadership...
By ABC Papua New Guinea correspondent Liam Cochrane Photo: Peter O'Neill initially welcomed the public prosecutor's request for a Leadership Tribunal. (ABC)Lawyers for Papua New Guinea's...
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