InterOil may pursue new gas-export project in PNG
By Dow Jones Business NewsSYDNEY--InterOil Corp. ( IOC ) said Thursday it wants to keep open the option of building a new gas-export plant in Papua New Guinea, potentially putting it at odds with Exxon...
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InterOil appoints Michael Hession as CEO
InterOil Corporation today announced that Dr Michael Hession will join the company as chief executive Officer effective July 11, 2013. InterOil Corporation CEO Dr Michael Hession.Dr Hession has over 25...
View ArticleFast processed foods and soft drinks leading to premature deaths in PNG
By STEVE MATHIEDear Malum Nalu, Sorry to hear about the passing of Auri Eva (Kolma: Eva a victim of health ‘madness’)I did not know him but I feel compelled to comment on the mention of insufficient...
View ArticleAustralian guilty of planning attack on Indonesia
RNZI: An Australian man has pleaded guilty to training as a mercenary to fight the Indonesian government in West Papua. Gerard Michael Little was granted bail in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on...
View ArticlePNG rugby league riot fallout
ABC Radio AustraliaIn PNG's highlands, there's still tension after a violent riot at a rugby league match in the town of Wabag left one person dead and many seriously injured.The brawl happened near...
View ArticleGrave fears for seven fishermen missing in Torres Strait after boat capsized
Michael SerencFriday, July 12, 2013© The Cairns PostAUTHORITIES are searching for seven fishermen feared drowned after their boat capsized in the Torres Strait earlier this week. A vessel carrying 10...
View ArticleManus standards still inadequate: UNHCR
AAP July 12, 20135:02PM THE United Nations refugee agency has criticised Australia's immigration detention centre in Papua New Guinea, saying it does not meet international standards. In its second...
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Kiaps of PNG recognised at long last
By Max Blenkin, AAP Defence CorrespondentJuly 12, 20131:28PM CHRIS Viner-Smith was a cadet Papua New Guinea patrol officer when the trawler taking him to his first posting ran into a reef and sank. He...
View ArticleInterOil CEO Says PNG talks with Exxon progressing
By James PatonJuly 12, 2013Businessweek InterOil Corp. (IOC:US), the explorer in talks with Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM:US) to develop natural gas discoveries in Papua New Guinea, said negotiations are...
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Multi-billion dollar LNG project top of Rudd's PNG agenda
Brendan Arrow for Pacific BeatAustralian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's two day visit to PNG will focus on investment and trade issues, particularly a multi-billion dollar gas project.Mr Rudd announced...
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Youth set to take on Kokoda track
Erin Pearson | July 12th, 2013Geelong AdvertiserAN EXCITABLE group of at-risk Geelong youth are preparing to embark on an educational trip of a lifetime that'll see them retrace the footsteps of...
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Everyday superhero in trouble for using city asphalt to fix potholes
I found this story so heartwarming and relevant to Papua New Guinea where potholes are an everyday nightmare, costing millions of kina, and people waiting for the government to do everything. Here, an...
View ArticlePNG demand improvement for Oceania Cup rugby decider
RNZIPapua New Guinea rugby coach Alan Manning is expecting a clash of two distinct styles in today’s Oceania Cup decider against the Cook Islands in Port Morebsy. Both teams are unbeaten going into the...
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Seven PNG fishermen still missing in Torres Strait
By Naomi Lim The Courier-Mail July 13, 201310:24AM HOPES are fading for seven fishermen missing in the Torres Strait for five days. Thursday Island Water Police were called to join the air and sea...
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Concern at deployment of 150 Australian police officers to PNG
G20 stretches police manpower and leaves rest of state undermanned and at mercy of criminals By Greg Stolz The Courier-Mail July 13, 2013 THE G20 summit in Brisbane next year could stretch...
View ArticlePNG extradition treaty forces political activists to flee
ABCDanny Kogoya, the commander of the Free Papua Movement's militant wing, is currently on the run, fearing re-arrest by the PNG government. PNG correspondent Liam Cochrane meets him at a camp on the...
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In Port Moresby today
With less than two years to go before the XV Pacific Games in Port Moresby begin on July 14, 2015, the national capital of Papua New Guinea has a mammoth task on its hands.Papua New Guinea is also...
View ArticleAustralian PM arrives in PNG for talks
By Eoin Blackwell, AAP Papua New Guinea Correspondent PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd has arrived in Papua New Guinea for talks on trade, how to tackle crime in the Pacific Island nation and the...
View ArticleSoldiers attack students in Port Moresby
ninemsnA dental student has been seriously injured when a group of more than 30 soldiers armed with bush knives, iron bars and firearms attacked students at the Port Moresby General Hospital.Papua New...
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Rudd talks up trade with PNG
Source: AAP Minister Kevin Rudd has invited Papua New Guinea to tell him what Australia needs to do to improve business relations between the two countries.Mr Rudd was in PNG on Sunday and Monday for...
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