Tag Archives: Papua New Guinea

Contrary to common belief, funding MPs in open seats has not helped their re-election, or held together coalitions, write Laveil and Kabuni.

It's been nearly two years since the PNG Barramundis qualified for the T20 World Cup finals, and nearly two years since they last played an international match. But the drought is about to break with a warm up match against the USA in Oman,

Papua New Guinea is set to make its debut at an international cricket world cup and the team, known as the Barramundis, could also face Australia at some point. Papua New Guinea bagged its ticket to the world cup at the T20 World Cup qualifier in 2019 but …

The court ordered a recount of the votes, in response to a petition filed by another candidate disputing Powi's election win. The result triggered unrest and violence by supporters of rival candidates.

In no way do I diminish the importance of my many suggestions as to how to try and minimise the Peoples' Republic of China influence across key sectors of Papua New Guinea, or my contributions on the need to strengthen democracy,

A recent court decision has cleared the way for what would be the first executions in PNG in 70 years, but there's disquiet in the community, particularly from the influential churches, which are opposed to the death sentence.

Baker's notoriety is reminiscent of other criminal figures who are part of folklore in countries around the world, explain Dinnen and Walton.

A series of demonstrations in West Papua today have been forcibly stopped by Indonesian police. The demos were organised by a network of 111 organisations behind the Papuan People's Petition, formed to reject Jakarta's plans to renew Special Autonomy in Papua.

Westpac CEO Peter King and Kina CEO Greg Pawson told PNG regulators that the undertakings to create jobs and new branches will ensure the deal preserves competition.

The 2022 national elections in PNG promise to be problematic. In this post Terence Wood explains the issues and what can be done about them.