Fiji military seizes TV, radio licences Nov 21, 2009
It said the dominant television broadcaster, Fiji TV, was owned by Yasana Holdings, which represents the 14 ethnic Fijian provinces and also owns the monopoly Papua New Guinea TV broadcaster EMTV.. It was now expected at least one frequency would be reallocated to the government-owned Fiji Broadcasting Corporation, which operates a radio service and has expressed an intention to establish a TV network. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
ECOWAS boss gets new job in Brussels Nov 19, 2009
Dr. Chambas will succeed Sir John Kaputin from Papua New Guinea who has been holding the post for the past five years. He assumes office on 1st March next year. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
* Thaksin on mission to humiliate Nov 8, 2009
Recent snapshots show him golfing in Brunei and Dubai, inspecting diamond mines in South Africa, sipping coffee in a private jet and meeting prime ministers or presidents on trips to Sri Lanka, Papua New Guinea and the Maldives. His new relationship with Hun Sen is bound to revive speculation of private business deals between the two while he was prime minister. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Give us all a future Nov 5, 2009
Chile, Russia, Alaska and Papua New Guinea are doing similar sorts of things. As is a mystery woman in Britain, who won $A2. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Rising tide of asylum-seekers: Will Australia let them in? Oct 31, 2009
The Tampa's mainly Afghan passengers, along with successive boatloads of would-be migrants, were shipped to the impoverished Pacific nations of Papua New Guinea and , where they were processed by United Nations refugee officials, without access to the Australian legal system. One of Rudd's first acts after being elected two years ago was to scrap the widely reviled "Pacific Solution," together with certain other hard-line policies, including "temporary protection visas," which entitled refugees... (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
Captain Rudd's preferred course - a little to the right Oct 31, 2009
The boat people are locked up and processed on Australian territory, and Christmas Island in particular, rather than in Nauru or Papua New Guinea. Women and children are no longer caged behind razorwire, but that was a Howard policy from 2005 that Labor has inherited. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Koperberg 'disillusioned' by politics Sep 13, 2009
" Mr Koperberg was Labor's star recruit for the 2007 election and was quickly elevated as environment minister under former premier Morris Iemma. But Mr Koperberg was soon involved in a smear campaign when 20-year-old domestic violence allegations surfaced just months after entering parliament. He later resigned from the front bench citing poor health. ? 2009 Brought to you by Join the conversation 2 people are reading this now. . . Top Breaking News National articles Story Tools Breaking News... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Government backs down on banning illegally logged timber Aug 25, 2009
The Government believes 9 per cent of all timber imports - worth $400 million annually - is logged illegally, mainly in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea ... That's why Australia has already negotiated agreements with Indonesia and Papua New Guinea and why we're in further discussions with Malaysia and China. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
No surprise: PNG crash warning a year ago Aug 21, 2009
PORT MORESBY - PNG plane crash investigator Sid O'Toole warned more than a year ago a major air disaster was waiting to happen in Papua New Guinea. His prediction was fulfilled last week when Airlines PNG charter flight CG4684 slammed into the steep Owen Stanley Range killing all 13 on board, including two Queenslanders and seven Victorians bound for the Kokoda Track. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Santos half year profit plunges Aug 20, 2009
Santos expects steady production levels in the near future, ahead of a "step change" as the GLNG and ExxonMobil-led Papua New Guinea LNG joint venture projects come online in 2014. "Our focus remains on delivering the base business and targeting significant growth through our LNG projects and focused opportunities in Asia," chief executive David Knox said in the statement. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Hawke last of a Labor breed Aug 1, 2009
A Rhodes Scholar, who in the 1950s set the world record for downing a yard glass of beer in 11 seconds, Hawke returned home from Oxford and worked as a wage case advocate both here and in Papua New Guinea in the days when annual wage movements were set by a central government tribunal. He was encouraged by senior union officials to take over a virtually moribund ACTU in 1969 and began the modernisation of the trade union movement that continued well into the 1990s. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
China 'stumbling' in the Pacific Jul 25, 2009
Page last updated at 11:11 GMT, Friday, 24 July 2009 12:11 UK. By Vaudine England BBC News, Hong Kong. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
PNG holds 'sorcery murders' probe Jul 11, 2009
Police in Papua New Guinea are investigating a series of sorcery-related killings in the past week ... The women were suspected of practicing sorcery and causing the deaths of several people in the community, Papua New Guinea media reported ... Senior police in Papua New Guinea said the latest three murders, in Chimbu province, north-west of the capital Port Moresby, were gruesome. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
A democratic dark spot Jul 9, 2009
Along with Papua New Guinea, West Papua contains the second-largest rainforest on Earth, an area second only to the Amazon in terms of its importance to climate change as well as ecological. and cultural diversity. (Asia Times Online)
Transeuro Energy Corp. Proposed Restructuring and Debt Retirement Plan Jul 2, 2009
The Company also owns 47% of the shares of 'Eaglewood Energy Inc' that holds title to 4 exploration licenses in Papua New Guinea. Transeuro has been short of operating cash following the notice of purported withdrawal of RAG from the Scythian Joint Venture Company on October 30th 2008, when RAG defaulted on payment of USD $3 Million as the final part of the purchase price and did not pay their share of costs for Scythian Energy and Ukrainian subsidiaries. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
PNG riots hit Chinese businesses May 18, 2009
Asian-owned firms have been looted in Papua New Guinea's two largest cities, amid simmering anti-Chinese sentiment ... Earlier this month, the building of a nickel mine was stopped after a fight over an industrial accident between Papua New Guinean and Asian workers ... Many settlers arrived in Papua New Guinea from China during World War II and there have been subsequent waves of migration. (BBC News)
Fiji, Facing Suspension From Pacific Forum, Rejects Calling New Elections May 1, 2009
Along with Fiji, Australia and New Zealand it includes Tonga, the Cook Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Marshall Islands, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. To contact the reporter on this story: in Sydney at. (Bloomberg -- Australia & New Zealand)
Queen@computer Apr 28, 2009
All the recipients, from countries such as Canada, Papua New Guinea and Jamaica, have posted pictures and written personal accounts on the royal website. They provide a snapshot of lives in a variety of Commonwealth countries. (BBC News -- UK)
Australian Hospitals Treat Burns Victims After Fire on Asylum Seeker Boat Apr 17, 2009
The government last year closed detention centers on the Pacific island of Nauru and on Manus, a province in Papua New Guinea. All asylum seekers intercepted at sea will now be detained on Christmas Island while they undergo checks. (Bloomberg -- Australia & New Zealand)
* Democratic Party tipped to win in Indonesia polls Apr 10, 2009
Elsewhere in Papua, three non-indigenous motorcycle taxi drivers were knifed to death, a girl was killed when a fuel depot was set alight, and police skirmished with suspected rebels along the border with Papua New Guinea. Voting was peaceful in Aceh Province, where a 30-year separatist conflict ended only four years ago. (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
Five killed in Papua as Indonesia votes Apr 9, 2009
Elsewhere three motorcycle taxi drivers were knifed to death, a girl was killed when a fuel depot was set alight, and police skirmished with suspected rebels along the rugged eastern border with Papua New Guinea. "The incidents ... indicate that there are people who want the elections to fail," Papua police chief Bagus Ekodanto said. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Notice of 2009 Annual General Meeting Mar 30, 2009
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA NEW GUINEA--(Marketwire - March 30, 2009) - Lihir Gold Ltd (TSX: - ; ASX: - ; NASDAQ: - ) ... 00 am Venue: Ballrooms 1 & 2 Crowne Plaza Hotel Corner Hunter and Douglas Streets Port Moresby Papua New Guinea ... - Papua New Guinea shareholders should send the documents to the Port Moresby agents of Computershare Investor Services Pty Ltd at Kina Securities, Level 2 Deloitte Tower, Douglas Street (PO Box 1141), Port Moresby or by facsimile to (675) 308 3899; and. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
Four Tampa refugees let in after second journey Mar 28, 2009
The assertions have prompted calls for an inquiry into the Howard government's so-called Pacific solution, introduced after the Tampa's arrival, under which asylum seekers intercepted before they reached Australia were processed on Nauru, or Manus Island, Papua New Guinea. The immigration lawyer David Manne called for an inquiry into the harm caused by the Howard government's policy, which excluded asylum seekers who arrived illegally from access to Australian law, rights and protection. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Most viewed articles on Brisbane Times Mar 5, 2009
More than two million condoms have gone to waste in AIDS-ravaged Papua New Guinea. Readers' most viewed. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Community moves to protect reefs Feb 26, 2009
The project aims to endorse the Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI), a program proposed by several countries to halt the degradation of vulnerable coral colonies and conserve threatened marine species in the coral triangle area, which comprised Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Timor Leste, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. The six countries will sign the initiative at the first ever World Ocean Conference (WOC) in Manado, North Sulawesi, in May this year. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Cairns records type 2 dengue outbreak Feb 12, 2009
But Dr Jeffrey Hanna from Queensland Health says it has detected two new cases of type two dengue fever, which have probably come in from Papua New Guinea. "We've got a serious ongoing problem with dengue mosquitoes in north Queensland, and when you have that mix of travellers with the virus on board and the dengue mosquito close by, you have the potential for an outbreak," he said. (ABC Online)
Michelle Obama displays her love of fashion as Vogue's cover star Feb 12, 2009
Kayisa Kiddo, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. She is a "real person" first and foremost. (Times Online)
* World News Quick Take Feb 9, 2009
During a later trip to Papua New Guinea for a Pacific Islands Forum meeting, which included a stopover in the Solomon Islands, the cast was signed by several dignitaries. NEPAL. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Grass-roots teams meet to press Obama's agenda Feb 8, 2009
The others are Papua New Guinea, Swaziland, and Liberia. Under US federal law, workers in companies with at least 50 employees can take six weeks unpaid leave after giving birth. (Boston Globe)
Solomons declares floods disaster Feb 7, 2009
Since December, flooding has also hit the Pacific island nations of Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Micronesia and the Marshall Islands, forcing tens of thousands of islanders to flee their homes. The Solomons has a population of about 500,000 mainly ethnic Melanesians, spread across hundreds of islands, which gained independence from Britain in 1978. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
