MIL-Evening Report: ‘Business as usual’ vows Parkop after storming of PNG Parliament, rioting
The National Parliament of Papua New Guinea came under attack yesterday as angry police and corrections officers stormed into Parliament Haus and destroyed the main entrance. Video: EMTV News Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk National District Governor Powes Parkop has pledged that it will be business as usual today in the Papua New Guinean capital of […]
Read More →MIL-OSI New Zealand: Government humiliated by Papua New Guinea’s abuse of aid money
Source: Taxpayers Union Government humiliated by Papua New Guinea’s abuse of aid money21 NOVEMBER 2018FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe folly of giving taxpayer money to the Papua New Guinean government has been made clear, as soldiers have stormed the country’s Parliament to protest unpaid allowances. “The New Zealand Government, and by association New Zealand taxpayers, have been made […]
Read More →MIL-OSI New Zealand: Papua New Guinea: Australian and PNG leaders must act urgently to save lives on Manus Island
Source: Amnesty International NZ The misery of indefinite detention in Papua New Guinea (PNG) is pushing increasing numbers of refugees and people seeking asylum to suicide attempts and self-harm, a new report by the Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA) and Amnesty International finds today. In the report, Until when? The forgotten men on Manus Island, […]
Read More →MIL-OSI New Zealand: Prime Minister welcomes state visit by Korean President Moon Jae-in
Source: New Zealand Government The President of the Republic of Korea Moon Jae-in will visit New Zealand from 2 to 4 December, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced today. “I am very much looking forward to welcoming President Moon to New Zealand,” said Jacinda Ardern. “I met with President Moon on the sidelines of the East Asia Summit […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Asia-Pacific: APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting and Other Events: Second Day[The Prime Minister in action]
Source: Government of Japan – Prime Minister Photograph of the leaders’ commemorative photograph session Photograph of the Prime Minister being welcomed by the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea Photograph of the Prime Minister being welcomed by the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea Photograph of the leaders’ commemorative photograph session Photograph of the leaders’ […]
Read More →MIL-Evening Report: Hundreds of protesting PNG police move in on Parliament over pay
By RNZ Pacific Hundreds of Papua New Guinea police have descended on Parliament Haus in the Port Moresby suburb of Waigani demanding payments they say they are owed for providing security at last weekend’s APEC leaders summit. RNZ Pacific’s correspondent in PNG, Melvin Levongo, said multiple police vehicles with armed police were involved. He said […]
Read More →MIL-Evening Report: Former PM Sir Mekere blasts ‘lavish staging’ and ‘ridicule’ of APEC
NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters announces a K22 million (NZ$10 million) aid project to help polio vaccination for Papua New Guineans at the St John Ambulance Operations Centre in Port Moresby. Video: EMTV News Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk A former prime minister has accused Papua New Guinea’s current leader Peter O’Neill of exposing the country […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Australia: Interview with Pat Karvelas, ABC Radio National
Source: Australian Government – Minister of Foreign Affairs PATRICIA KARVELAS: Tensions between the US and China boiled over at the weekend, derailing the APEC Leaders’ Summit in Papua New Guinea in spectacular fashion. A stinging speech by US Vice President Mike Pence accused China of drowning Pacific countries in debt and warned them to protect […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: Collected Department Releases: Deputy Secretary Sullivan’s Participation in the APEC-Pacific Islands Countries Leaders’ Informal Dialogue
Source: United States Department of State The below is attributable to Spokesperson Heather Nauert: Deputy Secretary of State John J. Sullivan met with Pacific Island and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders on November 17 in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. The discussion highlighted mechanisms for closer coordination between APEC and Pacific Island Countries (PICs) […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: Press Releases: Deputy Secretary Sullivan’s Participation in the APEC-Pacific Islands Countries Leaders’ Informal Dialogue
Source: United States Department of State The below is attributable to Spokesperson Heather Nauert: Deputy Secretary of State John J. Sullivan met with Pacific Island and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders on November 17 in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. The discussion highlighted mechanisms for closer coordination between APEC and Pacific Island Countries (PICs) […]
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