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Fair Recruitment Key to Sustainable Reintegration – Says Prime Minister Manele at PLMAM 2025 Opening
HONIARA, Solomon Islands – The Pacific Labour Mobility Annual Meeting (PLMAM) 2025 officially opened this morning in Honiara, Solomon Islands, bringing together Pacific labour mobility stakeholders from across the Pacific and beyond under the...
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Landslide kills 20 in Papua New Guinea village, many more missing
A catastrophic landslide has killed at least 20 people in Papua New Guinea's Enga province, with many others feared trapped beneath the debris. The disaster struck the small village of Kukas in the Minamb Valley overnight, according to reports...
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Climate Change Threatens Cambodia’s Hard-Won Progress Toward Malaria Elimination
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A malaria screening point at the Cambodian-Thai border in Pailin, before the border closure. Photo by Sonny Inbaraj Krishnan. PHNOM PENH— Cambodia, long hailed as one of Asia’s leading success stories in the fight against malaria, is facing a new...
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Australia and Papua New Guinea’s Historic Defense Pact Hinges on Implementation
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape at a press conference in Sydney, Australia, Dec. 12, 2024 (AP photo by Mark Baker). Last month, Australia and Papua New Guinea—the largest of the Pacific...
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Pacific Tourism Organisation and PNG Tourism Promotion Authority Release Papua New Guinea International Visitor Survey (IVS) Results for January–June 2025
The Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO), through its Pacific Tourism Data Initiative (PTDI) and in close collaboration with the Papua New Guinea Tourism Promotion Authority (TPA), has released the Papua New Guinea International Visitor Survey...
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Marape flies to Brazil to attend climate conference this morning
Prime Minister James Marape left Port Moresby early this morning to attend the COP 30 World Climate Conference in Belém, Brazil. Prime Minister Marape attended the conference to deliver Papua New Guinea’s position in the World COP 30. He will also...
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UNRE develops policies for safer, rigorous environment
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THE University of Natural Resources and Environment (UNRE) Council and management have developed 41 policies to foster a safer and more academically rigorous environment. University pro vice-chancellor in charge of Planning and Development Dr...
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Japanese investment in PNG picking up, presently at K3b
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JAPAN’s investment in Papua New Guinea is “gradually” picking up, with total investments around K3 billion, according to Investment Promotion Authority chairman Leon Buskens. Buskens told a business-to-business conference with Japnese investors in...
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Australia-Papua New Guinea defence pact: A new treaty for an old strategy
In January this year, I travelled through Papua New Guinea — from the bustling sprawl of Port Moresby to the misty, jungle-clad slopes of the Kokoda Trail. The landscape is stunning and solemn in equal measure. Every curve of the trail whispers of...
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Papua New Guinea’s population matters matter
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PRIME Minister James Marape let the cat out of the bag yesterday. He said the population of PNG, according to the Census count is 10.1 million. That is a relief. Guesstimates variously put the population at between 12 million and 17 million....
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‘The region needs to care about statistics’: Expert on tackling inequality through data
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The top statistics and planning minds of the Pacific are in Wellington this week for the seventh Heads of Planning and Statistics (HOPS) event, where they hope to approve new strategies to improve data collection in the region. Speaking to PMN...
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Singapore looking to buy technology-based carbon offsets, more nature-based carbon credits
SINGAPORE - Singapore on Oct 31 made its second bid to source for carbon credits globally, with the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) calling for proposals for credits from both nature-based and technological solutions. Such credits will help...
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Church brings vision, health and clean water to Papua New Guinea
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Digital Transformation, AI At Helm Of APEC Meet; Malaysia Highlights Moral, Environmental Risks Of Greater Adoption
From Nor Baizura Basri GYEONGJU (South Korea), Nov 1 (Bernama) -- Digital transformation and the acceleration of artificial intelligence (AI) adoption are at the helm of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting...
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In remote Papua New Guinea, Cluny Sisters provide education and health care
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When our congregation, the St. Joseph Sisters of Cluny, arrived in Papua New Guinea 54 years ago, our first mission was at Kanabea, one of the most remote regions of the country. Today, we are still here, engaged with the population of about 1,000...
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Digital transformation, AI at helm of APEC meet; Malaysia highlights moral, environmental risks
GYEONGJU: Digital transformation and the acceleration of artificial intelligence (AI) adoption were at the forefront of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting (AELM), as leaders deliberated on both challenges and...
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Rural Digital Resource Centres in East and West Sepik
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THE International Telecommunication Union (ITU), working under the EU-STREIT PNG Programme with the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), ran an advanced Training-of-Trainers (ToT) to support the effective operation and...
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Activists urge MACC to probe M'sian role in Papua New Guinea forest loss Qistina Nadia Dzulqarnain a few seconds ago
Environmental NGO RimbaWatch has urged the MACC to investigate the conduct of Malaysian companies involved in the allegedly non-sustainable logging of Papua New Guinea’s rainforests. Addressing a press conference today, RimbaWatch director Adam...
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Protesters accuse Malaysian firms of land grab in Papua New Guinea
Protesters accuse Malaysian firms of land grab in Papua New Guinea Published on: Tuesday, October 21, 2025 Published on: Tue, Oct 21, 2025 By: Rex Tan, FMT Text Size: Dark Mode: Off Participants at a press conference today urged Malaysian and...
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In Papua New Guinea, Young Chinese Migrants Begin a Quiet Second Act
When Fan Haoyu boarded a flight to Papua New Guinea in the summer of 2021, even the airline staff seemed confused. “Where is that country? People still go there?” one asked the passenger ahead of him. Fan just smiled and stepped forward. At 21,...
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