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In 2019, the government budgeted special autonomy funds for Papua Province amounting to IDR 5.85 trillion and West Papua Province IDR 2.51 trillion [2] To accelerate development, the government also disbursed an Additional Infrastructure Fund (DTI) of Rp. 2.82 trillion for Papua and Rp. 1.44 trillion for West Papua in 2019. So that the total ...
The National Broadcasting Corporation of Papua New Guinea (NBC PNG) is Papua New Guinea's state owned broadcaster. Its head office is in Boroko, Port Moresby, and has approximately 20 locations around the country. It operates two national radio stations – NBC Radio (90.7 FM) which also broadcasts on the AM Frequency 585 MHz with Tribe 92FM ...
Map of Papua New Guinea Share of forest area in total land area, top countries (2021). Papua New Guinea has the eighth highest percentage of forest cover in the world. At 462,840 km 2 (178,704 sq mi), Papua New Guinea is the world's 54th-largest country and the third-largest island country. [14]
The Indonesian army issued a rare apology on Monday and said 13 soldiers had been arrested after a video emerged showing a man being tortured by troops in the country's Papua region, where armed ...
5 December 2021:TPNPB Ngalum Kupel under Lamek Taplo burned down SMAN 1 Oksibil in district Serambakom, Pegunungan Bintang. Around 235 students were unable to go to school as a result. The same group was trying to burn SMKN 1 Oksibil although managed to be stopped by security forces. A video implicating the group was uploaded online. [142] [143]
[2] 20 March – Richard Mendani becomes the first incumbent member of the National Parliament to die from COVID-19. [3] 30 March – Papua New Guinea begins a vaccination campaign against COVID-19 using the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine supplied from Australia. Prime Minister James Marape is the first person to receive a dose of the vaccine. [4]
The construction workers were building a part of the Trans Papua highway that aims to connect remote communities in Papua. [38] A few days after the incident, the OPM allegedly sent an open letter to Indonesian president Joko Widodo , demanding Papuan independence, rejecting central government infrastructure building projects, and demanding the ...
Pope Francis left Indonesia on Friday morning for Papua New Guinea, where the 87-year-old leader of the global Catholic Church will continue an ambitious 12-day tour across Southeast Asia and Oceania.