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The Australian Government announced Thursday it will provide a further two million Australian dollars ($1.3 million) to support reconstruction efforts in the region of last month’s major ...
SYDNEY (Reuters) -More than 300 people and over 1,100 houses were buried by a massive landslide that levelled a remote village in northern Papua New Guinea, local media reported on Saturday.
The 2024 Papua New Guinean unrest occurred on 10 January 2024 in Papua New Guinea's capital Port Moresby, later spreading to Lae and other cities. The unrest began following protests by security officers due to a sudden reduction in their salaries and prime minister James Marape's tax deduction announcement which was later retracted.
The UN migration agency of Papua New Guinea's Serhan Aktoprak reported that the landslide engulfed and blocked three streams located near the villages affected, soaking the ground even more and increasing the risk of future landslides in the recovery area. [63] According to ABC News, only helicopters could access Kaokalam. [20]
6–9 September – Pope Francis conducts the first papal visit to Papua New Guinea since 1995. [12] 12 September – Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea James Marape survives a vote of no confidence in the National Parliament. [13] 17 September – At least 35 people are killed in intertribal clashes near the Porgera Gold Mine in Enga Province ...
22 May – Papua New Guinea and the United States will sign a security pact today that will see U.S. troops stationed in the country in the largest American presence there since the Second World War. [5] 29 August – The Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea James Marape announces that his country will open their Israel embassy in disputed ...
The earthquake had a focal mechanism corresponding to a dip-slip fault. [4] The United States Geological Survey reported that the earthquake's magnitude was M ww 7.0, [2] while GEOSCOPE reported the earthquake as M w 7.2 at a depth of 39 km (24 mi), [4] while the GCMT reported the event as M w 7.1. [1]
The Papua New Guinea Post-Courier is a newspaper based in Konedobu, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. [1]It was established on 30 June 1969. Its parent company, The Herald and Weekly Times (later purchased by News Corp Australia), had acquired what had then been the two main newspapers in Papua New Guinea, the three-days-a-week South Pacific Post and the twice-weekly New Guinea Times Courier ...