Governor-General Sir Paulias Matane

A favourite pastime in Papua New Guineans chewing betel nut is to be banned on its streets.  

PAPUA New Guinea police branded as "barbaric" the murder of a woman burnt alive after being blindfolded and gagged with her limbs lashed to a pole. The body of the woman, believed aged between 16 and 20, was found on a rubbish tip at Mt Hagen on ...  

Celtic Crusaders have joined the growing number of British clubs to recruit players from Papua New Guinea's World Cup squad, by signing the forward Jason ...  

The Globe and Mail looks at China’s influence in Papua New Guinea. From the article’s introduction: As he completes nearly seven years as The Globe and Mail’s Beijing bureau chief, Geoffrey York says the most striking change is the boom in Chinese trade, aid and influence around the world...  

Sydney - A young woman in Papua New Guinea was stripped and lashed to a pole before being burned alive, news reports from Port Moresby said Wednesday. Locals said the body of the teenager was found smoldering at a rubbish dump in Mt Hagen on Monday ...  

As he completes nearly seven years as The Globe and Mail's Beijing bureau chief, Geoffrey York says the most striking change is the boom in Chinese trade, aid and influence around the world. A visit to a mine in Papua New Guinea illustrates his point  

A young Papua New Guinea woman was lashed naked to a pole and burnt to death in what authorities fear may be another sorcery killing in the jungle interior of the country, local media reported. Black magic is still practised in the highlands of Papua ...  

This past October I participated in a 2-day Mobile Money Summit in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.  

Asia News INDONESIA Earthquake in West Papua: initial tally is 4 dead, 34 injured indonesia west papua new guinea earthquake dead injured aid operations aftershocks building collapse tsunami Thousands of refugees have abandoned their homes out of ...  

MADANG, PAPUA NEW GUINEA -- When Chinese engineers landed in Papua New Guinea in 2006 to inspect their latest mineral acquisition, they faced an arduous journey through the tropical wilderness. They drove over crumbling roads to the Ramu River, then ...  

The graves of several WWII-era Republic of China soldiers have been discovered in Papua New Guinea, 60 years after the end of the war. ...  

22 December 2008 – A five-member United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination ( UNDAC ) team has arrived in Papua New Guinea to help identify the aid needs of some 32,000 victims of severe sea swells that hit a wide extent of the northern ...  

PORT MORESEBY, 22 December 2008 (PlusNews) - How do you roll out an effective HIV prevention programme in Papua New Guinea (PNG) where 800 languages are ...  

Constantinou was Cyprus’ Honorary Consul at Papua New Guinea. He had moved to PNG from Cyprus in the 1950s and established one of the most successful ...  

Courthouse News: "A divided 9th Circuit ruled that US courts might not be the right venue for Papua New Guinea residents to litigate their claims that ...