6th Pacific Regional Energy and Transport Ministers Meeting PRETMM will start tomorrow in Port Moresby and run to 8 May under the theme “Scaling Connectivity for a Prosperous Blue Pacific”, focused on connectivity and sustainability across island nations

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  Machetes and axes are now banned in public, following a court order that also prohibits building roadblocks in an area of Enga province were tribal fights plague the life of communities; the judge cited fundamental constitutional rights to issue the ban

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  Evictions could violate human rights: this is the concern expressed by the head of PNG Church, Sir John Cardinal Ribat, who warns against evictions that don't follow proper procedures, leaving families homeless

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  Considering conditions at Baisu Prison " a breach of the Constitution", Judge Graham Ellis ordered the Correctional Services to report within June 2026 the full extent of conditions of the 21 prisons and 7 lock-ups in Papua New Guinea

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  Papua New Guinea

  Protests in Bomana prison resulted in a number of inmates requiring medical attention and two needing first aid care in Port Moresby; the detained were asking better health care services after the death of an inmate allegedly denied medical attention

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