Oceania Papua New Guinea As Pope Francis prepares to visit Papua New Guinea in September, the Superior General of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart said he will find "a Church with a strong practice of faith, but in the style of Papua New Guinea"
Oceania Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea's national statistician, John Igitoi, has assured the public that the data collected with tablets in the ongoing digital census will be secure and confidential, after all measures have been taken
Oceania Papua New Guinea Wood has secured a contract worth $18 million from the Newmont mining company to upgrade the Lihir gold mine in Papua New Guinea, with projects focusing on maintenance and improving the condition and performance of the plant
Oceania Papua New Guinea Two weeks after the landslide in Yambali village, humanitarian assistance is still hampered by lack of access to roads, tensions between tribes and new evacuation orders; 670 people at least are considered missing
Oceania Papua New Guinea More than a hundred people died in a landslide that swept through the village of Kaokalam in Enga province, north-west of the capital Port Moresby
Oceania Papua New Guinea New police barracks will be built across the country with the help of Australia to strengthen law and order stories; construction of the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary's new barracks in Mt Hagen recently began
Oceania Papua New Guinea Ok Tedi Mining Limited announced the renewal of its special mining lease, securing an additional 20-year operation period, from 2022 to 2042
Oceania Papua New Guinea The Anti-Terrorism Bill is ready for parliamentary debate, confirmed the Commissioner of the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary, after a drafting process to ensure alignment with existing laws and the national Constitution
Oceania Papua New Guinea The Papua New Guinea Chamber of Commerce and Industry has sounded the alarm over the proposed National Gold Corporation bill, warning that it could cripple the mining sector and the nation's overall economy
Oceania Papua New Guinea The US offered $900.000 in emergency aid for communities devastated at the end of March by earthquake and floods in the East Sepik and Highlands regions
Oceania Papua New Guinea A woman and her daughter lost their lives and more than 1.000 homes have been reduced to rubble following a 6,9-magnitude earthquake that struck parts of East Sepik; government allocated 500 million kina (around 130.000.000 US$) for relief nationwide
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG was listed as a very high-risk destination for security in a recent report by the Tourism Promotion Authority, with particular emphasis on concerns for travelers from the United States, Australia and China
Oceania Papua New Guinea The International Monetary Fund re-established a resident mission in Papua New Guinea, ending an absence of more than two decades from a Pacific island country with which it has had stormy relations