Oceania Papua New Guinea The pervasive levels of violence in Papua New Guinea have become the priority of the Institute of National Affairs: executive director Paul Barker said that alongside increasing the number of police, the wider community must be taken in
Oceania Papua New Guinea Bryan Chan Pokiton, from the Institute of Business Studies University in Boroko, has been selected as Pacific regional representative at the Commonwealth Student Association, and will soon join the upcoming meeting of fellow young leaders in London
Oceania Papua New Guinea 40 luxury Maserati cars, controversially brought to PNG for the APEC Leaders' Summit in 2018, are lying in a shed, uninsured, losing value and exposing the State to risk of loss for fire or theft; a new physical assessment of their condition is due soon
Oceania Papua New Guinea About 80-100 million Kina, 1,6 to 2 million euros, has been cashed in Milne Bay in the las beech-de-mer (sea cucumber) season; Alotau chamber of commerce and industry said the money has directly benefitted coastal villages across outer islands and atolls
Oceania Papua New Guinea A fire destroyed a commercial building housing a number of businesses in Mendi, southern highlands; started at the generator house after a power failure, it was fought by local boys with buckets, lacking fire brigade service and water tankers