News & Events
Report – New Zealand High Commission, Port Moresby
COVID Situation 11 cases of the Delta variant have now been reported in Papua New Guinea. There are 94 known active cases of COVID from a cumulative total of 17,832 known cases. There have been 192 known COVID-related deaths. These numbers are likely to be...
COVID 19 Conspiracy Theories in the Pacific
As Papua New Guinea grappled with a monumental outbreak of Covid-19 last month, Prime Minister James Marape became the first person in the country to receive a dose of the vaccine, sent in an emergency shipment from Australia. Prior to receiving the jab he had told...
Vaccination Optional for Workers
PORT MORESBY, 27 MAY 2021 (THE NATIONAL) --- Employers have again been reminded that they should not force their workers to get the Covid-19 vaccine currently available around the country. The Covid-19 National Pandemic Response Controller David Manning said...
Pacer Plus Report
Report by Stephen Eagle What has happened so far? A recap: PACER is Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations and Plus is a signal that this agreement is going to address limitations of previous ones. It replaces SPARTECA (South Pacific Regional Trade and...
Michael Somare, Papua New Guinea’s 1st Prime Minister, dies aged 84
Michael Somare, a pivotal figure in Papua New Guinea’s independence and the new nation’s first prime minister, died Friday. He was 84. Somare was the South Pacific island nation’s longest-serving government leader after it became independent of Australia in 1975. He...
Managing Fiscal Challenges in Contemporary Papua New Guinea
On Wednesday 27 May 2020 hosted by the APNGBC, Professor Satish Chand gave an online presentation on "Managing Fiscal Challenges in Contemporary Papua New Guinea." We are pleased to be able to share his presentation with you. Abstract The rising budget deficits and...