Papua New Guinea (PNG) has, for a long time, struggled to maintain law and order within its borders...
Category - PNG
COVID-19 in PNG: the silent dead
Although only 65,000 suspect COVID-19 cases have been reported in Papua New Guinea over the last...
Ron May: first contact
Ron May has spent more than 50 years working in and on Papua New Guinea, including 32 years at The...
The role of the private sector in addressing family and sexual...
There is increasing evidence that the private sector can and should play a key role in responding...
University drinking: students’ perception on the zero tolerance...
In the first and second blogs of this series, I discussed students’ views on alcohol consumption...
PNG: parties need to do more to help women get elected
Female candidates are under-represented in parties at Papua New Guinean (PNG) elections. This is...
Kina’s Westpac offer finally rejected – what’s next?
This week, PNG’s Independent Consumer and Competition Commission (ICCC) rejected the acquisition of...
Kina devaluation revisited
It seems the push to devalue the kina continues unabated. Following earlier arguments for devaluing...
Should PNG abandon Limited Preferential Voting?
In early August, MP Nick Kuman sponsored a private member’s bill in Papua New Guinea’s parliament...
Does MP funding work (politically) in PNG?
In Papua New Guinea, District Services Improvement Program (DSIP) funding, given to 89 MPs...