Papua New Guinea

The parliamentary opposition is planning for a vote of no-confidence against prime minister Peter O'Neill early next month.

The capital of Papua New Guinea's Chimbu province, Kundiawa, is back to normal after a lock-down over an election issue.

Landowners on Papua New Guinea's Lihir island want compensation for a mining company's use of water from Londolovit river.

A huge copper and gold mining project being developed in Morobe Province in Papua New Guinea has been shut down.

Heavy flooding in Papua New Guinea's Central province has killed nine people.

Papua New Guinea's shadow justice minister Kerenga Kua says MPs must put more effort into grappling with implications of the Bougainville referendum.

The Catholic Archbishop of Rabaul in Papua New Guinea says people need to use land in a respectful manner, consistent with the 'group ethic' of Melanesian society.

The Papua New Guinea District Court at Waigani has dismissed a criminal charge against the NASFUND chief investment officer, David Brown.

The offices of Papua New Guinea's Department of Petroleum and Energy have been condemned and ordered to close immediately.

Most undergraduate students at Papua New Guinea's biggest university face a 29 percent fee hike this year.

Papua New Guinea's Rabaul Volcano Observatory is highlighting the challenges in getting warnings through to affected communities.

PNG's Deputy Prime Minister has proposed a joint PNG-Australia coastguard policing initiative to curb sea piracy and drug and arms smuggling.

A PNG landowners group in Bougainville says it's still committed to working with Australian mining developer RTG on a possible re-opening of the Panguna mine.

People on Papua New Guinea's remote Manam Island are being warned to avoid valleys after Tuesday's volcanic eruption.

PNG opposition MP, Kerenga Kua, says the country's fraud squad will not be properly funded until Peter O'Neill is removed as PM.

Police brutality tops the list of offences that have seen the Papua New Guinea state face $US38 million worth of litigation.

Cash incentives for police in Papua New Guinea will not be allowed, the country's police chief says.

Twenty-eight families whose houses were destroyed by police personnel in Hobu Village in Morobe Province in Papua New Guinea have been given materials to rebuild the homes.

Papua New Guinea's capital city is set to experience a new campaign to deter petty crime.

Papua New Guinea police have arrested two Chinese men for allegedly illegally selling beer in Port Moresby.