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- Suspected remains of WWII airman found dangling from trees in PNG
- SYDNEY AFP — Australia's military was Friday making plans to examine the suspected remains of a World War II airman found dangling from trees in a dense Papua New Guinea jungle, a spokesman told AFP. Hikers on the Kokoda Trail, where a bitter World War II battle was fought...
- Research articles 2008-08-28
- Suspected remains of WWII airman found dangling from tree in PNG
- SYDNEY AFP — Australia's military was Friday making plans to examine the suspected remains of a World War II airman found dangling from a canopy of trees in a Papua New Guinea jungle last week, a spokesman told AFP. Hikers on the Kokoda Trail, where a bitter World War...
- Research articles 2008-08-28
- Buffalo Triggers JV With Madison for Mt. Kare in PNG
- Brian McEwen, President and CEO of Buffalo Gold Ltd. ("Buffalo") (TSX VENTURE: BUF)(OTCBB: BYBUF)(FRANKFURT: B4K), announces that the Company has given notice to Madison Minerals Inc. ("Madison") (TSX VENTURE: MMR)(OTCBB: MMRSF) that they wish to trigger a joint venture at their Mr. Kare project in Papua New Guinea (See Buffalo...
- Research articles 2008-04-15
- Typhoid outbreak hits PNG schools: report
- PORT MORESBY AFP — Typhoid has hit schools in Papua New Guinea's rugged highlands with 172 students so far diagnosed with the disease, a report said Friday. The head of a hospital in the remote highland town of Wabag told The Post-Courier that so far the source of the...
- Research articles 2007-09-07
- AIDS victims 'buried alive' in PNG
- PORT MORESBY AFP — Some AIDS victims are being buried alive in Papua New Guinea by relatives who cannot look after them and fear becoming infected themselves, a health worker said Monday. Margaret Marabe, who spent five months carrying out an AIDS awareness campaign in the remote Southern Highlands...
- Research articles 2007-08-27
- PNG apologises for eating Fiji missionaries
- PORT MORESBY AFP — The descendants of cannibals who killed and ate four Fijian missionaries in 1878 have apologised for their forefathers' actions, the Australian Associated Press reported Thursday. Fiji's High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea, Ratu Isoa Tikoca, accepted the apologies at a reconciliation ceremony attended by thousands...
- Research articles 2007-08-16
- 'Witches' tortured over AIDS deaths in PNG
- MOUNT HAGEN, Papua New Guinea AFP — The way a woman walks can be a death sentence in Papua New Guinea, where the ancient world of witchcraft has collided brutally with the modern plague of AIDS. Women accused of being witches have been tortured and murdered by mobs holding...
- Research articles 2007-07-23
- 'Tough cookie' tames PNG's warriors
- MOUNT HAGEN, Papua New Guinea AFP — Captain Doctor Roselyn Wia describes herself as a tough cookie. She has to be: thousands of men from a male-dominated warrior tradition salute her and strip on her command. Wia, 32, is the only female doctor and one of just five women...
- Research articles 2007-07-11
- Quake measuring 6.7 hits PNG
- PORT MORESBY AFP — A strong earthquake packing a magnitude of 6.7 hit the Bougainville region of Papua New Guinea on Thursday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or a tsunami. The undersea quake struck 219 kilometres (136 miles) southwest of the town of Arawa, in the...
- Research articles 2007-06-27
- PNG business leaders tackle HIV crisis.
- Byline: Alexander Downer Feb 05, 2007 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- One of the great tragedies in Papua New Guinea PNG is the toll taken by HIV/AIDS. It is spreading in PNG and some 1 of the population, or 64,000...
- Research articles 2007-02-05
- [2316] Employees in PNG; early retirement scheme.
- Byline: Lisa Mak Jan 04, 2007 (Weekly Tax Bulletin - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Some Australian public servants and Federal Police who served in Papua New Guinea PNG have tax exempt entitlements. A 6 December 2006 ruling (2006/119) by the Australian Taxation...
- Research articles 2007-01-04
- Ex-US president Clinton made honorary Papua New Guinea chief
- SYDNEY AFP — Former US president Bill Clinton has been made an honorary chief of Papua New Guinea during a visit aimed at promoting the fight against AIDS in the stricken Pacific nation. The former leader flew into the capital Port Moresby at the weekend for a fleeting visit during...
- Research articles 2006-12-04
- Moderate quake shakes PNG
- SYDNEY AFP — An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 has struck Papua New Guinea's New Britian region, the US Geological Survey said. The tremor struck Friday at 8:13 pm (1013 GMT) 98 kilometres (61 miles) east-northeast of the city of Kandrian, New Britain, the service said. The earthquake originated...
- Research articles 2006-09-15
- Magnitude 6.8 earthquake hits PNG's Bougainville
- SYDNEY AFP — A magnitude 6.8 earthquake has hit the Papua New Guinea island of Bougainville late Friday but there were no immediate reports of damage. A Geoscience Australia spokeswoman said the quake hit about 1020 GMT some 60 kilometres (38 miles) south of the Bougainville town of Arawa at...
- Research articles 2006-09-01
- Papua New Guinea's whooping cough toll rises to 77
- SYDNEY AFP — The death toll from an outbreak of whooping cough in Papua New Guinea has reached 77 after the disease spread to a second province, a report said. The epidemic, which claimed 60 lives in East Sepik province earlier this month, has now killed 17 people in...
- Research articles 2006-06-27
- 60 deaths from whooping cough in PNG
- SYDNEY AFP — At least 60 people have died from whooping cough in northern Papua New Guinea amid fears the death toll could rise sharply as more cases are confirmed, a report said. Papua New Guinea's Post-Courier said a preliminary count in East Sepik province by Health Minister Sir...
- Research articles 2006-06-13
- ACCC authorises joint marketing of PNG gas.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-9 May 2006-ACCC: ACCC authorises joint marketing of PNG gasC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:09052006 The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has issued a determination authorising* the joint marketing in Australia of gas from the proposed Papua New Guinea Gas Project....
- Research articles 2006-05-09
- Volcano erupts on remote PNG island
- SYDNEY AFP — A volcano on the remote Papua New Guinea island of Manam has erupted and is spewing ash two kilometres (6,600 feet) into the air, raising safety concerns for nearby villagers. An official at PNG's Volcanological Observatory in Rabaul said the eruption began late Monday and was...
- Research articles 2006-02-28
- Corruption destroying largest Asia-Pacific forest
- SYDNEY AFP — Illegal logging and corruption in Papua New Guinea are destroying the largest remaining tract of primary tropical forest in the Asia-Pacific region, an environmental watchdog warned. Malaysian interests dominated the multi-million dollar logging industry while much of the timber was processed in China for consumption in...
- Research articles 2006-02-28
- PNG volcanic eruption wanes
- SYDNEY AFP — A volcano on the remote Papua New Guinea island of Manam was quieter after erupting for two days, officials said. "The strong phase of eruption from Southern Crater declined significantly," said a spokesman for the PNG Volcanological Observatory in Rabaul. "This morning it was seen...
- Research articles 2006-03-01
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