Works Officers learn About Disaster Reduction equipment
The Department of Works began its week’s training on how to operate and maintain Japanese Disaster Reduction equipment in Lae today. Twenty-five employees from the...
Category : Papua New Guinea
Malalaua Station Flooded
The Malalaua Station in the Gulf Province has been underwater leaving people distraught with houses flooded and food gardens destroyed. This comes after the continuous...
Forum aims to create Policy, addressing Rights for Internally Displaced Persons in PNG
The National Land and Property Rights Forum was aimed at creating a collective approach towards policy setting to address the growing issue of IDPs in...
PNG expecting a visit from YWAM’s medical ship ‘Ruach’
Image: YWAM Ships Newcastle Papua New Guinea will be expecting a medical ship along its coasts soon after the vessel undergoes some minor modifications in...
Climate Change and Development Authority: Building community resilience in PNG
Building community resilience is now an important task in terms of the ever so common talks of ‘climate change’ effects. The aim of resilience is...
PNG’s food crisis among unreported humanitarian disasters of 2016
The effects of the El Nino affected many communities causing droughts and frosts in what was stated as the worst the country has experienced in...
Powerful quake strikes off PNG, initial tsunami alert wound back
Image source: Follow Green Living By Harry Pearl SYDNEY (Reuters) – An 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck off Papua New Guinea (PNG) on Sunday, triggering a...
Sports Minister on Completion of Sir Hubert Murray Stadium
The K40m construction of the Sir Hubert Murray Stadium that has been stagnant for quite some time now, may see its completion at the end...
More rain for PNG could mean more potential disasters waiting to strike
In the past few days, PNG has seen this ‘disaster triggering disaster’ effect in play with major flooding in many centres across the country; that...
Residents Stress on The Environmental Impacts Experienced
The La Niña, or heavy rainfall, in the Western Pacific has brought about severe damages to the environment. In the past days, PNG has experienced...