Michael Somare News

Leader of the Opposition Sir Mekere Morauta [pictured] has renewed his challenge to Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare to inform Papua New Guineans for which forest areas he co-signed carbon credit certificates in favour of an Australian-based company Climate Assist last year.

Runaway former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, was reportedly in Papua New Guinea at the weekend, Australia Network News reported Monday.

HONIARA a ' The University of Papua New Guinea Open Campus in Honiara, which is gaining popularity among Solomon Islanders seeking further education, will launch its programs today.

HONIARA : The Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, Sir Michael Somare, has called on Pacific Islands Forum countries - particularly Australia and New Zealand - to treat Fiji more leniently.

Fiji's Melanesian neighbours will work to end opposition by Australia and New Zealand to the current Fiji government.

THE biography of the late statesman, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, is a story about a man walking a political tightrope for most of his life when he would rather have been a medical man.

Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, Sir Michael Somare while launching the book " Tuimacilai " a biography of the late Tui Nayau and Former President of Fiji, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara often wondered if the political challenges in Fiji now would be emphasised if Tui Nayau was still active in the political arena.

Three Prime Ministers from the region will be in Suva tomorrow for the launch of a major biography of Fiji's late founding father, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara.

Papua New Guinea prime minister Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare will make an official visit to Solomon Islands from the 12 to 14th of this month, October.

REDD Copenhagen Countdown - North-South Agreement in Place, Immediate Need for Countries' Financial Commitment & Higher Targets by Federica Bietta, Coalition for Rainforest Nations photo: tommorphy via flickr.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's remarks at the High-level Event on REDD in New York, today, 23 September: Welcome to this High-level Event.

PORT MORESBY : Civil Aviation, Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Charles Abel has lashed out at a press report for "getting it all wrong" and urged the media to get its facts right prior to publishing.

Monday, 7 September 2009, 3:51 pm Press Release: Government of Papua New Guinea Somare pledges ongoing PNG commitment to RAMSI Submitted Fri, 04/09/2009 - 2:29pm Friday 4 September 2009 The Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, Sir Michael Somare, has pledged PNG's ongoing support for the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands .

InterOil Corporation today confirmed that it and its joint venture partners, Petromin PNG Holdings Limited and Pacific LNG Operations Ltd., have submitted a project agreement to the government of Papua New Guinea for the construction of a proposed liquefied natural gas plant in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.

F IVE years ago Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister, Michael Somare, was facing a no-confidence motion in Parliament.

THE stage was set at the Bali climate change conference 18 months ago to propel Kevin Rudd to the front ranks of global environmental heroes.

Kirk Roberts at the signing of a forestry agreement at Mt Hagen. AN AUSTRALIAN company has been swept up in a $100 million carbon trading scandal in Papua New Guinea.

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Michael Somare and New Zealand Prime Minister John Key wave while wearing the official light blue shirt before the start of the leaders' retreat at the 40th Pacific Islands Forum summit in Cairns.

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Michael Somare and New Zealand Prime Minister John Key wave while wearing the official light blue shirt before the start of the leaders' retreat at the 40th Pacific Islands Forum summit in Cairns.

There have been calls in PNG for Sir Michael Somare to resign as prime minister because a oehe is too old to run the countrya and because he has allegedly not addressed the severe increase in HIV/AIDS. Chairman of the Parliamentary committee on HIV/AIDS, Jamie Maxtone-Graham MP, says there are more than 130,000 people living with HIV/AIDS and that ...