Papua New Guinea News

June 18, Colombo: Analysis of rice samples from various fields in Sri Lanka have shown that rice grown locally in Sri Lanka does not contain any abnormal levels of cadmium, the Minister of Agriculture Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena assured today.

The Sydney Morning Herald's literary editor explains why she agrees with the judges of the nation's most prestigious fiction award.

According to the Mail Online on Sunday, a daughter in the highlands of Papua New Guinea cut her fathers head off after he raped her in their home.

GUIDED TOUR: Bowral Art Society's Fiona Fudge, back to camera, gave Narooma arts representatives a guided tour.

Many people still believe the Tasmanian tiger survives in the wilds of Tasmania, even though the species was declared extinct over eighty years ago.

A native of South Africa, Jane Coxwell left culinary school and embarked on her journey as a personal chef at just 22. For the past decade, she's traveled to the far reaches of the globe from Southeast Asia and New Zealand to Papua New Guinea and Central America.

BRITISH DOCUMENTARY PRODUCER Ross Kemp was held at gunpoint by a gang while filming the new series of his documentary show Extreme World in Papua New Guinea.

South Africa's Harmony Gold said on Tuesday it expected to write down a portion of the carrying value of its Hidden Valley mine in Papua New Guinea because of lower gold and silver prices and poor performance.

WHEN ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED writers in Papua New Guinea urges rationality and steadiness on the Bougainville issue , it behoves the rest of us to listen.

The Melanesian Spearhead Group will send a mission to Jakarta and Jayapura later this year, to discuss the issue of West Papua with the Government of Indonesia.

Indonesia and Papua New Guinea have agreed to increase bilateral cooperation, the two countries` heads of state said ahead of their meeting here on Monday.

The United Nations refugee agency Monday said it was concerned by the at times "mean-spirited" debate about asylum-seekers in Australia, along with the country's increasingly restrictive policies for those arriving by boat.

FOLLOWING WORLDWIDE OUTRAGE over a spate of brutal sorcery-related murders in Papua New Guinea, the government has rolled out a new hard-line approach to spiralling crime.

A Company in China has been graced with the rights to ply its fishing vessels with the flag of the genocidal State in Sri Lanka and to use the facilities of the Dikovita fishing harbour.

Understanding the dimensions and mechanics of the Bible is far crucial in understanding of the Bible itself.

Lawyers Datuk Seri M.Kayveas and his diplomat wife lost their appeal at the Federal Court here today to set aside an Advocates and Solicitors Disciplinary Board's decision which found them guilty of misconduct and fined them RM5,000 each.

The Manager of the United Nations Development Programme's Pacific Centre Garry Wiseman made these comments at the opening of a workshop aimed at improving the skills of journalists to increase public awareness on housing rights and urbanization in Melanesia.

THIS DISCUSSION PAPER has been developed for the purposes of engaging Papua New Guineans in the government's development of a dedicated anti-corruption agency .

APPARENTLY THERE is a lot of misunderstanding, confusion and misconception, especially among Bougainvilleans, on the factors that became the impetus for the Panguna copper mine conflict.

Police are investigating an attempted home invasion and robbery Friday night at a private Southern Highlands home.