Papua New Guinea News

Questions have been raised over the handling of a boxing bout that resulted in the death of Papua New Guinean boxer making his professional debut.

Warrant Officer Keith Gell, Royal New Zealand Air Force warrant officer of the air force , and Chief Master Sgt.

A nephew of Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Michael Somare is accused of pressuring remote villagers to sign away their land for carbon deals despite there being no carbon trade laws in place.

The hardest thing for families who lost relatives in the sinking of the Montevideo Maru during World War II was not knowing the fate of their loved ones.

Senior officials from Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands concluded their 3rd Joint Border Committee Meeting in Buka, Bougainville in Papua New Guinea last week.

Papua New Guinea's Office of Climate Change director Dr Theo Yasause has been suspended while an internal investigation of the office is carried out.

PAPUA New Guinean villagers have rescued a man attempting suicide at the bottom of a bush pit toilet, local media reports.

In malaria-endemic areas, vitamin A supplements - which cost about 2 U.S. cents each - can help reduce infections in children by one-third, according to a study published in the Malaria Journal, IRIN reports.

Papua New Guinea has pledged to strengthen and expand its military ties with China.

Thailand is worried about a swine flu outbreak on a naval base after seven cadets tested positive and 200 more fell ill, while three more American students visiting Cambodia were diagnosed with the disease.

An Indonesian soldier patrolling an area near the border with Papua New Guinea shot an inhabitant of Kibai, Keerom District, Papua, on Monday at 2 pm local time, Indonesia's Antara news agency reported.

A Tillsonburg resident is hoping she can make the difference to children of Papua New Guinea.

THREE Papua New Guineans were killed in Port Moresby after State of Origin football celebrations soured.

One of Italy's most wanted Mafia fugitives has been arrested in a police operation involving Venezuelan and Italian police and Interpol agents in Venezuela's capital Caracas, the city named murder capital of the world.

A magnitude 6.7 earthquake has hit off Papua New Guinea's island of New Ireland - but there are no immediate reports of damage.

Papua New Guinea's health minister suspects he picked up swine flu from attending the PNG Australia Ministerial Forum in Brisbane.

Police made the shocking discovery yesterday in Madang province, on PNG's northeastern coast, after residents reported that up to seven men had abducted the girl from the coastal village of Bogia.

SriLankan Airlines passengers transiting Colombo now have the opportunity of enjoying a mini-vacation basking on one of the island's famed golden beaches, with the airline extending its hotel accommodation service for transit passengers for up to 48 hours for a nominal fee.

A young girl wears a mask outside New York City's Elmhurst Hospital, where the emergency room was flooded by patients with flu-like symptoms on May 18, 2009.

Update: 2:25PM FORMER permanent secretary in the Fisheries Ministry Dr Niumaia Tabunakawai is Fiji's High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea.