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PM Marape addresses PNG National Day at Osaka World Expo
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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July 21, 2025
Prime Minister, Hon. James Marape this morning officiated at the PNG National Day at the 2025 World Expo in Osaka where he underscored the close, enduring 51-year-old bilateral partnership of Papua New Guinea and Japan. At the National Day Grand...
Australia, UK Sign Landmark Defense Deal
The Diplomat
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July 28, 2025
Last week, Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Richard Marles hosted their counterparts from the United Kingdom for the AUKMIN discussions. These now annual talks have become more critical to...
Rising risks: What’s driving violence against Pacific children
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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July 20, 2025
BY Betty Barkha Children across the Pacific are facing escalating risks to their safety and wellbeing. Research from Save the Children reveals that violence against children is on the rise across five Pacific Island countries — Fiji, Vanuatu,...
Government pushes to revive agricultural research as sector targets K30 billion by 2030
NBC PNG
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Members of the NARS Technical Working Group (Image: Supplied) The Papua New Guinea government is ramping up efforts to revive agricultural research and development, identifying it as a critical pillar to drive the agriculture sector’s ambitious...
Gap between oral health and services
The National
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DENTAL health is a critical component of overall wellbeing, yet access to oral care services remains a challenge for many Papua New Guineans. In Papua New Guinea, inadequate access to dental services, limited oral health infrastructure, and a lack...
How Biden Could Restrict Fossil Fuel Financing and Make It Trump-Proof
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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Los Angeles, CA (Capital & Main) Welcome to "Feet to the Fire: Big Oil and the Climate Crisis," a newsletter in which we share our latest reporting on how the fossil fuel industry drives climate change and influences climate policy in five of the...
Mansfield entrepreneur hopes 'food forests' could combat hunger in Richland County
WVXU News - Ohio
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July 28, 2025
Mansfield's Liberty Park dates back to the 1930s, when residents raised the money to buy 24 acres with a small creek on the city's Northeast Side, according to Richland County archives. After years of decline, the park is now seeing a revival —...
PNG Resources Week Golf Challenge to drive lifesaving impact
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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July 21, 2025
The greens of the Royal Port Moresby Golf Course will come alive on Friday, July 25, 2025, as the PNG Resources Week Charity Golf Challenge begins with a powerful mission: to raise funds for hospitals and health facilities across Papua New Guinea....
Oz Forensics refreshes biometric PAD compliance with high accuracy in BixeLab test
Biometric Update
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July 28, 2025
Oz Forensics has renewed its compliance confirmation for the ISO/IEC 30107-3 Biometric presentation attack detection (PAD) standard, both Levels 1 and 2, in testing by Australia’s BixeLab. The compliance test was performed with Oz Forensics SDK...
‘Be prepared for demands of service’
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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July 21, 2025
MORE than 100 Papua New Guinea Defence Force recruits passed out last Friday at Goldie Barracks, Port Moresby. After three months of physical, mental and emotional training, the PNGDF graduated 154 soldiers including 8 females. Deputy Chief of...
These are all the countries currently on the Foreign Office ‘do not travel’ list
The Independent
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July 25, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
PACER Plus: NZ backs Fiji’s ambitious push for membership
Pacific Media Network
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New Zealand is ramping up its support for Fiji’s inclusion in the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) Plus. PACER Plus is a trade and development agreement between Australia, New Zealand, and eight Pacific Island countries,...
ISLANDS PETROLEUM’S COLOUR RUN UNITES POM FOR LIFESAVING CAUSE
PNG Haus Bung
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July 28, 2025
A wave of white t-shirts, bright colors, and boundless energy filled the streets of Port Moresby as the Islands Petroleum Charity Colour Run 2025 brought together people from all walks of life to support the Port Moresby General Hospital. Themed...
PM Marape Praises New Porgera Performance, Urges Enga to End Violence and Protect Infrastructure
PNG Business News
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Prime Minister James Marape has praised New Porgera Ltd. (NPL) for its strong performance in the second quarter of 2025, while calling on the people of Enga Province to end violence, protect public infrastructure and commit to peace and...
Andrew Abel induced as CBE by Her Royal Highness for surfing tourism in PNG
NBC PNG
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Andrew Abel CMG CSM ML. (Image: Business Advantage) A very proud day for a very proud and patriotic Papua New Guinean, Andrew Abel CMG CSM ML on being inducted as a Commander of the British Empire at Windsor Castle by Her Royal Highness, Princess...
Pacific news in brief for 28 July
RNZ
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July 27, 2025
Test for leptospirosis in laboratory, conceptual image. Photo: DIGICOMPHOTO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRA/FCA/Science Photo Libraray via AFP American Samoa - health American Samoa's Department of Health is warning about the risk of leptospirosis after...
New Guardian-class patrol boat: a welcome asset to tackle illegal fishing in Solomon Islands
Pacific News Service
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Tackling illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing is often a challenge for countries in the Pacific due to many reasons. Unavailability of maritime assets is one. On Monday, 28 June 2021, Solomon Islands officially took ownership of a...
COCA COLA FOUNDATIONS SUPPORTS WASH PROGRAM IN ESP
PNG Haus Bung
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July 27, 2025
People accessing health facilities in the East Sepik Province (ESP) can expect access to clean water and sanitation thanks to the continuous support from the Coca Cola Foundation, supporting the WaSH (water, sanitation, and hygiene) programmes in...
UK delivers AUKUS reassurance in the face of US review
Crikey
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July 27, 2025
UK BOOSTS AUKUS AS ALBO WAVERS ON PALESTINE Top UK security officials have used the ongoing Exercise Talisman Sabre to declare AUKUS nuclear submarines and other military technology are the “bedrocks” of the country’s relationship with Australia,...
Trump’s revival of WWII era alien registration law sparks privacy, legal battles
Biometric Update
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July 28, 2025
The Trump administration’s unexpected reactivation of a forgotten wartime law requiring noncitizens to register with the U.S. government and carry registration documents has launched intense controversy. What began as a little‑known provision from...