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Friday 23 October 2020
The region was voting on whether to become independent from Papua New Guinea.
The former Taoiseach is the chair of the Bougainville Referendum Commission.
Peter O’Neill described the charges as a “political move”.
The deaths happened in the Hela province in a three-day spasm of violence between rival tribes.
Australian police said the man was possibly armed with a crossbow.
This week, reporters found houses sit on stilts and the only bare-bones clinic has no modern medical equipment, a few rickety beds, and overwhelmed nurses struggling to cope.
Strict new coronavirus measures have come into effect – here’s what they mean for you.
Benedict Allen was travelling alone to try to find the reclusive Yaifo tribe when he went missing.
Benedict Allen was travelling alone to try to find the reclusive Yaifo tribe.
They won the equivalent of €47 million.
Jails in Papua New Guinea are often overcrowded and conditions are poor.
The perils of big words.
Asylum-seekers trying to reach Australia by boat are either sent back to where they departed from or transferred to Nauru and Manus.
Intercontinental Cup fixture against Papua New Guinea the next assignment on the path to Test cricket.
The region also experienced a 6.7 magnitude earthquake yesterday.
All of the news, none of the waiting.
The tournament sees them face sides including Samoa, Botswana, Papua New Guinea and Malaysia.
Check out the sonic boom.
The boy’s limbs were found inside the crocodile and his head was discovered nearby.
No Pacific-wide tsunami warning was issued.
Two guides were hacked to death during the shocking incident.
The brown and white shark pushes itself along the ocean floor, using its fins.
“Australians have had enough of seeing people drowning in the waters to our north,” said Australia Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.
Community leaders in the village in Papua New Guinea have protected the 18-year-old, saying the man deserved to die.
Villagers claimed 20-year-old killed a boy through witchcraft.
Authorities in Papau New Guinea have charged 29 people with the murders and cannibalism of seven suspected witch doctors.
It’s the first time the telecoms group has reached profits of this level. It operates across the Caribbean, Central America and the Pacific.
Rescuers continue to work to save the 350 people who were on board the vessel.
The plane crashed in a remote forest during a violent storm – four people survived.
Nine things you need to know by 9am: A massive tsunami hits Japan in the wake of the 7th largest earthquake ever recorded; the Pacific region is on high alert and the verdict’s in on the iPad2.
Tsunami warnings have been issued for multiple countries in the Pacific Rim. The Japanse Prime Minister confirmed that a nuclear power plant in the north has been closed down but declared the situation safe so far.
AMERICAN AUTHORITIES report that an earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter Scale has occurred just off the coast of Papua New Guinea, and about 600 miles from the north-east coast of Australia. A quake of such a scale would undoubtedly raise fears of a tsunami.
AS THE COUNTRY enters Level 5 restrictions for the next six weeks, we’ll all be finding different ways to occupy our time or take a break from work.
In April and May, many people put their trainers on and went for long walks, jogs or runs. Others took a dip in the sea.
With restrictions now in place, we want to know: Do you plan to exercise more over the next six weeks?
Poll Results:
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Lecturer Maeve O’Rourke analyses the government’s nine main arguments in relation to the Bill.
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