PNG stories with context.
Culture, policy, and lived experience — beyond headlines.
PNG stories with context.
Culture, policy, and lived experience — beyond headlines.
When Papua New Guinea’s National Executive Council endorsed Decision 41/95 in the mid-1990s, the policy was promoted as a modern approach to infrastructure delivery — one that would move the country away from government-run construction and toward a private-sector model. […]
Papua New Guinea’s 2026 National Budget lands at a moment in the country’s political cycle — one year out from the next national elections and in the middle of an escalating law-and-order crisis that has tested the capacity of the […]
For Papua New Guinea’s vocal community of digital creators, the dream of earning a living from online content has long been met with a harsh reality: a lack of direct monetization pathways. While creators in other parts of the world […]
Senior public servants and members of community based organizations have highlighted the need for greater transparency at the lower government levels saying political influence is a major contributing factor to the opacity. Over two days in Lae, community input was […]
Civil society organizations attending an Open Government Partnership consultation in Lae have highlighted the need for active participation in ensuring transparency especially as we approach the 50th year as an independent nation. For many, empowering citizens to demand accountability is […]
Papua New Guinea’s declaration of a National HIV crisis is more than a policy announcement. It is a recognition of a dangerous resurgence of infections and a warning that the country’s already-strained systems are about to come under even greater […]
The PNG government has just declared a National HIV Crisis because the numbers have risen alarmingly. We’re talking about a sharp increase in HIV cases since 2010, with roughly 30 new infections happening every single day in 2024, totaling about […]
Angela Apa, who heads an organization called Kup Women for Peace (KWP), spearheads a powerful movement for change in Papua New Guinea’s Simbu Province. For 25 years, this women-led organization has been a beacon of hope, working tirelessly to address […]
How you are reading this sentence — whether from a social media link or directly on a news website — may determine how much you trust it. According to an annual global study of news habits, it is most likely […]
The Papua New Guinea Highlands, a region celebrated for its stunning natural beauty, is increasingly overshadowed by the escalating threat of small arms violence. This isn’t the tribal warfare of old, fought with bows and arrows under unwritten rules. This […]
