I don’t have live access to current news updates in this turn. If you’d like, I can summarize recent coverage if you can share a link you trust, or I can outline how to quickly check the latest PNG chiefs-related news.
Here are a few quick tips to get the latest:
- Check major Pacific-focused outlets (e.g., Loop PNG, PNGloop, TVWAN) and international wires (Reuters, AP) for recent developments involving PNG leadership, chiefs, or governance consultative processes.
- Search for recent statements or actions by PNG’s Chiefs or haus krai, and any recent policy announcements affecting customary leadership structures.
- Look for context around the Sepik or Highlands chiefs if your interest is tied to specific regions or customary authority.
If you want, tell me a region, event, or person (e.g., “haus tambaran chiefs in Sepik,” “Governor-General statements,” or “Chiefs’ protest against a project”), and I’ll tailor a concise update based on the latest publicly available information you provide. I can also assemble a brief briefing with key players, dates, and potential impacts once you confirm the focus.
Sources
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has congratulated Papua New Guinea on its climate leadership and praised the South Pacific nation for its role in initiating the International Court of…
www.the-independent.com17 June 2020 Chiefs from 28 *haus tambarans* – "spirit houses" – representing 78,000 people along Papua New Guinea's remote Sepik river have formally declared they want a proposal for the country's largest ever mine halted. … [...] Mine campaigner Emmanuel Peni told the Guardian PanAust had not been "honest or transparent" in its consultations with those who live in the Sepik river valley. [...] Peni, from Korogu village on the Sepik River, said the villages felt the need to make the...
www.business-humanrights.orgChief Ombudsman speaks to UPNG students, Gives update on Tkatchenko Issue and Defence Agreement Chief Ombudsman Richard Pagen and a team of senior officials met with the Students of the University of Papua New Guinea on 5 July 2023 at…
www.ombudsman.gov.pgBritain’s Prince Charles delighted locals in Papua New Guinea with a brief address in pidgin after inspecting a military parade on Sunday, as he and wife Camilla conduct a jubilee tour of the Pacific.
www.scmp.comPapua New Guinea, the resource-rich, volatile Pacific nation to Australia's north, is entering a fourth day of political chaos today, with two men vying to run the police force, two men – each with his own cabinet – claiming to be the prime minister, and a governor-general dumped for taking sides. Armed police patrolled the capital, Port Moresby, yesterday amid fears of civil unrest in a city notorious for its "raskol" gangs. One of the police commissioners, Tom Kulunga, called for calm as a...
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