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Papua New Guinea National Executive Council has approved US$81 million for Covid-19 expenditures in the country.

Papua New Guinea has banned the sale of alcohol on weekends because of an increase in violence since lockdown measures were eased.

The controller of PNG's Covid-19 State of Emergency says the government remains committed to making sure every citizen stranded overseas is safely brought home.

The Bougainville Government says it will be late next year before a document on the referendum goes before the Papua New Guinea parliament.

A woman in Papua New Guinea was given 12 years jail this week for the murder of her husband's mistress.

The Papua New Guinea Football Association is awaiting a cash injection from FIFA and Oceania Football as it attempts to navigate "the new normal" created by Covid-19.

Papua New Guinea's acting health secretary is asking people not stigmatise victims of Covid-19.

Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister has confirmed that there are now five new cases of Covid-19 in the country.

The Chimbu provincial government in Papua New Guinea says it will do what it can to help villagers displaced by a deadly landslide.

The governor of Papua New Guinea's East New Britain province says police will enforce lockdown measures in several wards where a confirmed covid-19 case has been present.

An opportunity to compete in PNG's local domestic rugby league competition, the Digicel Cup, is on the cards for the PNG Hunters after the Queensland-based Intrust Super Cup competition was cancelled…

Police in Papua New Guinea have arrested nine alleged illegal border crossers and quarantined them in Vanimo.

More refugees detained on Manus Island and Nauru have been moved to an Australian hotel amid calls for their release to protect them from Covid-19.

Papua New Guinea's agriculture minister has confirmed an outbreak of African Swine Fever in several Highlands provinces.

Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister says the same systems that helped keep Polio at bay last year have been activated to deal with the threat of Covid-19.

Papua New Guinea's government says it's taking steps to protect the country's health system from being undermined by covid-19.

Papua New Guinea's government says the biggest issue it's facing now in the response to the Covid-19 pandemic is a lack of testing.

An aircraft carrying 13 passengers in Papua New Guinea was directed to return to Port Moresby by the Covid-19 Joint Task Force for breaching quarantine protocols.

Papua New Guinea police will play a lead role in a joint task force being established to co-ordinate the country's response to the coronavirus pandemic.