Bulolo district, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.
Photo: RNZ / Johnny Blades
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Post Courier reports the five were part of a family of alluvial miners swept away by a landslide that triggered flooding of the Vibo River.
A district administrator said bodies of three adults and two children were retrieved from the disaster area after being swept away by the flood and debris.
The incident happened last week.
A search is ongoing for three more people who had also been swept away.
A search and rescue team has been joined by local villagers and Morobe province disaster officials.
The Bulolo MP Sam Basil has been on hand to help deliver relief supplies and coffins for the bodies.
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2021-01-15 09:37:12 GMT2021-01-15 17:37:12(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
SYDNEY, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) Businesses and residents in Papua New Guinea s (PNG) second-biggest city Lae are suffering from the blackout on a daily basis because of the nation s unstable power supply, local newspaper Post Courier reported on Thursday.
Local businesses complained the electricity cost was already high in the city and the continuous blackouts added even more burden on them as they had to buy a power generator as a standby power source.
A long-time businessman and owner of a motorist retail shop in Lae called PNG authorities to relax the current power regulations so the alternative energy sources, like solar power, can be legally adopted by the local businesses to address the electricity outage issue.
1 January 2021
Author: Ronald May, ANU
As 2020 began, Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) Prime Minister James Marape appeared to be in a strong position to pursue his vision of improved governance and better returns from foreign investment in big resource projects.
He had consolidated his position by late 2019 by attracting leading members of the opposition into government, and membership was growing in the Pangu Pati of which he had become parliamentary leader. But a myriad of political, health and economic challenges would soon threaten his leadership.
The onset of the pandemic was seen as a serious threat. Funding shortages and poor governance undermined the capacity of the health sector to deliver critical services. But PNG weathered the pandemic well, having recorded only 760 cases and 8 deaths as of 19 December. The government was assisted by aid from Australia and China, and by US$364 million in emergency funding from the IMF to address balance of payments issues.
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