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Residents flee after Papua New Guinea volcano erupts

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 01 01:19 PM

Papua New Guinea's volatile Ulawun volcano erupted early Tuesday, sending a column of red lava shooting up into the sky and forcing the evacuation of recently returned residents. Read more »

Swiss to auction 25 super cars seized from E. Guinea leader's son

Agnès Pedrero, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 29 08:18 AM

A collection of luxury cars seized from Equatorial Guinea's vice president Teodorin Obiang Nguema will be auctioned off in Switzerland on Sunday and are estimated to bring in 18.5 million Swiss francs ($18.7 million). Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: August 19, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 20 12:23 AM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

'Free West Papua'

Aaron Favila, AP
Posted at Aug 19 03:51 PM

A Filipino protester holds a slogan with an image of the Morning Star flag of West Papua during a rally outside the Indonesian embassy at metropolitan Manila on Monday.  Read more »

Gunmen massacre 18, including children, in Papua New Guinea attack

Reuters
Posted at Jul 11 07:32 AM

SYDNEY - Gunmen have massacred as many as 18 people including women and children in a remote village in Papua New Guinea, apparently the latest victims of a tribal feud, and Prime Minister James Marape vowed on Wednesday to hunt down the killers.  Read more »

Phivolcs: M7.7 lindol sa Papua New Guinea, walang banta ng tsunami sa Pilipinas

Arra Perez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 14 10:53 PM

Walang banta ng tsunami sa Pilipinas, ayon sa Phivolcs, matapos yanigin ng magnitude 7.7 na lindol ang Papua New Guinea nitong Martes ng gabi. Read more »

Tsunami warning after strong quake off Papua New Guinea: USGS

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 14 09:50 PM

A strong 7.5 magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of Papua New Guinea on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said, with hazardous tsunami waves possible, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre. Read more »

No Pinoys hurt in Papua New Guinea magnitude-7.2 quake: DFA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 08 09:16 PM

No Filipinos were injured in the magnitude 7.2 earthquake that struck eastern Papua New Guinea on Tuesday morning. Read more »

7.2 quake hits Papua New Guinea, no early damage reports

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of May 07 07:48 AM

A powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake rocked Papua New Guinea on Tuesday at a depth of 127 kilometers (80 miles), officials said, although there were no immediate reports of damage.  Read more »

6.1-magnitude earthquake rocks Indonesia's Papua

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 16 09:05 PM

A 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit Papua, in eastern Indonesia Sunday, US seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued. Read more »

Papua New Guinea scrambles to vaccinate as polio returns

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 03 02:48 PM

MOUNT HAGEN - Decades after polio was eradicated from Papua New Guinea, the crippling and sometimes deadly disease has returned, leaving doctors scrambling to revive long-lapsed vaccination programs. Read more »

Planting rice is never fun

Jire Carreon, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 26 02:14 PM

Farmers along the Nueva Ecija-Aurora road take advantage of the good weather on Friday as they start land preparations for the next rice-planting cycle. Read more »

PNG police, soldiers storm parliament over unpaid APEC bonuses

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 20 03:11 PM

Papua New Guinea police and soldiers stormed the country's parliament Tuesday, assaulting staff, smashing windows and demanding unpaid APEC bonuses just days after the international summit wrapped up, police and witnesses said. Read more »

APEC leaders, bigong maglabas ng joint statement

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 16 12:40 PM

Sa kauna-unahang pagkakataon, hindi nagkasundo ang mga lider ng miyembrong bansa ng Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit sa paglalabas ng isang joint statement. Read more »

APEC fails to live up to its name amid US, China acrimony

Tom Westbrook and Charlotte Greenfield, Reuters
Posted at Nov 19 04:42 PM

PORT MORESBY - The C in APEC stands for Cooperation. But when the two biggest members are fighting a trade war and using the forum to attack each other's policies, it was always going to be hard work delivering on that. Read more »

Duterte back in PH after APEC summit in Papua New Guinea

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 19 01:14 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte is back in the country after attending the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Papua New Guinea. Read more »

Duterte, tinapos ang APEC Summit

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 08 04:11 PM

Tinapos din ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang mga pulong sa ikalawang araw ng APEC Summit sa Papua New Guinea sa kabila ng naunang pahayag ng Palasyo na hindi na siya makadadalo.  Read more »

PH to review loan deals with China after Pence's warning, says Finance chief

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 18 05:48 PM

The Philippine government will again review the loan agreement it plans to sign under China's Belt and Road initiative, following a warning issued by US Vice President Mike Pence. Read more »

Police called on diplomats as APEC summit tensions boil over

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 18 01:42 PM

The police were called when Chinese officials attempted to "barge" into the office of Papua New Guinea's foreign minister, it emerged Sunday, as APEC summit tensions boiled over. Read more »

PH, Papua New Guinea bolster trade ties with new committee

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 18 10:54 AM

The Philippines and Papua New Guinea have agreed to establish a committee that will set up a mechanism for improved economic cooperation.   Read more »