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People Daily (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Derek Sikua said threats to suspend Fiji from the Pacific Islands Forum were supported by all the island countries, Radio New Zealand reported on Monday. Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Michael Somare has already offered his country as a venue for special talks later this year to discuss whether Fiji should be expelled from the Forum. Fiji boycotted this year's Forum...
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Mission & Justice (Free subscription) | 08/20/2008
Greg Roberts; 20/8/08 Papua New Guinea’s anti-corruption watchdog is investigating the alleged payment of millions of dollars in bribes from the logging industry to ministers in the Government of Prime Minister Michael Somare. PNG government sources said yesterday the Ombudsman Commission of PNG was examining the Singapore bank accounts of two ministers. It would investigate suggestions [...]
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Mission & Justice (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
15/7/08 Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare has been taken to task over a high number of mothers dying every year in Papua New Guinea due to pregnancy related complications. President of the PNG Medical Society Dr Mathias Sapuri has written a letter to Sir Michael, saying 870 per 100,000 live births was a silent national disaster [...]
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Fiji Times (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
Papua New Guinea (PNG) Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare has described as successful the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) meeting in Vanuatu last week, reports The National.
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Fiji Times (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
Interim Prime Minister, Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama has assured his PNG counterpart Sir Michael Somare that elections will go ahead in Fiji in 2009.
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Fiji Times (Free subscription) | 05/29/2008
ISSUES concerning Melanesian Spearhead Group members will now be better researched and co-ordinated following the establishment of the official secretariat in Vanuatu, said Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare.
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Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 05/20/2008
Text of report by Papua New Guinea newspaper The National website on 20 May [by Mohammad Bashir] Preparation for the new national television station is on target and will be launched on 16 September as promised by the prime minister, Sir Michael Somare.
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The Australian (Free subscription) | 03/06/2008
ARMED with a Brisbane Broncos jersey, a climate change pact and a wish to "turn a new page" in what at times has been a fractious relationship, Kevin Rudd yesterday won over Papua New Guinean Prime Minister Michael Somare.
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 03/06/2008
Sydney - Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Papua New Guinea counterpart Sir Michael Somare avoided commitment over a proposed Australian police presence in the troubled South Pacific country during their talks in Port Moresby on Thursday. PNG Internal Se...
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The Australian (Free subscription) | 03/05/2008
KEVIN Rudd and his Papua New Guinea counterpart Michael Somare have signed a pact to protect forests and reduce carbon emissions.
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New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 01/25/2008
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare has lambasted government department heads and administrators for slackness and lack of punctuality. Somare harangued his officials during a start-of-year pep talk after learning...
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Fiji Times (Free subscription) | 01/03/2008
Update: 2.44pm PAPUA New Guinea's Prime Minister, Sir Michael Somare will be arriving in the country tomorrow on a private visit.
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Fiji Times (Free subscription) | 12/25/2007
Update: 3.10pm PAPUA NEW GUINEA's Prime Minister, Sir Michael Somare will be on a private visit to Fiji next week.
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the Masalai blog (Free subscription) | 12/18/2007
PRIME Minister Sir Michael Somare is set to have a government-run TV station up and running by June next year. And Sir Michael said Singapore had indicated it would provide technical assistance and training for the TV network. In a statement released to the media from the office of the Prime Minister yesterday, [...]
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Chanel News Asia (Free subscription) | 12/13/2007
BALI: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has met Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Michael Somare on the sidelines of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali.
