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Divine Word University has memorial for plane crash victims

Tuesday, October 25th, 2011

A small memorial ceremony has been held at the Divine Word University (DWU) in Madang, Papua New Guinea, in honour of 28 people killed in Thursday’s plane crash.

At least 10 passengers aboard the Airlines PNG Dash 8 plane, which went down in a remote jungle area about 20km from the resort town of Madang, were relatives of DWU students and had travelled from Port Moresby to take part in a graduation ‘thanksgiving ceremony’ at the campus on Friday.

On Saturday morning about 300 people gathered at a small chapel inside the university for a commemorative Catholic mass.

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Unlawful dismissal indecent

Friday, October 7th, 2011

A judge has described the unlawful dismissal of a Divine Word University employee as inhumane and indecent. Resident Madang judge Justice David Cannings also said the manner in which the university decided to sack George Podas in August 2008 “stinks”. Cannings, who heads the national and supreme court of PNG’s human rights tract, said there Read more

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Papua New Guinea marks National Repentance Day

Tuesday, August 30th, 2011

The Papua New Guinea government’s declaration of Aug 26 as National Repentance Day was fulfilled by Christians who gathered to pray for the country. Nation  Repentance Day, or a day of prayer, represents a call for everyone to think seriously about the future and what Papua New Guineans want for themselves and their children, Tom McDonough, Read more

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Manus Island asylum centre proposals criticised

Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
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Papua New Guinea officials say they will know within two weeks whether they will reopen the Manus Island asylum seeker processing centre. However, Australia’s Uniting Church has criticised discussions between the country’s Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd and his Papua New Guinea counterpart, Ano Pala, over the possible processing of asylum seekers on Manus Island. Mr Rudd Read more

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Rolando Santos ordained Bishop for Alotau-Sideia in PNG

Tuesday, July 12th, 2011

Last week Father Rolando Santos CM was ordained a bishop and installed as Bishop of the Alotau-Sideia diocese in PNG where he has served as formator of seminarians and as executive secretary of the Episcopal Conference of PNG and the Solomon Islands from 2000-2010. He has most recently served as the Provincial of the Lazarist Congregation’s Philippine Read more

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Bishops say let Michael Somare retire gracefully

Tuesday, July 5th, 2011

Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister, Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare must be allowed to retire gracefully from politics, and not be forced out. This is the view of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference in Port Moresby, following the recent announcement of the Somare family’s intention to have their father retire from politics on medical grounds. General Read more

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PNG: Church wants equal partnership in Education

Friday, June 24th, 2011

In PNG there has been a call for an equal partnership in education between the government and the Churches. Churches continue to play a major role in educating its six million people. Yet churches are not considered as equal partners by the government when it comes to making decisions on the national education system. The Read more

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