Marking World AIDS Day, United States Donates Anti-Retroviral Drugs and Diagnostic Equipment to Support PNG’s HIV/AIDS Response Port Moresby, November 30, 2020. In commemoration of World AIDS Day 2020, the U.S. government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), formally handed over nearly 19,000, 90-day doses of tenofovir-lamivudine-dolutegravir (TLD) antiretroviral (ART) medicines to support ...
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By U.S. Embassy Port Moresby | 20 January, 2021 | Topics: East Asia & Pacific, News, Press Releases, Security & Emergency Messages | Tags: 2020, Ambassador McKee, East Asia Pacific Region, Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, United States of America, USAID
U.S. Government Delivers on PNG Electrification Partnership Promise U.S. Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, and the Solomon Islands Erin McKee today launched the five-year, PGK 200 million (US $57 million) United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-PNG Electrification Partnership (PEP) that will provide electricity to at least 200,000 households in Papua New Guinea. The ...
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By U.S. Embassy Port Moresby | 20 January, 2021 | Topics: Alert, East Asia & Pacific, News, Press Releases | Tags: 2020, Ambassador McKee, East Asia Pacific Region, Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, United States of America, USAID
United States Government Returns Cultural Artifacts to Papua New Guinea United States Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu Erin McKee today formally handed over to the PNG National Museum and Gallery 133 cultural artifacts recovered from an illegal collection in the United States. “I am honored to be able to return these ...
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By U.S. Embassy Port Moresby | 22 September, 2020 | Topics: Alert, East Asia & Pacific, News, Press Releases | Tags: 2020, Ambassador McKee, Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, United States of America
Radio Host Enhances Knowledge in the States Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea: Kizzy Kalsakau is the latest participant in the U.S. Department of State’s Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists – Research and Investigation, from September 23 to October 11, 2019, which will start in Washington, DC, then travel to New Mexico, Florida, Pennsylvania, ...
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By U.S. Embassy Port Moresby | 1 October, 2019 | Topics: East Asia & Pacific, News, Press Releases | Tags: 2019, Ambassador Ebert-Gray, East Asia Pacific Region, IVLP, U.S. Embassy, United States of America, Vanuatu, Women's Empowerment
PAC ANGEL 19-4 brings medical, engineering aid to PNG Lae, Morobe Province: U.S. Pacific Air Forces are gearing up for a grand closure to the Pacific Angel 19-4 medical and engineering exercises in Lae Morobe Province. The military team from the U.S. kicked off its fourth and final Pacific Angel (PAC ANGEL) exercise of ...
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By U.S. Embassy Port Moresby | 1 October, 2019 | Topics: East Asia & Pacific, News, Press Releases | Tags: 2019, Ambassador Ebert-Gray, East Asia Pacific Region, Medical Services, PAC ANGEL 19-4, Papua New Guinea, U.S. Embassy, United States of America
SI Chief Magistrate on U.S. Judicial System Program Honiara, Solomon Islands: Chief Magistrate of the Solomon Islands Central Magistrate Court, Emma Garo is the latest participant in the U.S. Embassy’s International Visitors Leadership Program (IVLP) on “The U.S. Judicial System – Protecting Women and Children,” from July 29 to August 16, 2019. Chief Magistrate ...
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By U.S. Embassy Port Moresby | 1 October, 2019 | Topics: East Asia & Pacific, News, Press Releases, Security & Emergency Messages | Tags: 2019, Ambassador Ebert-Gray, East Asia Pacific Region, Gender-based violence, Solomon Islands, U.S. Embassy, United States of America, Women's Empowerment
USAID joins IFES in support of the Bougainville Referendum Commission Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) today announced it would support the Bougainville Referendum Commission (BRC) with targeted material assistance at the request of the Government of Papua New Guinea and the Autonomous Bougainville Government. The contribution, ...
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By U.S. Embassy Port Moresby | 1 October, 2019 | Topics: East Asia & Pacific, News, Press Releases | Tags: 2019, Bougainville Referendum Commission, Papua New Guinea, U.S. Embassy, United States of America
Provincial participants awarded for Tsunami Training in Papua New Guinea Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea: This week has been an intense week (4-9 August 2019) of tsunami training for up to 50 national and provincial participants at the Laguna Hotel in Port Moresby. The Unites States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Pacific Tsunami ...
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By U.S. Embassy Port Moresby | 1 October, 2019 | Topics: East Asia & Pacific, News, Press Releases, Security & Emergency Messages | Tags: 2019, Ambassador Ebert-Gray, East Asia Pacific Region, Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, United States of America, USAID
DPAA Ceremony Honors American Servicemen: Papua New Guinea Repatriation, 2019 Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea: The Government of the United States of America hosted a repatriation ceremony for the remains of service members killed in action in Papua New Guinea during World War II. The U.S. Department of Defense Prisoner of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA) Accounting ...
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By U.S. Embassy Port Moresby | 12 June, 2019 | Topics: East Asia & Pacific, News, Press Releases, Security & Emergency Messages, Speeches | Tags: 2019, Ambassador Ebert-Gray, East Asia Pacific Region, Message for U.S. Citizens, Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, United States of America
Office of the Vice President FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 17, 2018 JOINT STATEMENT OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AUSTRALIA, AND JAPAN ON THE TRILATERAL PARTNERSHIP FOR INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT IN THE INDO-PACIFIC Today, the governments of the United States, Australia, and Japan, sharing a commitment to maintain and promote an Indo-Pacific region that is free, open, inclusive, ...
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By U.S. Embassy Port Moresby | 18 November, 2018 | Topics: Alert, East Asia & Pacific, News, Press Releases, Speeches, U.S. Citizen Services | Tags: 2018, East Asia Pacific Region, Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, United States of America
United States Ambassador to Papua New Guinea Catherine Ebert-Gray and Royal Papua New Guinea Police Commissioner and Joint Security Task Force Commander, Gary Baki, today renewed their country’s cooperative efforts towards security assistance during APEC Leader’s Week through an unprecedented memorandum of understanding between the two countries. “APEC Leader’s Week marks the culmination of Papua ...
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By U.S. Embassy Port Moresby | 26 October, 2018 | Topics: Alert, East Asia & Pacific, News, Press Releases, Security & Emergency Messages | Tags: 2018, Ambassador Ebert-Gray, East Asia Pacific Region, Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, United States of America, US Ambassador
Thank you Commander Louis Allow me to extend a very special welcome to Commander Louis and his crew of the USS Michael Murphy and a tremendous shout out to the women and men in uniform from both the U.S. Navy and the PNG Defense Forces. I am so pleased to see you all here in ...
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By U.S. Embassy Port Moresby | 17 October, 2018 | Topics: Alert, East Asia & Pacific, News, Press Releases, Security & Emergency Messages, Speeches | Tags: 2018, Ambassador Ebert-Gray, East Asia Pacific Region, Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, United States of America
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: TIER 3 The Government of Papua New Guinea does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so; therefore Papua New Guinea was downgraded to Tier 3. Despite the lack of significant efforts, the government took some steps to address trafficking, ...
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By U.S. Embassy Port Moresby | 29 June, 2018 | Topics: Alert, East Asia & Pacific, News, Speeches | Tags: 2018, Ambassador Ebert-Gray, East Asia Pacific Region, Gender-based violence, Girls Education, IVLP, Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, Solomon Islands, United States of America, Women's Empowerment
USAID/NRDF complete Climate Project in Solomon Islands Choiseul, Solomon Islands: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) recently marked the completion of a partnership that has promoted environmental and community resilience in the Western and Choiseul Provinces of Solomon Islands. Through the project, USAID and NRDF trained and assisted eight Solomon Islands communities ...
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By U.S. Embassy Port Moresby | 4 June, 2018 | Topics: East Asia & Pacific, News, Press Releases | Tags: 2018, Ambassador Ebert-Gray, East Asia Pacific Region, Solomon Islands, U.S. Embassy, United States of America, USAID
Young Pacific Leaders from Vanuatu Receive U.S. Grant Elsie Bong, an IT Manager with the ANZ Bank in Vanuatu, is one of the twelve recipients in the U. S. Department of State’s 2018 Young Pacific Leaders (YPL) Small Grants Program. She was selected for her project Malasitabu Project aimed at supporting Malasitabu Primary School through ...
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By U.S. Embassy Port Moresby | 4 June, 2018 | Topics: East Asia & Pacific, News, Press Releases | Tags: 2018, East Asia Pacific Region, Papua New Guinea, U.S. Embassy, United States of America, Vanuatu
Papua New Guinea – Level 2: Exercise increased caution – C U N Exercise increased caution in Papua New Guinea due to crime and civil unrest. Some areas have increased risk. Read the entire Travel Advisory. Reconsider travel to: Areas near the Panguna mine in Bougainville due to civil unrest. the Southern Highlands, Hela, and ...
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By U.S. Embassy Port Moresby | 29 May, 2018 | Topics: Alert, Consular Affairs, Messages for U.S. Citizens, News, Notification, Overseas Security Advisory Council, Press Releases, Public Affairs, Security & Emergency Messages, Travel & Tourism, U.S. Citizen Services | Tags: Consular Services, Emergency Message, Message for U.S. Citizens, Messages for US Citizens, U.S. Citizen Services, U.S. Citizens, United States of America
United States Ambassador Catherine Ebert-Gray kicked off the 2018 APEC year on Tuesday, February 20, with a reception for members of the PNG APEC Coordination Agency and other stakeholders to demonstrate the United States’ strong commitment to support PNG in hosting a successful series of Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings. More than 3000 representatives ...
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By U.S. Embassy Port Moresby | 5 March, 2018 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: Ambassador Ebert-Gray, Andrew Barry, APEC, ExxonMobil, Ivan Pomaleu, Justin Tkatchenko, Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, SOM1, U.S. Embassy, United States of America
