In PNG's Manus province, dozens of locals have gone missing in treacherous journeys across the seas in search of the addictive betel nut. Some of them drown, but others meet their ends at the ...

Through persistence and passion, a school sports program in Manus Province is finally taking shape after many years, thanks to primary school teacher Michael Kuam.

In a significant warning about social problems on Manus Island, the province governor and PNG's PM have called for refugees to be re-settled elsewhere.

Manus Island: How a small community agreed to host an Australian detention centre in return for economic benefits Housing asylum seekers generated some economic benefits for those living on Papua ...

The New York Times worked with human rights groups and asylum seekers on Manus Island to examine a rash of suicide attempts and acts of self-harm since Australia’s May 18 election.

The governor of Manus island says the Papua New Guinea province has been failed by the promise of economic benefits from Australia's asylum seeker detention centre.

Governor of Manus Province Charlie Benjamin, who was also in Canberra for the meeting, stepped up pressure on Australia to accept New Zealand’s offer to resettle up to 150 refugees from Manus ...

Manus Province Governor Charlie Benjamin, who is in Canberra, says PNG ‘sympathise’ with the refugees and that the ‘onus is really on Australia’.

Chauka is represented in Manus folklore as a guide, a timekeeper and a voice of caution and forewarning. It is depicted on the official Manus flag along with another Manus icon, the green snail.

A SECOND batch of asylum seekers has landed on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island as Prime Minister Peter O'Neill declares he will not hand out cash to island landowners demanding compensation.

Refugees who will soon leave detention on Manus Island to temporarily live on the outskirts of the island's only town have been told they will have to find jobs elsewhere in Papua New Guinea ...

Immigration Minister Chris Bowen will visit the asylum seeker processing centre on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island this week after ministerial talks in Port Moresby.