A RESOURCE study of PNG’s State universities and
their funding aspects is soon to begin, the
Office of Higher Education’s (OHE) acting
director general Dr Pongie Kichawen said....
PASSENGERS travelling in a PMV to Kundiawa,
Simbu province, last week were lucky to escape
injuries when they were fired upon by a
policeman in the town.
Down the
drain... This vehicle belonging to the PNG Defence Force’s air transport
wing was “parked” inside the drain along Boroko Drive, just off Five-Mile
traffic lights last Saturday morning. PNGDF sources confirmed the open back
Toyota open back landcruiser belonged to ATW, but could not say how it ended
up the way it did. He did say however, that the ATW boys were better in the
air than they were on the roads. Police were unable to help answer
enquiries. – Nationalpic by SHEILA LASIBORI
THE Aroma Coconut Product Corp (ACPC) and the PNG
Sustainable Energy Ltd (PNGSEL) have signed a deal
on a bio-diesel project in Central province using
coconut oil produced in the area.
ILLEGAL mining at the Porgera gold mine is a serious
concern which must be addressed immediately by all
stakeholders including the National Government.
LIHIR Gold has leaped to its highest position on the
Australian Stock Exchange even though its A$3.94
closing price last Friday was significantly below
its recent A$4.45 peak prior to the downgrading of
last year’s production estimate
HONIARA: Brisbane based airline SkyAirWorld has
promised cheaper and competitive airfares when it
operates the Brisbane-Honiara route starting in
March.
PNG pairs and triples lawn bowls team have
registered one win each in the 2008 World Lawn Bowls
Championships currently underway in Christchurch,
New Zealand.
A HOMER by Manolos backstop Ora Gimi and two runs
each by the Pialkolos brothers, Daniel and Passingan,
ensured that Brown Eagles were put away 10-0 in
the....
It was the
Keapara-Amini show as bottom of the table dwellers
TST Coasters and Mariners did battle at the Colts
oval last Saturday in the Port Moresby Cricket A
grade fixtures.
