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RELATIVES of a man who was alleged to have drowned at the mouth of the Markham River in Lae, Morobe province, last month, are still searching for him after a search conducted by the Morobe provincial disaster office was unsuccessful.
Relatives of the missing person have alerted villagers along the Morobe coastline from the Maus Markham village to Sipaia to watch out for any unidentified bodies that might be washed ashore.
Loha Ivaria, the missing man’s father, told The National that they were still searching for the body.
Mr Ivaria said his son drowned in the river two weeks ago when he was fishing with his mother on the banks of the Markham River.

Man killed in fight
A YOUNG man in his mid-20s was speared to death and several others, including a senior police officer, sustained wounds after a tribal conflict broke out last Saturday in the Aiyura valley of Eastern Highlands province over alleged sorcery.
Eastern Highlands provincial police commander Supt Philip Solala said the police station commander of the Obura-Wonenara district was speared in his leg when he tried to stop a commotion between the Gadsup and Tairora people at Aiyura.
Supt Solala said the policeman was treated at a nearby hospital.

Teachers’ rep recalled
THE National Court in Mt Hagen has ordered that the president of the PNG Teachers Association branch in Western Highlands province be reinstated on the provincial education board.
Aita Sanangkepe was removed from the board last May 9 and replaced with a primary school teacher, who was not an executive member of the PNGTA branch.
The PNGTA challenged this and Judge Allan David ruled that the decision by the provincial government to revoke the appointment of Mr Sanangkepe was illegal.
Justice David said Mr Sanangkepe should be on the board representing teachers in the province.
Highlands regional secretary for the PNG Teachers Association Peter Wama and Mr Sanangkepe said after the court victory that it was a big win for teachers in the province.

MP guilty of eight charges
BULOLO Open MP John Muingnepe has pleaded guilty to eight of the 13 allegations of misconduct in office against him.
The leader was suspended from duties on March 20 when the allegations were presented to the tribunal.
The Ombudsman Commission referred Mr Muingnepe last June to the Public Prosecutor for misconduct in office. He allegedly failed to submit six annual statements to the Ombudsman Commission.
The statements were for the periods July 27, 1993 to July 26 1994, July 27, 1994 to July 26, 1995, July 27, 1995, to July 26, 1996, July 30, 2001 to July 29 2002, July 30, 2003, to July 29, 2004 and July 30, 2004, to July 25, 2005.


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