Letters

PNG starts to enjoy benefits

Telikom PNG finally makes its presence felt


Let this be a violence-free polls


PM will be known on Monday


It’s vital to have a timeline

Japan faces growth quandary


Lodgement of income tax returns


China’s Terracotta Army on the move

Chief rules again
PRIME Minister Sir Michael Somare was elected to the top post by Parliament yesterday by an overwhelming majority to lead the country again.

Chan ‘down but not out’
 - THE unsuccessful nominee for the alternate prime minister Sir Julius Chan said yesterday he will not be Opposition leader and would rather concentrate on being governor of New Ireland province.

Somare’s caretaker government
 -OPPOSITION leader in the last Parliament Peter O’Neill and new People’s Democratic Movement party leader Michael Ogio were the big winners in the temporary cabinet announced by Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare yesterday.

BUSINESS:

PNG labourers eyed for WA resource boom
-THE country's skilled labourers will find it easier to get employment in Australia under a “look to PNG” stance being taken by a Western Australian recruitment company.

Mobile phone users now 315,000
-DIGICEL'S entry into the market has raised the mobile phone usage in the country by 69% over the past three weeks, making it one of the fastest-growing networks in the Asia Pacific.

ANZ’s K8mil telling system upgrade
ANZ Bank has embarked on a K8 million-investment to improve its telling system.

EDITORIAL:

Govt must set priorities
 -The first meeting of the 8th Parliament saw the National Alliance-led coalition installed as the new government.

SPORTS
 Four held for alleged rape
 Port Moresby police still questioning SP Cup players

Wari Vele Raiders centre Gimepau Keimelo (left) tackles his Toyota Mioks opponents during the final SP Cup game at Lloyd Robson Oval in Port Moresby on Sunday afternoon. Raiders won 32-8. Nationalpic by WILLIAM WILLIANDO
 

  Grade 12 pair joins our elite athletes to Cairns
-TWO Grade 12 students from Rabaul left yesterday to join the PNG athletic team for the Melanesian Championships and Oceania Grand Prix series this week in Cairns, Australia.

Final four confirmed for Moresby soccer
-BETTER goal average has propelled village team, Verave, into the top four of the Port Moresby soccer premier competition this season.
 

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