Students and university
guards milling around the campus gates where the
university council members were dragged out of their bus
and bashed last Sunday evening over their failure to
inform the students about developments in the meeting.
OK Tedi Mining Ltd (OTML) has donated A$123,000
(K297,000) worth of microscopes to replace those
that were about 22 years old at the University of
Papua New Guinea Earth Sciences division.
The
Philippine peso rose to its highest level in seven
years against the dollar yesterday, dealers said,
with the currency’s strength seen as a potential
problem for the nation’s economy.
THE 25th National volleyball championship has seen a
huge decline in the number of participating
associations.
What a miss..… Hekari United skipper
Andrew Lepan(left) distracts the Inter
University player during the semi finals of the
MRDC 7’s soccer Cup tournament at Telikom Park
in Port Moresby on Saturday. Lepani’s United
went on to win the grand final against Telikom
University 3-0 to collect K10,000 plus the MRDC
Cup. Nationalpic by HENRY MORABANG
ANGRY students attacked some members of the
University of Technology’s governing council as
they were leaving the campus in Lae after an
emergency meeting on Sunday afternoon.
THE Central provincial government will build a
new capital city at Bautama outside Port Moresby
with a K300 million loan from the Exim Bank of
Malaysia, Governor Alphonse Moroi confirmed
yesterday.
TWO cultists and a policeman were wounded during
a battle between followers of a newly-formed
cult movement and police in a remote area in
Madang province last week.
A CLASH between a group of Ialibus and Mendis
along the Yombi section of the Highlands Highway
in Southern Highlands province has left six
people seriously injured while a Mendi
businessman lost K38,500 worth of store goods.
AIR Niugini portrayed a “wrong perception” when
it claimed that its operations were affected by
the unavailability of Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)
services.
HEAVY flooding from continuous rain last month
has caused havoc for more than 300 Kupiane
villagers in Pangia district in the Southern
Highlands province.
