Stop violence against
children ... Children from elementary and primary
schools in Goroka town carrying placards calling for
their rights to be protected and an end to violence
against children yesterday.
TWO visiting teams, Tonga and the Cook Islands
arrived yesterday to take part in the Air Niugini-sponsored
Pacific Sevens tournament....
It’s on… Hollywood star Don
Wilson will be a special guest at this weekend’s
kickboxing extravaganza – PNG versus The Rest of
the World – in Port Moresby. Participants from
more than ten countries have accepted the over
from PNG to be in the Rest of the World team for
the tournament organised by former champion
Stanley Nandex who has been training the 20-man
PNG team for the past three months.
AN increased activity on Karkar island volcano
is worrying volcanologists and Madang residents
because the lack of monitoring equipment means
there is no way of knowing the dangers posed.
THE National Court has dismissed an application
by Fincorp for leave to seek a judicial review
of a directive by Chief Secretary Isaac Lupari
which stops all salary deductions from public
servants for loan repayments.
THE Highlands highway, lifeline to vital
businesses and over half of Papua New Guinea’s
population, faces closure if a court action
taken out by villagers living along the highway
is not resolved soon.
THE deputy commander of the Bougainville
Resistance Force (BRF), Jacob Naisi, was shot
dead at his Oria village in Buin, South
Bougainville, last Sunday.
