Day: August 9, 2016
Gas site locked down
By MALUM NALU POLICE say the entrance to the Hides gas conditioning plant at the PNG LNG Project in Hela remained locked yesterday. Provincial police commander Michael Welli said workers […]
Slow start to classes at university
CLASSES at the University of Goroka got off to a slow start yesterday but is expected to pick up this week, an official says. The registration of students continued through […]
Many people still hungry: UN
By MALUM NALU MANY Papua New Guineans continue to suffer from hunger as they wait for their harvests to come to fruition despite the El Niño drought having officially ended, […]
El Nino may return, says Forecaster
By PHOEBE GWANGILO EL Nino could be experienced again this year, according to head of the National Weather Service office “We have just come out of our El Nino and […]
Electricity switched on in 48 village houses
ROMAROM villagers watched in delight as Dulciana Somare-Brash switched on the power there on Saturday. The village is home to more than 1000 people in ward eight of Buang local […]
Lawyer questions claims
LAWYERS representing Rabaul Queen owner Peter Sharp and his captain Anthony Tsiau in the ferry disaster trial have been critical of some witnesses, questioning whether they had really seen life […]
Witnesses tell of lost relatives, friends
THE first five witnesses who testified in the Rabaul Queen ferry trial said relatives and friends they were travelling with perished when the ship sank off the coast of Finschhafen, […]
Relative queries insurance cover for passengers
By JUNIOR UKAHA A FAMILY member of two people who presumably died during the Rabaul Queen ferry disaster in 2012 wants to know if there was any insurance cover for […]
Lorengau mayor charged with fraud
Mayor for Lorengau town in Manus Ruth Mandrakamu has been arrested and charged with false pretence and misappropriation. Mandrakamu, 57, from Harengan Island, Lorengau, is the third official to be […]
Villagers host peace ceremony
A peace ceremony held yesterday near the border of Central and Morobe has paved the way for a road linking Papua and New Guinea. The ceremony in the mountainous Gagavi […]