Day: March 31, 2017
Dual citizenship will help stimulate growth, Pato says
By HELEN TARAWA DUAL citizenship is an instrument which will promote growth and prosperity in the country, according to Minister for Foreign Affairs and Immigration Rimbink Pato. He yesterday launched […]
Allan aware of land claims
Lands and Physical Planning Minister Benny Allan is fully aware of land claims worth more than K2.5 million by customary landowners of the Goroka town water treatment plant in Eastern […]
Land in PNG stolen, Juffa says
NORTHERN Governor Gary Juffa, pictured, says 12 per cent of land in Papua New Guinea covering 65,000 hectares have been “stolen” under the guise of special agriculture business leases (SABLs). […]
Lae police confiscate large quantity of drugs
A GROUP of men who had allegedly attempted to transport a large quantity of marijuana out of Lae were intercepted by police yesterday afternoon. Lae Metropolitan Superintendent Anthony Wagambie Jr […]
K700,000 for B’ville nursing school project
REGIONAL MP for Bougainville Joe Lera has allocated K700,000 for the construction of Arawa School of Nursing. Lera said his role as a MP was to support the Bougainville government […]
No control over contracts:Morola
THE Department of Labour and Industrial Relations has no control over foreign employees when they have signed contracts with employers to work in the country, Secretary Mary Morola says. Morola […]
Health centre set for operation
THE Mary Queen of Peace Catholic Parish in Lae will now be operating a fully-furnished sub-health centre to serve people in the Back Road area in Lae. The health centre […]
Court: OC can investigate PM
By DEMAS TIEN THE Supreme Court has ruled that the Ombudsman Commission has the power to investigate Prime Minister Peter O’Neill regarding the Government’s “alleged improper borrowing” of K3 billion […]
NEC appoints Sir Moi as Kumul Petroleum Holdings Ltd director, chairman
SIR Moi Avei has been appointed chairman and director of Kumul Petroleum Holdings (KPH), replacing Frank Kramer. Prime Minister Peter O’Neill, in a statement yesterday, said the National Executive Council […]
Polye urges Government to accept K725m offer
OPPOSITION Leader Don Polye has urged the Government to accept the K725 million offer by some PNG LNG landowners to buy 4.27 per cent equity in the project. “To reject […]