Day: July 3, 2017
Hunters surge home
By HUXLEY LOVAI STARGROTH Amean bagged a hat-trick of tries yesterday to help the PNG Hunters to a 30-10 win over the Central Queensland Capras in their round 17 Q-Cup […]
Tigers upset Tarangau
THE Kone Tigers upset Tarangau 10-4 in their Port Moresby Rugby League split round pool A fixture at the National Football Stadium on Saturday. The Tigers’ solid defence frustrated the […]
Kaputin sets new triple jump mark
TOEA Wisil, Rellie Kaputin and Ephraim Lerkin were the outstanding performers for Papua New Guinea at the Oceania Athletics Championships in Suva, Fiji, which concluded last Saturday with the team […]
PMBL to defend title
REIGNING champions, PNG Men’s Basketball League (PMBL) will be out to defend the title when the national basketball championships start in Port Moresby tomorrow. PMBL won the title in 2013 […]
Crackdown
POLICE are taking a tough stance against some National Capital District polling officials because they took leftover ballot papers home after polling on Friday. One of them was locked up […]
Five held for allegedly tampering with ballot boxes
SECURITY forces detained five people for allegedly hijacking ballot boxes and tampering with them at the Bubia polling for Wampar Urban at Huon Gulf. The suspects are from Chimbu, Ialibu […]
Sepik polling progressing well
By CLIFFORD FAIPARIK A DROP in the water level in the Sepik River has hampered transportation of ballot boxes from remote areas along the Hunstein Ranges in the Ambunti-Drekirkir area […]
Polling in the nation’s capital extended for those who missed
POLLING in the National Capital District was extended by a day under the Organic Law on National General Election to allow for those who missed. Election manager Alwyn Jimmy told […]
Dadae now a true knight
Governor-General Sir Bob Dadae and Lady Hannah met the Queen at Buckingham Palace in London last week during which Sir Bob was conferred the title Knight Grand Cross of the […]
Bogan rates Butibam a success
Lae candidates Sir Nagora Bogan and Michael Earley-Daure were among the first to vote at Butibam village on Thursday. Sir Nagora and Daure cast their votes in at Butibam Resource […]