Day: August 25, 2017
Big task for Harlies in women’s rugby final
By JACK AMI IT’S going to be daunting task for underdogs Harlequins as they take on favourites Nova in the Capital Rugby Union women’s grand final at Bava Park tomorrow. […]
Southern to hold U20, senior trials
THE Southern Confederate Rugby League trials kick off at the National Football Stadium today. The trials are for the Under-20s and senior men. Moresby South (men) and Port Moresby (U20s) […]
Players have final chance to impress
PAPUA New Guinea’s premier basketball players will be in action this weekend, when the Basketball Federation of Papua New Guinea (BFPNG) hosts its final team selection training camp for the […]
Pre-election clamp-down saves K336mil
ABOUT K336.6 million of public money was saved when the Ombudsman Commission issued a directive in April to freeze all public accounts during the general election period. Ombudsman Richard Pagen […]
Konga killed in city, shot from vehicle
FORMER border development authority executive chairman Fred Konga was shot dead in Port Moresby in the early hours of yesterday, Hohola Police Station commander Inspector Benjamin Kua said. “Konga was […]
Former top cop appeals arson conviction
FORMER Wewak Police Station commander Sakawar Kasieng has appealed his conviction and sentence of more than six years in prison for arson in the Supreme Court in Waigani. Kasieng, 57, […]
Top court joins two O’Neill appeals
By DAPHNE WANI THE Supreme Court joined two appeals yesterday in relation to the arrest warrant of Prime Minster Peter O’Neill. Justice Stephen Kassman also issued an order to list […]
Officer condemns attack on mine
By JUNIOR UKAHA MINERAL Resources Authority managing director Philip Samar has condemned the actions of landowners of the K92 mine in Eastern Highlands who reportedly attacked mine workers and destroyed […]
Pastor drowns while trying to save firewood
A pastor drowned while trying to save his bundle of firewood in the Busu River in Lae last Saturday. Ps Efty Asak Tamai, of the Lutheran Renewal Church at As […]
Toddler’s death raises suspicions of dysentery in parts of Lae
A TODDLER has died from suspected dysentery at Banana Block settlement along Cassowary Road in Lae, Morobe. A nurse at the Seventh Street Clinic, who refused to disclose her name, […]