Day: September 5, 2017
Kua slams Abel’s 100-day plan to cut back on funds
SHADOW Minister for Democratic Institutions and the Rule of Law, Kerenga Kua, says the 100-day plan of Treasurer Charles Abel will kill off any prospect of economic recovery in electorates […]
Court reserves decision on tribunal process
THE Supreme Court has reserved its decision on a reference on constitutional questions relating to the leadership tribunal process. The reference arose after Parliament amended the Organic Law on the […]
K50mil for medicine
By OGIA MIAMEL THE Government has released K50 million to the Health Department to fix the medicine shortage problem, according to Health and HIV/AIDS Minister Sir Puka Temu. He told […]
MRDC to pay K15mil in royalty to clans in Central
By GYNNIE KERO THE four plant site villages in Central – Boera, Porebada, Papa and Lealea – will this week be paid up to a total of K15 million in […]
Govt assures Japan of K156mil funding
By TREVOR WAHUNE THE government has assured Japan and the lead contractor working on the K385 million Port Moresby Sewerage Service Upgrading Project that it will meet its counterpart funding […]
School of Medicine to become separate: PM
By OGIA MIAMEL THE School of Medicine and Health Science at the University of PNG is to become a standalone university. Prime Minister Peter O’Neill revealed that at the 53rd […]
PNG continues its support of Pacific legal website
The signing of an agreement between the Papua New Guinea judiciary and the University of South Pacific (USP) for financial assistance will help maintain the Pacific legal website (Paclii) operated […]
Youths clean city, discourage residents from littering
YOUTHS from a settlement in Lae, Morobe, have taken the initiative to clean the central business district and are urging residents not to litter. The youths are from Banana Block […]
Youths service community in bid for role in city makeover
By JUNIOR UKAHA A GROUP of youths in Lae city’s Ward Two area took it upon themselves to patch up part of the pothole-ridden Butibam Road yesterday. Members of the […]
Electronic voting vetted
By ZACHERY PER Constitutional and Law Reform Commission (CLRC) chairman Robert Atiayafa wants electronic voting to be introduced in the 2022 national election. “The CLRC will embark on a new […]