Day: October 4, 2017
Government starts audit into rental-payment arrangements
AN audit into government departments to justify arrangements for rental payments started this week, Personnel Management Secretary John Kali says. Kali told The National that he was preparing an information […]
Panguna work to cost K18.8bil
CONSTRUCTION of the Panguna mine is estimated to cost US$4-6 billion (K12.5- K18.8 billion). Bougainville Copper Ltd (BCL) secretary Mark Hitchcock said significant tax revenue would be generated in the […]
Leader urged to assist in finding cops’ killers
HELA provincial administrator William Bando has called on leaders in Southern Highlands to assist Hela authorities in finding the killers of the two police officers shot to death on Saturday. […]
Two shot, police reopen highway
By JUNIOR UKAHA TWO men were reportedly shot and injured yesterday following a commotion between police and Agarabi landowners in Kainantu, Eastern Highlands. The commotion was in relation to a […]
Candidates say they have nothing to do with the shooting of police officers
By Rebecca Kuku THREE candidates who contested the Southern Highlands regional seat say they have nothing to do with the killing of two police officers from Hela last Saturday. They […]
25,000-plus Americans live, work in rural areas
MORE than 25,000 Americans live in the rural areas of PNG and work in collaboration with Papua New Guineans to improve the lives of people living in those rural areas, […]
Kairuku-Hiri women to participate in environment project
A woman who was awarded a Pacific-American Climate Fund (PACAM) grant will work with women in the Kairuku-Hiri electorate in Central to empower them to part take in environment conservation. […]
Zenag boss denies deal for market
Zenag Chicken in Mumeng, Morobe, should have had the courtesy to formally advise the Bulolo district development authority (DDA) to relocate a market it had built instead of bulldozing the […]
Tambul thanks ADB for road project
PEOPLE in Tambul, Western Highlands, and Upper Mendi in Southern Highlands are thankful to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for funding a road project that will benefit them for years. […]
Former MP re-arrested for breach of bail rule
A FORMER Cabinet Minister facing two charges relating to the recent general election has been re-arrested for allegedly breaching his bail conditions. Former Culture Arts and Tourism Tobias Kulang, who […]