Day: October 9, 2017
Marchers call for peace, normalcy
By PETER WARI A GROUP of people rubbed in clay as a sign of mourning marched through the street of Mendi, Southern Highlands, on Friday wanting peace and normalcy restored. […]
Support family planning to control population: Kase
By HELEN TARAWA HEALTH Secretary Pascoe Kase has told a meeting of department heads that family planning and population control werecritical to the delivery of health services. He said during […]
Nukundj happy with outcome of 10th transport meeting
Papua New Guinea has performed well in hosting Apec’s 10th Transport Ministers’ meeting which is part of the preparation for next year’s summit, Transport and Infrastructure Minister Westly Nukundj says. […]
Transport issues need multilateral action: Tkatchenko
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) meetings in Papua New Guinea will be very Pacific in style and hospitality, with world-class logistics and security, Minister for Lands and Physical Planning Justin Tkatchenko […]
Mori sees need to back SMEs
Commerce Trade and Industry Minister Wera Mori wants Papua New Guinea’s fashion industry in the limelight more often. During the PNG Fashion and Design Week 2017 Runway Show, themed – […]
Life PNG Care raises more than K180,000
Life PNG Care (LPC) raised more than K180,000 from its third annual fundraising dinner last Friday in Port Moresby. The money will go towards its mobile education programme. Speaking at […]
Govt launches REDD strategy
By LUKE KAMA THE National Government, through the Climate Change and Development Authority, launched the national Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) strategy in Port Moresby on Friday. […]
Marape commends Hela people for not retaliating
By Malum Nalu Tari-Pori MP and Finance Minister James Marape has commended the people of Hela for not taking the law into their own hands after the recent killing of […]
Association still eyeing compensation demands
The Hela-Gimbu Association will be presenting its compensation demands to Southern Highlands this week over the deaths of two Hela policemen near Mendi. President Damien Arabagali said his association would […]
K89mil road answer to our prayers, says clansman
THE Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government have been commended for rebuilding the 55.5km Mendi-Tambul Road (Western province) which is benefiting thousands of people from the two provinces. The […]