Day: October 12, 2017
H’way upgrade to begin in 2018
By LUKE KAMA WORKS Minister Michael Nali says the K3 billion Highlands Highway rehabilitation project from Nadzab Airport outside Lae to Mount Hagen in Western Highlands will start in April […]
Trucking firm stops services over ongoing holdups
TRANS Wonderland Limited, one of the major road transport companies in the country, has stood down all its trucks serving the Hides and Kutubu oil and LNG operations through the […]
Roadblocks won’t be tolerated, highway residents warned
Minister for works Michael Nali has warned people living along national highways, especially the Highlands Highway, to refrain from setting up unnecessary roadblocks. Nali made the statement in Port Moresby […]
K1.6bil needed yearly to bring roads to standard
WORKS Minister Michael Nali says his department needs up to K1.6 billion every year to upgrade roads to acceptable standards throughout the country. Nali said maintaining roads to be accessible […]
Families homeless after blaze destroys 10 houses
OVER 150 people from 10 families have been left homeless after fire gutted their houses at Sipiga village outside Goroka on Tuesday. Sipiga Community Association chairman Noko Koko said the […]
Suspects held over death of ship captain
By CLIFFORD FAIPARIK PORT Moresby water police have arrested two suspects in relation to the killing of a veteran Papua New Guinean ship captain at Motukea wharf in Central. Water […]
Mendi doctors asked to stay
By REBECCA KUKU Health Secretary Pascoe Kase has called on doctors in Mendi to remain where they are and continue to perform their duties. Most doctors and their families were […]
Health a priority in new 5yr plan
By HELEN TARAWA Nipa-Kutubu district’s five-year development plan is focusing on health, Deputy Speaker and Nipa-Kutubu MP Jeffrey Komal says. During the presentation of the plan to Department of Implementation […]
Fence needed after station ransacked
THE National Broadcasting Corporation branch in Southern Highlands is waiting for the provincial government to build a permanent fence around its premises. Currently, the radio station in Mendi is without […]
Marijuana sale in market ‘normal’
MARIJUANA is now sold in Mt Hagen Market like any other produce. Marijuana is sold in the tobacco section of the market for K1 a roll and on display. According […]