Day: October 24, 2017
UAE funding visit: Minister
Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Rimbink Pato says all expenses for him to attend the Expo 2020 international participants meeting in Dubai last week were met by host United Arab […]
Tip-off helps police make arrests
BY ELIZABETH VUVU East New Britain police arrested a group of suspects from Kimbe, West New Britain, in the early hours of Sunday after a tip-off about a possible armed […]
Adventist association gives youths chance to stop drugs
YOUTHS at Mope in Bitapaka, East New Britain, have come together to address drug and alcohol issues. The area is infamous for drug and alcohol-related issues. Mope Adventist Students Association, […]
PNG features high among disaster-prone countries
PAPUA New Guinea is ranked 10th in the world and sixth in the Asia-Pacific region of the most disaster-prone countries, says National Disaster Centre acting director Martin Mose. Mose told […]
Centre calls for risk management in departments
THE Department of Inter-government Relations has a policy which addresses disaster-risk management issues, says the acting director of the National Disaster Centre Martin Mose. It is the education in emergencies […]
Death sparks anger
NATIONAL Capital District Governor Powes Parkop is arranging to obtain a court order today to stop the burial of a journalist until a proper post-mortem has been conducted on her. […]
Man to pay wife damages for breaching human rights
By CHRISTOPHER YOWAT A MAN who assaulted his defacto wife on eight different occasions has been ordered by the court to pay her K10,000 in damages for breaching her human […]
Authorities to implement public health programmes
THE alarming state of the Goroka main market and other markets in town has prompted authorities to implement public health programmes to improve health conditions. The Goroka Urban local level […]
Basil aims to improve power, telecommunication services
Sam Basil aims to ensure people have access to reliable, affordable and sustainable power supply and telecommunication in the country. Speaking during a handover ceremony in Port Moresby yesterday, the […]
Can recycling introduced to help clean environment
Non-governmental organisation Help PNG has added on one more task to its fight to clean the environment and that is to recycle aluminium cans. Chief executive officer of Help PNG […]