Day: November 7, 2017
Sorcery killing facing attack
By MALUM NALU THE primitive and barbaric killings of innocent people on allegations of sanguma (sorcery) are increasing because Papua New Guineans believe it in this day and age, according […]
Provinces challenged to address gender violence
By PHOEBE GWANGILO Addressing gender-based violence is the responsibility of provincial governments, according to the National Capital District Commission’s Family and Sexual Violence Action Committee secretariat. Case coordinator Ruth Kendino […]
Lae mayor keen to fix drainage problem
By LARRY ANDREW A POOL of water at Eight Street in Lae is an eyesore to the public that do business in and around toptown, says Lae Lord Mayor KoimTrilu […]
LLG presidents still on payroll
By PISAI GUMAR Seven Morobe local level government presidents remain on provincial government payroll despite losing in the 2017 general election. This is in direct defiance of an instruction by […]
Retired police officers to be evicted, says Wampe
By NICHOLAS SIREO RETIRED police officers occupying department houses in Morobe will be evicted, says Morobe police commander Augustine Wampe. He said the retired officers and their families would be […]
359 cartons of condom ready for distribution
THE National Aids Council has 359 cartons of condoms available for distribution, regional manager Valentine Tangoh says. Tangoh said that samples of the condoms were sent to Bangkok for testing […]
IRC offers two-month tax amnesty
The Internal Revenue Commission (IRC) has announced a tax amnesty as part of the Government’s 100-Day 25-point plan. Commissioner-General Betty Palaso said this means that penalties that would normally be […]
Remote school receives items worth K4400
THE Port Moresby-based Sir Brian Bell Foundation is supporting education in a remote part of Usino-Bundi in Madang. Foundation chief executive Bronwyn Wright donated school items to Usino-Bundi’s Kumura Foundation […]
Australian judges reappointed
By DAPHNE WANI Two Australian judges of the National and Supreme courts have been reappointed for a third term. Judge Berna Joan Collier and Judge John Alexander Logan were sworn […]
Student in jail for murder loses Supreme Court appeal
A STUDENT serving a 15-year prison term for murder has lost an appeal in the Supreme Court against his conviction. The three-judge Supreme Court bench of David Cannings, Ere Kariko […]