Day: January 16, 2018
Lack of social, economic inclusion leaves persons with disability in poverty
THE majority of the 1.2 million people with disabilities in the country live in poverty because of lack of social and economic inclusion, the National Board for Disabled Persons says. […]
Transfer of powers seen as bertter for schools
THE Papua New Guinea Teachers’ Association is calling on the Department of Education to transfer operational powers to the National Capital District Education Division soon. In 2016, an agreement was […]
Plan to boycott classes winning union backing
Png Teachers’ Association says it will be backing East Sepik and Madang teachers to go on strike over leave-fare issues. Teachers in East Sepik and Madang have warned they would […]
Female victims of violence filling up morgue at Angau hospital
By JIMMY KALEBE The Angau Memorial Hospital morgue has received more female bodies than male bodies over the past two years, according to a hospital staff. Morgue attendant Naru Koria […]
N’Dranou denies eviction claims
PORT Moresby Metropolitan Superintendent Perou N’Dranou has clarified that he only enforces court decisions on evictions and does not authorise them. He was responding to claims that he had authorised […]
Locked out
By LUKE KAMA PNG Customs Service employees have been denied access to their rented office in Port Moresby – the latest State entity to be locked out by the landlord. […]
180 islanders resettled
By GYNNIE KERO ABOUT 180 people from Kadovar Island in East Sepik affected by the recent volcanic eruption have been resettled at the Dandan Care Centre in Turubu, Wewak. Governor […]
Trukai donates tonne of rice to people affected by volcano
TRUKAI Industries Ltd has donated a tonne of rice to the people affected by the Kadovar volcano in East Sepik. Wewak district sales manager Casper Jeffery said the company recognised […]
Govt accounts to open: Ngangan
By LUKE KAMA GOVERNMENT accounts will open today for the 2018 fiscal year, according to Finance Secretary Dr Ken Ngangan. He told The National yesterday that the accounts were scheduled […]
Renaming of hospital breathes life into late doctor’s legacy
DR Lin Calvert, pictured, who turned 93 on Friday, witnessed the commissioning of the Calvert Memorial Hospital, named after her late husband, Peter, in the backwaters of Baimuru in Gulf. […]