Day: April 17, 2018
Allocation of funds a matter of timing for Abel
DEPUTY Prime Minister and Treasurer Charles Abel says the allocation of funds is related to timing issues. Replying to a question from Marpik MP John Simon in Parliament on Friday, […]
Councillors to get their outstanding allowances
WARD councillors will have their outstanding allowances paid shortly, according to Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer Charles Abel. He told Finschhafen MP Renbo Paita who questioned it in Parliament that […]
O’Neill: Moving military bases a government decision
THE Government decided in 2012 to relocate the Defence Force’s Murray and Taurama barracks, the naval base at Lancron and the engineering battalion in Lae, says Prime Minister Peter O’Neill, […]
P’nyang LNG a standalone project, says petroleum minister
PETROLEUM Minister Dr Fabian Pok has made it clear that the P’nyang LNG project in Western will be a “standalone” project. He was replying to a question from South Fly […]
Tiensten among 17 inmates on parole
By DAPHNE WANI SEVENTEEN prisoners, including former Government Minister and Pomio MP Paul Tiensten, have been released on parole from Bomana Prison. Bomana prison commander Kiddy Keko told The National […]
Judge throws out parole application of murderer
By TREVOR WAHUNE A JUDGE has rejected a parole application from a man serving life imprisonment after the court was told he had committed another offence while out on parole […]
Students receive help with fees
Tambul-Nebilyer MP Bakari Daki is investing in students attending tertiary institutions to help them graduate. Daki allocated K1 million, including K25,500 for the 51 students attending the Holy Trinity Teachers’ […]
NCD police need K3.5mil for system to boost service
By PHOEBE GWANGILO POLICE in the National Capital District need about K3.5 million to set up a data-based system to improve its service, Metropolitan Superintendent Perou N’Dranou, pictured, says. “I […]
Oil Search helps UN deliver earthquake relief supplies
OIL Search has assisted the United Nations world food programme to deliver more than 30 tonnes of relief supplies to villages affected by the February earthquake. The company said in […]
Court stops parties from interfering with logging
A COURT has restrained the PNG Forests Authority (PNGFA), National Forests Service (NFS) and the State from interfering with the day-to-day logging operations of National Forest Products Limited operating in […]