Day: May 23, 2018
Pomat confirms MP’s dismissal
By CLIFFORD FAIPARIK Parliament Speaker Job Pomat says that he has received instruments from Governor-General Sir Bob Dadae confirming the dismissal of Vanimo-Green MP Belden Namah from Parliament. Pomat said […]
‘Lack of funding holds up NID project’
By JUNIOR UKAHA INSUFFICIENT funding and lack of mobile kits’ have hindered implementation of the National Identification (NID) project in Morobe, says registrar Keputong Geibob. Geibob said since the NID […]
Murder of 3 men relating to sorcery confirmed
By ZACHERY PER Three men were butchered in a sorcery accusation based violence case in Goroka last month, provincial police commander David Seine Jr confirmed yesterday. He condemned the triple […]
Event held to boost staff’s skills
AN annual event of Toyota Tsusho South Pacific Holding’s (TTSPH) group skill contest has been held in Papua New Guinea for the fourth time in 27 years. Country representatives from […]
Madang govt commits K500,000 to aid elections
THE Madang government has committed K500,000 to assist the Electoral Commission conduct the local level government elections in August. Madang election manager Justin Pantumari said he had requested for K1.2 […]
Taking ownership seen as answer to betel nut issues
SELLING and chewing betel nut in Port Moresby will no longer be an issue if people start taking responsibility for their rubbish, says city manager Bernard Kipit. Kipit was responding […]
Road tech paying off, says Wereh
By LUKE KAMA ROAD stabilisation technology which the Works Department incorporated as a requirement of its standards in 2015 is slowly paying off for PNG, Works Secretary David Wereh says. […]
Report: Over 1000 die in road accidents
The World Health Organisation estimates that at least 1200 people die on rods each year. Works Secretary David Wereh described that as a “huge social and economic cost to our […]
Brunei pledges to work to strengthen relations with PNG, Apec economies
BRUNEI is looking forward to participating in upcoming meetings and working closely with Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) economies to improve trade across borders, High Commissioner Zakaria Ahmad says. Ahmad is […]
Sir Bob acknowledges work of Polish missionaries, volunteers
GOVERNOR-General Sir Bob Dadae appreciates the work Polish Catholic missionaries, health workers and educators and says they are making an enormous contribution to PNG’s development. Speaking at the presentation of […]