Day: June 6, 2018
Bank says Cadip ‘most successful’ programme
THE Asian Development Bank has rated the Civil Aviation Development Investment Programme (Cadip) as one of its most successful projects in Papua New Guinea. The bank’s unit head of portfolio […]
Dept launches essay comp
THE Department for Community Development and Religion wants students to develop a habit of caring for the environment by launching an essay competition. Winners will be announced during the Literacy […]
Department to drive plastic clean-up campaign
THE Department of Environment, Conservation and Climate Change will facilitate and coordinate a plastic clean-up campaign along the Motuan coastline communities in the National Capital District and surrounding villages. Minister […]
Pundari wants next environment day to be public holiday
Environment, Conservation and Climate Change Minister John Pundari will push for the next World Environment Day to be a public holiday. Speaking at the World Environment Day yesterday at Badihagwa […]
Call to train workers on business
THE public sector needs to have serious exit strategies for the civil service, says PNG Human Resource Institute president Jerry Wemin. One way to rejuvenate the public service is to […]
Man who cut off head gets 40yrs
By TREVOR WAHUNE A man, who beheaded another, was yesterday jailed for 40 years with hard labour at Bomana Prison but the judge said a death sentence would have been […]
Duo jailed for seven years for robbing Customs employee
By DAPHNE WANI TWO men were jailed for seven years for aggravated robbery of a Customs employee in Port Moresby two years ago. The pair took K22,114 and a Huawei […]
Four arrested after student stabbed to death
By ZEBEDEE GIAME FIVE people have been arrested by Morobe police in relation to the death of a grade 8 student from Gabmazum Primary School in Markham. According to a […]
Police put curfew in place to stop fighting
By JIMMY KALEBE POLICE in Morobe have imposed a curfew at a government station in Finschhafen in an effort to stop fighting between youths from two villages. Provincial Police Commander […]
PNG and Australia take defence talks to the air
By JACKLYN SIRIAS THE PNG and Australian Defence Forces are having talks to re-established links between their air sections. Defence Force chief of force preparation Colonel Siale Diro said the […]