Day: June 7, 2018
ENB endorses first two of four LLG elections
EAST New Britain administrator and chairman of the provincial election steering committee Wilson Matava has endorsed the first two of the four districts’ local level government election operations plans and […]
New electricity project to cost over K1 billion
By JAMES GUMUNO AN electricity supply project expected to cost more than K1 billion was launched in Mt Hagen yesterday by Prime Minister Peter O’Neill. The 32kV power transmission lines […]
Treasury told to fund pay rise
CABINET has directed the Treasury Department to provide funds for the public sector pay awards involving the 3 per cent annual increase from 2017 to 2019 for the 120,000 public […]
Dept starts clearing land for housing
FENCES were torn down yesterday at the Durand Farm housing project in Port Moresby as the Department for Housing and Urbanisation began clearing blocks of land which had been illegally […]
Digitalising government system seen as key
By PETER ESILA PAPUA New Guinea’s Integrated Government Information System (IGIS) is perhaps the country’s foundation to the path of a digitalised government system, an official says. Flierl Shongol, deputy […]
Akoitai: Remoteness presenting obstacles
Central Bougainville MP Sam Akoitai says that there are challenges faced by the Autonomous Bougainville Government in conducting awareness on the proposed referendum in remote areas of Bougainville. “There is […]
More rural airstrips eyed under aviation plan
By MALUM NALU Civil Aviation Minister Alfred Manase says the Government will be looking at rural airstrips following the success of the Asian Development Bank-funded Civil Aviation Development Improvement Programme […]
Poor jail health services slammed
THE biggest prison in the country needs to improve the health services it provides so that inmates do not have to be referred to hospitals, an official says. Bomana Prison […]
Women cashing in on solar lamps
WOMEN are taking advantage of the popularity of a solar lamp to earn some money in rural Jiwaka and Enga. The director of operations for PNG Tribal Foundation, Ruth Kissam, […]