Day: June 8, 2018
Thrill over hike in pay
By GYNNIE KERO and EREBIRI ZURENUOC THE country’s 56,000 teachers are looking forward to their next fortnight’s pay when they are to receive a 3 per cent pay rise – […]
‘Frustrated’ officers lash out at vendors over attack
By JUNIOR UKAHA MOROBE police say “frustration” drove a group of officers to attack a vendors and people at the Bumayong market outside Lae yesterday morning. Morobe police commander Superintendent […]
Section of K110m city freeway open
By LUKE KAMA THE first 1.2km section of the K110mil Poreporena Freeway road project in Port Moresby opened yesterday. Port Moresby city manager Bernard Kipit, a civil engineer by profession, […]
Leaders meet with service providers to discuss payments
By EREBIRI ZURENUOC A MEETING was held yesterday to address the issue of outstanding payments to service providers attached with the Lae Urban Local Level Government Council. The meeting between […]
Hela police arrest murder suspect, confiscate two guns
POLICE in Tari have arrested the alleged prime suspect in a killing last month and confiscated two factory-made guns that were used, Hela commander Martin Lakari says. He told The […]
K1 million allocated to speed up work at Banab Bridge
By DOROTHY MARK The Department of Works and Transport has allocated K1 million to speed up work on the collapsed Banab Bridge in North Coast, Madang. Department Secretary David Wereh, […]
Arawa gears up to make Bougainville Day a happy occasion
Arawa town will come alive next week as the former Bougainville capital commemorates Bougainville Day. The initiative was largely a communal effort without government support, with backing by the local […]
Lecturer, students rediscover ‘near-threatened’ mangrove
University of PNG’s Dr Lawong Balun and third-year biology students have rediscovered a near-extinct mangrove in Rigo, Central. The species, Ceriops decandra, found in Hood Lagoon has a restricted distribution […]