Day: July 5, 2018
Censors set drug and sex toys on fire
PORNOGRAPHIC material and sex enhancement products (SEP)were among 1300 illicit items destroyed in Port Moresby last Friday. The Office of Censorship, in partnership with the National Drug and Vice Squad […]
Kua wants watchdog to put Electoral Commission under microscope
SINASINA-Yongomugl MP and former minister of justice and attorney-general Kerenga Kua wants the Ombudsman Commission (OC) to do its own investigations into the conduct of the Electoral Commission. According to […]
School needs K700,000 for term 3
By DOROTHY MARK THE popular Brahman Catholic High School in the Usino-Bundi district of Madang needs more than K700,000 to begin term three or it will delay classes. Principal Paul […]
Students get Oil Search Foundation scholarship
FIFTEEN students are the first recipients of Oil Search Foundation (OFS) Scholarship this year. Under the foundation leadership programme, it is providing scholarships for nursing, business management and medical students […]
Teachers want success teaching standard-based curriculum
TEACHERS attending standard-based education curriculum training in Jiwaka want to see the government and the Department of Education do more to ensure the successful implementation of the programme. They called […]
Ela Motors boosts Mt Hagen show with K10,000
ELA Motors has presented a cheque for K10,000 to the Mt Hagen Cultural Show committee to support the event this year. The company’s dealership manager Bennie Irali presented the cheque […]
New Zealand helping to light up rural communities
By LUKE KAMA THE New Zealand government believes that providing electricity to rural communities in Papua New Guinea can improve living standards, an official says. New Zealand development counsellor to […]
O’Neill acknowledges Apec meeting sponsors
PRIME Minister Peter O’Neill last night thanked the nine platinum sponsors and knowledge partner of the Apec CEO Summit 2018 during a dinner in Port Moresby. O’Neill and the Apec […]
Northern school raises K14,000 for new lab
FORTY grade 8 students have raised more than K14,000 to build a computer laboratory for their primary school. The students from Afore, in the Ijivitari district of Northern, walked the […]
Numu to protect workers in EHP
By ZACHERY PER EASTERN Highlanders Governor Peter Numu says he will do all he can to ensure that people in his province are not underpaid by foreigners. He said he […]