Day: July 10, 2018
Govt asked to complete outstanding funding to outgrowers
JOINT venture partners Innovative Agro Industries and the Enga government are calling on the Government to complete its funding of K6 million for the benefit of locals engaged as outgrowers. […]
PMSA Orange bag U17 youth festival title
By ISAAC LIRI PORT Moresby Soccer Association (PMSA) Orange won the Southern Region Under-17 Youth Football Festival women’s division beating PMSA Green 2-0 on Sunday at Bisini. Orange coach Miriam […]
Teen sentenced to 25yrs for murder of student
By JIMMY KALEBE A STUDENT, 17, has been jailed for 25 years for killing a colleague in an argument in Finschhafen, Morobe, in August last year. Despite a compensation payment […]
Ex-league chairman gets 12yrs
By TREVOR WAHUNE Former rugby league chairman Billy Aki has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment for killing his wife Loisa Aki on Dec 26, 2015. Justice George Manuhu, in […]
Former jail boss condemns Saturday’s shooting of escapees
By LARRY ANDREW and JUNIOR UKAHA FORMER Buimo Jail commander Samson Jaro has condemned last Saturday’s shooting of four escapees. Jaro, who was Buimo commander from 1992 to 2011, said […]
Transport authority urged to decentralise functions
MOROBE Transport Board chairman Kobby Bomario is appealing to the National Transport Authority (NTA) to decentralise some of its functions to the provincial government to help it earn some internal […]
East Sepik decision illegal: EC
By CLIFFORD FAIPARIK East Sepik provincial assembly’s decision to pass a resolution to have people vote directly for local level government presidents is illegal, says Electoral Commissioner Patilias Gamato. He […]
Care centre releases 45 orphans back to community
By MICHELLE AMBA THE El Rafa Care Centre in Minj, Jiwaka, released 45 orphans back into the community last week. The centre caters for orphans whose parents have died of […]
Court blasts lawyer for wasting time
By Alice Osii A defence lawyer was told off in court last week by a magistrate who called him a time waster and rejected his request to be granted another […]
18 months to rid polio
By Gynnie Kero THE Government has 18 months at the most to increase its children’s immunisation programme to 80 per cent from the current 30 per cent, National Planning Minister […]