Month: July 2018
Homeowners start association to make estate a nice place to live
Homeowners at a new residential estate in Port Moresby have formed an association to make it a safe and secure place to live, work and raise children. Flight Path Community […]
Women train to be bus drivers
By ANGELA PAUL FORTY-eight women will be taught to drive a bus under Ginigoada’s bus driver training skills programme sponsored by the Canadian government. Ginigoada Foundation manager Robert Evah, at […]
Pomgen gets new urology equipment
By CLARISSA MOI PORT Moresby General Hospital received a second batch of urology medical equipment worth K600,000 from the Chinese government yesterday. Urology is the part of healthcare that deals […]
Illegal-roadblock offenders face fines up to K1 million
SETTING up roadblocks is illegal and offenders can face fines of up to a million kina or be sent to prison for 10 years or both, Central police commander Chief […]
Trafficking in PNG a million-kina business
People involved in human trafficking in the country are making millions, Trafficking in Person (TIP) 2018 report says. The report says traffickers made big profits from exploiting others, leaving individual […]
Film festival calling for submissions on human rights
The 9th annual Papua New Guinea Human Rights Film Festival is calling for submissions from filmmakers for this year’s programme. The theme for this year’s festival is Tokaut nau long […]
New dates set
By GYNNIE KERO THE deadline for the registration of SIM cards has been extended for people living in rural districts and remote areas. National Information and Communications Technology Authority (Nicta) […]
Cardiologist team in Port Moresby fix Rihanna’s broken heart
RIHANNA Chris, 8, is recovering at the Port Moresby General Hospital after undergoing open heart surgery on Sunday. The girl from Pogera, in Enga, was the first to be operated […]
NCDC removing fences
By GYNNIE KERO ALL Colorbond or sheet metal panels and razor-wire fences at properties in Port Moresby will be removed, says city manager Bernard Kipit. The National Capital District Commission […]
Morobe proposing a second city at Nadzab
By PETER ESILA MOROBE is proposing to the Government to have a second city built at Nadzab outside Lae. Governor Ginson Saonu said it would be called the Lae Nadzab […]