Day: August 20, 2018
Tondop back home as commander
CHIEF Superintendent Joseph Tondop has replaced Chief Inspector George Kakak as provincial police commander in Enga. He took office last Friday in Wabag after his stint as provincial police commander […]
Court prevents eviction of residents
By HEZRON KISING THE Waigani National Court has issued a restraining order against the National Agriculture Research Institute (Nari) evicting residents from four pieces of land at Laloki outside Port […]
Manufacturer denies Twin-Otter claims
THE Canadian-based manufacturer of Twin-Otter aircraft has denied reports that a Twin-Otter crash resulted in the death of Papua New Guinea pilot Captain Leslie Sefuve in Eastern Indonesia. Viking Air […]
A million kids eyed in polio second round
ALMOST 1.2 million children under the age of five will be covered in the polio vaccination programme in September and October. The second oral polio vaccination rounds for Morobe, Madang, […]
Primary health care needed
THE availability and accessibility of primary health care services in the Asia-Pacific region is patchy, says the World Health Organisation. Regional director for the Western Pacific Dr Shin Young-soo said […]
WHO regional head visits Morobe clinic
THE regional director of the World Health Organisation in the Western Pacific region Dr Shin Young-soo visited Lae on Friday to see work on the polio response. He visited the […]
Health workers get polio vaccine for protection
HEALTH workers in some private hospitals have been receiving polio vaccines for protection, according to a doctor. Dr Mathias Sapuri said they were following the Centres for Disease Control and […]
Govt aims to better budget targets
The Government has instructed its organisational staffing personnel emoluments audit committee (OSPEAC) and public sector organisational reform taskforce to introduce some hardline measures to bring expenditure back on track. Finance […]
Physical engagement by law and justice agencies needed, says CJ
Chief Justice Sir Salamo Injia has urged law and justice agencies to be present physically in communities to deliver better justice services. He said the law and order service was […]
Helicopter flies patients to hospital
A MAN severely wounded by a barracuda fish and a woman, who had a miscarriage were airlifted from Namatanai (NTI) to the Kavieng General Hospital in New Ireland by the […]