Day: September 3, 2018
Funding a challenge for Defence Force battalion
FUNDING remains a major challenge for the Papua New Guinea Defence Force Engineering Battalion in Igam, Lae, its commander says. Engineer Battalion Commander Lt Col Bruno Malau said the battalion […]
Illegal land dealings to be probed
THE Morobe lands and physical planning board will get to the bottom of illegal land dealings and uncertified buildings. Provincial lands and physical planning minister and Menyamya MP Thomas Pelika […]
Digicel Foundation’s former boss chases Motu-Koitabu top job
FORMER Digicel PNG Foundation chief executive Beatrice Mahuru will contest the Motu-Koitabu chairman’s seat in the upcoming local-level government elections in Port Moresby in Sept-Oct. Mahuru is the first female […]
Fence to stop risky crossing
CAPITAL city manager Benard Kipit says the new fencing being built under Vision City (VC) Footbridge will serve several purposes, including safety. The bridge will also influence people to cross […]
Selling betel nut is lazy work: Kipit
By Jason Dom PORT Moresby city manager Bernard Kipit says selling betel nuts is a “lazy way of earning an income”. He said people were doing that because they were […]
New machine arrives to give newborns new hope
THE Port Moresby General Hospital has obtained a screening machine that can help detect eye problems in babies, particularly premature ones. It can help detect eye problems at an early […]
Pastor: Men failing to manage families
A PASTOR has warned that some men were failing to manage their families an are therefoe creating social probloems. In his Fathers’ Day message yesterday, Reverend Leo Kunumb, a lecturer […]
Juveniles charged with rape of girl, 13
THREE juveniles have been charged by Kokopo police with the rape of a 13-year-old girl at Maren village, in the Duke of York local-level government, East New Britain, on the […]
CJ praises women judges
CHIEF Justice Sir Salamo Injia says two new women judges will hopefully help increase non-citizen judges towards 25 per cent to better reflect the country’s transnational judiciary system. He said […]
Chimbu starts polio vaccination
CHIMBU has started polio vaccinations for children below the age of five. Catholic Health Service disease control officer Peter Kelly said health workers from government health facilities and churches and […]