Day: October 19, 2018
Asia-Pacific region facing ongoing disasters: Abel
Climate-related and non-climate-related disasters are becoming the norm in the Asia-Pacific region, the Apec finance ministers’ meeting has been told. Deputy Prime Minister and meeting chairman Charles Abel told a […]
Transparency International calls for full report on cars
TRANSPARENCY International PNG (TIPNG) is calling for the Government and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Authority to publicly disclose the total cost involved in the purchase of the luxury vehicles and to […]
Too many wives, to many babies
By Glenda Awikiak POLYGAMY is one of the causes of high population growth and should be discouraged, says Secretary for Department of National Planning and Monitoring Konny Samuel. He said […]
K82.6mil needed
THE country needs a total investment of K82.6 million to reach the committed contraceptive prevalence rate by 2024, a study shows. The United Nation Population Fund cost-benefit analysis of family […]
Digicel jumps in to help Karimui run K200,000 show
By LUKE KAMA DIGICEL PNG Limited is one of the corporate sponsors of the inaugural Karimui Conservation, Agriculture and Cultural Show 2018. The show to be staged in the remote […]
PNG needs real time data to support development
By TONY PALME ACTING National Statistician Michael Kumung says the country needs to have real time data and statistics to help the government plan development. “And we at the National […]
270,000 children vaccinated in Lae
MORE than 275,000 children under the age of 15 have so far been vaccinated against the polio virus during the third round of the supplementary immunisation campaign in Morobe. Provincial […]
Bikers plan two-week polio awarenes ride
TEN members of the Lae Paddle Power Bicycle Club will go on a cross-country bike-a-thon tour to raise polio awareness. The tour will start from Wau in Bulolo, Morobe, and […]
Programmes that improve services seen as priority
PROVINCIAL and district administrations have been urged to implement the services improvement programme. Department of Implementation and Rural Development acting Secretary Aihi Vaki sent officials to conduct, monitor and inspect […]
Fly MP sees road as a boost to border trade
A NEW road about to be built is expected to encourage economic activity and trade across the border regions and Western, says North Fly MP James Donald. The North Fly […]