Day: December 17, 2018
Dogs hold out United to maintain winning run
By MELTON PAIS TOKS Mix Dogs beat Nest United 10-6 over the weekend to maintain their winning streak after seven rounds in the Hohola Offseason Rugby League. Dogs, led by […]
ICCC probes shares purchase
By LOTTIE WAYAGURE The Independent Consumer and Competition Commission (ICCC) will start an investigation into an international organisation buying more than 50 per cent share in the Port Moresby Stock […]
AIC appoints new commissioners, chief exec
THE PNG Air Investigation Commission (PNGAIC) has two new commissioners and a chief executive. Civil Aviation Minister Alfred Manase on Friday announced the appointments of Capt Aria Bouraga and Capt […]
PNG woman in cocaine conviction
A PAPUA New Guinea woman has been found guilty by the Brisbane District Court of being part of an international drug-smuggling syndicate smuggling cocaine into Australia, a court registry officer […]
Government closes all key service accounts for the year
By PETER ESILA ALL key Government priorities such as district services improvement programme (DSIP), provincial services improvement programme (PSIP), tuition fee free (TFF) and health have been fully discharged in […]
Rise in illicit trade upsets council
The Manufacturers’ Council of PNG (MCPNG) has expressed concern over Customs’ apathy towards an increase in illicit trade. MCPNG chief executive Chey Scovell said Customs did not seem to support […]
Officers take new approach to help youths
POLICE officers are being trained to work with families to understand and address the underlying causes of why youths commit crimes and how to stop them. In what is a […]
Prisoners wash in well as water taps run dry
The 511 inmates of Beon Jail in Madang are now using water wells to bath after the water supply to the jail ran out last week, a casualty of the […]
Landowner faction stones office for missing out on royalty payment
By DOROTHY MARK A faction of a clan that missed out on the recent Ramu nickel royalty distribution stoned the company’s glass house headquarters in Madang on Friday. Members of […]
Ihove is acting authority CEO
Copland Ihove was appointed acting chief executive of the newly-established Northern provincial health authority on Friday. Ihove, an adviser for rural health service, was appointed for a three-month term soon […]