Day: January 17, 2019
Parlt plans to sit for up to two weeks: Official
By HELEN TARAWA PARLIAMENT will sit for up to two weeks from next Tuesday, and is expected to rise before the grace period of the current Government expires, an official […]
Military wants to add 6000 soldiers
THE Papua New Guinea Defence Force hopes to increase its manpower to 10,000 this year from 4000 to improve security for the country. Commander Major General Gilbert Toropo told The […]
Gulf police lack logistics
GULF cases to be investigated by police are piling up because they do not have enough transport, fuel or boats to do the job, their commander says. Inspector Silva Sika […]
CS plans to increase manpower to 2000 this year from 1100
Correctional Services is hoping to increase its manpower to around 2000 this year from just over 1100. Correctional Service acting Commissioner Stephen Pokanis told The National that the recruitment would […]
Man facing same charge – again
By GIDEON KINDIWA A MAN accused of persistent sexual abuse of a minor appeared in the Waigani Committal Court after being arrested for the second time over the same offence. […]
Man accused of killing wife over K20 arrested
A MAN accused of killing his wife over K20 was arrested by police in Gulf last week. Police commander Inspector Silva Sika said the suspect, who escaped from Ova village […]
Two years for dangerous driving causing death
A MAN has been jailed for two years with hard labour for dangerous driving causing the death of a policewoman along the Poreporena Freeway in Port Moresby. Damien Koiaie, 42, […]
Online products miss scans
MANY people are ordering products from overseas through the internet which do not go through scanning at post offices and wharves, Chief Censor Steven Mala says. “Many of these illegal […]
Kantha: Guilty foreign couple have no grounds to stay
By CLIFFORD FAIPARIK CHIEF Migration Officer Solomon Kantha says the Chinese couple found guilty of assaulting a journalist should not remain in Papua New Guinea. Shu Ding Wu, 35, and […]
People given a month to move
By DOROTHY MARK HUNDREDS of people living in the Nagada area of Madang owned by the Evangelical Lutheran Church of PNG (ELCPNG) have been ordered to vacate their homes within […]