Day: January 28, 2019
Women deny sending husbands to fight
By JAMES GUMUNO Ninety-eight (98) women from Piwa village, outside Tari town in Hela, have pleaded not guilty to charges of provocation of violence. They appeared for mention on Friday […]
Police get K20,000 to stop fighting
By CLIFFORD FAIPARIK Telefomin MP Solan Mirisim has allocated K20,000 police to be deployed to the border of West Sepik and Hela provinces to quell fighting between people from these […]
Opening of Banab Bridge in Madang deferred
By DOROTHY MARK THE opening of the Banab Bridge in Madang has again been deferred, according to contractor JV PNG Investment. Company director John Bankok said he was recently advised […]
Two held for murder
AN accused sorcery suspect in Raicoast, Madang was murdered and buried in the sand near the Raicoast High School and discovered 17 day later, police said. He was Aisaro Mage, […]
Islanders need to be evacuated
MORE than 2000 people from the Manam Island area in Madang are to be evacuated to care centres today as the island’s volcano restarted spewing smoke last week. Yabu local […]
Street vending, petty crimes up
STREET vending is increasing gradually in Lae’s Top Town and main market areas, accompanied by petty crimes, Lae Metropolitan Chief Supt Anthony Wagambie Jr says. The situation is being jointly […]
School needs K400,000 to upgrade facilities: Chairman
By EREBIRI ZURENUOC DREGERHAFEN Secondary School in Finschhafen will need K400,000 to upgrade its rundown facilities and other infrastructures to be able to accept students next month, an official says. […]
Mapai owner slams Govt
MAPAI Transport Company owner Jacob Luke has slammed the Government and its land transport agencies for not having in place training for highway drivers. He said this after Lae City […]
Govt, partners to continue fight against polio
THE fight to stop the transmission of the polio virus will continue this year with support from the Government and its partners, Health Secretary Pascoe Kase, pictured, says. The campaign […]
Delivery delay due to lack of offices
THE absence of the National Aids Committee offices in provinces is a setback to the delivery of more than five million condoms for men and 500,000 for women. But the […]