Day: February 8, 2019
Soldiers seize marijuana
By Clifford Faiparik A suspected Papua New Guinean drug smuggler escaped from Indonesian soldiers and left 50kg of marijuana along the PNG-Indonesian border, Vanimo based Indonesian consul-general Abraham Abelauw says. […]
New students learn old fire rules
First-year students attending the University of PNG have been told to be fire-conscious at campus. PNG Fire Service community safety inspector Stanely Danny, one of the speakers who spoke to […]
Gaming board gives new ambulance to WHP community
THE National Gaming Control Board has donated a new ambulance to Sanap Community Health Post in the Mul-Baiyer district, Western Highlands. Board chairman Pastor Charles Lapa and one of his […]
Authority wants vehicles properly inspected
All vehicles should be properly inspected before licences are issued, Road Transport Authority (RTA) chairman Melvin Yalapan says. He said RTA officers were tasked with the job of carrying out […]
Transport issues force police officers to leave
THE Jimi police station is empty and those who were based there have moved to Banz because there is no transport for work and road conditions are very bad. As […]
Taxi service improving, says PMV group
By JASON DOM TAXI service in Port Moresby has been improving recently, the PMV Association says. Association president Jack Waso told The National yesterday that positive feedbacks were received from […]
Enga health staff cry foul over selections
STAFF of the Enga Provincial Health Authority are calling on authorities to review the selections made through a new restructure. More than 60 staff who claim to have been displaced […]
Malaysian Association donates K20,000 worth of medicine to NCD
AN association has donated K20,000 worth of medicine to the National Capital District health services. The Malaysian Association of PNG said in a statement they donated the medicine last week […]
Most health facilities in Nawaeb need staff
MORE than half of the health facilities in the Nawaeb district of Morobe lack staff, district health manager Justin Ruaming says. He blamed it on the provincial administration for not […]
Briefs
Theft suspect A woman appeared at the Waigani Committal Court for allegedly conspiring and stealing K4200 from another woman’s bank account on several occasions. Sarufa Akia, 42, from Baimuru, Gulf, […]