Day: March 4, 2019
Teachers who rape deserve no mercy
REFERRING to Wednesday’s article in The National regarding the schoolgirl who said she was raped by her teacher in Southern Highlands, and her relatives who accepted K2000 in compensation, I […]
Prisoners need love, not fear and hatred
I DISAGREE with Kepsy Branko whose letter was published in January titled, “Prisons becoming holiday camps”. I must remind Kepsy that prisons are not holiday camps and will never become […]
Politics and sport don’t mix
POLITICS has crippled major sporting codes in the country. We all have experienced the negative effects of opposing sides claiming to be the legitimate side with the right to occupy […]
Motukea landowners receive three coaster buses
SPIN-OFF benefits from Motukea International Terminal in Port Moresby have now started to flow to the landowners. On Friday, landowner communities of Baruni and Tatana villages, through their registered and […]
New internet cable gets to Alotau
By CLARISSA MOI DataCo Limited has completed system 2 of the new Kumul submarine cable network with the other end now at Alotau. The cable is being laid from Port […]
Chung fined, banned
FORMER Papua New Guinea Football Association (PNGFA) president David Chung has been fined K337,700 and banned from football for six years for financial wrongdoing linked to a NZ$20 million (K45.8 […]
Late brace keeps Reds in top spot
By BENJAMIN KOITAKA HEKARI United maintained their number one spot top of the Kumul Petroleum National Soccer League Southern Conference after seeing off Star Mountain 2-1 in on Saturday. The […]
POM United out-hustle Strikers 2-1
By ISAAC LIRI IN-form Port Moresby United notched up another win in the Kumul Petroleum National Soccer League Southern Conference with a 2-1 win over Southern Strikers on Saturday. The […]
Bougainville hold out Central for win
BOUGAINVILLE’S better organised defence enabled them beat Central United 2-0 in their Kumul Petroleum Holdings Ltd National Soccer League Southern Conference round six match at the Sir John Guise Stadium […]
Thurston, Tate for run
TEAM PNG’s largest fundraising event, the Trukai Fun Run is set to kick off this week with t-shirt auctions. The auctions are on Wednesday and Thursday in Lae and Port […]