Day: March 19, 2019
Exxon Mobil grateful for help during tough year
By CLARISSA MOI LAST year was a “tragic and triumphant” year for ExxonMobil PNG, managing director Andrew Barry says. He said this last Thursday during its sixth annual stakeholders’ thank […]
Air Niugini stands firm with orders of Boeing 737 Max
By PETER ESILA AIR Niugini has not softened its earlier stand that it is going ahead with the order and delivery of four of the controversial Boeing 737 Max 8s. […]
Airline needs support: Milne
AIR Niugini managing director Alan Milne says Papua New Guineans’ concern and passion about the country’s flag carrier keeps the airline responsible. “To me, that is a good thing because […]
Landowners’ ID process ‘final’
THE conclusion of the PNG LNG landowner beneficiary identification process for Hides PDL 1 and 7 are final, according to Minister for Petroleum Dr Fabian Pok. After 10 years, Pok […]
PNG Muslims slam NZ shooting
By MICHAEL LAI THE Muslim community in Papua New Guinea has condemned the killing of fellow believers at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, last Friday, saying it was “inhuman”. […]
Man jailed for sexually touching little girl, 5
By GIDEON KINDIWA A JUDGE has sentenced a man to five years in jail for sexually touching a five-year-old girl, rejecting his excuse that he was too drunk to know […]
Police checks reports of boy abused by relative
POLICE are investigating a report that a five-year-old boy was sexually abused by a relative living in his home. Gerehu police station commander Hanson Tokally said the incident happened last […]
Parliamentary committee on violence eyed
The Religion Youth and Community Development Department is working towards establishing a gender-based violence (GBV) parliamentary committee. Deputy secretary community development programmes division Joe Itaki said a submission was ready […]
Correction
A report on Page 5 of The National ‘Youths block Kokoda in dispute over K500,000’ last Thursday wrongly reported that the Tourism Promotion Authority would refund individual trekkers the K150 […]
Court dismisses application by Pruaitch, ombudsman
A COURT has rejected an application by Opposition Leader Patrick Pruaitch and the Ombudsman Commission to intervene in a special reference. Justice Derek Hartshorn, sitting as a single Supreme Court […]