Day: March 20, 2019
Pato highlights need to regulate and protect maritime boundaries
FOREIGN Affairs and Trade Minister Rimbink Pato says the need to protect and regulate activities in maritime boundaries is important. He said this on Friday when signing PNG’s six maritime […]
New Ireland autonomy committee calls on PM to give provinces more powers
New Ireland Autonomy Committee chairman Sir Noel Levi is calling on Prime Minister Peter O’Neill to give them greater powers to govern affairs of their province. Sir Noel said O’Neill […]
Australia and PNG sign agreement for naval base
Papua New Guinea and Australia reached another milestone in their bilateral relationship with the recent signing of the memorandum-of-understanding (MoU) for the joint initiative at Lombrum Naval Base. The agreement […]
8 years for child abuse
By TREVOR WAHUNE A MAN employed as a babysitter has been sentenced to eight years in jail for sexually abusing a seven-year-old girl — the latest in a series of […]
Boy seeks justice for father shot while helping police
AN eight-year-old boy, whose father was shot dead – allegedly by police – when he was still a baby, is today seeking justice for the killing. Dominic Sangi Jr’s father, […]
Second time lucky for student who goes home with K250
A PRIMARY school student in Mt Hagen is K250 richer after winning The National Masthead Money competition. Cyndirita Kombati, 16, is a grade 8 student at Tarangau Primary School in […]
Journalist helps mum deliver baby
WOMEN need to know the basics of delivering babies in case they come across situations in which their help is required, says Constable Freda Peter. Peter, a member of the […]
Sonk makes a pledge to save gas fields in Western
Kumul Petroleum Holdings Limited managing director Wapu Sonk says the commercialisation of the stranded assets in Western is key to renewing the gas exploration interest in the province. Sonk said […]
PNG Power restructured to serve everyone: PM
PRIME Minister Peter O’Neill says PNG Power has been restructured with reforms to provide electricity to everyone. “We are undertaking new reforms so that we can provide power with our […]
Puma Energy breathes new life into refinery
PUMA Energy has invested almost US$100 million (K337 million) to revive the Napa Napa oil refinery, says country manager Jim Collings. He told the 2019 Petroleum and Energy Summit in […]