Day: May 17, 2019
Four-month-old baby saved from house carried by landslide
By DOROTHY MARK A FOUR-month-old baby was saved when the family home was carried downhill by a landslide which hit a village in Madang on Wednesday night. The disaster was […]
Social media told to be responsible
PRIME Minister Peter O’Neill has called on social media platforms to demonstrate their commitment to countries they operate in and improve processes to protect vulnerable people in communities. O’Neill made […]
Digital networks vital for country
By GYNNIE KERO PRIME Minister Peter O’Neill says moving many people straight from traditional societies to where we now are, depends much on the expansion of digital networks around the […]
Former Aust PM passes away, O’Neill sends condolences
Prime Minister Peter O’Neill has extended the nation’s condolences on the passing of former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke. “As prime minister, trade union leader and statesman, Mr Hawke was […]
Delay in revised agreement for Hidden Valley mine frustrates landowner group
DELAY in endorsing a revised memorandum of agreement (MoA) for the Hidden Valley mine in Bulolo, Morobe, since Oct 24, 2014, is frustrating Nakuwi Landowners’ Association president Rex Mauri. Mauri […]
Roadwork adds grief to communities living in area
COMMUNITIES at the 9-Mile-Yalu Bridge area affected by the construction of the second phase of the Lae-Nadzab four-lane highway project are in the dark, not knowing whom to raise their […]
District authority ‘not effective’
By LUKE KAMA THE establishment of district development authorities (DDAs) has not been sufficient to improve service delivery at district and local level government (LLG) level, according to a study […]
Marape wants project to benefit people directly
By MALUM NALU FORMER Finance Minister and Alternative Prime Minister James Marape, picture, says he will support the US$600 million (K2bil) PNG-China Integrated Agriculture Park Project if it follows “proper […]
East New Britain planning division has board members
THE physical planning division in the East New Britain administration will now have board members. The swearing in of the members was held at the Kokopo Beach Bungalow yesterday, with […]
Minister wants bodies set up
By HELEN TARAWA HEALTH and HIV-Aids Minister Elias Kapavore has put his department on notice to have the four outstanding provincial health authorities (PHA) established before May 28. Kapavore wasted […]