Day: June 13, 2019
Man sentenced to 2 years for possessing firearm
A 21-YEAR-OLD father of one was given a two-yearn jail time for an illegal possession of firearms, live ammunitions and escaping from police custody. Goroka Court Magistrate Gerard Vetunawa sentenced […]
Church builds toilets for Oro community
TOILETS may not sound important but ask those households and communities that do not have one just how hard it gets. The Augasusu community in Northern are having six toilets […]
Manus police investigating shooting incident
By ROSELYN ELLISON MANUS police are investigating reports about the death of a man allegedly shot by his uncle. Manus Police Commander Chief Insp David Yapu said Daniel Casper 33, […]
Passengers hurt in accident
A BUS heading from Mendi to Lai Valley in the Mendi Munihu last Friday went down the side of a hill, injuring it’s 15 passengers. Southern Highlands police commander Martin […]
Soldiers’ remains sent home
REMAINS of United States service members killed in action in Papua New Guinea during World War II were sent home on Monday. US Ambassador Catherine Ebert-Gray said these service men […]
Police catch highway robbery suspects
A GROUP of suspects alleged to be involved in a string of hold-ups along the Madang-Usino Highway had been caught by Madang police. This happened after a bus crew alerted […]
Grooming set as criteria for students’ scholarship
THE criteria for Tewae-Siassi district’s scholarship for students studying at Balob Teachers College in Lae, Morobe, is personal grooming and discipline. MP Dr Kobby Bomareo said apart from a student’s […]
Pageant announces first show
THE Pacific Islands pageant announced its first Papua New Guinean show at the Sanctuary Hotel in Port Moresby yesterday. The first contestant of the pageant is Miss Sanctuary and Rapopo […]
College students take part in classroom simulation programme
MORE than 300 year-three students of the Balob Teachers College in Lae, took part in the college’s classroom simulation programme last Friday. Balob is the only teacher’s college in the […]
Group of scientists to visit Ulawin in West New Britain
A GROUP of scientists will visit West New Britain to carry out routine upgrading of monitoring equipment. This is according to the Rabaul Volcanological Observatory (RVO) after noting that there […]