Day: July 16, 2019
More rain forecasted this week
THE National Weather Service forecasts more rain in Port Moresby and other parts of the country throughout the week. “We’ve been experiencing a weak dry season resulting in more rain […]
Concerns bad publicity will affect show, tourism
By JEFFREY ELAPA NEGATIVE publicity continues to affect the country’s tourism industry. Mt Hagen Cultural Show committee chairman John Bobby said the burning of the Air Niugini aircraft in Mendi […]
Briefs
No official report MOROBE election manager Simon Soheke says he is yet to get a full report on the number of candidates contesting the ward councillor’s seats. The 57 wards […]
‘Violence limits rights’
A CABINET minister has joined the chorus of condemnation in regards to the killing of women and children in Hela last week. Youth, Religion and Community Development Minister Wake Goi […]
MBP focuses on saving mothers, babies
DEATHS of newborns and mothers will be prevented in Milne Bay through the maternal and newborn care programme that was launched in Alotau yesterday. The programme comes under the national […]
Undialu: Killings ‘scare to hearts, minds’
HELA Governor Philip Undialu has condemned the senseless killings of women and children in the Tagali local level government of Tari-Pori, Hela, as “inhuman”. He described it as a “scar […]
Officer calls for fairness in appointments
THE appointment of the acting police commissioner and his deputies is unfair though it is the prerogative of the National Executive Council, former acting commissioner and provincial police commander Giossi […]
Two bodies found, six still missing after boat mishap
TWO bodies of the eight people who went missing at sea last Friday in a boating mishap between Karkar and Bagbag islands in Madang were recovered in Bogia yesterday. Bogia […]
Baby killed in forklift brake failure accident
MADANG town authorities have been urged not to allow companies to operate machinery in residential areas after a forklift ran over and killed a two-year-old boy last Monday. Former Madang […]
Boost for coffee farmers
By PETER WARI PRODUCTIVE Partnership in Agriculture Project (PPAP) project manager Potaisa Hombunaka was impressed with the work of a newly established PPAP-funded coffee rehabilitation and storage building in Imbonggu, […]