Day: July 24, 2019
Koboni hold off Dockers to register win
REIGNING champions Concept Koboni squared the ledger with the Dockers following a nail-biting 43-39 victory in round nine of the Port Moresby Esi Loan AFL Premiership at the Colts Oval […]
Queensland-based Roston wins 67th East New Britain Open
QUEENSLAND-based professional golfer Wayne Roston won the 67th Islands Petroleum New Britain Open with 196 over 54 holes at the Ralum Country Club in Kokopo, East New Britain, on Sunday. […]
Cricket tourney continues as Mariners take on Cassowaries
THE Curtain Brothers Cricket Papua New Guinea T20 Smash continues with the ODG Mariners taking on Ela Motors Cassowaries at 9am today at Amini Park in Port Moresby. The Cassowaries […]
Siassi acting assistant returning officer appointed
Electoral Commissioner Patilias Gamato has appointed Daniel Koro the Assistant Returning Officer (ARO) for the Siassi local level government in Morobe to ensure election results are completed on time. Koro […]
Australia remains PNG’s biggest foreign investor with K17bil
PNG has been an investment hub for Australia with a total volume of more than K17 billion for over 5,000 businesses operating in the country. Prime Minister James Marape revealed […]
PPAP’s agri-development model proven successful
PAPUA New Guinea’s PPAP (coffee component) has been reported to be tested, effective and successful. The PPAP Phase I and II kicked off in 2010 with a K318 million World […]
Man facing rape charge
By ROSELYN ELLISON MANUS police have arrested one of three men who allegedly took turns to rape a 12-year-old girl in Ward 1, Lorengau, on July 14. Describing the men […]
Man argues about charge laid on him
By TREVOR WAHUNE A MAN charged with obtaining practising certificates by false pretence has argued in court that there is insufficient evidence against him. Francis Tavatuna, 36, from Yawakaka village […]
Three found dead
THE body of a man and two children were found drifting in the sea near the Koki Fish Market last week. National Capital District and Central ACP Donald Yamasombi told […]
Fallen heroes of WWII, B’ville crisis remembered
BY JEFFREY ELAPA AMONG the many who had fallen as heroes in major conflicts on Papua New Guinea soil, 35 members of the Papuan Infantry Battalion that fought the Japanese […]