Day: July 25, 2019
Meauri produces impressive performance at Fina meet
PAPUA New Guinea swimmer Judith Meauri has put on an impressive display at the Fina World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, despite a 12-day turnaround from the Pacific Games. “The […]
SOEs given 14 days to provide info on operations
By Rebecca Kuku THE Public Accounts Committee has issued a 14-day notice to state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and entities which deal with public funds to provide information on their operations. Committee […]
New cancer facility expected to cost K75mil
ESTABLISHING a new cancer treatment facility in Lae is expected to cost up to K75 million which is more than what the Government is allocating, an official says. Morobe health […]
Hela finishes ‘trouble-free’ elections
HELA has completed its local level government elections despite reports of increased tribal fighting in the province, says Governor Philip Undialu. Undialu, who is in Australia with Prime Minister James […]
Voters miss out on voting as names not on roll: Officer
MANY eligible voters in the 63 wards of three local level governments (LLGs) in Markham district were unable to cast their votes because their names were not on the Electoral […]
Counting in Western Higlands LLG elections starts
POLLING for the local level government elections in Western Highlands has been completed with counting proceeding on Tuesday at the Kimininga police barracks in Mt Hagen. A total of 2,054 […]
Dept, Institute to introduce new public service course
THE Pacific Institute of Leadership and Governance and the Personnel Management Department will soon have available a course in public service human resource business process. The certificate course is aimed […]
‘People cannot socialise without fighting’
By GIDEON KINDIWA A MAGISTRATE says Papua New Guineans do not seem to be good at socialising because they ended up arguing and fighting and even someone getting killed. His […]
Documenting laws
THE Constitutional Law and Reform Commission (CLRC) is to start documenting all customary laws to assist in developing and documenting the country’s underlying laws, acting commission secretary Dorothy Kesenga says. […]
‘Vlogs bring tourists’
THE Tourism Promotion Authority (TPA) is encouraging the use of vlogging by locals to promote tourism. Video blogging (vlog or vlogging) is used mostly by young travellers to showcase the […]