Day: September 3, 2019
Women, girls in NCD get health talks
A HEALTH and hygiene awareness programme was carried out by Community First PNG at the Sacred Heart Primary School last Friday. The emphasis was on women and girls taking responsibility […]
PMGH commissions new neurosurgery microscope
PORT Moresby General Hospital now has a neurosurgery microscope to advance neurosurgery. It’s new K700,000 Carl Zeiss Pentero 800 Neuro microscope from Germany, funded by the Government, was commissioned by […]
Give Independence to West Papua for lasting peace: Parkop
WEST Papuans should be given independence to ensure true peace and unity in the Pacific, National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop says. Parkop said the issue of West Papua was […]
Gure: Central needs a hospital
THE Government should look at building a hospital for Central people, Rigo MP Lekwa Gure says. He urged Prime Minister James Marape’s Government to give them a new provincial hospital […]
Parkop: Modify buildings
STATE land is scarce and developers should start constructing high rises, National Capital District (NCD) Governor Powes Parkop says. Parkop said the State-owned only about three per cent of land […]
Councillor: Take care of your rubbish
REGULAR clean-ups are necessary to keep Hanuabada village’s waterfront clean, a community leader says. Poreporena Lahara councillor Eure Kea Eure said rubbish was piling up because people were disposing rubbish […]
Research group protecting plants
THE PNG Forest Research Institute’s (FRI) botanical garden nursery is primarily used for raising seedlings for horticultural and floricultural purposes, as well as other seeds and cuttings brought in by […]
Official says PNG forest ‘safe’
PAPUA New Guinea’s rainforests are not under threat because 60 per cent of the land mass consist of forests, National Forestry Authority’s policy and planning director Dr Ruth Turia says. […]
Man to stand trial over wife’s death
By HEZRON KISING A 30-YEAR-OLD man, charged with murdering his wife and raping his stepdaughter, a minor, twice, was committed to stand trial in the National Court in Lae. Lae […]
Child protection officers to enforce laws
THE graduation of child protection officers (CPO) from Madang and Morobe in Lae last Friday will see the enforcement of child protection laws in both provinces. Eleven CPOs from Morobe […]