Day: October 3, 2019
OFC plans to deliver professional league in 2021
PAPUA New Guinea Football Association president John Kapi Natto has assured that the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) is working hard to deliver a professional league in the region by 2021. […]
Shop closed at border
By CLIFFORD FAIPARIK and REBECCA KUKU AN Indonesian shopping centre frequented by Papua New Guineans at the border with Indonesia has been closed indefinitely after a clash between rebels and […]
‘Sexual violence becoming frequent’
CASES of sexual violence against minors are becoming more frequent in court, according to Waigani Committal Court Magistrate Cosmas Bidar. He made the observation when a 60-year-old man from Asaro […]
Call for independent investigation
MORESBY North-East MP John Kaupa wants an independent investigation by police into the shootout that claimed the lives of two men from his electorate on Saturday. Kaupa said crime of […]
Lelang calls for rescue plan
BY JEFFREY ELAPA SHADOW Treasurer Joseph Lelang has called on the Government to come up with a recovery plan to rescue the nation from its current financial mess. Treasurer Ian […]
Order to resume inquiry
THE Waigani Supreme Court has ordered that a leadership tribunal against Maprik MP John Simon resume its inquiry into allegations of misconduct levelled against him. A five-man bench consisting of […]
Man pleads for bail in court
By BARBARA DERUAGE A MAN accused of armed robbery of a store pleaded for bail in the Waigani Committal Court because he was a family man and a Christian and […]
Court orders landowner meeting
THE Waigani National Court has ordered Inter-government Relations Minister Pila Niningi to help Hides PDL 7 landowners conduct a meeting for its respective landowner groups to appoint a new board […]
Employee facing fraud charges appears in court
A 32-YEAR-OLD bank employee facing three defraud charges made an appearance in the Waigani Committal Court yesterday. Magistrate Cosmas Bidar read the charges – false pretence, conspiracy to defraud and […]
Man caught with K7,600 in drugs
A man, 54, who had K7,650 worth of marijuana on him, was arrested and charged by police in Kokopo yesterday. East New Britain police commander Chief Insp Joseph Tabali told […]