Day: November 19, 2019
Govt offices closing Dec 24
By HELEN TARAWA GOVERNMENT departments and agencies will close for the Christmas holidays on Tuesday Dec 24. They will re-open on Thursday Jan 2, according to acting secretary of the […]
Arrears issue for budget
A major challenge for the 2020 budget is dealing with unpaid bills or expenditure arrears, Treasury Minister Ian Ling-Stuckey says. “One major area of arrears is in the area of […]
Police arrest four murder suspects in Madang
FOUR suspects implicated in the alleged murder of a man in Madang last week were arrested last weekend at a village in the North Coast. Madang acting police commander Supt […]
Governor promises to pay roofing iron for tribe
CHIMBU Governor Michael Dua promised a tribe in the Kerowagi district who lost more than 60 houses to a fire during fighting in June that he will pay for roofing […]
Police stopped reservists work
By MALINDA KALE POLICE stopped the service and recruitment of reservist members in 2004, says community policing deputy director of public relations Insp Michael Tibam. He said it was done […]
Man in court for raping daughter
A MAN appeared in the Lae District Court accused of raping his step-daughter, 13, persistently between 2018 and 2019 in a Bulolo district settlement of Morobe. The court heard that […]
District ordered to pay outstanding fees
By ROSELYN ELLISON THE Kokopo district in East New Britain spent K4 million on commitments that resulted from court decisions over the past two years, MP and Minister for Tourism, […]
Evidence important: Minister
MINISTER for Environment, Conservation and Climate Change Wera Mori says any decisions made concerning science must be based on evidence through sanctioned scientific investigations. Mori was responding to concerns over […]
Department farewells US envoy
OUTGOING United States Ambassador Catherine Ebert-Gray was farewelled last week after more than three years based in Port Moresby. Foreign Affairs and International Trade secretary Barbara Age and officials from […]
PM pledges to clean up process
PRIME Minister James Marape has promised to clean up the electoral process to create a free and fair election that will give a fair chance for women candidates to be […]