Day: December 17, 2019
58yrs old jailed 10yrs for rape
A 58-YEAR-OLD East New Britain man, who pleaded guilty to raping a 13-year-old girl, was sentenced to 10 years with hard labour at Kerevat jail. The decision was handed down […]
Court orders man to surrender passport
A CHINESE man charged with breaching his work visa was ordered to surrender his passport to the Wagani Committal Court yesterday. Lin Nengbin from Fujian province, China was alleged to […]
42-year-old man charged with rape
BY BOURA GORU-KILA A 42-YEAR-OLD man charged with raping a seven-year-old girl was remanded by the Waigani Committal Court Magistrate Cosmas Bidar, yesterday. Michael Randa of Buiyebi in Imbonggu, Southern […]
Govt owes province
THE Education Department still owes the Morobe provincial government more than K700,000 in tuition fee free (TFF) funding. Provincial administrator Bart Ipambonj said his government had yet to receive K681,031.21 […]
Authority facing restructure
HEALTH and HIV/AIDS Minister Jelta Wong says the Health Department is working on restructuring the Northern Provincial Health Authority (NPHA) board. Wong said this in response to calls for the […]
MP receives K1.5mil for high school, hospital projects
WEWAK MP Kevin Isifu received a cheque for K1.5 million to upgrade St Xavier’s High School and Dagua hospital under the public investment programme funding in Wewak on Thursday. The […]
CS officer uses skills learnt in training to make uniforms
CORRECTIONAL Service officer Corporal Inavi Yohang from Buimo Correctional Institution in Lae presented samples of her work to the Correctional Service executive team after completing her skills training in tailoring. […]
K37,000 paid as compensation
By ELIAS LARI A TOTAL of K37,000 and three cows were paid last week by a businessman in Jiwaka to the relatives of a man who died in car accident […]
Hospital receives hygiene kits from Boroko rotary club
THE Port Moresby General Hospital received 600 hygiene kits from the Boroko Rotary Club last Friday. The items, for the paediatric ward, included napkins, toothpaste, soap and other various hygiene […]
Six years jail for stealing
A WOMAN was jailed six years with hard labour at the Kerevat prison for stealing from her employer. Two years from the sentence will be suspended if she pays back […]