Month: December 2019
Gordon helps Mendi league select side claim 18-12 win over Lagatois
By PARKER TAMBUA WINGER Sarut Gordon scored in the final minute to help Mendi Rugby League’s select side claim an 18-12 win over the visiting Motu Koita Rugby League’s Lagatois […]
Lae tourney attracts 49 soccer sides
By LARRY ANDREW THE Wawens Cup, boasting 49 teams, will have its elimination finals tomorrow, according to match commissioner Alex Toki. Toki told The National yesterday that 39 men’s, four […]
Teptep footballers walk for two days to compete
THROUGH Morobe Governor Ginson Saonu’s border development programme, a Teptep team have walked for two days to compete in Lae’s Wawens Cup. Nayudos team manager Bopding Kawaop said through sports, […]
Kaupa initiates volleyball tournaments for peaceful festive season
MORESBY North-East MP John Kaupa has initiated a number of volleyball tournaments over the festive period in an effort to help residents of his electorate celebrate a trouble-free Christmas. The […]
Angoram holds soccer tourney to bring unity
A SOCCER tournament is being held in Angoram in a bid to create unity among the district’s five local level governments and expose talented footballers. The Salio Waipo Soccer Tournament, […]
Guinness appalled by string of criminal activities in Madang
NORTHERN Asst Comm Peter Guinness is appalled by a string of major criminal activities afflicting Madang despite police having stepped up crime-prevention operations for the Christmas and New Year holidays. […]
Local govts to have bank accounts
NATIONAL Planning and Monitoring Minister Sam Basil announced yesterday that local level government (LLG) wards nationwide will need to have bank accounts to benefit from the K65 million allocated by […]
Man dies in alleged assault by cop
AN 18-YEAR-OLD MAN from Kitikim village of North Wosera, East Sepik, was beaten to death by an auxiliary policeman using the butt of a firearm on Saturday at the Pagwi […]
Search without warrant ‘an abuse’
By KARO JESSE POLICE searches without an official search warrant are an abuse of human rights, says Magistrate Rosie Johnson. The concern was raised in the Boroko District Court by […]
Suspect surrenders to police over death
By MARJORIE FINKEO A SUSPECT who allegedly shot dead a university student last month in Jiwaka surrendered to police on Christmas Day after police burnt down a house in Kendeng […]