Day: April 16, 2020
Investing in machinery
A LOCAL level government (LLG) in Western Highlands has bought a new excavator for K924,000 to maintain feeder roads leading into 48 wards. Mul LLG invested in the excavator to […]
New strategy aims to assist city vendors
THE National Capital District Commission (NCDC) is considering rolling out semi-informal and formal market spaces for all vendors in the city, Governor Powes Parkop says. Parkop said the plan would […]
PM: Help on way
By REBECCA KUKU and SAMUEL BARIASI THE Government is drawing up an economic recovery plan which includes assisting small businesses and supporting people dependent on the informal sector, says Prime […]
UN backing PNG’s Covid-19 response
UNITED Nations agencies, including the World Health Organisation, are doing whatever they can to support PNG’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic, an official says. UN resident coordinator Gianluca Rampolla said […]
MP suspends accused officers
By CLIFFORD FAIPARIK NORTH Fly MP James Donald has suspended his district development authority (DDA) chief executive officer (CEO) for allegedly misappropriating K1 million allocated for the Covid-19 operations, Western […]
PM extends condolences
PRIME Minister James Marape has extended the Government’s deepest sympathies to the families of those killed in Good Friday’s landslide in Kundiawa, Chimbu. Ten people, most of them related, died […]
Divine Word University opens revamped library in campus
THE revamped library at the Divine Word University’s St Benedict’s Campus, in Wewak, East Sepik, was opened yesterday. Wewak Catholic Diocese Bishop Jozef Roszynski blessed the library before it was […]
Police to get tough on offenders
By ELIAS LARI POLICE in Western Highlands will arrest people who do not follow Covid-19 directives, provincial police commander Jacob Kamiak says. Western Highlands Covid-19 coordination team leader and provincial […]
Kramer asks PM to release acquittals
POLICE Minister Bryan Kramer says he has asked Prime Minister James Marape to release bank statements and acquittals of Covid-19 funds expended to date. The Madang MP posted on Facebook […]
Governor raises concern over appointment by controller
MADANG Governor Peter Yama raised concern over a recent acting appointment of the provincial administrator by state of emergency (SOE) controller and Police Comm David Manning. Yama raised those concerns […]