Day: April 24, 2020
Miner halts exploration field work in project areas
St Barbara Ltd says exploration fieldwork (outside mining leases) has been suspended. The company in an announcement, said suspension of work were in Australia, Canada and PNG. This was to […]
Oil Search reducing expenditure due to drop in oil price
OIL Search says the company will be reducing its investment expenditure for this year by about US$300 million (K1 billion). This reduction was made in response to the oil price […]
Church’s tenure remains
SP Hunters coach Matthew Church’s tenure ends after next season, with the Australian managing just one match in the first of his two-year deal, says an official. Due to the […]
Marum hopeful
By PARKER TAMBUA NATIONAL coaching director Michael Marum says he is looking forward to continue delivering his programmes across the country when the Government lifts the State of Emergency. Marum, […]
Building for the future
Greetings to all our rugby league family and welcome to our third edition of “Fulltime Reserve”, a weekly column on all matters rugby league in our favourite newspaper The National. […]
Testing techniques approved by WHO
THE Papua New Guinea Medical Research Institute (PNGIMR) is a World Health Organisation (WHO) accredited institution and testing techniques used by its laboratories are WHO certified, its director says. To […]
Court orders former university staff to remain on property
By KARO JESSE THE National Court has restrained the University of Goroka Council from evicting former Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Academic and Research, Dr Teng Waninga from his institutional house. Justice David Cannings […]
Man claims being assaulted, robbed in police raid
A MAN claims to have lost more than K10,000 worth of store goods and cash and was assaulted when his canteen was allegedly broken into by police officers in Port […]
Briefs
Call to patrol Western’s border Indonesian rebel leader Jeffery Bomai wants PNG security forces to patrol the Fly River in Western to prevent villagers from crossing the border. Bomai, who […]
Thieves steal from school’s mess
THIEVES broke into the Sogeri National High School mess last Saturday and stole food. According to Sogeri police, there was a blackout and the criminals took advantage of it. Police […]