Day: April 28, 2020
Illegal ‘emigrants’ ask to be repatriated home
TWENTY Papua New Guineans illegally residing in Indonesia, have approached Jayapura-based PNG Consul General Geoffrey Wiri to be repatriated home. Wiri said yesterday this group had been living as Indonesian […]
Shanella stands up, speaks out
This is the third story in a six-part series of personal reflections written by Australian National University (ANU) and the University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG) summer school scholarship students. […]
FSVU offices will remain open: Comm Manning
THE Family and Sexual Violence Unit (FSVU) offices in police stations throughout the country will remain open to attend to complaints, according to the state of emergency (SOE) Controller and […]
Be respectful, governor says
NATIONAL Capital District Governor Powes Parkop has called on the people of NCD to respect the people of Central. Parkop said Port Moresby is the capital of PNG and that […]
Official: Come back, plant potatoes
By PETER WARI SOUTHERN Highlanders living away from the province and doing labour work for others or unemployed should return home to start planting potatoes, says acting provincial administrator Joseph […]
District completes primary count
By PISAI GUMAR MENYAMYA by-election primary counts in four respective local level governments (LLGs) were completed on Sunday with former MP Benjamin Philip leading with 7,363 votes. According to the […]
Police station, house undergo repairs
THE Kandep Police Station and station commander’s house in Enga have undergone major repairs costing K100,000. Kandep MP Alfred Manase told The National that it was one of the districts […]
Concerns over access to savings
A TRADE union official has criticised the way private sector workers were told by the Government to withdraw their superfund savings while civil servants continued to be paid their full […]
Economy in recession
By HELEN TARAWA THE Covid-19 pandemic is taking its toll on the economy which is continuing to contract six weeks into the lockdown, with further negative growth predicted, Treasurer Ian […]
3,600 jobs will be lost: Miner
THE operator of the Porgera gold mine, Barrick Niugini Ltd (BNL), says more than 3,600 people will lose their jobs because of the Government’s refusal to renew its special mining […]