Day: June 2, 2020
Relief for islanders facing food shortage
By CLIFFORD FAIPARIK in Misima STRUGGLING villagers on two remote islands of Samarai-Murua in Milne Bay were provided relief when local MP Henry Isi Leonard visited them recently. Around 1,000 […]
MP: Districts need more funds
SAMARAI-MURUA MP Isi Henry Leonard wants the Government to include an extra K2 million for logistics in the district services improvement programme (DSIP) funding for remote electorates throughout the country. […]
Commission analysing land compo
By HELEN TARAWA THE Constitutional and Law Reform Commission (CLRC) is putting together a discussion paper on land compensation and whether the customary landowners are being properly rewarded for development. […]
Partnership in Covid-19 awareness
THE Madang government is working with its councillors to spread information and awareness on the Covid-19. On Friday, its team visited Bundi local level government (LLG) in Usino-Bundi and distributed […]
Frustration over funding delay
By SAMUEL BARIASI A SERVICE provider in Kagua, Southern Highlands, is frustrated over delays with funding for a feasibility study for Kagua town’s water supply. Koi Kagua town Water Supply […]
K5mil facelift for WNB health centre
THE Silanga health centre in Talasea, West New Britain (WNB), will undergo a K5 million facelift in an effort to improve the healthcare services to some 20,000 people, a doctor […]
Locals to have road access
MAPRIK development authority chief executive Joshua Himina says the desire to have access to doors has always been a silent cry from isolated rural communities. Himina said this was the […]
Briefs
Dorm construction WORK on the construction of a 64-person dormitory by local contractor Nipoku Builders at Nipa Secondary School, in Southern Highlands, is progressing. This was according to Nipa Secondary […]
Paita: Expect changes
By GYNNIE KERO and REBECCA KUKU THE People’s National Congress Party MPs and its leader Peter O’Neill are expected to be moved to the Opposition benches from today, as the […]
Superfunds to pay K806mil
THE country’s two superfunds are expected to pay out around K806 million to their members affected by the Covid-19 lockdown, as soon as the legislation is approved by Parliament in […]