Day: June 5, 2020
Booze sparks fight, destruction
By BRADLEY MARIORI A FIGHT between Wosera and Yangoru-Saussia people from East Sepik that started last Sunday in Lae, Morobe, has left properties destroyed and many people injured. The fight […]
Man charged with false pretence allowed bail
THE Lae Committal Court has allowed bail for a man charged with false pretence and obtaining more than K52,000 worth of vehicle tyres from a tyre company last month. Andrew […]
Police arrest couple cultivating marijuana in garden
A MAN and his wife were arrested by Central police officers and charged with cultivating marijuana. Central police commander Chief Insp Tapp Opai said the police were tipped off that […]
Govt prerogative to deal with regulation: MRA
MINERAL Resources Authority (MRA) managing director Jerry Garry says it is the Government’s prerogative on how it deals with the Public Money Management Regularisation Act (2017). He was responding to […]
Support for displaced people
THE people of Noau, West New Britain, have been given a major boost by the provincial government with the donation of a boat and a truck. The people had been […]
166 female officers promoted
ONE hundred sixty-six policewomen were among the 1,120 officers promoted to various ranks recently that concluded the 2019 police promotion board sitting last month. Among the 166, one was promoted […]
Aircraft to bring back stranded citizens: Manning
STATE of Emergency Controller David Manning says a chartered an Air Niugini aircraft will fly out of Port Moresby today for the Solomon Islands, Fiji and Vanuatu to bring back […]
Aussie law firm to assist UBS inquiry
By HELEN TARAWA AN Australian law firm has been contracted to assist the Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) loan. COI chairman Sir Salamo Injia […]
Court revokes woman’s bail
By BOURA GORUKILA A MAGISTRATE has revoked bail for a 29-year-old-woman accused of being involved in robbing Rainbow Stop & Shop, Port Moresby in April. Police prosecutor Sgt Joseph Sangam […]
Man appears in court on murder charges
A 40-YEAR-OLD man appeared in the Waigani Committal Court charged with murder as he was allegedly the last person seen with the victim the night before his death. Kokopu Aku, […]