Day: June 9, 2020
Rival settlers compensate injured man
By BRADLEY MARIORI A YOUNG man from Kaintiba in Menyamya who was injured as a result of a fight between the Yangoru-Saussia and Wosera people in Lae was compensated on […]
CS farewells 4 officers
By ZEDAIAH KANAU CORRECTIONAL Services (CS) Commissioner Stephen Pokanis has advised retiring members of its executive team not to rely on their pensions alone to sustain themselves during their retirement. […]
District buys police boat, guns to fight piracy
THE Samarai-Murua development authority has spent about K2 million to buy firearms and a boat for police to fight piracy, MP Isi Henry Leonard says. The district bought two guns […]
Hela government offers flight subsidy
AIR Niugini will resume flights to Tari with subsidised airfares to promote tourism in the province, Governor Philip Undialu says. Undialu signed a memorandum of agreement with Air Niugini chief […]
Juffa: Review yet to be done
SPECIAL Parliamentary Committee on Public Sector Reform chairman Gary Juffa says that there has been no major review done to the public service structure since 1975. “We (MPs) are trying […]
Briefs
Funding appeal MINISTER for National Planning and Monitoring Sam Basil says he will ask his department to make sure that they allocate some funding in provincial infrastructure programmes (PIP) for […]
Rape suspects granted bail
By BOURA GORUKILA THE Waigani Committal Court on Friday granted bail to four men who were alleged to have raped a woman at 9-Mile in Port Moresby. The accused are; […]
Armed men rob shop of K12,000
By JIMMY KALEBE A SHOP in Bumayong, Lae, was robbed of K12,000 and store goods last week by armed men, Lae Met Supt Chief Insp Chris Kunyanban says. He said […]
Briefs
Man on fraud-related charges A MAN appeared before Waigani Committal Court Magistrate Tracy Ganaii last Friday on fraud-related charges. Rodolfo Aguinaldo of Passay city, in Philippines, was charged with one […]
Outrage over attack
By REBECCA KUKU A WOMAN, who won medals for the country in rugby and boxing, is in a safe-house recovering from injuries after her husband, an army officer, allegedly assaulted […]