Day: June 16, 2020
Competitions on the horizon
ANOTHER week and one more step closer to cricket. Planning is underway for the start of the Cricket Papua New Guinea’s (CPNG) domestic season. With the hopeful downgrading of Covid-19 […]
PNGFA starts project
THE Papua New Guinea Football Association (PNGFA) is undertaking a stadium-fencing project in Port Moresby after receiving US$93,000 (K321,800) from Fifa, the global governing body for soccer. The sport’s national […]
PNGRFL place in bylaws to select chairman
By PARKER TAMBUA THE PAPUA New Guinea Rugby Football League (PNGRFL) chairmanship has to be safeguarded by regulations to only allow qualified candidates to vie for the role, says an […]
Covid-19, funding slow hospital project
THE impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and delay in funding contributed to the delay in the Angau Memorial Hospital redevelopment project, an official says. Chief executive officer Dr Duncan Dobunaba […]
Police directorate paying K3mil a year for office rent: Kramer
THE police internal affairs directorate has been paying K3 million a year in rent for their office, says Police Minister Bryan Kramer. He told Parliament last week that Police Commissioner […]
PNG to export seafood directly to China through registered companies
By DALE LUMA THE country can now export seafood directly to mainland China, according to Minister for Fisheries and Marine Resource Dr Lino Tom. He said 77 companies had been […]
Projects not returning enough profit
STATE Enterprise Minister Sasindran Muthuvel says projects approved by the National Executive Council are not yielding the expected results thus impacting profitability and service delivery to the public. Muthuvel was […]
Air Niugini in healthy state: Minister
STATE Enterprise Minister Sasindran Muthuvel says Air Niugini is in good financial health with a solid balance sheet position. Muthuvel in a statement dismissed claims that Air Niugini was facing […]
Barker: PNG must remain vigilant in Covid-19 fight
PAPUA New Guinea needs to remain vigilant by maintaining control on international travel from areas with high Covid-19 infections such West Papua in Indonesia, an economist says. PNG Institute of […]
Man denies allegation he caused road accident in Lae
A MAN accused of causing a road accident in Lae last month pleaded not guilty and told the court that the complainant did not produce a valid driving licence to […]