Day: September 7, 2020
PNG described as ‘beautiful’
A HEALTH volunteer from the Czech Republic has described PNG as a beautiful country with nice people. Jaroslav Strasák was part of the Salesian Volunteer group from the Czech Republic […]
Magistrate warns youths of drug
LAE District Court magistrate Isaac Tjipet is concerned with the increasing drug trade in West Taraka in Lae after at least 10 people from the area appeared in court last […]
Community aid post upgraded
THE Dirima-Yani aid post in Gumine, Chimbu, is being upgraded to a community health post and will serve an estimated 10,000 people, an official says. Kundiawa Diocesan health manager Elizabeth […]
People urged to refrain from trading drugs
By HEZRON KISING PEOPLE should know that dealing with drugs is against the law and that marijuana has been the root cause of many social problems faced by communities in […]
Two get jail terms
TWO men who pleaded guilty before a court in Lae for being in possession of home-brewed alcohol and a homemade gun (pistol) were imprisoned for six months each after they […]
Morobe government, stakeholders to work on road projects
THE Morobe government in partnership with the Papua New Guinea Defence Force engineering battalion and the PNG University of Technology will be working to support feasibility assessments and road construction […]
Man gets two years for possessing gun, ammunitions
A 19-YEAR-OLD man was sentenced to two years after he pleaded guilty in a court for having live ammunitions and a home-made gun in a suburb in Lae last month. […]
NPC commissions committees
A PROVINCIAL and two district procurement committees were sworn in on Friday in Port Moresby. The two districts were North Fly, in Western, and Koroba-Lake Kopiago, in Hela, in addition […]
Briefs
Censorship Office vital: Goi MINISTER for Community Development, Youth and Religion Wake Goi told Parliament last week that the Office of Censorship is paramount as the country faces new and […]
Power project for Dei
By ELIAS LARI MORE than 30,000 people in the Dei electorate of Western Highlands are to have electricity connected to their villages, thanks to local MP Westly Nukundj. The power […]