Day: October 2, 2020
NZ envoy visits St John centre
NEW Zealand High Commissioner Phillip Taula visited the St John Ambulance command centre in Port Moresby yesterday to view the upgrades to decontamination facilities for ambulance and medical equipment which […]
Students in court over homebrew
By ROSELYN ELLISON A TOTAL of 80 students appeared at the Kokopo Court House yesterday in East New Britain charged with loitering and being in possession of home-brewed alcohol. Of […]
Students eager to learn Bahasa: Tutor
THE Bahasa Indonesia language course introduced into the University of Goroka’s language and literature department last year has seen great interest from students, says an instructor. Papua New Guinean Bahasa-speaking […]
Funding support for RSPCA programmes continues
THE National continued its commitment to supporting the plight of animals in the country by presenting the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals PNG (RSPCAPNG) recently with […]
Apprentices finish course
SEVEN women were among a group of 28 graduates from a four-year apprenticeship training programme provided by the Works Department in Port Moresby yesterday. Works first assistant secretary for management […]
Graduates challenged to make use of their second chance
THE primary responsibility in life is to learn and become agents of change in society and the country, a university official says. Divine Word University St Benedict’s Wewak campus vice-president […]
Korean embassy donates personal protective equipment
THE Korean Embassy has donated personal protective equipment (PPEs) worth US$10,000 (K35,516.86) to the Port Moresby General Hospital (PMGH) as part of its support in fighting the Covid-19. The PPEs […]
DWU takes new approach to deliver programmes
MADANG’s Divine Word University is taking on new approaches to deliver its programmes and services amid the Covid-19 pandemic using information and communications technology, according to the university. According to […]
Firm to ship medicines
By LULU MARK OVER the next 15 months Bismark Maritime Limited (BML) will ship medical supplies free of charge to all the sea ports in the country it services to […]
Govt, Bismark shipping partnership extends to medical drugs
DEPUTY Prime Minister and Minister for National Planning Sam Basil announced yesterday that the Government will purchase refrigerated containers to be used by shipper Bismark Maritime Ltd (BML) to transport […]