Day: October 19, 2020
Hope for better mine deal
IALIBU-Pangia MP Peter O’Neill hopes that there will be positive outcomes from the Government’s negotiations with Barrick Niugini Ltd (BNL) over the reopening of the Porgera gold mine. He welcomed […]
Landowners welcome talks on reopening mine
MEMBERS of a landowners’ body in Porgera have welcomed the start of talks between the State and the Barrick Gold Corporation “on a way forward to reopen the mine”. Porgera […]
PM did nothing: Namah
OPPOSITION Leader Belden Namah says Prime Minister James Marape “delivered nothing” in his 17 months in office and should be voted out in Parliament by a motion of no confidence. […]
Officers to explain why suspect allegedly assaulted in cell
POLICE officers who allowed a suspect to be assaulted at a police station will have to account for their actions, says Deputy Police Commissioner Operations Donald Yamasombi. “Offenders who come […]
Cop banned over alleged assault
By MIRIAM ZARRIGA A POLICEMAN has been suspended pending investigations into the alleged assault of a man at a police station in Port Moresby by relatives of two women he […]
Missing university student found outside Port Moresby after a week
MACLARANCE Akua, a third-year political science student at the University of PNG who was missing for almost a week, was found on Saturday in a village at Sogeri by a […]
People call on West Sepik MPs to unite, develop province
By CLIFFORD FAIPARIK| PEOPLE from Nuku and Aitape-Lumi in West Sepik want their five MPs to unite and bring development to the province to address armed robberies there. They expressed […]
Prisoner sad to leave friends
A FEMALE prisoner who is expected to be released today through release of license says the Government should make sure to release prisoners on parole and other forms of freeing. […]
Authority plans to carry out fashion trainings
THE National Youth Development Authority will start carrying out fashion training workshops in the provinces after seeing its potential to empower youths. Deputy director-general Roby Gabe Duri said he had […]
Government to take lead in campaign to end violence: Bais
THE Government will be taking the lead in a national campaign to end violence in the country next month, according to Community Development secretary Anna Bais. Bais said the campaign […]