Day: April 13, 2021
Elex caps successful season
ELEX Lahara 600 capped off a successful season in the in the Motu Koita West Netball Association with the club walking away with three titles from the competition’s seven divisions. […]
Kamau off to the US for meets
By PATRICIA KEAMO ONE of the country’s top track athletes Leroy Kamau left for the United States of America yesterday to compete at several meets. Prior to that, Kamau was […]
Swift action saved woman with exposed organs
By MIRIAM ZARRIGA A MAN has been arrested in North Fly after alleged stabbing his former wife with a sharp object which penetrated her shoulder and exposed her internal organs, […]
Man killed by police rifle
A POST-MORTEM has claimed that a man who died on Lihir, New Ireland, was killed by a police-issued 5.56 rifle. The death of the man early on Thursday, April 1, […]
NRI farewells researcher, gender-based violence advocate
THE Papua New Guinea National Research Institute (PNG NRI) recently farewelled a long-serving researcher and an advocate against gender-based violence (GBV). Joining the institute in 1998 as a project officer […]
Pandemic affects airport upgrading
THE Nadzab Airport redevelopment project in Morobe due to be completed next year may be delayed due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, Civil Aviation Minister Sekie Agisa says. […]
Court to hear bid to restrain police, NAC board over appointment
By KARO JESSE THE Waigani National Court will, on Monday, hear National Airports Corporation (NAC) acting managing director and chief executive officer Rex Kiponge’s bid to restrain NAC’s board and […]
Aust medic team arrives to help control surge in Covid-19
THE second batch of Australian medical assistance team (Ausmat) arrived in the country on Friday to help respond to the surge in the Covid-19 cases. The 20-member Austmat team includes […]
Concerns over testing capacity
By LULU MARK COVID-19 testing capacity in the country is still low despite a surge in cases, thus, efforts are being made to increase testing, an official says. Health secretary […]
Preparing for term two
AS schools prepare to resume classes for term two next week, an education official has raised concern on the difficulties schools will face in enforcing the Covid-19 protocols. Morobe education […]