Day: April 27, 2021
Search for two murder suspects continues
KOKOPO police are still searching for two suspects involved in the killing of a 25-year-old man in Gazelle’s Rabagi ward 1 on April 17. The two suspects at large are […]
Province receives first batch of Covid-19 vaccines
EAST New Britain (ENB) received its first batch of the Covid-19 vaccines on Friday from Port Moresby. Provincial health authority (PHA) director of public health and deputy Covid-19 incident manager […]
Hospital records 16 deaths, 99 health staff test positive
MT Hagen Hospital has recorded 16 Covid-19 deaths and 99 staff members have tested positive for the virus, Western Highlands acting chief executive officer Jane Holden says. Holden told The […]
Committee sets trading hours
THE Porgera coronavirus (Covid-19) task force committee has fixed 8am to 3pm daily as trading hours for businesses and public amenities such as markets. The committee encouraged non-Porgera people who […]
Indonesia repatriated 80 citizens
By CLIFFORD FAIPARIK INDONESIA has to date repatriated more than 80 Papua New Guineans for illegally entering the country since the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak in March last year, Papua New […]
Upgrade marks to continue teaching: Uguro
ELEMENTARY school teachers in the country will have to undergo diploma or appropriate training if they want to continue teaching grade 1 and 2 classes in primary schools, says Education […]
Create committees before July: NPC
THE National Procurement Commission (NPC) is urging provinces and districts to establish procurement committees before July, to be given delegated board powers to approve contracts worth more than K500,000. NPC […]
Man flees with church offerings
A KNIFE-WIELDING robber stabbed a man and fled with church service offering collections at Sisiak in Madang, on Saturday. The man’s Bible and other belongings were taken when the robber […]
PM launches inquiry to declare PNG ‘Christian’ nation
PRIME Minister James Marape launched a constitutional inquiry on the declaration of PNG as a Christian country last Friday in Port Moresby. Marape said the launching was part of the […]
Villagers loot container after lorry ran off road
VILLAGERS looted a container-load of Ramu Sugar after a Kutubu Transport lorry ran off the road at Drai Wara on the Lae-Madang Highway and landed on its side on Saturday. […]