Day: May 4, 2021
Kokopo Rugby League competition set to kick off pre-season
KOKOPO City Rugby League is set to kick off its pre-season at the end of this month with four clubs — Muruks, Storm, Panthers and Brothers — confirming their participation […]
Hela Wigmen to have a stadium by next year
REIGNING Digicel Cup champions Hela Wigmen are set to have their own home ground in Hela by January 2022, just in time for the next season, club chief executive Patrick […]
People do not value life, says Parkop
By JINA AMBA NATIONAL Capital District Governor Powes Parkop says the barbaric killings at Morata and Koki in the past week show that people do not have respect for each […]
Call to relieve Manning
THE Catholic Professional Society of PNG is urging the Government to relieve Police Commission David Manning of his National Pandemic Response Controller’s duty and allow him to concentrate on law […]
Minister calls for probe into Waiang, Konga’s deaths
POLICE Minister William Onglo wants investigations into major cases including two murder-related ones to be completed. The two include the killing of former Defence Minister Peter Waieng and the murder […]
Samaritan Aviation bringing new float plane
By GYNNIE KERO SAMARITAN Aviation is planning to bring a third float plane into Papua New Guinea next year, chief executive and co-founder Mark Palm says. The faith-based organisation operating […]
Suspect’s relatives demand compo
RELATIVES of a suspect are demanding a K30,000 compensation from the police for injuring him when arresting him in Bougainville, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Francis Tokura says. “The suspect […]
Court rejects man’s claims of human rights breach
WAIGANI National Court’s Justice David Cannings rejected a human rights claim by former PNG Bible Society finance and administration manager Edward Molip Nio over his termination and ordered a separate […]
Province enforcing ‘new normal’ in all districts: Official
THE East New Britain (ENB) administration has stepped up its coronavirus (Covid-19) “Nuipla Pasin” (New Normal) programme enforcement in all its four districts, with Kokopo registering the highest number of […]
Province confirms 648 cases
WEST New Britain has total of 648 cumulative total confirmed cases, 380 recovered and 268 active cases and the cumulative cases for April alone was 440. This was according to […]