Day: May 12, 2021
Baker’s mum, aunt, uncle in prison over ‘harbouring’
By MIRIAM ZARRIGA THE mother, aunt and uncle of wanted criminal Tommy Maeva Baker have been remanded at Giligili Prison in Milne Bay after appearing in the Alotau District Court […]
Research: Improve customary land registration
THERE is a need to improve the effectiveness of the voluntary customary land registration (VCLR) system because it is neither user-friendly nor understood by landowners, a research paper says. The […]
Nature park celebrates tree kangaroo breeding
MAY is tree kangaroo month and the Port Moresby Nature Park has celebrated the breeding success of a little Goodfellow’s tree kangaroo joey. According to a statement from the park, […]
Fire chief urging shop owners to avoid welding doors
FIRE chief Bill Roo is urging shop owners to avoid welding or bolting excessive steel-bar frames to windows and doors of their properties as they were difficult and time-consuming to […]
Rosso urges councillors to give acquittals
AN MP is calling on councillors to acquit public money given to them to provide services in wards. Lae MP John Rosso wants councillors in the district’s 23 wards to […]
ENB police recapture sixth fugitive from Kerevat prison breakout
EAST New Britain (ENB)’s police in Kokopo recaptured a sixth fugitive who broke out of Kerevat prison last month. ENB commander Chief Insp Joseph Tabali said Nelson Julius Auken, of […]
Protest affects services: Doc
DOCTORS at the Goroka Provincial Hospital are concerned that the sit-in protest staged by its nursing staff is affecting patient care at the hospital. A doctor said with more than […]
Road project underway to serve over 40,000 people
A MAJOR road rehabilitation project has started in the Okapa in Eastern Highlands. This includes the Kripaga to Awande ring road, according to Okapa MP Saki Soloma. He said the […]
Prison takes isolation steps
By JIMMY KALEBE BUIMO Prison in Lae, Morobe, has taken a step to identify prisoners with underlying health conditions and isolate them as a safety measure to combat infectious diseases, […]
PNG records 457 new cases in two days with zero deaths
PAPUA New Guinea recorded 254 and 203 new coronavirus (Covid-19) cases last Thursday and Friday respectively, taking the country’s total infections to 12,086 cases. No new deaths were recorded as […]