Day: June 25, 2021
Doc: Angau needs more midwives
By JIMMY KALEBE ANGAU Memorial Hospital in Lae, delivers about 9,000 live babies annually with an average of 700 deliveries a month, which is about 35 per day, an official […]
Programme commissioned
PHASE one of Usino Bundi’s electrification programme in Madang was commissioned on Tuesday. Mamose rural electrification programme manager Ben Ururu said the phase was part of a 10km project starting […]
Schools to be in programme
TWO elementary schools in Madang’s Transgogol have been selected to be part of the school community accountability agreement (SCAA) programme. The programme is an initiative by the consultative implementation and […]
Partnership to enhance project
THE Ok Tedi development foundation (OTDF) and World Vision recently signed an agreement to enhance development projects in the community mine continuation agreement villages in Western’s North, Middle and South […]
Time is short
By CLIFFORD FAIPARIK NEW Moresby North-West MP Samuel Boe Lohia vows to do his best to improve services for his Motu Koitabu people, although there are only eight months left […]
Vele explains involvement
TREASURY Secretary Dairi Vele told the Commission of Inquiry into the Union Bank of Switzerland K3 billion loan that talks on the loan had already been in progress when he […]
Corruption holding back PNG: Marape
By ZEDAIAH KANAU COMPLACENCY and corruption are the two things holding back the country, says Prime Minister James Marape. Yesterday marked his administration’s second year in office. “Our country had […]
K1bil for ports upgrade
By GYNNIE KERO AUSTRALIA wants to deliver high-quality infrastructure for PNG, create jobs and up-skill local people, says Australian High Commissioner Jon Philp. His government yesterday announced a K1.1 billion […]
Freed of conspiracy charge
DEFENDANT Marilyn Espolong, charged with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice under section 128 (1) of the Criminal Code Act, had her case dismissed yesterday because there was insufficient […]
‘Sorcery not part of culture’
By BRADLEY MARIORI SORCERY cannot be accepted as part of our culture because it is an emerging social phenomena today, Evangelical Lutheran Church of PNG (ELCPNG) head bishop Rev Dr […]