Day: July 14, 2021
Illiteracy causes lack of initiatives
By PHOEBE GWANGILO A NATIONAL volunteer says illiteracy is preventing people from a remote part of Madang from gaining basic life skills training and other initiatives. Natalie Kesambie, 28, of […]
Sinopharm vaccine can be received at hospital: Wong
HEALTH and HIV/AIDS Minister Jelta Wong says people aged between 18 and 65 can now go to Port Moresby General Hospital for the Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine. “Of the 200,000 doses […]
50,000 AstraZeneca doses still available, expire on July 29, Esorom says
By LULU MARK HEALTH authorities in Papua New Guinea are confident that the doses of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine from the Covax-Facility will be used before the expiry date later this […]
Senior officers in court over funds misuse
By CLIFFORD FAIPARIK FOUR senior officers from the Simbu administration appeared in the Kundiawa District Court for allegedly misusing K750,000 budgeted for Prime Minister James Marape’s visit to Chimbu, senior […]
Primary school becoming junior high
NEW Erima Primary School in Port Moresby will become a junior high school and will be enrolling grade 9 students next year, a teacher says. Section head for Grade 7-8 […]
Parties seek to restrain overseas lawyer engaged by NCDC
PARTIES in a case disputing the distribution of the goods and services tax component for National Capital District Commission (NCD) to Central, Gulf and Motu Koita Assembly have sought to […]
‘Roll different from census’
THE Electoral Commission (EC) does not use names from the general census, says acting Electoral Commissioner Simon Sinai. Sinai told The National that the EC and the National Statistics Office […]
Struggling to make a sale
By MIRIAM ZARRIGA SHE sits with two other women at the newly renovated Kaugere Market in Moresby South, in front of her are lemons, guavas, betel nuts, pumpkin tips and […]
Polye focuses on education, agriculture
KANDEP MP Don Polye says one of his key focus areas for his remaining months in office is education. He has plans to upgrade the Kandep High School to secondary […]
Digital Transformation Bill in final consultative stage: Masiu
THE proposed Government Digital Transformation Bill 2021 is in its final consultative stage and will be ready to be presented to Parliament, according to the Information and Communication Technology Department. […]