Day: August 24, 2021
Six test positive for Covid-19
NATIONAL Pandemic Response deputy controller Dr Daoni Esorom says six people at the National Control Centre in Port Moresby have tested positive for Coronavirus (Covid-19). He yesterday said none of […]
Lab getting facelift to control animal diseases
THE National Agriculture Quarantine and Inspection Authority (Naqia) laboratories will be refurbished to help improve Papua New Guinea’s capacity to detect and control emergency animal diseases. The National Animal Heath […]
Man attacked in land dispute
By JIMMY KALEBE A MAN with severe knife wounds has been admitted to a health centre while two houses were burnt and a trade store damaged during a land dispute […]
Adventurers in Popondetta learn about fire service
CHILDREN need to have an idea of what the fire service does and one group who was fortunate enough to witness this was Popondetta’s Adventurer Club. Children from the Adventurer […]
Two students accused of setting classrooms on fire
TWO students have been identified as the alleged arsonists who set fire to two classrooms at the Dregerhaffen Technical Secondary School, Finschhafen, in the early hours of Saturday morning. The […]
Teachers get K50,000 boost
Teachers from Hela currently enrolled with the University of Goroka’s distance and flexible learning programme received a K50,000 boost yesterday. Hela education director Ronny Angu gave K50,000, from the province’s […]
‘No approval for new wards’
By CLIFFORD FAIPARIK INTER-GOVERNMENT Relations Minister Pila Niningi has assured Nipa-Kutubu MP Jeffrey Komal that the 20 newly created council wards in Nipa will not be approved. “If those wards […]
Samb praises MP for pushing govt to recognise passage
TRANSPORT Minister William Samb has praised Samarai-Murua MP Isi Henry Leonard for pushing the Government to recognise the Jomard Passage in Milne Bay as an economic zone. Samb said the […]
PNGDF receives equipment from Aust
THE Australian Defence Force donated some equipment to the Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) at Murray Barracks in Port Moresby yesterday. These included a new Codon radio communication system […]
‘Rushing to pass laws’
OPPOSITION leader Belden Namah says the Government is rushing to pass too many laws because it has postponed Parliament sittings too many times. In a statement, Namah said: “We have, […]