Day: September 9, 2021
Aust high commission, NGO hosting events
NON-government organisation Femili PNG is working with the high commission in Canberra, Australia, to organise events to mark the country’s independence anniversary next Thursday. High Commissioner to Australia and patron […]
Jailed for robbing car
By ZEDAIAH KANAU A JUDGE slammed a 28-year-old man for robbing a medical doctor of his car in 2019 and gave him a hefty eight-year jail sentence with hard labour […]
‘Criminals killed not from Sepik’
POLICE border divisional commander Chief Supt Peter Philip says criminals killed in East Sepik are from other provinces who were there to prey on the booming economic activities. “So far, […]
9-year term for attack on family
A 34-YEAR-OLD man was jailed nine years with light labour by the National Court in Waigani for robbing a Central family in their Port Moresby home in 2016. Justice Teresa […]
Officer: Soldiers yet to get outstanding allowances
PNG Defence Force deputy commander Commodore Philip Polewara says soldiers returning from patrolling the PNG-Indonesian border are yet to receive their outstanding border patrol allowances. “We do owe the soldiers […]
Police link social issues to youths
LAW and order issues experienced in communities throughout East New Britain over the past couple of months have been mainly committed by youths, a police officer says. Provincial police commander […]
Minister pays tribute to late secretary
HEALTH and HIV/AIDS Minister Jelta Wong has described his first secretary the late Bernard Lukara as someone who was profoundly committed to his duties and serving this country. Lukara, 61, […]
Money luring people to grow cannabis: Cop
CULTIVATION of marijuana is enabling people in remote parts of East New Britain to earn a living, provincial police commander Chief Insp Joseph Tabali says. “So much so that its […]
Sir Puka: 4 deaths at hospital
By LULU MARK PARLIAMENT will know today whether the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will look into the four deaths allegedly caused by a batch of anaesthetics used at the Port […]
Cop on trial over escapes
A POLICEMAN has been committed to stand trial in the National Court on a charge of wilfully permitting prisoners to escape from lawful custody. Ryan Karlo, 27, of Onamuga village, […]