Day: December 21, 2021
Stop asking for money, says MP
By ELIAS LARI PEOPLE have been urged to stop asking for money and assistance from their elected leaders and instead support projects that will benefit the majority, Anglimp-South Waghi MP […]
Firm supports clean-up drive with K1,000
A RECENT police-led urban cleaning drive held in Mendi, Southern Highlands, last month prompted a newly established private security firm to support the cause. Expo Security Service Ltd (ESSL) donated […]
Accused of stealing K478,000
By JIMMY KALEBE A MAGISTRATE in the Lae Committal Court has told a Chinese man that he needs to make a proper bail application because of the seriousness of his […]
Villagers launch disaster management plan
By GLORIA BAUAI THE displaced people of ward 13 in Umi-Atzera, Morobe, recently launched their community-based disaster risk management plan, councillor Daniel Yatap says. Yatap said the plan was a […]
Drug deal queried
By MIRIAM ZARRIGA TWO provincial governors have urged the Government to cancel a K65 million one-year contract awarded to a pharmaceutical company to supply 100 per cent health centres and […]
Blacklock charges cleared
By CLARISSA MOI A COURT has dismissed all charges against the former acting managing director of PNG Power Ltd Carolyn Blacklock because of insufficient evidence. Blacklock was charged in September […]
Pharmacy clinics will still operate, says Wong
MINISTER for Health and HIV/AIDS Jelta Wong says the Government will ensure that the City Pharmacy Ltd (CPL) clinics will continue to operate. He was responding to a circular from […]
Medical board ordered in 2014 that pharmacy clinics be closed
HEALTH secretary Dr Osborne Liko says the medical board in 2014 ordered registered pharmacies to immediately close clinics operating within their premises. He said pharmaceutical companies were advised that operating […]
Court frees ex-NHC boss
THE State has withdrawn fraud-related charges against former acting managing director of the National Housing Corporation Elizabeth Bowada, saying it lacked evidence to proceed with the case. National Court acting […]
Rugged terrain hampers op
By SYLVESTER WEMURU MADANG police, who are at Nayudu’s Nankina Valley in Rai Coast, Madang, have gathered information on the whereabouts of a criminal cult group but cannot make it […]