Day: January 6, 2022
Police: Families flee homes following threats
POLICE say 50 families have fled their homes in the Nayudo, Rai Coast, Madang, following threats made to them by the Hetwara gang. The gang alleges that Mibu and Tariknan […]
Compensation payment to victim eases tension, averts clash
TENSIONS were calmed and a clash was perhaps averted in Morata, Port Moresby, when community leaders urged an assailant to compensate his victim. A man who sustained a serious facial […]
Teacher’s family fear another attack by ex-student
By YVONNE KAMBIBEL THE family and in-laws of a senior teacher in Wewak, East Sepik, do not want to accommodate the teacher anymore for fear of being attacked again by […]
‘Holistic approach’ needed in dealing with cheap liquor
DEALING with the production, sale and consumption of the cheap alcohol will take a holistic approach, police say. NCD Met Supt Gideon Ikumu told The National: “It is not the […]
Foundation donates food worth K15,000 to Cheshire
PERSONS with disabilities (PWDs) at the Cheshire Disability Services received a donation of cash and food stuff worth K15,000 over the Christmas period. The Sri Lanka-PNG Friendship Foundation made the […]
300 Lae residents get K2,000 as seed capital to start business
By GLORIA BAUAI MORE than 300 Lae residents each received a K2,000 voucher yesterday as seed capital to start their small to medium business. The vouchers were awarded following a […]
‘New era’ of support
THE launch of the Real Inclusion Disability Engagement (Ride) is the beginning of a new era of funding support for the disabled in Papua New Guinea, Australian High Commissioner Jon […]
Focus on building, upgrading roads
By KELVIN JOE BASIC services will reach people in rural areas if provincial governments and district authorities focus on building and upgrading roads, a local leader says. Rigo North local […]
Yangoru-Saussia to subsidise school fees
By JAMES GUKEN, DWU journalism student YANGORU-Saussia will subsidise school fees of tertiary students whose parents live and work in the district, local MP Richard Maru says. Maru said the […]
District lacks maintenance: MP
KUNDIAWA-Gembogl MP William Onglo says the district has good roads but lacks maintenance. He was reacting to a comment by local entrepreneur Betty Higgins who stressed poor road and bridges […]