POLICE officers involved in the investigation and prosecution of sex crimes have urged the Government to establish a permanent victim and witness protection facility through the Police Department. The concern […]

By BEVERLY PETER A 20-YEAR-old women accused of killing her boyfriend three years ago in Port Moresby pleaded not guilty in the Waigani National Court on Thursday. Lindsay Takiabut, of […]

A NEW Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) Forward Operating Base (FOB) for Hela was opened last week by Defence Minister Win Bakri Daki and Commander Major-General Mark Goina. Goina […]

By REBECCA KUKU DRUG smuggling from the Highlands to Port Moresby remains a big challenge for Gulf police, a senior officer says. Provincial police commander Chief Inspector Jeffrey Lemb told […]

A POLICEMAN who is alleged to have sexually assaulted a female detainee last June has been committed to stand trial in the National Court. Waigani Committal Court magistrate Paul Puri […]

A POLICEMAN was charged with using a pistol and trying to kill a man in Port Moresby in March. Magistrate Danny Wakikura on Wednesday read out the charges to Paul […]

AT least 500 new cases of leprosy are detected each year, says Leprosy Mission country leader Natalie Smith. Smith said it was an infectious disease spread through similar ways to […]

By REBECCA KUKU NEW Ireland has run out of medicines and pharmaceutical drugs, an official says. Dr Alex Wangnapi, from the New Ireland health authority (PHA), told The National that […]

A RIOT in Yangoru-Saussia, East Sepik on Thursday has left a 24-year-old male dead and two others severely injured, police commander Supt Albert Beli says. He said a disruption happened […]

A COMMITTAL court in Lae has extended the remand of a 22-year-old man who allegedly set fire to the two-in-one Siki Primary School in Finschhafen on April 25. Magistrate Lorna […]