Day: May 24, 2022
Shipping firm fined for damaging reef
THE National Maritime Safety Authority has fined (unspecified amount) Feng Sea Shipping for damaging the coral reef at the China Strait passage in Milne Bay’s Alotau and for not reporting […]
Briefs
Two teachers graduate TWENTY-TWO students recently graduated with bachelors in school management degrees at the University of Goroka’s (UOG) learning centre in Maprik, East Sepik. The centre’s director Thresha Dingu […]
Court grants fraud suspects bail
By SCHOLAR KASSAS A COURT has dismissed a police application to revoke bail for three Department of Agriculture and Livestock (DAL) employees who were charged with conspiracy to defraud and […]
Goroka welcomes justices for first supreme court sitting
By ZACHERY PER THE Supreme Court will sit in Goroka for the first time, an official says. President of the National and Supreme Court Judges Justice Panuel Mogish said in […]
Airline’s passenger numbers exceed pre-pandemic levels
AIR Niugini chief executive officer Bruce Alabaster says the airline’s passenger numbers are already higher than pre-Coronavirus (Covid-19) levels of 2019. “We expect passenger volume to grow further as PNG […]
Employee charged with fraud, thievery
A FORMER employee of PNG Directories Ltd (PNG DL) was charged in the Waigani Committal Court with misappropriation, false pretence, conspiracy to defraud and stealing over K10,000 from the company. […]
Alleged traffic offender to walk free if police files not ready
A MAN charged with dangerous driving in Lae could have his case thrown out if police files are not ready by next month. Senior Magistrate Pious Tapil in adjourning Levio […]
Charges dropped against security guard due to lack of evidence
A COMMITTAL court in Waigani has struck out a stealing charge against a security guard due to insufficient evidence. Magistrate Paul Puri Nii made the ruling last Tuesday saying police […]
PNG closes door at Dubai world expo
THE six-month World Expo 2020 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), ended on March 31 with the Papua New Guinea expo team having learned valuable lessons and taken away experiences […]
Local firms struggling: Exec
By KELVIN JOE MANY local construction companies have struggled to maintain their operations and resolved to selling off their assets and properties due to capability issues, a business owner says. […]