Day: June 10, 2022
China planning for Mars
TECHNOLOGY By WANYUAN SONG and JANA TAUSCHINSKI THREE Chinese astronauts have begun a six-month mission, to work on the country’s new space station. It is China’s latest step towards making […]
Studies reveal 140 fish species in Fly
ECOLOGY THE Fly River system and its tributaries in the Western Province are richly endowed with freshwater fish species. The fish diversity studies conducted by Ok Tedi Mining Limited (OTML) […]
ELECTION 2022
Activist vies for Jiwaka seat BY JAMIE HARO MAHATMA Ghandi, a famous political influencer once said, “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” It all began in […]
A scourge on the poor
HEALTH Hookworm infection, affected by climatic and socio-ecomomic factors, has serious consequenceces By GELINDE NAREKINE HOOKWORM is a parasite that affects people living in underprivileged poor areas of the world, […]
Pastors celebrate 40 years of love
ANNIVERSARY “Life had always been tough, there were times in ministry we would go without food or money but I had a wife who understood the challenges we faced in […]
An elementary reading manual
BOOK REVIEW The University of Papua New Guinea produces a guide on the different sounds of the letters in the English alphabet By TUKUL WALLA KAIKU A BOOK titled ‘Different […]
K1,000 fine, jail term for assault
By JACINTA COHLEE A 35-YEAR-OLD woman was fined K1,000 and jailed 10 months by a district court in Lae for two counts of assault. Magistrate Pious Tapil ordered Doreen Simon, […]
Magistrate gives police time to probe murder case
A MAGISTRATE has given police more time to complete investigation into the case of a man accused of stabbing another man to death in Port Moresby in April. Waigani Committal […]
Bangladeshi in court over power theft
By BEVERLY PETER A 56-YEAR-OLD Bangladeshi charged with power theft for allegedly tempering with PNG Power metre last year in Port Moresby appeared in a Waigani Committal Court on Tuesday. […]
3 arrested over drug trafficking
POLICE have arrested three men along the Hiritano Highway in Gulf for marijuana possession and trafficking on Wednesday, commander Chief Inspector Jeffrey Lemb says. “The trio, from Eastern Highlands, have […]