Day: June 16, 2022
Gunemba primed for playoff
By PATRICIA KEAMO LAUTOKA recruit Raymond Gunemba says getting goal in a friendly match on Tuesday has boosted his morale for tomorrow’s national playoff against Rewa for Fiji’s representative in […]
Former MD jailed for five years
By BEVERLY PETER THE former National Airports Corporation (NAC) managing director Richard Yopo has been sentenced to five years for misappropriation in the National Court. However, three years were suspended […]
Bougainville remembers first government during celebration
The Autonomous Region of Bougainville celebrated the 17th anniversary of the formation of the Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) yesterday. Celebrations were held in the three regional capitals in North Bougainville […]
Officials in Philippines for anti-corruption exchange
PAPUA New Guinea’s anti-corruption officials have undertaken a series of meetings with peer agencies in the Philippines. Deputy secretary for the Department of Justice and attorney general (DJAG) Josephine Pitmur […]
Agency helps villagers get NID
By BRADLEY MARIORI THE Constitutional and Law Reform Commission (CLRC) has assisted villages in Barakau, Central and Siassi in Tewai-Siassi, Morobe, with nearly 8,000 national identification (NID) cards and birth […]
Health facility scales down operation
A CATHOLIC church-run health facility near Mendi town, Southern Highlands, that serves between 4,000 and 5,000 patients a month, has temporarily scaled down its operation due to shortage of medicines. […]
Medicine shortages in hospitals
HEALTH facilities around the country are reporting shortages of medical supplies as the country enters the middle of the election period. With a report published in this paper on Tuesday […]
Office forecasts dry weather
MOST parts of the country are expected to experience dry weather starting from this month to August, National Weather Service acting director Jimmy Gomoga says. Gomoga said this was following […]
Partnership working towards National Adaption Plan
THE United Nation Development Programme (UNDP), in partnership with the Climate Change and Development Authority (CCDA) and the University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG), recently conducted a week-long training on […]
On trial over double murder
THE Waigani Committal Court has committed a man charged with wilful murder to stand trial in the National Court. Magistrate Paul Puri Nii on Tuesday when committing Igibe Palija John […]