Day: June 17, 2022
Madang gets new administrator
By JIMMY KALEBE NEWLY National Executive Council (NEC)-appointed Madang administrator Frank Tonges Lau says politicians must not interfere in the affairs of the provincial administration. “(General Election 2022) candidates, former […]
Data vital for distributing resources equally: Official
Data is crucial for equal distribution of resources, governance and development, an expatriate says. Overseas Coastal Area Development Institute of Japan research head Taiji Kawakami said the effective distribution of […]
Kiunga cleanup
A local company in Kiunga, North Fly, Western, braved a downpour on June 5 to clean Kiunga town and planted trees as part of its World Environment Day programme. Staff […]
Mission airline saving lives
By LULU MARK A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD boy bitten by snake along the Sepik River last week has survived, thanks to the quick response of the Samaritan Aviation (SA). Samaritan Aviation founder […]
Govt moving settlers back to Murik Lake
GOVERNOR Allan Bird says an exercise to relocate displaced Murik Lake settlers in Wewak town to Angoram has begun. He said yesterday more than 600 men, women and children who […]
Drug supply not an issue in ENB: Doc
By MICHAEL PHILIP THE East New Britain health authority (PHA) says it does not have a medicine shortage and has enough supplies to cater for its hospitals, health centres and […]
Order out for cop’s arrest
By VANESSA NIKEN A WAIGANI committal court has issued a warrant of arrest for a policeman for non-appearance in court on a charge of permitting a prisoner to escape from […]
Chinese man’s wilful damage case struck out
A WAIGANI committal court magistrate struck out a case of a Chinese man charged with wilful damage and arson yesterday for want of prosecution. Magistrate Billy Pidu struck out the […]
Accused lied: Cop
A MAN charged with damaging property and stealing lied to court that he was not given the police file. Lawrence Gaspal, 35, from Maramuni in Wabag Central, Enga, told Magistrate […]
Pangu to camp in Wewak
By REBECCA KUKU THE Pangu Pati, out of respect for its founding father, the late Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare, will be camping in Wewak, East Sepik, when it forms […]