Day: July 4, 2022
Murder, rape suspect shot
POLICE in Madang say they shot and wounded a suspect last Monday who was wanted for allegedly murdering a family and committing a series of crimes in the province. Provincial […]
Truck driver charged with manslaughter
A 39-YEAR-OLD man was charged with manslaughter in a committal court in Lae on Wednesday. Magistrate Pius Tapil read out the charge to Zebedee Mari, from Kotec’s Porolko village in […]
Authority appoints 68 new office bearers for association
OFFICE of the Industrial Registrar declared 68 new office-bearers for the Papua New Guinea Community Health Workers Association (CHWA) in Port Moresby last week. Department of Labour and Industrial Relations’ […]
Police officers suspected of retaliation killing
By JIMMY KALEBE POLICE in Morobe are conducting an investigation into the shooting of a man in Finschhafen on June 26 allegedly by police, a senior officer says. Morobe provincial […]
Magistrate advises accused
MAGISTRATE Paul Puri Nii told a 24-year-old man, charged with burglary, to return to his village instead of loitering around in Port Moresby unemployed. “I am striking out the charge […]
Woman charged with wounding
By VANESSA NIKEN WAIGANI Committal Court Magistrate Paul Puri Nii on Thursday arraigned a 24-year-old woman charged with wounding another woman. Magistrate Nii said on April 17, Pricilla Steven, from […]
Court drops forgery case after request
By JACINTA COHLEE A LAE committal court dropped a case of a man charged with three counts of forgery following a request to the court from the complainant on June […]
Going to the polls
By HELEN TARAWA PAPUA New Guineans start going to the polls for General Election 2022 (GE22) from today to July 22. A total of 9,905 polling stations, comprising 11,066 polling […]
Police consulted over polling: Sinai
By HELEN TARAWA ELECTORAL Commissioner Simon Sinai says that polling in the Highlands is being organised in consultation with the police. Polling in Hela is today, July 4, Enga on […]
NCD polling on Wed, July 6: Sinai
PNG Electoral Commissioner Simon Sinai says National Capital District (NCD) voters will only get to cast their ballots for General Election 2022 (GE22) on Wednesday. “This is a delay from […]