Day: July 21, 2022
Group hosts successful donation drive for sick babies
By MELYNE BAROI PORT Moresby General Hospital (PMGH) case worker and pediatrics social worker Francesca Vangun says the hospital has seen more than 40 sick babies come in this year […]
Covid pandemic fuels largest continued backslide in vaccinations
THE largest sustained decline in childhood vaccinations in about 30 years has been recorded in official data published last Friday by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations […]
Nurse Melisha doing her best to help women – as a midwife
NURSE Melisha Gilmo had to climb up a tree outside the hospital she was working in, to catch a mobile network so that she could consult a doctor in another […]
Labour mobility earns returns
In a survey on Pacific labour mobility RYAN EDWARDS, MATTHEW DORNAN, TOAN NGUYEN and DUNG DOAN examine how workers from three Pacific countries -Tonga, Kiribati, and Vanuatu – are benefiting […]
LOs wants elected leaders to address outstanding issues
THE Tuguba Hides Association Inc, representing the Hides Petroleum Development Licence One (PDL1) landowners of Hela, want the province’s elected leaders to address outstanding issues in the resource area. Chairman […]
Total’s progress in PNG LNG
PARIS: French company TotalEnergies announced on Wednesday (local time) progress regarding its plans for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Papua New Guinea. TotalEnergies said its Papua LNG joint […]
‘PNG Kina weakened against US Dollar’
THE PNG Kina has weakened slightly against the US Dollar (USD), but outperformed all other currencies due to the US dollar strength, according to the Bank South Pacific Financial Group […]
Organisations sign capital market development partnership
THE development of the country’s capital market will be further enhanced following a partnership signed yesterday between two organisations. Securities Commission of PNG (SCPNG) and the Asian Development Bank’s Pacific […]
Mead calls time on NRL career
HIGHLY-DECORATED Brisbane Broncos winger David Mead has called time on his 14-year rugby league career at the top level, effective immediately. The now-retired Papua New Guinea Kumul played 171 National […]
Govt urged to support
THE Government needs to recognise global achievements of Cricket Papua New Guinea and provide more support to the national teams, says Motu-Koita Assembly chairman Dadi Toka Jr. “There are more […]