Category: Highlands
Kutubu festival focuses on courage after the earthquake
Article Views: 92 By LOUISAH FRANK THE Kutubu Kundu Digaso Festival committee has announced that this year’s show will be on September 21-23 with the theme Yumi mas kirapim bek […]
Goroka show committee concerned with lack of sponsorships
Article Views: 103 THE annual Goroka Show is only two and a half months away and sponsorship has been very slow, says the show’s organising committee chairwoman Keryn Hargreaves, pictured. […]
IRD signs tax deal with WHP
Article Views: 155 By ELIAS LARI THE Internal Revenue Commission and the Western Highlands provincial government signed a memorandum of understanding on Thursday to improve tax compliance and increase internal […]
Villagers call on MP Duma to help them get electricity
Article Views: 81 MORE than 3000 people in the Baisu area in Western Highlands have requested Hagen Central MP William Duma to bring electricity to their village. The Elti, Pinambe, […]
WHP ‘power theft’ capital: Nupuri
Article Views: 374 By JAMES GUMUNO WESTERN Highlands leads the country in illegal electricity connections, says PNG Power chairman Peter Nupuri. Nupuri said a survey found that the province boasted […]
Parents to top up TFF to keep school from closing
Article Views: 142 PARENTS of pupils attending Tarangau Primary School in Mt Hagen have agreed to pay K50 per child to top up the school’s tuition fee-free funding. The parents […]
Welcome eyed for visiting high court judge
Article Views: 127 THE Nipa-Kutubu district administration in Southern Highlands is preparing to receive Judge Stephen Kassman for two National Court Circuits at Nipa station. Mendi residential judge Justice Stephen […]
Hela govt commits K10mil to complete court facilities
Article Views: 144 The Hela administration has committed K10 million to the National Judicial Staff Services for the completion of court facilities in Tari. Administrator William Bando gave K3 million […]
MP opens gas station
Article Views: 424 By ZACHERY PER Daulo MP Pogio Ghate opened a service station on Friday and called on the people of Daulo, in Eastern Highlands, to run businesses to […]
K300,000 road planned to open door to the world
Article Views: 285 MP Geoffrey Kama has allocated K300,000 for two roads to be built to connect the Karamui Salt Nomane district to the rest of Chimbu. Local people have […]