Category: Main Stories
High prices to continue
By GYNNIE KERO PEOPLE can expect high prices to remain and even trend higher to the end of the year, according to the Bank of Papua New Guinea (BPNG). This […]
Seven of 12 sentenced to 30yr over cannabis
SEVEN of 12 men convicted of being in possession of, transporting and selling cannabis, each received 30-year jail terms, with the court describing the drug as a “time-bomb killer”. In […]
Painful months ahead: BPNG
By GYNNIE KERO Papua New Guinea (PNG) must be prepared to make some painful decision in the coming months, Bank of PNG Governor Elizabeth Genia said yesterday. A survey conducted […]
Cop gets 35 years for Garden Hills murders
By BEVERLY PETER A POLICEMAN who shot and killed two men in a Port Moresby settlement has been sentenced to 35 years in jail. With two years, five months and […]
Killing not meant: Judge
By CHARLES MOI A COURT has jailed a policeman to eight years after he shot dead a man who was allegedly involved in an armed robbery in West New Britain […]
Chamber sceptical
Papua New Guinea Chamber of Resources and Energy president Anthony Smare has expressed scepticism over the profit and revenue projections of the proposed gold refinery and mint project by a […]
Car accident driver in custody
THE driver involved in the accident at Mumeng’s Zenag in Bulolo, Morobe on Tuesday that claimed two lives and injured 24 others is now in police custody, says an official. […]
Kundiawa ‘rumours’ irk top cop
KUNDIAWA is not dangerous as being speculated through the media recently, says Chimbu police commander Epenes Nili. Nili said there were no reports of escalating rate of crime in the […]
Cash flow crisis
By PETER ESILA NINETY companies are facing serious cash flow problems and moves have been made to wind them down, a major liquidator has revealed. Pini Accountants and Advisors principal […]
Give priority to complaints, OC told
ANTI-CORRUPTION fighter John Endemongo Kua has urged the Ombudsman Commission (OC), the courts and relevant law enforcement agencies to give urgency to matters lodged properly with them. Kua, who is […]