PNG, Australia ink agreement to address bilateral issues
Australia and Papua New Guinea have signed an understanding to work together to address issues of mutual interest.Australia’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and a team of five government ministers from...
View ArticleSolomon Islands showcases cocoa for Pasifika festival
Cocoa is an important export earner for rural communities and small holder farms and their households in the Solomon Islands.Cathliro Commodities Development Limited (CCDL) is attending Auckland’s...
View ArticleHigh powered guns still with warlords in PNG
Most high powered weapons used in tribal fights in Papua New Guinea were not surrendered and destroyed on Tuesday, Hela police and local leaders said.Tagali local level government manager Gary Harai,...
View ArticleVanuatu kava producers look to reap rewards of growing world market
The kava industries in Vanuatu and Fiji were devastated by the impact of Cyclone Pam and Cyclone Winston, and recovery has been slow because of drought, which in turn has led to a region-wide shortage...
View ArticleAustralian Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop visits Aust-funded projects...
AUSTRALIAN Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop visited a number of Australian government-funded projects in Lae as part of her trip to Morobe.She arrived in the country on Tuesday and attended the...
View ArticleLawyer Twivey to stand trial
PRINCIPAL lawyer of Twivey lawyers Tiffany Twivey (pictured) has been committed to stand trial in the National Court to face a charge of perverting the course of justice.Waigani Committal Court...
View ArticleFamily buried alive in PNG's Eastern Highalands
A MOTHER and her five children, including a pregnant daughter, perished in a landslide in the remote Lamari area of Obura-Wonenara district in Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea, the National reports....
View ArticleAllcomMcr a brew for success
Digicel Business-owned company AllcomMcr has helped PNG’s favourite beer company, SP Brewery, upgrade its IT systems, resulting in a sophisticated network that now connects all of the company’s offices...
View ArticlePolye blames K3 billion UBS Loan for PNG's Economic crisis
PORT MORESBY:K3 billion UBS loan is mainly responsible for the country’s cash-strapped economic crisis, says Papua New Guinea’s Opposition Leader Don Polye.Mr Polye also attributed it briefly to...
View ArticleFiji survives Samoan battle 19-12
Fiji has survived a strong battle with Samoa beating them 19-12 in their second pool match of the 2017 Vancouver 7s.In what was a very close encounter between the two sides, Fiji came out on top...
View ArticleWisil breaks personal record
Toea Wisil broke her own 200m national record for the second time this season in a high quality race in Canberra on Sunday afternoon.Wisil came agonisingly close to the World Championship Qualifying...
View ArticleStar Mountain Plaza completes stage one
The Star Mountain Plaza (SMP) development has seen completed stage one.This is for the detailed engineering design and commencement of the above ground structure of the Hilton Hotel building and the...
View ArticlePM views Apec Haus using VR technology
PRIME Minister Peter O’Neill yesterday viewed the interior of the proposed multi-million kina Apec Haus even before it is built – by using the latest in virtual reality computer technology.He used a...
View ArticleNZ Foreign Minister Murray McCully to visit Samoa
New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully will travel to Samoa this week to meet with Prime Minister Tuilaepa and members of his Cabinet.“My discussions with Prime Minister Tuilaepa and the...
View ArticlePNG hit by Medicine shortage as funding delay
Delay in Health Department funding has resulted in a shortage of drugs throughout the country, says the Deputy Secretary Dr Paison Dakulala.He confirmed that Government funding delay and distribution...
View ArticlePNG Power commences investigation into linesman's death
Being a power linesman can be a very risky job as is the case over the weekend when a PNG Power linesman lost his life after being electrocuted during a power restoration exercise in Mt. Hagen city.The...
View ArticleThe first mobile app in Papua New Guinea to easily and quickly sell cars,...
Port Moresby, Monday 13 March 2017 – PacificAdsGroup, operating classifieds websites in the Pacificarea, just released the first mobile app in PNG for local buyers and sellers to easily trade together,...
View ArticlePolye launches association in Mt Hagen
Opposition Leader Don Polye set foot at Mt Hagen’s Keltiga village yesterday (Thursday) to a rousing welcome.Polye was accompanied by Laigap-Porgera MP Nixon Mangape and Triumph Heritage Empowerment...
View ArticleShortage of medicine in PNG due to administrative delays
The Governments failure to renew the contract for medical supplies has health facilities feeling the pinch of medicine shortage.Finance secretary and acting chairman for CSTB Dr Ken Ngangan said...
View ArticlePNG, Solomon Islands discuss to discuss PACER
SOLOMON Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare will meet with his counterpart Peter O’Neill today to try and persuade him to change PNG’s stance on the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations...
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