FC Momase hold Madang FC to a draw
A determined FC Momase muscled their way through a scoreless first half until it was just minutes to the full time whistle when they opened up their scoreboard with their first goal trailing to a more...
View Article'Australia not a country' professor sacked
An online adjunct professor told a student that Australia is not a country and gave her a failing grade, prompting Southern New Hampshire University in the United States to replace the...
View ArticlePNG's Lae City Dwellers on a journey
Papua New Guinea champion club Lae City Dwellers are on a journey of their own to qualify for the next round for the first time and therefore took an approach to the match that proved lethal to the...
View ArticleFiji thanks MSG for secondment of director general to COP23 Secretariat
By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor in Port Moresby, Papua New GuineaFiji has conveyed its appreciation to the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) for the secondment of its Director General, Ambassador...
View ArticleCyclone Gita forecast to hit highest level category five as it heads towards...
Tropical Cyclone Gita is expected to be upgraded to a category five storm, the highest possible, as it heads towards Tonga this evening.A massive clean up is under way across Samoa and American Samoa...
View ArticleADB, World Bank, Australia - supported high speed broadband goes live in Samoa
The Asian Development Bank (ADB), the World Bank Group, and the Government of Australia joined the Government of Samoa to celebrate the arrival of high-speed internet in the country at a ceremony at...
View ArticlePNG to take over MSG chairmanship from Solomon Islands
PAPUA New Guinea will take over the chairmanship of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) when the Leaders’ Summit begins tomorrow.This follows a series of pre-summit meetings among senior officials...
View ArticleSouthern Highlands K5 million market now open
THE people of Southern Highlands seem to be enjoying the new K5 million Mendi Market funded by the provincial government.A few facilities like the toilets are yet to be completed but the market had to...
View ArticleSolomon Islands Police in Western Province welcomes border peace dialogue
Police in the Western Province welcomes and applauds the border peace dialogue between the chiefs and other community leaders from islands in the Western border region of Solomon Islands and...
View ArticlePM O'Neill Calls on Disrespectful Member of Madang to Serve with Dignity
The Prime Minister, Hon. Peter O’Neill CMG MP, has called on the new Member for Madang, Hon. Bryan Kramer MP, to learn to behave in the manner expected by his constituents, and not engage in slanderous...
View ArticleNAUTILUS GRANTED NEW FORM OF LICENCE
Nautilus Minerals Limited has been granted a two-year exploration licence to conduct exploration activities on this area within the southeast Bismarck Sea.The company announced on Thursday (Feb 8th)...
View Articlecourt orders recount for North Fly
The election victory of North Fly MP James Donald has been declared null and void, and a recount was ordered.Justice Colin Makail made these orders at the Kiunga National Court last week at the close...
View ArticleFour woman inmates escape PNG's Baisu Prison
Four women prisoners at Baisu Jail in Western Highlands Province escaped in the early hours of Sunday morning.The four – two detainees and two convicts – were aided by deteriorating fencing which...
View ArticleAlotau district Headquarters to return to Rabaraba sub-Station
Alotau District plans to return it’s headquarters to Rabaraba sub-station this term.It was left desolate a few years back in a temporary shift to Alotau due to issues with it’s district treasury but...
View ArticleMilne Bay Province Sexual offense high
Milne Bay has a total 203 cases in the criminal track and about 56 civil matters for 2018 reveals Alotau resident judge Justice Peter Toliken at yesterday's launch of the legal year 2018.Toliken says...
View ArticleDabinyaba happy to be back in Lae fold
Nigel Dabinyaba’s almost telepathic connection with fellow Papua New Guinea footballer Raymond Gunemba is a joy for fans to witness.The pair have been playing together since they were kids, before...
View ArticleHighway reopens in Eastern Highlands
The damaged section of the highlands highway just outside Goroka town in the Eastern Highlands province has been reconstructed and the road opened over the weekend.That section of the highway was...
View ArticlePapuan Liberation Army claims responsibility for dead Indonesian soldier
The West Papua National Liberation Army has claimed responsibility for the fatal shooting of an Indonesian soldier in Papua province yesterday.The shooting took place at a market in Sinak in Papua's...
View ArticleProtecting the vulnerable a priority in Tonga
New Zealand's acting high commissioner to Tonga says the safety of women and children in evacuation centres is "top of mind" for the kingdom's government.Elena Procuta was at a meeting with government...
View ArticleMarat queries PNG Parliament contracts
An employee of the National Parliament, who is a lawyer by profession has been given a consultancy contract worth K221, 000 by his employer which might be tantamount to double dipping.Rabaul MP Dr...
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