PAY RISE FOR PNG PUBLIC SERVANTS
PAY RISE FOR PUBLIC SERVANTSPublic servants in Papua New Guinea are to get 7 point five percent pay increases each year for the next 3 years after a deal signed in Port Moresby last week.The agreement...
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LAM LOSES JOB TO MENINGA
Andrian Lam Mal Meninga Newly appointed Chairman of the PNGRFL and former Deputy Chairman Sandis Tsaka said in 2013 the programme is targeted to prepare the PNG Kumuls...
View ArticleDISCIPLINED FORCES IN TARI RECONCILE
P-N-G Defence Force soldiers and police deployed to Hela, were reminded of their task to maintain law and order and ensure no disturbances to the L-N-G project.Tari-Pori M-P and Minister for Finance...
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'Cover-up' of violent PNG police-army clash on Manus
Cover-up of violent PNG police-army clash in Manus. Image : SMHThe Australian-run detention centre on Manus Island was gripped with chaos and confusion during a violent clash between the notorious...
View ArticleMore PNG women now drinking homebrew, smoking drugs
MARIJUANA use and homebrew drinking by females are on the rise in Chimbu’s Kerowagi district, Highlands Women in Politics president Dere Cecilia Kimagl says. Kimagl said many people were turning to...
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INFORMAL HOUSING ON THE RISE IN PORT MORESBY
The National Research Institute says, the rapid increased growth of houses inside and on the fringes of Port Moresby is a response from ordinary people where Governments have failed to take decisive...
View ArticlePNG's MRDC INVESTMENTS GROW
Mineral Resources Development Company, recently commissioned a new 10-million Kina Pearl Resort in Fiji - its first major development project outside of Papua New Guinea.Whilst declaring this to become...
View ArticleGULF POLICE STEP UP OPERATION
Gulf Police will step up operations this year, by extending these to the province's major highway and waters, for the public and investment users travel safety.Provincial Police Commander, Chief...
View ArticlePNG Sepik Teachers give ULTIMATUM
East Sepik teachers have given the Education Office in Wewak this week to pay their outstanding leave fares, or face a three week sit-in protest.Their ultimatums were put in a petition delivered to...
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NO MORE LAREVA MARKET
The one week grace period given for vendors in the nation's capital, to sell off their remaining betel-nuts, ends today.Yesterday, Port Moresby's main betel-nut outlet, Lareva market at Hohola suburb,...
View ArticleTask-Force Sweep’s position on the progress of investigations on Paraka Lawyers
Media ReleaseThis is the Task-Force Sweep’s position on the progress of investigations into alleged fraudulent payment of K71.8 million to Paul Paraka Lawyers (PPL) in light of the recent events. The...
View ArticleTUNA TAGGING GOOD
The tuna tagging experiments conducted by South Pacific Commission’s Oceanic Fisheries Programme are acknowledged to be among the most comprehensive in the world and have recently achieved yet another...
View ArticleCourt halts PNG Parliament artifacts removal
FORMER Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare has obtained a court order restraining Speaker Theodore Zurenouc from removing any cultural property from Parliament. Justice David Cannings ordered on Dec 31...
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PNG Power responds to Public and Business House outcry on Tariff increase
The electricity industry is a capital intensive industry, requiring huge capital to put in equipment and power plants. The lead time to order and install major equipment and diesel power plants is more...
View ArticleFORMER PNG DEFENCE FORCE COMMANDER NOGA PASSES ON
the body of the former P-N-G Defence Force Brigadier-General, late Ken Noga, will be flown to his Saroa village in Rigo District, Central Province today, for burial.Outgoing Defence Force Commander,...
View ArticleVillagers demand K70,000 Compensation
Noupan villagers in the Peit Constituency of North Bougainville, are demanding 70-thousand Kina compensation, for the death of a youth in their area, last year.They are asking the Sing villagers of...
View ArticleKAIRUKU-HIRI POLLING SET
The Electoral Commission says, preparations for polling in the Kairuku-Hiri by-election in Central province, is set for next Saturday.Electoral Commissioner, Andrew Trawen says, transportation and...
View ArticleTIPNG: RESPECT POLICE AND COURTS
Transparency International PNG is appealing to the citizens of this nation, particularly Prime Minster Peter O'Neil and Opposition Leader Belden Namah to have respect for the law and its processes.In...
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PNG Provincial Police Commanders depart for Japan to attend Crime Seminar
Two Provincial Police Commanders (PPC) from Enga and Manus, Philip Welia and Alex Ndrasal left for Tokyo in Japan on Saturday for the Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Senior Seminar.The Seminar is...
View ArticleRambo captured in Southern Highlands
Police in Southern Highlands have recaptured a notorious criminal who escaped from the Bui-Iebi Jail in 2011.Paul Kumei Rambo, was recaptured last Friday, from a container where he was living in, after...
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