Cecilé Benjamin honoured for her work in marine conservation and dive industry
Papua New Guinea's first woman scuba diving instructor, Cecilé Benjamin, is set to be inducted into the Women Divers Hall of Fame in York this week.She left for the United States on Monday.Benjamin,...
View ArticlePomio Writs to be issued next week
The Electoral Commission will issue Writs for the Pomio by-election in East New Britain, next Thursday.Electoral Commissioner, Andrew Trawen, says nominations will close on the 18th of this month with...
View ArticleGOOD 2014 FULL YEAR RESULT FOR BSP GROUP
Bank South Pacific has achieved a pleasing result for them and their shareholders in the 4th quarter of 2014.This was announced by the bank’s CEO, Mr. Robin Fleming during the presentation of the 2014...
View ArticleACTNOW MARKS 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF NON ACTION ON FINANCE INQUIRY
ACTNOW today marked 5 years of NON ACTION by tne Government in implementing the 2010 Commission of Inquiry which looked into corruption by officers at the Finance Department.With a handful of concerned...
View ArticlePNG ARMY INVESTIGATING UNQUALIFIED RECRUITS
he PNGDF is currently investigating recruits that have lied about their age and joining the army.From reports received, a couple of individuals who have signed up for recruitment are actually above and...
View Article2ND SOLAR PILOT PROJECT FOR OCCD OPENED
The office of Climate Change and Development in PNG opened its second Pilot Solar Project at Daraokomana village, Rigo District in the Central Province last night. Daraokomana village, which is located...
View ArticleDistrict Development Authority is home grown
The District Development Authority is very much home grown.Chief Secretary to Government Sir Manasupe Zurenuoc made this statement in his opening remarks at the District Development Authority Workshop...
View ArticleShining stars
STEVEN Kari and Dika Toua’s golden aura just keeps shining brighter.The Commonwealth Games gold medallists glittered on Saturday evening as weightlifting sparkled by scooping the major awards at the...
View ArticleBoas hat-trick defeathers Gulls
THE Papua New Guinea Hunters have climbed to second spot on the Queensland Cup ladder after thrashing the Tweed Head Seagulls 38-10 in their Round 4 match in Kokopo yesterday.Coach Michael Marum’s...
View ArticlePNG detains five foreigners for producing fake passports, visas and work...
Papua New Guinea Immigration Officers have detained five foreigners allegedly involved in the production of fake passports, visas and work permits in Port Moresby have been detained by Immigration...
View ArticlePANGU, THE Parties join forces
TRIUMPH Heritage Empowerment (THE) Party and Pangu Pati have joined forces.Pangu Pati leader Sam Basil assured those who attended a fundraising dinner on Saturday that policies and visions would be...
View ArticlePNG athletes in top form for Pacific Games
A number of PNG athletes turned in top performances at the Australian national Championships in Brisbane last weekend with Betty Burua twice breaking the national record in the 400m hurdles....
View ArticleCandidates contesting Bougainville Elections threatened
Candidates contesting in this year’s election are now on their campaign trails and according to reports received from the electoral office campaigns are progressing very well for most...
View ArticleLae Adventist School crowned winners of 2015 BSP School Kriket Blast
Lae Adventist Primary School was crowned champions of term one BSP School Kriket Blast competition after winning in three divisions of the competition last Thursday.The school fielded teams in all four...
View ArticleNo Buai Ban in Central Province – KEEP OUT OF CENTRAL PROVINCE
The Central Provincial Government today made a call to the Governor of NCD and his City Management to stop their buai rangers and NCD police not set up road blocks in Central Province.The call was made...
View ArticlePNG WEIGHT LIFTERS PREP FOR PACIFIC GAMES
PNG weight lifters will go through a final trim down competition this weekend before a final 19 member squad is selected for further training in preparation for the Pacific Games.According the PNG...
View ArticleNEED FOR QUALITY EDUCATION – PM
“The level of incompetence and mismanagement by our officials cannot be excused or tolerated.” That’s the word by Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, Peter O’Neill at UPNG’s 60th Graduation ceremony...
View ArticlePOWER WORK GIVEN TWO MONTHS
The responsibility to get Port Moresby hooked to additional power voltage as per the agreement between PNG Power and Exxon now rests on the power engineers.According to PNG Power, they only have two...
View ArticleA world -class Hilton Hotel to be built in Port Moresby
Port Moresby Skyline. ONE PNG photoA world-class Hilton Hotel will be built in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea before APEC 2018, Chief Secretary Sir Manasupe Zurenuoc says He said the hotel would be...
View ArticlePNG benefit from Japanese methanol project
Japanese company Sojitz Corporation has guaranteed Papua New Guinea to benefit greatly from the methanol project that the company will be investing in, in the country.Project leader Naotsugu Koinuma...
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