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FIGHTING CORRUPTION IN PNG IS EVERYONE’S BUSINESS: POLYE
PORT MORESBY: Fighting corruption in the country should be everyone’s business, Opposition Leader Don Pomb told a gathering in Port Moresby today (Wednesday).Mr Polye said it should not only be the...
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Miss PNG Abigail Havora crowned Miss Pacific Islands 2015
Miss PNG Abigail Havora has been crowned Miss Pacific Islands 2015. This is the first time PNG has won the crown in this pageant.PNG has never won an international or regional crown since the first...
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Infrastructure is Delivering a Better Future for Our Children, say Prime...
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O’Neill has made the point that the infrastructure that is being delivered around the country, including new airports and roads, are creating a better future for...
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New Logo released for Rugby League World Cup 2017
There are just two years to go before the world’s best Rugby League teams play in the Final of the Rugby League World Cup 2017.To mark the two year milestone Rugby League World Cup 2017 Chief Executive...
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Polye: K2.5 billion arrears in superannuation a blow to bureaucrats
Superannuation funds in the country should be endowed to grow and not to be squeezed out, says Opposition Leader Don Polye.He said this when commenting on the country’s largest pension fund Nambawan...
View ArticleTeenager jailed for raping five-year old boy in PNG
A 19-YEAR-old male youth in New Ireland Province in Papua New Guinea was sentenced to a year in prison with hard labour for raping a five-year-old boy.Justice Lawrence Kangwia at local Kavieng National...
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Silver fern tops New Zealand flag referendum
New Zealanders have chosen a silver fern on a black-and-blue background as their preferred option if the South Pacific nation decides to dump Britain's Union Jack from its national banner, officials...
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PNG beat Singapore by one goal in Netball Mission Foods Nations Cup
SINGAPORE - Singapore fell 43-44 to Papua New Guinea (PNG) in the opening game of netball's Mission Foods Nations Cup on Sunday.When asked about the performance, Singapore's head coach, Ruth Atiken...
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PNG begins construction of 40,000 Social Housing for public Servants
At long last, a solution to the chronic housing issue in PNG has been found as the government endorsed the construction and delivery of 40-000 social housing roll out program at Durham Farm at 8mile,...
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Australian Government funds Road resealing in Manus
The Australian Government is funding the resealing of the road from Momote Airport to Lorengau town as a part of its support for Manus Province.This investment will significantly improve the condition...
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PNG Opposition congratulates Miss Pacific Islands Abigail Havora
PNG Opposition Leader Don Polye says Miss Pacific Island Abigail Havora made the country proud at the pageant last weekend in Rarotonga.“She has been crowned as the toast of the Miss Pacific Island...
View ArticleYoung man dies after being stabbed by wife in Port Moresby
A young man from Western in his 20s has died over the weekend in Port Moresby after being stabbed several times on his upper thigh and genitals by his wife.Eyewitnesses at the scene said the wife...
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PNG's trade with China up
Papua New Guinea's trade volume with China has reached more than US$2.1 billion (K6.17 billion) this year, according to Chinese Ambassador to Papua New Guinea Ruiyou Li.He told PNG media that the...
View ArticlePacific to pay high price from trade deal
PACIFIC businesses will pay a high price from the current proposals in the regional trade agreement known as PACER-Plus, according to a report.The report, released by the Pacific Network on...
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World Oil price tanks again
Things look like getting much worse before they get better for oil producers, with the first signs of rapidly declining demand for oil emerging at a time of "unrelenting oversupply".With prices in both...
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Chinese tycoon detained
One of China’s richest men, Guo Guangchang, has been detained by police.His company, Fosun International, confirmed on Friday that he was assisting authorities with an investigation.The confirmation...
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Paris deal won't save low-lying island nations from rising sea levels,...
The climate deal struck by 195 nations in Paris will fail to save low-lying island nations from being overcome by rising sea levels, the President of Kiribati has warned.Kiribati lies in the Pacific...
View ArticlePapua New Guinea abolish Grade 8 and 10 Examinations
THE country’s national examination system for Grades Eight and Ten students has been abolished.Instead, it will be compulsory for students to continue on to complete Grade 12 and regardless of poor...
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Tiny Tuvalu faces big challenges in domestic violence fight
Tuvalu is planning to train up more counsellors to deal with high rates of domestic violence.The country has a small population of just under 10,000 so familiarity and cultural sensitivities mean...
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Gizo havoc under control
Police nab 18 people for being violent and causing disturbanceGIZO Police in the Solomon Islands say the tense situation at the provincial capital caused by retaliatory confrontation by two ethnic...
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