NRL & Digicel partnership to empower Pacific regions
Rugby League in the country has just gotten even bigger with a three year partnership between the NRL and communications provider Digicel that willaim to support rugby league among youngsters, the...
View ArticlePNG, ADB’s largest borrower in Pacific
The Asian Development Bank’s assistance to Papua New Guinea has grown from $1.27 billion in 2009 to $2.13 billion in 2015.And the assistance with an aim to deepen its infrastructure development...
View ArticlePNG Soldiers prepare for mission abroad
A total of seven hundred soldiers are receiving training on international humanitarian law to prepare them for peacekeeping missions abroad.Battalion second-in-command Major Posoi Benjamin told The...
View ArticlePNG Special Parliamentary Committee releases finds on three reports
The Chairman of the Special Parliamentary Committee on Public Sector Reform and Service Delivery and Member for Goroka Bire Kimisopa has departed from protocol by releasing three reports following...
View ArticleHela Administrator and CS Commissioner sworn in
New Administrator for Hela Province Mr. William Bando was sworn in today by Governor General Grand Chief Sir Michael Ogio at the Government House along with Correctional Service Commissioner Michael...
View ArticleSurvey reveals gap in SME Insurance in the Pacific
Suva, Fiji – Insurers in the Pacific are focusing on increasing penetration of insurance coverage for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), research conducted by the Pacific Financial Inclusion...
View ArticleMore housing project for Port Moresby
A new major housing project is set to take place in Port Moresby following a ground breaking ceremony today.The Touaguba Hill Paradise project is the work of NPL Development Ltd and the site will...
View ArticleAPC by Schneider Electric announces the Remington Group as a new IT distributor
June 23, 2016 – APC by Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management and automation, has announced the Remington Group as a new distributor in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands....
View ArticleFIFA 11 for Health Program
INSTRUCTIONAL courses for 32 Physical Education (PE) teachers that will be implementing the “FIFA 11 for Health” programme is scheduled for early next month in Port Moresby.Representatives from the...
View ArticleBPS Gold Sponsor for BPNG Financial Inclusion Exposition
Bank South Pacific (BSP) presented K30,000 as Gold Sponsor towards Bank of Papua New Guinea's (BPNG) Financial Inclusion Exposition (Expo), to be held in Mt Hagen, Western Highlands Province on July,...
View ArticlePOLYE A BRILLIANT, WISE LEADER: MAIPAKAI
PORT MORESBY: Kikori MP Mark Maipakai has described the Opposition Leader Don Pomb Polye as ‘a disciplined, wise and brilliant leader,’ who has the potential to become the next Prime Minister.Mr...
View ArticleBowen excited to be part of trukai fun run
NRL and North QLD Cowboys star, Matt Bowen is in the country as the official guest for the annual Trukai Fun Run event tomorrow.“I always love coming to PNG and really appreciate the support shown by...
View Articlestudent killed, buildings torched in targeted attack at PNG University of...
Around 10pm last night (Saturday), a group of men armed with bush knives attacked a student in the male dormitories in C block in an apparent targeted attack."We regret to inform that the student...
View ArticleUnitech, UPNG situation going from bad to worse: Catholic Church
Buildings burnt down at Unitech. The situation in UPNG and UNITECH is going from bad to worse, says the Catholic Bishops Conference.General Secretary Fr. Victor Roche said: “There is more destruction...
View ArticleCrown Plaza hotel in Port Moresby put up for sale
One of the four -star hotels in Port Morsby, Papua New Guinea is on sale. The Crown Plaza hotel in downtown Port Moresby is put on sale.Its parent company, Kumul Hotels Ltd, said it was a “strategic...
View ArticleAustralian Federal Police in PNG conduct workshop on Investigative Interview...
History suggests that the most critical aspect of policing is weather complainants or victims of crime get the real justice, when he or she has been wronged.The trend in the country is embarrassingly...
View ArticleSolomon Airlines, Air Niugini and Air Vanuatu tripartite codeshare launches...
Effective 01 July 2016, Solomon Airlines, Air Niugini and Air Vanuatu will commence operation of a long awaited codeshare service linking all three destinations.The new service will operate from Port...
View ArticleThree arrested over University of Technology killing
Police in the Papua New Guinea city of Lae have arrested three men in connection with the death of a university student at the weekend.A first-year student was killed at Lae's University of Technology,...
View ArticleUSAID to Provide Technical Assistance to Detect and Treat Multidrug-Resistant...
U.S. Embassy, Port Moresby:In response to the Government of Papua New Guinea’s (GoPNG) request for support to control the tuberculosis (TB) epidemic in PNG, the U.S. Embassy Port Moresby, through the...
View ArticleGovernor Parkop calls on PM to address Unitech situation
City Hall, 27thJune, 2016: I would like to make a statement about the situation in Unitech. It is getting out of hand. I call upon the Prime Minister to take immediate and decisive action to arrest the...
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