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TISA Bank has officially expanded its footprint into Milne Bay Province with the opening of a new branch in Alotau today, improving access to banking and financial services in the region.

Chairman of the Parliamentary Plans and Estimates Committee, Joseph Yopyyopy, says delays in releasing Provincial Functional Grants are badly affecting service delivery across the country.

Crowds of people have gathered at Poroma Junction, in the Nipa Kutubu District of Southern Highlands Province to welcome Prime Minister James Marape and his accompanying delegation, who are making their way from Kutubu.

Business houses operating in Madang Town have been issued a strong warning to immediately comply with all government laws regulating business operations, or risk facing penalties and possible enforcement action.

A grassroots community association in Mul Baiyer District, Western Highlands Province, has received a K100,000 funding boost from the Western Highlands Provincial Government, reinforcing the province’s push for bottom-up, community-led development.

Amid the ongoing crisis in Venezuela, Tesla chief executive officer Elon Musk has announced that SpaceX-owned Starlink will provide free broadband internet services to people of Venezuela until February 3, following the US operation that ousted President Nicolás Maduro.

The Madang Urban Local Level Government [MULLG] has, for the first time, clarified the recently imposed ban on betelnut chewing and smoking within Madang Town’s central business area.

Public servants nationwide have been left disappointed after the expected three per cent salary increase failed to reflect in today’s pay, due to delays in completing key administrative processes.

PNG Power Limited has confirmed that a bullet struck the glass front of its headquarters building in Port Moresby on Tuesday night, 6 January 2026.

The New Ireland Provincial Government has changed the way it processes payments, moving from the Kundu Pei system to the Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS).