From across Papua New Guinea
The PNG Prime Minister James Marape, the outgoing Australia High Commissioner to PNG John Feakes, have officially signed the documents of PNG’s inclusion in the NRL earlier this week at the Sir Hubert Murray Stadium in Port Moresby During the grand opening ceremony, NRL Great Legend, Cameroon Smith, the National PNG NRL Bid CEO, Andrew […]
The National Department of Health has clarified it does not get direct funding support from the United States through USAID. The withdrawal or cut to funding by the United States has left many in doubt and uncertainty, with some speculations that this will affect health programs roll out in the country. However, Deputy Secretary of […]
Chief Ombudsman Richard Pagen is in Alotau this week, he delivered an OC report on the state of the Correctional Service facility Giligili. Some of their findings in this facility report conducted in May of 2023 were that there was a major need for maintenance and support in specific areas including overcrowding in the cell […]
A school in the National Capital District has been forced to provide teaching and learning in a condemned classroom building as the school faces critical shortage of classrooms to cater for the increasing number of students flooding in since 2023. Head teacher of New Erima Primary School, Yalu Kipungi told NBC News, the school has […]
Statistics from the 2024 Grade 12 national examination results indicate the country’s education system is not ready for the proposed phase out of the grade 8 examinations this year. Department of Higher Education Research Science and technology Acting Secretary Fr. Jan Czuba told NBC News, these statistics are alarming and indicate the timing is not […]
South Bougainville will witness a historic event next Tuesday, where a groundbreaking ceremony will mark the start of development for a Level 4 hospital for the region. South Bougainville currently has a district health center in Buin Town with no doctors, forcing patients to make the long and tough journey each time into either Arawa […]
The Ok Tedi Mining Limited [OTML] also handed over and open a fully refurbished computer laboratory at The University of Papua New Guinea’s [UPNG] Earth Sciences Division and Centre for Disaster Risk Reduction. This follows a K550,000 donation from OTML in October 2024. The funding facilitated the purchase and installation of 28 new desktops, seven […]
The Bank of South Pacific Lae Branch donated e-Library to Lae Adventist School at Tenth City in Lae Morobe Province today. Lae top town branch manager, Bevillon Homuo, explained that this is part of their community service initiative to support the school, giving them proper learning materials. E- library projects contain 8 new desk tops, […]
The Governor for Central Province Rufina Peter has condemned the actions of the police and other authorities behind the eviction of the Baruni Settlers following the rape and murder of late Margaret Gamaru Gabriel at the water Mark Estate near Baruni in Port Moresby. Governor Rufina said the police need to do their job within […]
A total of ten households of Daru’s Frogtown area in the South Fly District of Western Province have voluntarily vacated the land belongs to the National Fisheries Authority [NFA] to allow the life changing development to go ahead. They resided on that land for the last 30 year. The National Fisheries Authority [NFA] will now […]