From across Papua New Guinea
The chief justice Sir Gibbs Salika has urged new lawyers admitted to the bar this morning to uphold integrity and ethical standards of the lawyering profession. Sir Gibbs Salika called on newly admitted lawyers to remain true to the oath they took and uphold the highest ethical standards expected in the legal profession. He made […]
Two men were brutally killed, five others tortured, and more than 150 people — including women and children — displaced in Piau village, Sinesine-Yongomugl district, following the falsely accused sorcery-related deaths of a civil engineer and a businessman on March 28. According to a police Criminal Investigations Division report, a woman from Piau village allegedly […]
Western Highlands Governor Wai Rapa has appealed to the people of Western Highlands Province, to conduct a peaceful and safe LLG election. Governor Rapa when speaking in a press conference in Mt Hagen said, the LLG election is an election process for the third-tier government, that is why people must take ownership of it, and […]
The Western Highlands Province is prepared, and will start receiving nominations for the Local Level Government (LLG) elections, after the Writs were officially opened at 4:00 p.m yesterday. Western Highlands Election Manager Philip Telape, confirmed with NBC News, that following a day long training for the Assistant Returning Officers (AROs), writs were issued, and nominations […]
The National Capital District has once again witnessed the third brutal killing of a young pregnant mother of five. According to NCD Metropolitan Superintendent Silva Sika, the 35-year-old mother was rapedand brutally murdered at Hohola 5 in Port Moresby on Wednesday night. The attack on her also caused the death of her unborn child. She […]
The nominations for the 2025 Local Level Government Elections and the Kabwum By-election in Morobe Province was declared open by the Provincial Elections Manager, Simon Soheke a little after 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon. The elections manager went live on NBC Morobe with the aim to reach as many people as possible, while officially opening nominations […]
The mood in Kundiawa town was tense as candidates for the LLG Election flooded in to witness theissuing of writs yesterday. Simbu Election Manager Reverend Tom Sine, officially declared the Writs open at 4pm yesterday, infront of the Simbu Electoral Office. Rev Sine said, the much-anticipated LLG Election is now on, and he expects people […]
The Writs for the Local Level Government elections were officially signed by the Minister for Provincial and Local Level Government Affairs, Soroei Eoe at Morauta Haus at 4pm this afternoon. As of 4pm all seats of the Ward Councilors and Local Level Government [LLG] presidents are on the floor. Nomination opens effective immediately. This afternoon’s […]
With the official issue of writs this Thursday, most of Milne Bay’s Assistant Returning Officers remain in Alotau Town awaiting fuel to get to their respective nomination sites. Officials hope most of them will be moved by Friday. All 18 Assistant Returning Officers were in Alotau for a refresher workshop on the LLG Elections and […]
The Pilot of the Cessna small aircraft which crashed in Madang Province, yesterday, sadly succumbed to his injuries. The PNG Accidents and Investigation Commission late last night released a statement saying the deceased had already sustained severe burns and later died at the hospital. A team of investigators from the PNG Civil Aviation Safety Authority have been […]