From across Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea’s best athletes have been up against competitors from across the Pacific during the Solomon Islands 2023 Pacific Games. About 10,000 people packed the National Stadium to capacity in Honiara on September 19 to formally open the Games, which are one of the most significant events on the Oceania sporting calendar. Since then, athletes […]
Celebrations marking NBC’s 50 years of radio service in the country began on Monday at the broadcaster’s headquarters and provincial stations. The week-long event was opened by NBC’s Deputy Chairman Henao Iduhu, who is also a pioneer NBC journalist. Reflecting on NBC’s history since its establishment as the National Broadcasting Commission to its transition to […]
Police officers implicated in the death of an 18-year-old in Port Moresby have been identified and are now under investigation, police have revealed. Kimoly Dagoba, from Hela Province, is alleged to have been murdered by policemen while on a night out with friends, sparking anger among the local community. Assistant Commissioner of Police N-C-D/Central Command, […]
Papua New Guinea has won gold in the men’s and women’s 4 x 400m relays at the Sol2023 Pacific Games. The PNG men’s team of Daniel Baul, Emmanuel Wanga, Adolf Kauba and Benjamin Aliel led throughout at Honiara’s National Stadium but Fiji put them under pressure throughout the race. The PNG team finished in 3 […]
Papua New Guinea’s Sharon Toako retained her Pacific Games women’s javelin crown at Honiara’s National Stadium on Thursday. Toako’s throw of 45.49 metres was enough to secure victory, ahead of New Caledonia’s Lesly Filituulaga, whose best throw landed at 41.98m. Toako, who also won gold at the Samoa 2019 Pacific Games with a throw of […]
Recently elected member for North Bougainville Francesca Semoso has used her first appearance in Parliament to ask for female MPs to be given preference to speak before their male colleagues. Ms Semoso is the first female representative from North Bougainville to serve in the national Parliament. She joins Central Province Governor Rufina Peter, and Rai […]
The central bank’s announcement that it will cease the use of commercial bank cheques by December 22 is a huge concern for the Governor of East Sepik Province. Allan Bird fears the six-year-old cocoa project in his province, which he says has generated millions and seen huge benefits trickling down to ordinary villagers, could potentially […]
The hopes of the PNG men’s basketball team for the Pacific Games qualifiers have been shattered. In a very close determining final pool match on Wednesday afternoon against New Caledonia, PNG went down, 75-85. Four minutes into the third quarter the teams tied 50-50. The close match continued into the final quarter, but the New […]
The PNG men’s volleyball team caused a major upset on Wednesday afternoon, crushing the reigning champions of the 2019 Pacific Games. Bringing down the might of the 2019 volleyball gold medallists in an entertaining contest, PNG defeated Tahiti 3 sets to 2. The men won all their four pool matches and step into the next […]
Sixty- nine rural aid posts in Madang Province remain closed because of lack of medical supplies. Another fifteen health clinics are yet to receive their supplies for the final quarter of this year. A senior health official in Madang says the aid posts are in three most difficult districts of Raikos, Middle Ramu and Usino-Bundi. […]