From across Papua New Guinea
SP Hunters second-row Sherwin Tanabi was released by the club early this year upon request to study abroad. Tanabi is amongst a host of players including Benji Kot, Junior Igila and Siki Konden, omitted from the Hunters final 30-man squad for the 2024 Queensland Rugby League competition. After receiving social media backlash on the omission […]
Fuel shortage hitting cross sectors of the economy can burn out employment when companies turn to save operational cost by laying off workers. This is the grim reality if the current short term intervention of the executive government announced by Prime Minister James Marape on invoking the Essential Services Act does not address the country’s […]
Seven thousand two hundred and seventy seven Local Level Government councils (LLG) will be put on the Government’s Ascender payroll system for the first time since independence. The group comprises of 6375 ward councilors and 902 Community Government members of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (AROB). The government has allocated K2.5m for this course which […]
The Papua New Guinea Rugby Football League [PNGRFL] is pleased with the completion and meeting of compliance obligations with the International Rugby League (IRL) after its 2023 audit submission. Asia Pacific Rugby League [APRL] chief operating officer Jeremy Edwards said in correspondence with the PNGRFL that APRL Confederation will continue to work closely with both […]
The Opposition has finally announced it’s new look shadow cabinet, which consists of some senior members of the current Parliament. Opposition Leader Douglas Tomuriesa when announcing his 14 men cabinet, said that the alternate government is now being named to keep the government to account, and also provide their alternate policies. Mr. Tomuriesa said that […]
Two African men from Senegal and their local accomplice from Daru were intercepted by PNG Immigration and the Transnational crime unit over the weekend at a settlement in Daru, Western Province. The trio flew into Daru on Sunday with the intention to travel to Australia the same afternoon when they were rounded up by PNG […]
Funding delays have prolonged the PNG Electoral Commission from carrying out ward roll updates for the 2024 Local Level Government Elections. Electoral Commissioner Simon Sinai said the electoral roll voter enrolment exercise is scheduled to be rolled out this month, pending availability of funds. “The Electoral Commission is still waiting for funding from the responsible […]
Member for Goroka Aiye Tambua made his first appearance in court this morning. Mr Tambua appeared before Magistrate Paul Nii and arraigned on the charges laid against him. Magistrate Paul Nii read out the 62 counts of sexual offences which were brought against Tambua. He was arrested and charged Monday afternoon and locked up at […]
A supermarket giant in the nation’s capital continues to pump millions of Kinas into the local economy by buying locally grown garden produce. City Pharmacy Limited [CPL], which operates the chain of Stop and Shop Supermarkets in the nation’s capital buys 80 percent of vegetables and other fresh produce from its network of farmers and […]
The Australian Government through its PacificAus Sports program has partnered with the Australian Olympic Committee [AOC] and Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee [PNGOC]to support 33 elite athletes from Papua New Guinea in their preparations for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Australia’s support will assist PNG athletes to compete across seven sports including athletics, swimming, boxing, […]