From across Papua New Guinea
After a lengthy wet season in the last two months, rainfall in Papua New Guinea is expected to reduce as change in wind regime is slowly taking its usual course in the country. National Weather Services, assistant director for casting and warning, Benjamin Malai, told NBC News that Southern region will undergo a dry period […]
Papua New Guinea women’s national cricket team, Lewas, made history yesterday by defeating Zimbabwe for the first time. All-round Sibona Jimmy starred for Lewas as PNG claimed a hard-earned first win over a full member opposition in the T20 international. Jimmy was the Super Over hero, hitting four off the final two balls before defending […]
Three common criminals were among five men arrested by police last night at Erima in Port Moresby. Acting NCD Central Commander Assistant Commissioner Peter Guinness said police were responding to a robbery incident at Waigani when they stumbled across a grey sedan with five male occupants. The car was stopped at Erima and one of […]
Kemabolo Seventh Day Adventist church in Rigo, Central Province, has joined the nationwide PNG For Christ movement spearheaded by SDA. The local church in Balawaia area staged a marching parade over the Easter weekend to mark the launching of the evangelical program. Speaking to NBC Online on Sunday, Kemabolo SDA elder Wala Vali said the […]
Heavy rain, causing massive flooding and landslips have buried 14 people in Simbu Province This is according to a brief by Provincial Administrator John Punde to Prime Minister James Marape on Monday, after the prime minister flew on a helicopter to see firsthand affected districts of Gumine, Karamui-Sol Nomane, Kundiawa-Gembogl, and parts of Chuave and […]
Prime Minister James Marape accompanied by his wife Rachel on Good Friday flew in by chopper to East Sepik Province where he was given an aerial assessment of the devastation caused by flooding and the recent earthquake. The chopper flew the PM to Angoram and Pagwi-the district headquarter of Worsera Gawi where he met with […]
The Chief Secretary to Government, Ivan Pomaleu, has confirmed that there is no extra public holiday for 02 April 2024. “As far as official records go, Tuesday 02 April 2024 is a normal working day,” he said. He became aware of a fake National Gazette that is circulating in the social media today and released […]
The Continuous power outages in Daru, Western Province has affected business houses and the operations at the Daru General Hospital. NBC News visited the accident and emergency section of the hospital this morning and found sick people queuing up outside the waiting area to be served. The power supply had gone off around 6am and […]
Finance Minister Rainbo Paita kicked off the UPNG SRC Easter 9s finals today at VC Oval. Top four teams, SHSS Arts Warriors, SNPS Spartans, SBA West Eagles and SM Titans made it into the finals. Titans and Spartan go into the cup finals while Arts Warriors and West Eagles go head to head for the […]
The Black Orchids from the Autonomous Region of Bougainville have claimed the 2024 Sports Tok Rugby Sevens tournament cup following a convincing 22-7 win over the city boys, the Gerehu Natives. The last time the Black Orchids finished off as champions of the Sports Tok Sevens was in 2022. Meanwhile in the other results, Chauka […]