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National Census extended by two weeks

An additional two weeks that would have normally been for the "mop-up" exercise has been added onto the National census schedule.

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Census officials will be paid: Masere

Administrative Services Minister Richard Masere gave assurance that the allowances for census enumerators and other service providers will be sorted out.

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Supreme Court will hear special reference filed by Opposition to recall Parliament   

Supreme Court has ruled that Opposition Leader Douglas Tomuriesa had “standing” to pursue the special reference filed to recall Parliament to sit and deal with a notice of no-confidence motion against Prime Minister James Marape.

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Bushwara settlers to be evicted on 11th July    

Thousands of families who have called Bush Wara, at 9 Mile in Port Moresby home have less than two weeks to vacant portions of land they’re occupying.  

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NBC receives K200 million digital transformation facility

The National Broadcasting Corporation received keys to the newly built state-of-the-art broadcasting facility on Thursday.

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Hunters gift Rop with captaincy role to celebrate 50th game


PNG Hunters raging prop Junior Rop will have the opportunity to lead the team against Ipswich Jets this weekend as he celebrates a 50th milestone achievement.

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PNG lacks the capacity in marine piloting

The number of Marine Pilots in Papua New Guinea currently stands at 40 or more, and with the upcoming oil and gas projects, there will be a need for additional Pilots.

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Komo Hulia MP serious on accurate population count in his district

The training for the enumerators entered its third and last phase in Dauli village on Tuesday within the Hulia LLG of Komo Hulia electorate, Hela Province.

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Electoral Commissioner optimistic the census will not affect LLG election schedule

The Electoral Commissioner says Papua New Guinea Electoral Commission is aware of the mammoth task of conducting a Local Level Government election using two voting methods.

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Education department unlikely to extend teachers engagement as delay in census exercise blunders into second week

The Department of Education will make a decision on further engagement of teachers in the national census if an official notice is out on an extension, secretary Dr Uke Kombra says.

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