From across Papua New Guinea
The countries Local Level Government elections schedule to start on the 25th of this month has been further deferred to the 26th of September this year. Soroi Eoe the Minister for Provincial and Local Level Government Affairs said they had to defer the elections due to challenges the PNG electoral commission is facing. The prolonged […]
President of the PNG Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Ian Tarutia, says Papua New Guinea and Indonesia need to have regular business dialogues to strengthen the 2022 Memorandum of Understanding signed by both countries. Mr Tarutia made these remarks during the Second Indonesia PNG Business Forum held at the weekend in Jakarta. He said whilst […]
National Broadcasting Corporation [NBC] Kundus have progressed to the Corporate Softball semifinals after a dominant 7-0 win over Alibi Bar and Grill. The knockout match on Saturday was intense as both sides needed a win to proceed to the next stage of finals in the slow pitch competition. NBC stamped their authority on the Bisini […]
Development for Wushu in Papua New Guinea has been given a boost of technical knowledge following an international training course for Wushu coaches in Jiangyin city, China. Wushu” is the Chinese term for “martial arts” The course was hosted by the Chinese Wushu Association and sanctioned by the International Wushu Federation [IWUF] from June 27 […]
Ramu NiCo Management [MCC] country manager Assik Tommy Tomscoll said US$1 Billion [K3.6 Billion] will be invested in phase two of the project. “We signed an agreement with Kumul Minerals on 8th January, 2024, and in early April we started a study to be completed by December, after reading the study report we will […]
Shipping vessel Kimbe Chief ran aground on reefs at the Basilisk Passage into Port Moresby Wharf. NBC Online News visited the Basilisk Passage with a pilotage service provider, this morning. In a statement, Steamships, trading as Consort Express Lines [CEL] confirmed that Kimbe Chief ran aground on route to Port Moresby for scheduled maintenance on […]
A month of limited supply of petrol is now hitting East Sepik Province hard. Cyril Tara from Kamanimbit Village in the Angoram District, a tour guide in the PNG tourism industry for over 30 years, said the petrol shortage will severely impact the local tourism industry. He explained that international tourists have already bought […]
Time will tell if the former provincial capital of East New Britain Province gets back its jewel in the Pacific name tag. “We look forward to making Rabaul come back to full life,” said Prime Minister James Marape. This followed an announcement by Prime Minister James Marape that the National Executive Council [NEC] […]
A week-long tour of the Highlands Region landed the Opposition Members of Parliament in the Eastern Highlands provincial capital. They were received by Governor Simon Sia and his people in Goroka on Thursday. The week-long road trip in the nation’s most populous region started in the Ialibu – Pangia District of Southern Highlands, and then […]
The court-ordered land repossession by Nambawan Super Limited [NSL] at Bushwara Settlement at 9-Mile in the nation’s capital will run for 21 days, after it started on Thursday . The Royal PNG Constabulary stood guard, enforcing the court directive, as heavy earth-moving-equipment bulldozed everything in its path, starting at portion 2157 in the Port Moresby […]