A fire on Monday, 21st July, destroyed food rations, tools, kitchen utensils, and important documents at the Barawagi Correctional Service [CIS] facility in Simbu Province.
A ballot box plus a thousand plus ballot papers meant for three polling locations in the Bundi Local Level Government area were hijacked by armed men on Thursday.
The Port Moresby City markets at the New China Town site, at 5 mile in Port Moresby is expected to attract more local and foreign business interest, going forward.
Papua New Guinea has welcomed a historic legal victory at the International Court of Justice [ICJ], which ruled that states have binding obligations under international and customary law to prevent and address the harmful effects of climate change.
The ongoing power outage at Walium, the district headquarters of Usino/Bundi, has sparked concern from police as polling for the by-election continues.
Senior PNG Electoral Commission officer David Wakias has responded to recent allegations made by former Madang Governor and Usino-Bundi by-election candidate Peter Yama, who raised concerns over Wakias' involvement in the electoral process.
The very heavy downpour today has forced the extraction of 12 more ballot boxes, for the Kabwum by-election from the Yus Local Level Government [LLG] to be delayed again.