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While some schools have begun Grade 8 examinations without a hitch yesterday, some of Milne Bay’s remote schools are still waiting for their exam papers to arrive.

Manolos Aviation, with help from the Morobe Provincial Education Office, has delivered Grade 8 exam papers to all 140 rural schools in Morobe Province. The delivery was finished by 10 AM yesterday.

A grade 8 student in an urban school in Madang slept through the first exam paper yesterday.

Bus owners and drivers for Route 100 in Eastern Highlands Province met in Goroka. They gathered to honor a coworker who was killed in Kainantu District.

In Simbu Province, no Grade 12 students were arrested during a recent police operation targeting schools.

In a first, medical drug orders from Badili Area Medical Store in Port Moresby were successfully delivered to the Milne Bay Health Authority at the weekend

Prime Minister James Marape is concerned there are lapses in the provincial health supply management systems, citing the case of the Milne Bay Provincial Health Authority and drug wastage issues.

In West Sepik Province, 5,699 Grade 8 students from 112 primary schools have started their National Examination, despite a significant delay in the arrival of testing materials.

Madang's Provincial Police Commander, Acting Superintendent Robert Baim, is reiterating calls for students, teachers, and parents to respect the province-wide ban on school outings.

The fourth edition of the Melanesian Spearhead Group Prime Ministers Football Cup will be hosted in Lae and Port Moresby in November.