There are mounting concerns that the Election system is deteriorating as a week of polling nears. It's largely due to the number of people being turned away at each ward site every day.
The opening of the sea cucumber harvest season has triggered a wave of activity in the island villages of Manus Province, where local fishermen and divers are seizing the economic opportunity provided by this prized marine delicacy.
Despite ongoing violence and tension during the LLG elections in Jiwaka, the Provincial Health Authority [JPHA] continues its Round 2 polio vaccination campaign.
Majority of the 100 police houses in Hela Province earmarked for this year have already been completed, and construction workers are working full swing to finish the remaining houses by December.
Twenty-eight health officers from four provinces- Southern Highlands, Eastern Highlands, East Sepik, and Morobe have completed a two-day fraud and safeguarding training in Mt Hagen.
A second tragedy has again struck the Enga Province, this time another major landslide in Kukas Village in the Minamb Valley, of the Wapenmanda District of Enga Province.
A male council candidate and two men were arrested by Central police yesterday for destroying ballot papers at a polling place at Vanapa Brown LLG in the Hiri Koiari District of Central Province.