From across Papua New Guinea
A heated argument broke out on Thursday morning between the Deputy Chairman of the Madang Provincial Health Authority [MaPHA], Young Wadau, and the Acting CEO, Dr Sammy Thomas, during a meeting with hospital staff. The argument happened when Dr Thomas arrived at the hospital and found Mr Wadau already speaking to the staff. Dr Thomas […]
Local member for Kerowagi, Francis Kikin Siune has assured the people that he will continue to deliver the much needed services. In a peace reconciliation ceremony of Gena tribe yesterday, Mr. Suine said despite limited resources, Kerowagi district has made a significant stride in service delivery in key sectors including health, education and infrastructure. He […]
The Community Policing concept in Madang Urban is a success story with almost all ten Wards having their own setups. Some of them have been operating for over a year now with support from the Madang Provincial Government and the Madang District Development Authority [MDDA]. Each Ward has Community Policing Units [CPU] setups in their […]
The Madang District Court has convicted six drug suspects this week for being in possession of dangerous drugs, namely marijuana. Two of the six were given a prison term of 25 years each, whilst four were sentenced to five years each under the new Controlled Substance Act 2021. Their prison terms are based on the […]
Thirty [30] graduate nurses engaged under the West New Britain Provincial Health Authority’s Nurse Graduate Program have been fully certified as nurses. These nurses are pioneers of the PHA’s Graduate Nurse Program and were taken on board last year after they graduated from the West New Britain School of Nursing with probationary licenses to practice. […]
A proactive policing response system is in place for the first time, for Jiwaka province to provide quick response to addressing law and order problems. The was made known by Chief Inspector Laimo Asi, the Jiwaka Provincial Police Commander on Friday this week after launching the Jiwaka Quick Response Unit [QRU] and presentation of two […]
Hekari United women’s football club will face off with Auckland United this Sunday [PNG time] in the grand final of the third edition of the OFC Women’s Champions League in Tahiti. Both sides were frontrunners to make the finals, and both lived up to the predictions. This will also be a repeat of last year’s […]
The groundbreaking ceremony for the new National Court House in Daru took place yesterday, officially marking the start of construction of a state-of-the-art courthouse, valued at approximately K12 million. The courthouse is expected to be a significant step forward in enhancing access to justice and improving the judiciary’s infrastructure in Western Province. The ceremony started […]
Chairman of the Permanent Parliamentary Committee on Communications and Wau Waria MP, Marsh Narewec has echoed the importance of media independence, as a reminder to executives running media outlets. He said media outlets are an important part of any democracy. “As the Chairman responsible to provide oversight over the media industry, I would like to […]
A total of 14 candidates, all men, are contesting the Central Bougainville by-election currently underway. Writ for the election was issued last Thursday May 8, and the weeklong nomination period ended yesterday May 15 at 4 o’clock in the afternoon. Seven nominations were registered from last Thursday up to Wednesday this week. These nominations include […]