From across Papua New Guinea
The 3rd Goroka Flower Show is currently underway at the YC hall in Goroka. Over 40 floriculture participants are displaying varieties of flower products in stalls and flower pot arrangements. With Eastern Highlands Province being a major supplier of cut flowers to various centres around the country,this event provides a platform for networking and business […]
The Investment Promotion Authority [IPA], through the Office of the Registrar of Companies, is conducting a nationwide awareness campaign on proposed amendments to the Companies Act to incorporate provisions for Beneficial Ownership (BO). The team was in Lae, Morobe Province and then travelled to Goroka and Mt. Hagen in the Highlands Region. Whilst the awareness […]
The Port Moresby Racquets Club [POMRC] Open has returned for its ninth edition this weekend, continuing its tradition of bringing together tennis and squash enthusiasts from across the country and beyond. First held in 2016 following the establishment of POMRC after the 2015 Pacific Games, the annual event has grown into a major fixture on […]
Madang’s Provincial Police Commander, Acting Superintendent Robert Baim, has begun the sector parades for his command in a bid to instill discipline amongst his policemen and policewomen. The first parade was held yesterday for the Sector Patrol Unit [SRU], formerly the Task Force Unit. Baim told the SRU members during the parade that they are […]
The National Executive Council has approved the creation of the National Monitoring and Coordination Authority [NMCA], a central body tasked with improving government performance and enforcing accountability across all levels of public service. Prime Minister James Marape announced the decision this week, describing it as a major step in streamlining government operations and addressing inefficiencies […]
Central Bougainville elect MP Jimmy Miringtoro will be sworn in at Government House today. Mr. Miringtoro arrived from Buka last night and was met at the airport by Our Pati Leader, Rainbo Paita, and several of his party members at Jackson’s Airport. Mr. Paita, when welcoming Mr. Miringtoro, thanked him for choosing to join Our […]
Member for Bogia, Robert Naguri has challenged all journalists in the country to have the urge for News and not sit down and wait for stories to find them. He stressed this yesterday whilst speaking at the Regional Parliamentary Inquiry into the Standards and Integrity of Journalism in Papua New Guinea. He said journalists must […]
More than 500 police officers from the Western Highlands Provincial Police Command [WHPPC] are receiving free health check-ups from the Pacific International Hospital [PIH]. The check-ups began today, 19th June, at PIH’s Mt Hagen Clinic and will continue until Friday, 20th June. Western Highlands Provincial Police Commander, Chief Superintendent John Sagom, thanked PIH for the […]
A total of 17 prisoners – 16 males and one female escaped from the Kundiawa town police cell on Tuesday night. Simbu Police Chief, Superintendent Mazuc Rubiang, confirmed that the prisoners walked out through the main door and escaped around 10:00 PM. He said five of the escapees were murder suspects, including the female prisoner. […]
Papua New Guinea will soon have a brand new and first Resource Recovery Centre in the country, to be built at Roku, on the outskirts of Port Moresby. Australian High Commissioner to PNG, Ewen McDonald in a statement says that this project will become PNG’s first fully integrated waste management facility. He says that this […]