From across Papua New Guinea
The Australian High Commission has handed over the refurbished female accommodation block at Murray Barracks. This refurbished Living-in-Accommodation [LIA] for female soldiers at the Papua New Guinea Defence Force’s [PNGDF] Murray Barracks Force Support Battalion [FSB] was officiated by Assistant Secretary Pacific Infrastructure Laura Darlington for Australia in the presence of the Deputy Chief of […]
Okapa MP Saki Soloma is calling on Police Minister Peter Tsiamalili Jr. and Police Commissioner David Manning to speed up work on building four new police barracks in the Okapa District. The facilities are part of the government’s Kina to Kina Program, which aims to strengthen law and order across the country. Speaking during a […]
Clothing store, Jack’s, has announced one of its winners in the 2025 Design PNG Competition is a juvenile detainee at Madang’s Beon Correctional Institution. The winner, Sebastian Luke; from Barum Village in the Transgogol Local Level Government area of Madang District, is one of the six winners for this year’s competition. Sebastian was introduced to […]
More than 600 kilograms of cannabis and counterfeit cigarette exhibits confiscated by the National Drug and Vice Squad were destroyed outside Port Moresby yesterday. These illegal drugs had been seized between 2022 and 2025. Director Drugs and Vice, Joel Simatab, Deputy Commissioner of Police Special Operations, Donald Yamasombi, NDVS members, Waigani Court House Sheriff, National […]
The Teaching Service Commission has reactivated its Teaching Council, 13 years after it was shelved due to unpaid allowances for its members. The council, initially established in 2012, had remained inactive for more than a decade. Its reactivation now positions the TSC to strengthen its policy enforcement efforts nationwide through the council’s members. TSC Chairman […]
At least three families have been displaced by Monday’s heavy rain and flooding in Alotau Town.Local Disaster officials have stood in temporarily to assist them, but for how long? 46-year-old Jill Valoi and her family have only what they wear, everything else was covered by a landslide on Monday morning when heavy rains sparked flooding […]
PNG Ports Corporation Limited is fully behind Papua New Guinea’s push for the upcoming 2nd Special Economic Zone [SEZ] Summit. The event, which has a gold sponsorship, will be held from 30th August to 3rd September this year. PNG Ports Chairman Harvey Nii and Chief Executive Officer Neil Papenfus officially presented the sponsorship to Minister […]
Melbourne Storm legend and former Kumul Marcus Bai has backed his sons to one day wear the red, black and gold of Papua New Guinea, as the nation prepares for its historic entry into the NRL. Bai, who is now a board member of the newly announced PNG NRL franchise, said his sons Logan and […]
The Lae Snax Tigers Rugby League Club has received a significant boost to its 2025 Digicel ExxonMobil Cup campaign with a K100,000 sponsorship from the Lae City Authority. The cheque was presented by Deputy Prime Minister and Member for Lae, John Rosso, who also serves as Chairman of the LCA. During the presentation, DPM Rosso […]
The District Court in Madang is continuing to conduct court circuits at Beon Correctional Institution for remandees in order to cut down on unnecessary transport expenses and other logistical issues. Acting OIC Police Prosecution, Senior Constable Eugene Wanai, revealed this during a recent talk show on NBC Madang whilst explaining the reasons for the ongoing […]