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Grade 10 and Grade 12 students across Papua New Guinea can now instantly access their national examination results online, in a major shift towards digital education services, as La Salle Technical Secondary School emerged as the country’s top-performing government-run school.

PNG Air has increased its flights to Mendi as peace returns with the help of security forces in the Upper Highlands.

The Lae City Authority [LCA] under the Chairmanship of Deputy Prime Minister and Lae MP, John Rosso, has yet again supported police operations in Lae with 18 new vehicles.

SP Brewery has donated K11,000 to the Oncology Unit of Port Moresby General Hospital after its corporate darts teams won the Port Moresby Metro Corporate Charity Darts Competition.

The Minister for International Trade and Investment, Richard Maru, has welcomed the decision of a Swedish company, Epiroc, for a potential long-term investment in Papua New Guinea with a particular focus on the mining sector, downstream processing and the development and skilling of PNG workforce in the area of engineering.

The Ministry of International Trade and Investment [MITI] will be entering into a strategic partnership with the superannuation funds to raise capital to invest in Special Economic Zones and national transformational projects like the planned acquisition of shares in the Ramu Agri Industries.

Hela Governor Philip Undialu confirmed the departure of 60 outstanding Flexible Open Distance Education [FODE] students, 35 female and 25 males, selected for Parul University, India. Governor Undialu says this adds to the first 80+ students sent in 2024.

Lae Police, under the Metropolitan Command, in partnership with Digicel, Vodafone, Telikom PNG mobile networks, and NICTA, has successfully launched its new Emergency Number, 112.

Dagua Local Level Government [LLG], in Wewak District, East Sepik Province, is the first LLG to see its newly elected President and Ward Members sworn in at the East Sepik Provincial Assembly.

Prime Minister James Marape says Papua New Guinea remains one of the safest and most predictable investment destinations in the Indo-Pacific as he departs for major engagements with Australian mining, petroleum, and business leaders.