From across Papua New Guinea
An administrative oversight by the Papua New Guinea Football Association [PNGFA] in the lead-up to the 2025 OTML Premier Soccer League [PSL] finals has been identified as the cause of a major football blunder that sparked widespread criticism within the football fraternity. PNGFA General Secretary Armjad Tekwie told NBC News the matter has been addressed […]
Defense Minister and Nipa Kutubu MP, Dr. Billy Joseph expressed his regrets over Friday’s destructive fires in which chains of buildings in Mendi town’s main commercial area were engulfed, forcing several local trading companies to go out of business. Mendi has been without an established fire service to respond to emergencies. “It is unfortunate we […]
The National Information and Communication Technology Authority [NICTA] has clarified that Starlink satellite internet services are not licensed to operate in Papua New Guinea. NICTA chairman Brian Riches said importation, installation or use of Starlink equipment is unlawful under current ICT laws. Riches made the clarification during a news conference last week, following growing reports […]
National Housing Corporation [NHC] Managing Director Abel Tol has assured tenants at Section 80, Lots 1 to 10 along Henou Drive in Port Moresby that they will not be evicted, dismissing rumours circulating on social media about forced removals and property sales. Tol said the current activity at the site [Five Mile] is strictly a […]
A Port Moresby shopper has driven away as the first major winner of the Eliseo Christmas Promotion after her receipt was drawn from more than 5,000 entries collected across the capital. Gloria Michael, who shopped at the Makana Eliseo branch, won a brand-new JMC ute valued at K150,000 during the promotion’s first major draw held […]
The National Housing Corporation [NHC] has issued a stern warning to tenants at a Port Moresby housing complex after uncovering K780,000 in unpaid rent, some of it accumulated over many years. The arrears were revealed during a renovation and maintenance exercise at the Henao Drive flats in Five Mile, where NHC Managing Director Abel Tol […]
As Buimo Correctional Institution continues to face food and water shortages, Lae Biscuit Company has stepped in with a major Christmas donation to support more than 1,000 inmates during the festive season. A total of 1,080 inmates received early Christmas assistance through food donations containing 500 cartons of noodles, 652 cartons of snax buscuits and […]
The Madang Provincial Government recently presented medical drugs worth K53,000 to the Madang Provincial Health Authority. Governor Ramsey Pariwa delivered five boxes of basic medicine to MaPHA’s Chief Executive Officer, Dr Martin Daimen, at the provincial hospital premises, witnessed by MaPHA’s Board Chairman, Dr Boga Figa, and hospital staff during the recent commissioning of two […]
Eastern Highlands Governor, Simon Sia, has stepped-in to ease tension and pave a way forward for peace and reconciliation among two neighboring villages, that caused violence in during the LLG elections. Sia delivered much-needed food rations, cooking utensils, beddings and building materials to assist Korowa and Rapiva villages with the restoration of families displaced by […]
The Highlands Youth Training and Rehabilitation College graduated more than 30 students in Madang on Thursday with certificates and diplomas in various courses, ranging from Early Childhood Education to Business, IT, Plant Operation and Driving. The students were mainly from Jiwaka and Madang provinces, who had undergone six to 12 months of certificate and diploma […]