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A grassroots community association in Mul Baiyer District, Western Highlands Province, has received a K100,000 funding boost from the Western Highlands Provincial Government, reinforcing the province’s push for bottom-up, community-led development.

Amid the ongoing crisis in Venezuela, Tesla chief executive officer Elon Musk has announced that SpaceX-owned Starlink will provide free broadband internet services to people of Venezuela until February 3, following the US operation that ousted President Nicolás Maduro.

The Madang Urban Local Level Government [MULLG] has, for the first time, clarified the recently imposed ban on betelnut chewing and smoking within Madang Town’s central business area.

Public servants nationwide have been left disappointed after the expected three per cent salary increase failed to reflect in today’s pay, due to delays in completing key administrative processes.

PNG Power Limited has confirmed that a bullet struck the glass front of its headquarters building in Port Moresby on Tuesday night, 6 January 2026.

The New Ireland Provincial Government has changed the way it processes payments, moving from the Kundu Pei system to the Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS).

The Government and Opposition are trading sharply differing accounts over a recent police operation in Tsak Valley, Wapenamenda District, Enga Province, as questions continue around its conduct and outcomes.

An education vehicle used to deliver services in the Wau–Waria District was burnt by drunkard youths, disrupting education services in remote areas.

Two bridges along Madang’s Bruce Jephcott Highway were washed away by heavy flooding early this morning, leaving vehicles and commuters stranded on both sides of the road.

The Supreme Court has dismissed an attempt by lawyer Paul Paraka to reopen his failed appeal against conviction, ruling that his application under the “slip rule” was an abuse of process and had no chance of success.