From across Papua New Guinea
Enga Province now has its own correctional facility, a public service the province has long lacked. The Mukurumanda Correctional Facility was officially opened on Monday, October 12, by Prime Minister James Marape, who is also the Minister for Correctional Services. The opening means offenders from Enga can now be held within their home province, allowing […]
The Special Parliamentary Committee on Elections has heard that many Papua New Guinea Electoral Commission staff have reached the compulsory retirement age or are on short-term contracts. Electoral Commissioner Dr Nicole Haley revealed this at the committee’s public hearing in Port Moresby recently. Appearing before the committee for the first time, Dr Haley provided an […]
Twenty PMV buses were impounded today and their drivers and crews arrested after staging an illegal protest over rising fuel prices, disrupting the city’s public transport system. Assistant Commissioner of Police and NCD-Central Commander Benjamin Turi personally led the operation, warning that police will arrest any PMV operators who overcharge passengers or engage in unlawful […]
More than a thousand people who depend on the main Arokoi river in the Kutubu area of Southern Highlands province are now looking for water for consumption following El Nino induced drought that dried up the river system. The affected communities are Kaipu 1, Kaipu 2 and Sisibia 1, Sisibia 2 including nearby villages that […]
The Morobe Land Transport Authority has been urged to start regulating the hire car business rates in the province and also start issuing routes for new roads which have been constructed in the Wau Waria District of Morobe Province. Wau Waria MP, Marsh Narewec, said this after receiving complaints from his people, who travel and […]
Port Moresby’s waste management capacity is set to improve with the 9.3 million kina newly completed Baruni Landfill Cell 3. This follows the commissioning of the third landfill cell at Baruni Dump in Port Moresby today. Waste Management Manager John Navara says cells one and two are almost full, and the development of the third […]
Minister for Education Francis Kikin Siune has called on students, teachers, parents and school authorities to uphold honesty and protect the integrity of Papua New Guinea’s national examinations. The Minister’s call follows claims circulating on social media that the 2026 Grade 12 national examination papers have leaked, which the National Department of Education has confirmed […]
The National Parliament will resume this afternoon for one of its most important sittings yet in the country’s history. The October session is when the future of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville and its aspiration to secede Papua New Guinea as a separate independent nation will be debated and decided by the National Legislature. In […]
The National Department of Education has dismissed claims circulating on social media that the 2026 Grade 12 national examination papers have leaked. Secretary for Education Dr Uke Kombra confirmed that the papers shared online are fake. Dr Kombra said the Measurement Services Division (MSD), which oversees national examinations, has checked the images circulating online and […]
The Oro Provincial Government, through its administration, has funded K1 million to train young men and women as Police Reservists in the province. This has been confirmed to NBC News by Provincial Police Commander, Chief Inspector Charles Winuwan. Winuwan, in an exclusive interview with NBC News, said the Police Reservists Program started some years back, […]