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The Australian Government through its PacificAus Sports program has partnered with the Australian Olympic Committee [AOC] and Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee [PNGOC]to support 33 elite athletes from Papua New Guinea in their preparations for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Significant runway repairs in the next four to five months will limit Air Niugini aircraft operations at Tokua Airport.

10 students from the Hiri West in Central province were provided necessary tuition fee support from NiuPower under its inaugural scholarship program.

The issue of writ for the by-elections scheduled for last Thursday [February 29] has been deferred to this month due to lack of funding, Electoral Commissioner Simon Sinai says.

Media Leaders from the Pacific and Australia have agreed to meet regularly for the next five years, on agreed areas of regional media cooperation.

Bank South Pacific is calling on citizens nationwide to protect banking facilities and allow the bank to perform its normal banking duties to allow effective operation of businesses and other public services.  

Outgoing Commanding Officer [CO] First Battalion Royal Pacific Islands Regiment [1RPIR], Lieutenant-Colonel [Lt Col] Heta Nombe says apart from the 2019 global pandemic and other issues that posed challenges during his 3-year tenure [2021-2023], the bilateral exchanges with foreign military institutes have been success stories.

A Law student at the University of Papua New Guinea is representing PNG at the World Youth Festival in Russia this week.

PNG Air is struggling to “sustain full operations” as the aviation fuel supplier has pulled the hose to refill its planes.

The Opposition has announced it will not file a Supreme Court review, seeking its opinion on the Private Business Committee decision not to entertain the motion of no confidence notice filed in February's Parliament sitting.