From across Papua New Guinea
An Opposition Member of Parliament has filed a police report following death threats from an unknown mobile number. Keith Iduhu, the Member for Hiri-Koiari and also Shadow Attorney General and Minister of Justice, in a letter to Police Commissioner David Manning stated, “I wish to register and file an official complaint with your office and […]
National Fisheries Authority is also looking into increasing the volume of Exports in the Tuna sector to meet government’s K200 billion target by 2030. They are looking into increasing Tuna catch, landing export as well as increasing the number of PNG Flagged purse seine vessels and also looking into increasing production in downstream processing. Managing […]
THE Prime Minister James Marape is keeping his promise to visit Simbu again today. During his last visit on the first of April specifically to see the disaster areas, he promised to return to the province to see the progress of work done on the areas that were badly affected by natural disasters a month […]
Papua New Guinea athletics sensation Adrine Monagi stamped a new record for PNG in the 100m hurdles with a remarkable time of 13.46 seconds. Smashing her own personal best of 13.71 sec, Monagi was able to beat the previous national record of 13.52secs, which was set by Sharon Kwarula preceding to the 2015 Pacific Games […]
Landowners of the Rigo Rice Project in Central province want their land given to the state to benefit them over the duration of the business venture. The customary proprietors from the Talova clan of Niuiruka in Rigo also demand that the land be returned once the project ends. They are concerned due to past experiences […]
A survey conducted by the Bank of Papua New Guinea [BPNG] indicates a decline in business confidence in the country. Bank of PNG Governor Elizabeth Genia reveled this recently when presenting the March 2024 BPNG Monetary Statement in Port Moresby. “Bank of PNG business sentiment survey conducted in January 2024, indicate decline in business confidence […]
Opposition is challenging the executive government to revive the economy from “life support”. Kerenga Kua, the shadow Minister for International Trade and Investments [picture insert] said all members of parliament should be shocked to learn that over 90 companies in the country have begun the process of liquidation in the past year. He made this […]
Maivo Lafanama’s long run to the National and Supreme Court bar ended on Friday when receiving his law practicing certificate, among 126 new lawyers. The National Broadcasting Corporation [NBC] journalist is now a lawyer after years of walking through the corridors of the Waigani courts as a reporter. NBC Managing Director Mr Kora Nou […]
A Papua New Guinean by heart, Katherine Johnson describe her citizenship recognition as a “precious gift”. The 68-year-old, is the heartbeat behind the Operation Open Heart, since its inception giving Papua New Guineans an opportunity to get heart surgery in country, and a second chance to live. She was part of the list […]
The National Broadcasting Corporation [NBC] ran a news story on 5th March 2024, titled “National Court refuses OTML media gag,” in which we claimed that the presiding Judge had not found anything defamatory about the publication of the original story. It has since been established that was not the case, and the Judge had not […]