News

Counting of votes for the Usino/ Bundi by- election has resumed this afternoon at the Opotio Rimoru Hall within the Walium Sports Precinct, despite advice by the Election Security Coordinator and Provincial Police Commander for Madang, Acting Superintendent Robert Baim; for a change of venue due to security concerns.

Minister for Youth, Religion and Community Development, Jason Peter, visited Bihute Correctional Prison last Monday as part of the Church Development Council [CDC] program in Goroka, Eastern Highlands Province.

Prime Minister James Marape and New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon stood beneath a tree planted in 1983 by Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare and then-New Zealand Prime Minister Robert Muldoon. The moment marked four decades of friendship between Papua New Guinea and New Zealand.

Caretaker Minister for Information and Communications Technology, Peter Tsiamalili Jr., is scheduled to attend the 2nd Pacific Island Ministers Dialogue [PICTMD] in Suva, Fiji.

A Chinese businessman operating several shops in Hela Province has been arrested and released on bail for allegedly selling alcohol in breach of the provincial liquor ban.

A number of teachers in West New Britain Province are owed over K45 million in outstanding salaries.

The West New Britain Provincial Health Authority [WNBPHA] is now under the chairmanship of former Provincial Administrator and now New Britain Palm Oil Limited Community Affairs Manager, Steven Raphael.

The Hambuali community in Hayapuga LLG, Tari-Pori District, Hela Province, will now have access to healthcare services following the official commissioning of the Hambuali Aid Post today.

Primary counting for the Aitape-Lumi By-Election has been successfully completed, with all 29 ballot boxes from the district’s five LLGs counted.

Police Minister Peter Tsiamalili Jnr has condemned the brutal killing of a young woman in Madang, allegedly by her husband, who is a serving police officer.