Papua New Guinea is just 36 days away from celebrating its 50th Independence. However, a nationwide outcry has emerged after a woman was harassed by a mob of male students at the PNG University of Technology [PNG Unitech] in Lae, within the school’s campus.
19 Flexible Open and Distance Education [FODE] students from Madang are set to travel to India this week to pursue tertiary studies, which is the first for such initiative in Papua New Guinea.
At least one student has been hospitalised following a fire that broke out at the Brandi Secondary School boys dormitory between 2am and 3am this morning.
The Yangoru Saussia District Development Authority has announced the start of a vital road project that will connect remote villages in Numbo LLG to the main Sepik Highway, benefiting nearly 10,000 residents.
Prime Minister James Marape has extended his congratulations to Gidron Maso Karipe, Member-elect for Porgera-Paiela in Enga Province, and Patrick Basa, new MP for Kabwum in Morobe Province.
The recent polio outbreak in the country, with one recorded case from Mt. Hagen, Western Highlands Province has put the Jiwaka Provincial Health Authority [PHA] on alert.
The Minister for International Trade and Investment, Richard Maru, says he was privileged to have spent some time with New Zealand Prime Minister, Christopher Luxon, during his recent visit to the country.