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Frank Isoaimo has unseated Wayne Iorive to become new president elect for Vanapa Brown LLG in Hiri Koiari, Central province.

In its fourth year running, 82 Grade 11 students from Milne Bay attending schools of excellence around PNG were supported with laptops and book allowances.

All shops in Daru remained closed today after a violent riot over the weekend, during which opportunists looted and damaged several business houses.

Peace and normalcy are expected to return to Wapenamanda after two warring tribes agreed to a four-day ceasefire, following mediation talks in Mt. Hagen on Friday.

Papua New Guinea is expected to learn its money plan for 2026 when Parliament resumes this week.

The country’s top bureaucrat has called on every sector of society to get behind a major national mangrove-planting drive aimed at protecting coastlines and boosting climate resilience.

Prime Minister James Marape says Papua New Guinea must urgently improve its doctor-to-patient ratio, warning that the country remains among the lowest not only in the Pacific but globally.

The PNG Lewas defeated Namibia by six wickets in the Women’s T20 Quadrangular Series in Thailand yesterday after chasing down a target of 75 with five balls to spare.

Daru Island has been hit by two days of violence after local fishermen were allegedly held up at sea by armed men wearing army uniforms.

The Hela Provincial Health Authority has pushed into the second round of the national polio vaccination campaign, despite starting one week late.