From across Papua New Guinea
Morobe’s newly established district, Wau Waria, welcomed its first Mayor, Gedion Kipusing, John Aki as the Wau Rural LLG President, and Maita Tokubo as the Waria Rural LLG President. In congratulating the newly elected mayor and ward presidents, Wau Waria MP, Marsh Narewec said, “You have been selected and chosen by your peer councilors to […]
Madang police have launched Operation Sain Abe 3 in preparation for the festive season. The operation was launched on Friday by Madang Governor Ramsey Pariwa during a parade at the Madang Town Police Station. The launch of Sain Abe 3 was initially scheduled to coincide with the decommissioning of the old town police station last […]
Police in East Sepik Province have apprehended a dangerous escapee, bringing an end to a tense manhunt that has gripped the Angoram district. The suspect, identified as Shanon Rumgen from Dumiri Village in Yuat LLG, had been on the run after escaping from Boram Correctional Facility. He was wanted for a string of serious crimes, […]
The newly established Wau Waria District of Morobe province has completed the official swearing-in of 41 ward councillors across its three Local Level Governments [LLGs]. Only two remaining councilors of the Waria LLG, to be sworn in later at the district office in Wau town, which will then bring the total number of councilors to […]
The Member for Chauve, James Nomane, has asked the Prime Minister to explain where the K220 billion in total expenditure has gone from 2019 to 2025. Mr Nomane raised this during Question Time in Parliament, further urging the Prime Minister, James Marape to stop blaming the former Prime Minister and Member for Ialibu-Pangia, Peter O’Neill […]
The newly established Nadzab Tomodachi International airport in Lae, Morobe province will soon see the expansion of modern infrastructure. Currently, the airport is only taking domestic flights, with not much infrastructure. Support services provided to the airport have also been stopped. A 1,000-hectare plot of land near the airport, which the Minister for International Trade […]
Abau MP Sir Puka Temu reminded the house, that Parliamentary standing orders have Thursdays as private business days, for these matters to be discussed. He claims that Government uses its numerical strengthen to abuse these orders. Sir Puka referred the house to notice paper 65, given two years ago by the late Morobe provincial MP […]
Concerns have been raised in parliament this week on the preparedness of the 2027 national election. National Capital District Governor, Powes Parkop, in a series of questions to the Minister for Administrative Services Richard Masere, outlined challenges faced in previous elections in 2012 and 2022, where the NCD Governor’s seat was the last to be […]
Kudjip Nazarene General Hospital has fully resumed all healthcare services following the release of K7 million in funding from the National Government. The hospital had scaled down operations for nearly three weeks due to severe funding constraints and delays in the disbursement of operational grants. Jiwaka Provincial Health Authority (PHA) CEO, Theddeus Turi, told NBC […]
Eight United States companies participated in the Digital Transformation Summit 2025 in Port Moresby on November 25-27. They include Amazon, Astranis, Cisco, Google, Governful, Oracle, Salesforce, and SpaceX. The companies’ visit to Papua New Guinea reinforces the U.S. commitment to delivering on the Strategic Framework signed by Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau and Prime […]