From across Papua New Guinea
The national government is stepping in to bypass provincial bureaucratic bottlenecks that have left thousands of educators stranded without their legally mandated travel entitlements. Teaching Service Commission [TSC] Chairman Maini Ugaia announced a major administrative directive on Wednesday, confirming that teachers who were short-changed or completely missed out on their 2025 and 2026 leave fares […]
The Teaching Service Commission [TSC] has ordered the immediate reinstatement of salaries for approximately 8,000 teachers affected by an automatic payroll suspension on Pay 10. TSC acting chairman Maini Ugaia has issued an urgent directive to all Provincial TSC Advisors and Provincial Education Advisors nationwide to rapidly collect and submit outstanding Resumption of Duty Summary […]
The Jiwaka Provincial Health Authority [JPHA] is clamping down on workforce truancy and administrative inefficiency by taking full local control of its financial operations. Following intensive technical training conducted by the national Department of Personnel Management [DPM], the authority is set to implement the Alesco Payroll System, effectively moving administrative powers out of Waigani and […]
While global airlines slash daily flight schedules, spike airfares, and seek massive emergency bailouts amid a highly volatile international aviation fuel crisis, Papua New Guinea’s domestic aviation industry remains remarkably insulated. The Independent Consumer and Competition Commission [ICCC] has confirmed that the country currently holds sufficient stockpiles of Jet A1 fuel, successfully averting a potential […]
Pastors in remote parts of Nembi Plateau LLG are set to improve night services and prepare sermons after receiving solar lights from community leader Fiebik Kilip. The presentations were done at Topua Village. For years, congregations across the area have struggled to hold evening fellowships and worship services due to the lack of electricity. Many […]
A 20-year political promise moved a step closer to fruition as the Vanimo Free Trade Zone [FTZ] secured a K3 million operational startup fund from the Vanimo-Green District Development Authority [DDA]. Yet, despite local MP Belden Namah declaring the project a reality and no longer a dream, the ambitious trade hub faces a staggering checklist […]
Papua New Guinea’s fisheries sector is on the brink of a massive economic and educational upgrade. National Minister for Fisheries and Marine Resources, Jelta Wong, officially broke ground yesterday on a K120 million redevelopment of the National Fisheries College [NFC] waterfront in Kavieng. The high-impact project is designed to elevate local training to strict international […]
The growing sale and consumption of illicit alcohol in Mt Hagen city has become a major concern for police, with authorities blaming the illegal liquor for increasing social disorder and lawlessness in the province. Western Highlands police have now confiscated large quantities of illicit alcohol from several shops in Mt Hagen during the ongoing High […]
Young golf sensation, Jabez Ireng will be representing Papua New Guinea at the upcoming Asia Pacific Amateur Championship in New Zealand, from May 23- 30. The 15- year- old junior golf champion from the Madang Country Club will depart the country on Friday to participate in the week-long event with junior golfers from 14 other […]
Star rookie Phillip Coates will be lapping up any more NRL chances that come his way in 2026 as he pushes his case for a World Cup spot with the PNG Kumuls. The 19-year-old winger had a baptism of fire on debut for Brisbane Broncos in front of a parochial pro-Warriors crowd at NRL Magic […]