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Motor Vehicles Insurance Limited [MVIL] has announced plans to sign similar agreements with Provincial Health Authorities across Papua New Guinea after recently signed its first Memorandum of Understanding [MoU] with the National Capital District Provincial Health Authority [NCDPHA].

The University of Papua New Guinea [UPNG] is planning to establish partnerships with leading universities from China, the United States and Australia to set up satellite and sister campuses on its Waigani campus.

Intending candidates for the coming 2027 National General Election, supporters as well as the general public in Madang Province have been urged not to politicise the current police recruitment drive that is penetrating right down to the district level.

Police have frozen K4 million in suspected stolen public funds held in the bank account of a foreign-owned company.

Of the two prisoners still on the run after the recent Baisu Correctional Institution breakout, one has been shot dead during a dawn raid by a joint Police and Correctional Service operation, leaving only one escapee still at large.

PNG Power is selling electricity for less than it costs to buy it, outgoing minister William Duma says, warning that the pricing system has left the state-owned company struggling financially.

Outgoing Minister responsible for PNG Power, William Duma, says unpaid electricity bills by government agencies are one of the biggest reasons the state-owned power company continues to face financial difficulties.

New Information and Communication Technology Minister Robert Naguri says every Papua New Guinean should have equal access to digital services, regardless of where they live.

Authorities in Bougainville are now working to repatriate two fishermen who drifted to Tanga Island in New Ireland Province, after their boat developed engine problems during a tuna fishing trip.

Prime Minister James Marape described the successful restoration of Air Niugini’s direct flights between Port Moresby and Narita International Airport in Japan, as a major milestone in PNG’s Aviation Sector.