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Lakwaharu cricket club awards season 2025 standouts

The Lakwaharu Cricket Club officially recognized its top performers from the 2025 Port Moresby Cricket Association [POMCA] season during an awards ceremony held Saturday at Ikaiana Oval in Tubusereia. The event celebrated a successful year for the village-based club, showcased by the Thirds team securing the Minor Premiership. The ceremony spotlighted rising talent in the […]

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DWU hailed for academic excellence

Divine Word University has been hailed for its contributions to education in Papua New Guinea, starting from its humble beginning as a Catholic high school in 1968. The university graduated close to 800 students during its 44th graduation last Friday Minister for Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology, Kinoka Hotune Feo, said the university is […]

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PM’s office refutes ‘stranded’ claims

The Office of the Prime Minister has formally dismissed media reports claiming Prime Minister James Marape was stranded in Wewak for three hours following his official visit to East Sepik Province. The Prime Minister had been in the region to launch several key projects across Maprik, Angoram, and Wewak. Government officials clarified that the subsequent […]

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PNG Bilums through to next stage of qualifiers

The Papua New Guinea Bilums have finished top of Group B with a 1-0 win over Fiji at Govind Park in Ba to conclude Round 2 of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027 Oceania Qualifiers. Having had wet weather earlier in the week reschedule their meeting, both nations came into the fixture with two wins […]

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Highlands power backbone commissioned

Papua New Guinea has reached a major milestone in strengthening its electricity network with the official commissioning of the Tari–Hagen–Yonki (Ramu) 132 kilovolt (kV) National Grid Backbone Upgrade in Mt Hagen. The project, described as one of the largest electricity transmission investments since Independence, is expected to improve power reliability and support economic growth across […]

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DWU receives K15 million from government

Divine Word University will now have a chance to increase enrollment and new infrastructures with the presentation of a K15 million by the government last Friday. Minister for Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology, Kinoka Hotune Feo, presented the K15 million cheque during the school’s 44th graduation in Madang. Feo said that for individual institutions, […]

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Minister appeals for normalcy to prevail in the Papua New Guinea Judiciary

The Judiciary and all staff of the National Judicial Staff Services NJSS, have been urged to continue working as normal, despite reports of the referral of the country’s Chief Justice, to the Acting Public Prosecutor. Justice Minister, Attorney General and Judicial and Legal Services Commission Chairman, Pila Niningi said this in a statement, when providing […]

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Morobe on alert as by-election dates announced

Morobe Province is on high alert after the PNG Electoral Commission released tentative dates for the Morobe Provincial by-election yesterday. Acting Electoral Commissioner Margaret Vagi confirmed that the dates are tentative and subject to the availability of funding. According to the notice, the issue of writs is scheduled for March 12, with counting expected to […]

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Prime Minister stranded in Wewak

The country’s Prime Minister, James Marape, was left stranded at the Boram Airport for almost three hours today. NBC News was reliably informed that the National Government owned Kumul,was scheduled to depart Wewak for Mount Hagen after midday today, but could not do so because of some technical issues with the plane. NBC News was […]