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Enga finally gets its own jail

Enga Province now has its own correctional facility, a public service the province has long lacked.

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Electoral Commission faces staffing shortages ahead of 2027 elections

The Special Parliamentary Committee on Elections has heard that many Papua New Guinea Electoral Commission staff have reached the compulsory retirement age or are on short-term contracts.

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Police crackdown on illegal PMV protest in POM

Twenty PMV buses were impounded today and their drivers and crews arrested after staging an illegal protest over rising fuel prices, disrupting the city’s public transport system.

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Drought dries up Arokoi river in Kutubu

More than a thousand people who depend on the main Arokoi river in the Kutubu area of Southern Highlands province are now looking for water for consumption following El Nino induced drought that dried up the river system.

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Call to regulate hire car rates

The Morobe Land Transport Authority has been urged to start regulating the hire car business rates in the province and also start issuing routes for new roads which have been constructed in the Wau Waria District of Morobe Province.

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Waste management boosted

Port Moresby’s waste management capacity is set to improve with the 9.3 million kina newly completed Baruni Landfill Cell 3.

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Minister calls for honesty in exams

Minister for Education Francis Kikin Siune has called on students, teachers, parents and school authorities to uphold honesty and protect the integrity of Papua New Guinea's national examinations.

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October Parliament ratification

The National Parliament will resume this afternoon for one of its most important sittings yet in the country’s history.

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Education Secretary dismisses claims of Grade 12 exam paper leakage

The National Department of Education has dismissed claims circulating on social media that the 2026 Grade 12 national examination papers have leaked.

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