Digicel Awards Mobile Customers Free Tickets to Major Events
Four Port Moresby residents had the chance to attend the Digicel Cup launch on Monday 11 April at the Laguna Hotel as part of Digicel’s 33% bigger, better data weekend promotion.Digicel is offering...
View Article12 people killed in plane crash in Kiunga
Twelve people are dead after the plane they were traveling in crashed before landing in Kiunga, in Western province this afternoon.The twelve deceased include an expatriate pilot and nine...
View ArticleJudge Sakora and Lawyer Twivey appeared in court
Lawyer Twivey appeared in courtNational and Supreme Court Judge, Sir Bernard Sakora, appeared before the Waigani Committal Court on Monday morning.However, he was NOT read his charges.Justice Sakora...
View ArticleZika virus may have originated from Pacific Island canoeists
The Zika virus may have originated in Polynesia and been taken to South America by Pacific Island canoeing teams competing in Rio de Janeiro in 2014, new research has shown.NZ Herald reports the study,...
View ArticleTongan man sentenced to 16 years in jail for sexually abusing two girls
A court in Tonga has sentenced a man who sexually abused two girls for 16 years in prison, the Kaniva news reports.The man carried out the offences against a 10 year old girl and her 11 year old...
View ArticleSecond Custom-Built LNG Carrier Named for PNG LNG Project
Port Moresby: The second PNG LNG Project custom-built ship was officially named in a ceremony at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai, China on 8 April 2016.The LNG carrier, named Kumul, was built by...
View ArticleExxonMobil PNG volunteers commemorate World TB Day through awareness in local...
EMPNG’s Production Operator Albert Bowman talking to Baguale primary school students during the World TB Day awareness event.A total of 30 ExxonMobil PNG (EMPNG) volunteers commemorated the World TB...
View ArticleUnrivalled Customer Support Package With JCB Southeast Asia
Construction equipment manufacturer JCB Southeast Asia has announced the introduction of its new customer support package, including the launch of JCB LiveLink. This innovative software system enables...
View ArticleAsian Economies Must Build Resilience to Growing Risks
Building resilience calls for quality investments in infrastructure and institutions. Photo ADBMANILA, PHILIPPINES — Emerging risks and destabilizers as diverse as widening income inequality, slower...
View ArticleFormer Attorney General Kerenga Kua resigns from NA party
Kerenga Kua resigns from National Alliance PartyPapua New Guinea's former Attorney General and Member for Sinasina Yongomugl , Kerenga Kua, has announced his resignation from the National Alliance...
View ArticleImproved World Commodity Price Outlook Benefits Papua New Guinea : PM O’Neill
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister, Peter O’Neill has welcomed signs that the world's largest oil producers and traders are working towards ending the production issues that saw world oil slump to the...
View ArticlePolye urges young lawyers to uphold, defend the constitution
PORT MORESBY: At a time when the country’s judiciary system has been brought into question, following the arrest of a senior lawyer and one of country’s senior judges, the Opposition has called on all...
View ArticleVanuatu hit by another earthquake
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake has been recorded off the coast of Vanuatu.The U.S. Geological Survey said the epicenter of the quake was 135 kilometres northwest of the town of Santo and it was registered...
View ArticleTonga suspends supplier of controversial hotdogs
Tonga’s National Food Authority in Nukuʻalofa has suspended the operations of a local company which supplied hotdog to retail suppliersThe authority is investigating following a complaint that a pack...
View ArticleSamoa, China and India top NZ’s overstayers list
Samoa is New Zealand's top-ranked country for the largest decrease in overstayers since 2000.China and India are at the bottom with the highest increase in overstayers for the same period. A different...
View ArticleNext Apple Watch Will Be More 'S' Than 2
Most of the changes in the next version of the Apple Watch will be on the inside and not the outside of the case, according to an investors note issued Monday by Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities.While he...
View ArticleAir Niugini names third Fokker 70 as "Hoskins”
Air Niugini in a ceremony today (Thursday 14th April 2016) named its latest Fokker 70 aircraft “Hoskins”.The aircraft is the third of the total nine F70 aircraft expected to be delivered to Air Niugini...
View ArticleI will not allow Office of the Prime Minister to be demeaned, questioned with...
Papua New Guinea Prime Minsiter Peter O’Neill says he is not going to allow office of the Prime Minsiter to be demeaned and questioned with false allegations. He said this after the arrest early in the...
View ArticlePNG Authorities investigate plane crash incident that killed 12 people in Kiunga
Western Province PPC Joseph Puri has confirmed that the expatriate pilot of the Brittan Norman Islander plane that crashed in Kiunga killing all 12 passengers on board is an Australian while they are...
View ArticleChicken and Feed project to start in Sepik plains
The first of many potential large scale agriculture project in the Sepik Plains Special Economic Zone is set to commence in the next two months following a high level visit by the LR Group from Israel...
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