PNG to give about $38.5M for Fiji elections
The Papua New Guinea government will contribute about FJD$38.5 million for the general elections, Fijivillage reports. During the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between PNG and the Fiji...
View ArticleDATACO TO PROVIDE CHEAPER INTERNET SERVICE IN PNG
State Owned Enterprises Minister, Ben Micah The government is aiming to provide cheaper internet service to the people, by establishing a new SOE.PNG DataCo limited, will now make use of existing...
View ArticleSuccessful climb of Mt Giluwe puts British woman on track for climbing record
Photo supplied.A British climber has reached the summit of Mt Giluwe, Papua New Guinea, in her bid to set a world record to climb the highest volcano on each of the seven continents in the fastest...
View ArticleSP PNG HUNTERS SQUAD NAMED FOR CUTTERS CLASH
Coach Michael Marum has this afternoon named his squad for the SP PNG Hunters first Intrust Super Cup home game this today against defending premiers the Mackay Cutters.The club will take 18 players...
View ArticlePNG Hunters beat Mackay Cutters 24 - 16
The PNG Hunters have won back-to-back win over last years Queensland Instrust Cup premiers Mackay Cutter 24 - 16 at Kalabond Stadium, in Kokopo. This was the Hunters first game on home soil and it...
View ArticleUS warns Russia not to annex Crimea
The US has warned Russia that any moves to annex Crimea would close the door to diplomacy.US Secretary of State John Kerry told Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov that Crimea is part of Ukraine and...
View ArticleO'Neill: More to to be done for women
Prime Minister Peter O’Neill told a women’s forum in Port Moresby yesterday that there is more to do to advance women in Papua New Guinea.The Prime Minister said successive governments had done their...
View ArticlePrime Minister O’Neill is working quickly and firmly to protect the...
Prime Minister Hon. Peter O’Neill says the lengthy and detailed work by the Eminent Persons Group has failed to reach a resolution on the differences between the national Government and the PNG...
View ArticleO’Neill sacks Don Polye and Mark Maipakai
O'neill sacks Polye Prime Minister Peter O'neill has sacked two senior Ministers in his government. THE party leader and Treasurer Don Polye has been dumped as of today. Labour and Industrial Relations...
View ArticlePNG Opposition invites Polye
PNG Opposition leaders invite PolyeBy: Kasper Kelvin The Opposition has reacted to the sacking of senior Government ministers, Don Polye and Mark Maipakai, throwing an open invitation to join forces...
View ArticleAussie Prime Minister Tonny Abott to visit PNG
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott will visit Papua New Guinea next week. This will be his first visit to PNG since becoming Prime Minister of Australia last year.PNG Prime Minister Peter O’Neill...
View ArticlePrime Minister O'neill reveals reason over Polye's removal
Prime Minister Peter O'neill By Joy Kisselpar -PNG EdgePrime Minister Peter O’Neill has admitted that Don Polye was removed as the Treasury Minister because he refused to accept the decision by the...
View ArticlePNG Hunters thrash Central Queensland Capras 46 - 14
THE SP PNG Hunters continued their fairy-tale run with a comprehensive 46-14 win Central Queensland Capras in Kalabond, Kokopo.That victory maintained the Hunters’ 100 percent record of three wins from...
View ArticleNew Zealand Company to build flyover in Port Moresby
New Zealand contractor Hawkins has been awarded the design and construct contract for the Kookaburra Street Flyover and Roading project in Port MoresbyThe project comprises a 600m long four-lane...
View ArticleAIR NIUGINI SIGNS A MoU WITH THE CENTRAL PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT ON THE CADET...
National airline, Air Niugini will be accepting cadets from the Central Provincial Government’ s cadet pilot program who meet the airline’s direct entry requirement for employment purposes.This follows...
View ArticlePruaitch is Treasurer
Aitape Lumi MP Patrick PruaitchLeader of National Alliance Party, and Member for Aitape Lumi, Patrick Pruaitch, is the new treasurer, replacing sacked treasurer and THE Party Leader, Don Polye.THE...
View ArticleAbbott arrives in Port Moresby
AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister Tony Abbott flew into Port Moresby last night in his first official visit to Papua New Guinea. He was met on arrival by the Deputy Prime Minister Leo Dion, Foreign Affairs...
View ArticlePNG Hunters face acid test
THE Papua New Guinea Hunters face another test of the Queensland Cup premiership credentials this time against competition leaders the Northern Pride in the top of table clash in Kokopo tomorrow.And if...
View ArticleSome Asylum Seekers to be settled in Papua New Guinea
Some of the asylum seekers currently accommodated at the Manus regional processing centre will be settled in Papua New Guinea, says Prime Minister Peter O’Neill. Speaking during a joint press...
View ArticleNo sign of mystery objects
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (CNN) -- A day that began with high hopes ended with uncertainty late Thursday as darkness ended the search for two objects in the Indian Ocean captured on satellite and...
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