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Time Travel shares its blessings
By GABRIEL KATUHO TIME Trave Pacific’s management and team shared their Christmas blessings with 125 families in Port Moresby to commemorate festive season. Staff invited friends and relatives, numbering 100, to join the event at the Filipino Association of Papua New Guinea headquarters at Gordon on Wednesday. The families, including their children and relatives, who…
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Petitioners oppose Parkop’s bid to amend application
THE Court of Disputed Returns in Waigani is expected to rule on an application by NCD Governor Powes Parkop in his defence against two election petitions challenging the validity of his election victory in the 2022 national general election. The petitions filed by runner-up Andy Bawa (EP 100) and Michael Kandiu (EP 102) were both…
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TB screening launched in NCD
TB services have been brought closer to the community, with an anticipated screening of over 800 inmates at Bomana Prison for Tuberculosis in the next two weeks. This initiative is part of the National Department of Health’s Systematic Screening Intervention (SSI) programme, executed through the Emergency Tuberculosis (TB) Project (ETP) and supported by the National…
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ICCC announces decrease in retail fuel prices for November
THE Independent Consumer and Competition Commission (ICCC) has released the new retail fuel prices for this month, set to take effect on Wednesday, November 8. The announcement was made by ICCC Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer, Paulus Ain, during a press conference. He said for this month, the Indicative Retail Prices (IRPs) for petrol, diesel,…
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SEMOSO’S TRIUMPH A WIN FOR AROB: MAKIBA
By JOEL K ANDREW A RECEPTION hosted by the oldest political party in Papua New Guinea, Pangu Pati, was held on Thursday, (November 2) in Port Moresby, to congratulate the incumbent North Bouganville Member of Parliament (MP) Francesca Semoso. The function saw the Bouganville community in Port Moresby gather to applaud Semoso’s victory as the…
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ICCC announces decrease in retail fuel prices for November
THE Independent Consumer and Competition Commission (ICCC) has released the new retail fuel prices for this month, set to take effect on Wednesday, November 8. The announcement was made by ICCC Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer, Paulus Ain, during a press conference. He said for this month, the Indicative Retail Prices (IRPs) for petrol, diesel,…
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SEMOSO’S TRIUMPH A WIN FOR AROB: MAKIBA
By JOEL K ANDREW A RECEPTION hosted by the oldest political party in Papua New Guinea, Pangu Pati, was held on Thursday, (November 2) in Port Moresby, to congratulate the incumbent North Bouganville Member of Parliament (MP) Francesca Semoso. The function saw the Bouganville community in Port Moresby gather to applaud Semoso’s victory as the…
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Marape announces joint venture with Rigo Rice
Prime Minister James Marape announced today (Tuesday, November 7) that the government has granted initial approval for the establishment of a Rice Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in the country. This groundbreaking development may include a joint venture between the State and Rigo Rice. Prime Minister Marape underlined the government’s commitment to kickstart a substantial commercial…
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Candidate praised electorate for peaceful polling
By MORTIMER YANGARRY PANGU Pati candidate, Aimos Akem, has praised the people of the newly created Lagaip open electorate in Enga for a peaceful one-day polling that concluded yesterday. “I take this opportunity to thank all Election Officials, Security personals, voters, candidates and all other people who were involved in the Lagaip supplementary elections 2023…
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AIR NIUGINI SIGNS ORDER WITH AIRBUS FOR “THE PEOPLE’S BALUS”
AIR Niugini has signed a firm order with Airbus today for the purchase of six A220 series 100 jets, “the People’s Balus”. In addition, the airline will lease a further two A220-100s and three larger A220-300s from third party lessors, for a total fleet of eleven aircraft. The order was officially announced at a special…
