By CHARLIE DUMAVI AHEAD of PNG’s rugby league world cup opener in England against Tonga in their Pool D, Tonga is already tipped as the favourites to beat PNG. These is backed by their well-known players such as Titans forward David Fifita Jason Taumalolo and Daniel Tupou who contributed immensely to their recent rise in…

THE ethnic clashes in the capital city of Papua New Guinea, is reaching another height despite our country’s motto; One People, One Country.  It seems few individuals think they can bend the laws of the country and become a warlord. Port Moresby city belongs to the people of PNG and not one ethnic group. We…

By CHARLIE DUMAVI MOROBE Hammerheads the 2022 PNG Rugby Union Championship runner up are grateful for the event and appeal for management to do more awareness to grow the code in the country. The Lae Biscuit Morobe Hammerheads were trashed by Pepsi Capital Rugby Union (CRU) Boromas 33-13 at Sir Hubert Murry last Saturday. Hammerhead…

ONE of the 2022 Southern Highlands Province Regional Seat candidate and petitioner, Peter Nupiri, has voluntarily surrendered to police after learning that police were after him. In a statement he clarified that he voluntarily showed up at the 7mile Police Station in Port Moresby to answer few questions. “After learning that police were after me,…

THE people of West New Britain are preparing to expose and display their true Pasin West Culture to the Nation and World their unique and sacred rituals when they converged for the West New Britain Provincial Tavur. With the initiatives taken by the Division of Culture and Tourism supported by the West New Britain Provincial…

THE Governing Council of the newly formed Central Motu Koita (CMK) Convention made up of all Central MPs, Governor Central, Governor NCD, Motu Koitabu Assembly Chairman, Patron Member for Moresby North West and its Executives has condemned the vicious attacks on the Vabukori Village community by settlers from Horse Camp and Tainaladeara after a dead…

This is Mr JOHN HOCKNULL’s OAM, ML, daily experience as a Kiap (patrol officer) in the 70s in Papua New Guinea. Mr Hocknull was engaged by the Australian Government as a Patrol Officer to work in Papua New Guinea in the 1970. His duties included police officer; magistrate; jailor; advisor in agricultural, business, economic and…

BY MIRIAM MALAWA CORRUPTION is just a fact of life, but it has a massive cost in business, the economy and wider society, Institute of National Affairs Executive Director Paul Barker says. He said this during the closing of the third EU-PNG Business, Trade and Investment conference in Port Moresby on Wednesday. When giving an…

By CLIFFORD FAIPARIK FOUR electorates out of 99 electorates are facing three election petitions before the Court of Disputed Returns on allegations of foul play committed during the 2022 national elections, according to the National Court Registry Office. And 11 electorates are facing two election petitions while the rest of the electorates are facing one…