New Hospital Unit For Tari Hospital
Australian Oil and Gas Company Santos Limited have put in K3million for the construction of Tari Hospital’s new accident and emergency ward (A&E). In partnership...
Month : November 2017
Government Audits Reveal Unitech Accounts Clean
An external audit conducted into the Papua New Guinea University of Technology’s (PNGUOT) 2015 Bank Accounts show that the premiere Institution’s books are in order....
Mineral Resource Authority launches Online Information Mine
The recent development of an online portal by the Mineral Resource Authority has been credited as a major driving force behind the increase in interest...
Police Called to Contain LNG Landowners
Yuni villagers who claim to be the Land Owners of PDL 1 & 7 are still demanding the Government to pay up K35 million of...
Government commits 15 percent increase in Capital Expenditure
Despite a challenging economic climate, the government has demonstrated a commitment to capital expenditure through the budget for 2018. National Planning Minister Richard Maru, when...
Cyclone kills 19, most under landslide, on Indonesian island of Java
A tropical cyclone killed 19 people on the Indonesian island of Java, officials said on Wednesday, with most of the victims caught under a landslide....
Districts to be fully funded in 2018
The Provincial Sector will receive K3.9 billion; this is 26.7 % of the total 2018 budget, the largest share of the budget of all sectors....
Indonesia shuts Bali’s airport for third day due to volcanic ash
Indonesia shut its airport on Bali for a third consecutive day on Wednesday due to a volcanic ash cloud, as the rumbling Mount Agung volcano...
Tens of thousands dying from $30 billion fake drugs trade, WHO says
One in 10 drugs sold in developing countries is fake or substandard, leading to tens of thousands of deaths, many of them of African children...
WHO fears complacency as progress against malaria stalls
Progress in the global fight against malaria has stalled amid signs of flatlining funding and complacency that the mosquito-borne disease is less of a threat,...