A deportation notice was served yesterday afternoon by immigration officers in Lae to a Chinese male involved in assaulting a national in December last year.

PNG Customs Service is appealing to people in Vanimo to report any illegal activities they see happening along the PNG-Indonesia Border. Border Management Director Miana Tau-Mabone said illegal activities are happening on a daily basis between Vanimo and Jayapura and is calling for communities and individuals to support PNG Customs.

The week long Customs Border Awareness program ended successfully last Friday in Vanimo. Part of new systems and policies within PNG Customs Service, the program targeted villages and schools in Vanimo, Sandaun Province to prepare them for changes including the opening of the first land border between PNG and Indonesia.

Madang Governor Peter Yama says a new Memorandum of Agreement must be discussed for the Ramu Nickel Project. Governor Yama says regulator Mineral Resource Authority must strictly allow legal process for a new agreement between the State, Madang Provincial Government and landowners. He described the initial agreement as hopeless with no tangible benefits for all stakeholders. Yama says, the agreement has no proven benefit for resource owners, the Madang Provincial Government and local level governments.

The results from the data collected showed that parents are not responsible for their children and have passed the responsibility on to someone else. The research was based on whether the students are living with their biological parents, and how they are supported by those they live with.

The 35-year old husband and father said his wife, Jennifer Geyas, went missing from their home at 4 Mile in Lae along with their 7 year old son, Stanford.

A man was arrested and charged in Lae five days ago for the alleged sexual abuse of his 14 year old stepdaughter and the murder of his wife.