By Hon. IAN LING-STUCKEY, CMG. MP Minister for Treasury January 22nd 2020 Six Southern Highlands Province workers have left for Australia under the Seasonal Worker Programme. This is the first group to be recruited in 2021 and the first to leave since borders closed in early 2020 due to COVID-19. I congratulate Governor Powi and […]
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By Hon. IAN LING-STUCKEY, CMG. MP Minister for Treasury January 21st 2020 The Budget Management Ministerial Committee (BMC) comprising Chairman and Treasurer Ian Ling-Stuckey, Finance Minister Sir John Pundari, Planning Minister Reinbo Paita and his Vice-Minister Dr Kobby Bomareo, met on Tuesday this week with Departmental Heads, Governor of Bank of Papua New Guinea (BPNG)
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OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE Thursday 21st January 2021 Lawyer Gregory James Sheppard of Young & Williams Lawyers was arrested at 12 noon yesterday in Port Moresby, interviewed at the Police Headquarters, Konedobu, and charged with two counts of conspiracy and another two count of false pretense over the K268 million Western Province People’s
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“… Once they had arrived in Lae, they soon discovered how beautiful the location was and decided to make this their new home.” By MALUM NALU based on INFORMATION AND PICTURES SUPPLIED BY THE HUNTER FAMILY Noel Edward (Ned) Hunter, who passed away on July 31, 2020, aged 94, was one of the pioneers of
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OFFICE OF THE CONTROLLER PNG COVID-19 National Pandemic Response Joint Agency Task Force Media Statement Tuesday 19th January 2021 Papua New Guinea reported eight new case of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, increasing the country’s total cases to 843. The latest cases were reported in West New Britain and in the National Capital District.
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Police Media Tuesday January 19th 2021 Police Commissioner David Manning has apologised to the Ombudsman Commission over the events of last Friday in which Chief Ombudsman Richard Pagen and a number of his staff were detained at the Boroko Police Station. This event culminated from an administrative oversight in the handling of a District Court
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