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By Raquel Mustillo MEMBERS of the Kalangadoo community will gather on April 18 to remember two World War II veterans for the town’s annual Anzac commemoration service. The service of Private Williams (Bill) James Peake and Craftsman Leo Matson Bilney will be honoured at the 6.15am ceremony at the Kalangadoo Cemetery. Born in Mount Gambier on March 1, 1924 and educated at the Kalangadoo Primary School, Private Peake enlisted in the Third Light Horse Regiment as a 17-year-old. Private Peake...

Article content Mining executives often talk about the importance of having a ‘social licence’ to operate, yet it’s rare to hear them acknowledge when they don’t have one. Barrick Gold Corp.’s chief executive Mark Bristow says it happened to his company in Papua New Guinea, where its Porgera mine had been pumping out gold for nearly three decades, even as a spate of accusations about human rights and environmental abuses in the surrounding communities have festered. We apologize, but ...

16 meters at 2.08 g/t Au at 69m depth including 2 meters at 5.36 g/t Au at 69m depth. Two new targets were identified within the 2.5 km Qiriyaga Zone priority area Kalos CEO, Fred Tejada, is an exploration veteran with strong track record in epithermal gold and copper exploration. As VP of exploration at Panoro Minerals, he designed drill programs for two major copper projects in Peru. "Kalo Gold has the potential to be a district scale high grade gold discovery," confirmed Tejada, "We have a...

Seven New COVID-19 Deaths in Port Moresby Seven new deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours since Sunday. All 7 deaths have been reported in the National Capital District alone bringing the total number of deaths to 56.   A 36-year-old female is among the six males aged 42, 46, 60, 61, 67, and 71 who died from COVID-19. Also in the last 24 hours, 271 new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the country, increasing the country’s cases to 5,620. This information was given by the of...

PACNEWS 2 April, 2021, 1:10 pm Covid-19 health screening at the Jackson International Airport in Port Moresby. Photo: PNG Department of Health PORT MORESBY, 02  APRIL 2021 (PNG GOVT) – Papua New Guinea has recorded 157 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, increasing the country’s total number of COVID-19 cases to 6,112. Western Province reported 110 new cases of which 96 are males, 13 females and one not stated. Their ages range from 21 years to 67. Two cases were showing symptoms of COVID-19...

Share the News Doctors at the Angau Memorial Hospital walked off their jobs yesterday afternoon after being denied response from the hospital administration and the Department of Personnel Management on outstanding gratuities and staff shortage. The Morobe PHA National Doctors Union had presented a number of petitions on these concerns to the administration, however, claimed that they never received any tangible response. The Union stated three reasons for their protest. Failure by the hospital...

"Were mooting a sort of, not a stiff lockdown, but a nationwide isolation strategy to ensure that people are not moving around unnecessarily. "Remain in your provinces, remain in your districts, remain in your villages, remain in your suburbs where you are." Marape indicated the restrictions on movement would coincide with upcoming school holidays, adding that the strategy would allow health authorities to take stock of the extent of the outbreak. So far only around 55,000 tests have been c...

Coronavirus crisis spirals out of control in Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (PNG), the Pacific’s largest and most populous country, and one of the world’s most impoverished, is experiencing an uncontrolled coronavirus outbreak after appearing to have avoided large numbers of infections during 2020. The source of the new wave has not been identified. Hundreds of cases in the past few days have taken the national total to 2,226 and 26 reported deaths, with the capital Port Moresby the wors...

Photo: RNZ / Johnny Blades British Covid-19 variant detected in Wallis and Futuna The authorities in Wallis and Futuna say the British variant of Covid-19 has been detected in the territory. Since the first community case was diagnosed 10 days ago, the number of cases has risen to 186. 10 people are in hospital, one of whom is in intensive care. The French prefect says 18000 doses of the Moderna vaccine will be made available to fight the pandemic. PNG govt reports new Covid-19 deaths Five new ...

analysis Scott Morrison doesnt have a plan for dealing with sexual harassment, and women are fed up Posted 4 updated 4 MarMarch 2021 at 8:18pm For all his political strengths, the Prime Minister has no plan to deal with a crisis gripping the nations attention and eroding support for the government. ( Share Print text only Cancel Scott Morrison likes to present as a man with a plan. Whether its dealing with asylum seekers, climate change or a pandemic, the Prime Minister typically has a strateg...