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Supermarket sales/deals for the week Be a smart consumer! PORT MORESBY: Groceries and food are a daily necessity for everyone. It is with this in mind that PNG Cyber Monitor is making a weekly compilation of deals offered by supermarkets here. Be a smart consumer, get the best out of your kina by checking out the prices and planning your shopping. The list below is a service for the convenience of our readers and followers. This is it: Brian Bell It’s time to Treat YO Self!: ozito - Hammer drill 13mm,1010w (K195 save K30); Hammer drill rotary 900w (K395); Finishing sander 1/3 sheet, 150w (K150); Random orbital sander 125mm, 235w (K150); Angle grinder 100mm (K125); Angle grinder 125mm (165 save K30); Multi-function tool 300w (K249); Circular saw 185mm, 1200w (K225); and Cordless drill compact 18v, rechargeable (K295 save K100). - As advertised in The National on Thursday Aug 1, 2019. I t’s time to Treat YO Self!: Westpoint chest freezers - 99L Chest freezer (K765 sa

News that matters in Papua New Guinea Image for illustration only. For image content, go to  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkxsAZtzXJ4  (TOP 10 Places to Visit in Papua New Guinea) No peace, harmony, no tourism growth for Papua New Guinea PORT MORESBY: More than four decades after achieving Independence from Australia, Papua New Guinea (PNG) is still struggling to grow its tourism industry. Comparatively, the neighbouring and tiny Fiji is doing far much better in terms of numbers for tourist arrivals and revenue. Many agree that law and order issues, namely public security, are giving PNG a bad image, discouraging tourism players and holidaymakers from considering the country as their destination. It doesn’t need the brain of a rocket scientist to tell everyone that Papua New Guineans need to change their ways, embrace peace and harmony, win the hearts and minds of tourists with smiles to gain their confidence to visit PNG. Unless that confidence is achieved, no amount of pr

News that matters in Papua New Guinea Rodha ... Who shot her? Cops or Tommy Baker Gang of killers and robbers? Cops probe shooting, fire drama in Alotau on Dec 6  PORT MORESBY: Police are starting to investigate what really happened in Alotau on Dec 6 when an 86-year-old woman was shot dead in a police-Tommy Baker Gang shooting and fire incident. Southern commander Asst Comm John Maru is leading the proble and he will be in Milne Bay any time this week to interview witnesses. He has also announced that with his findings, he will decide whether a Police Internal Affairs team should investigate the death of Rodha Dick, whose body is still lying in the Alotau Hospital after seven months. PNG Cyber Monitor reproduces below the latest development of the case as reported by The National :  Scarred for life July 30, 2019 The National Main Stories   Article Views:  51 Kitava compound villagers took pictures of their burning houses after

News that matters in Papua New Guinea What really happened in Alotau village on Dec 6, 2018? Who shot the grandma?  Who shot the grandma? PORT MORESBY: Pressure is mounting on the police to come clean on what really happened in Alotau when they were engaged in a hot pursuit of Tommy Maeva Baker and his gang of killers and robbers on Dec 6. During the pursuit, an 86-year-old grandmother, Rodha Dick, was hit by a bullet and was killed. Seven months after, her body is still lying in the Alotau Hospital mortuary, with the bullet still embedded in her body, awaiting a second post-mortem. Since the nightmarish shooting incident in Suau Village, villagers have found their courage to speak up up. Rodha’s son and family are now alleging that the woman was not killed in the cops-and-robbers shootout. They say the police started firing in all directions despite Baker and his gang members had long fled into the top of a hill. And, another gunshot survivor, Tania Lucas, 28,