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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 Double Discounts 2 weeks only! By showing your Nambawan super or Nasfund cards!: Victa - 2-stroke blower petrol, 26cc,cruise control function (K767 save K328); 2-stroke bush cutter 25cc, bent shaft (K525 save K225); 4-stroke lawnmower 460mm cutting width (K1,397 save K598); 4-stroke lawnmower 460mm cutting width, with catcher (K1,365 save K585); Briggs&Stratton - 2” water transfer pump pterol, 6HP, eleite series (K1,365 save K585); 7KVA Genset petrol, 4-stroke K4,550 save K1,950). - As advertised in Th...

News that matters in Papua New Guinea PNG’s PAC inquires multi-million kina drug contracts PORT MORESBY: Papua New Guinea (PNG)’s parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has moved in on the latest procurement and supply of medical kits and antibiotics contracts awarded to Borneo Pacific Pharmaceutical Limited (BPPL). BPPL won both one-year contracts, worth more than K100 million, by beating 17 other bidders. Three bidders lost out to BPPL for the K65.3 million worth of medical kits and 14 bidders lost out for the K43.5 million worth of antibiotics. This is not the first time BPPL had won bids for such lucrative Government contracts. In 2013, the Australian Government withdrew its two-year A$38 million (K88 million) funding programme to supply drugs to health centres nationwide following BPPL’s successful tender for procurement and supply of drugs. The National Doctor’s Association (NDA) has questioned the Government’s rationale of awarding such contracts to the...

News that matters in Papua New Guinea Image for illustration only. For image text, go to  https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/indonesia-education-crime-children-focus-by-arlina-arshad-news-photo/487244521?adppopup=true PNG becoming a sick society? PORT MORESBY: A magistrate remarked in court on Tuesday (Aug 20, 2019) that Papua New Guinea is at risk of breeding a sick society due to an increasing number of sexual abuse cases against minors in court every day. Does the majority of Papua New Guineans concur with Waigani committal court magistrate Cosmas Bidar? PNG Cyber Monitor reproduces below details of the case and why Bidar made the remark as published by The National : Society at risk, court warns August 21, 2019 The National Main Stories   Article Views:  20 By BARBARA DERUAGE PAPUA New Guinea is at risk of breeding a sick society due to an increasing number of sexual abuse cases against minors in cour...

News that matters in Papua New Guinea Image for illustration only. For image text, go to  http://www.looppng.com/entertainment/bougainville-chocolate-festival-underway-86210 Cocoa rebuilding lives in PNG's Bougainville PORT MORESBY: Cocoa is another crop that is key to Papua New Guinea (PNG)’s agriculture sector and industry. It is also making a positive impact on the lives of the people of Bougainville who are rebuilding their lives after the crisis. The following article, reproduced below from The National , captured our attention: Cocoa-driven agriculture rebuilds lives in Bougainville August 21, 2019 The National Main Stories   Article Views:  1 Build our economy on agriculture is the story of Bougainville for Papua New Guinea. The National’s Senior Writer MALUM NALU was part of a World Bank Team that travelled to Bougainville, East New Britain and East Sepik to gauge the success of the Productive Partnerships in...