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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: Show your Nambawan Super or Nasfund membership card; HAUS that for Bargains - 1.0L rice cooker (K60 save K30), 2.8LT rice cooker with steamer (K105 save K30), 2-slice toaster (K60 save K30), 1.7LT electric kettle (K60 save K30), 1.5LT coffee maker (K95 save K30), electric oven benchtop 60LT+2 hot plates (K345 save K120), electric oven benchtop 45LT+2 hot plates (K295 save K100), and electric oven 24LT+2 hot plates (K285). - As advertised in The National on Wednesday Feb 26, 2020. Double Disc

News that matters in Papua New Guinea Highlands Eastern End deputy commander ACP Turi being escorted to the Boroko police lock-up to be detained after the formalities of his arrest. - Nationalpic ACP arrested for allegedly causing grievous bodily harm PORT MORESBY:  An Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) was arrested on Monday (Feb 24) for allegedly committing four criminal offences, including causing grievous bodily harm. ACP Benjamin Turi was locked up by Boroko police but later released on K1,000 bail. The details of the arrest was reported by The National : Turi arrested on four allegations February 25, 2020 The National Main Stories   Article Views:  269 A SENIOR police officer was yesterday arrested on four allegations, including causing grievous bodily harm, by the Boroko Criminal Investigation Division (CID) police and was locked up but later released on a K1,000 police bail. Deputy commander Highlands Easte

News that matters in Papua New Guinea Baisu Prison 8 shot dead in PNG’s second mass prison breakout in 2020 PORT MORESBY:  Eight inmates were shot dead in a mass breakout at Baisu Prison in Mt Hagen on Monday (Feb 24, 2020). Prison wardens recaptured 28 fugitives but 66 are still on the run. It was Papua New Guinea’s second mass prison breakout this year or in two monjths (January and February). On Jan 19, the Buimo Prison breakout saw probationary prison warden Luke Makints killed and convicted murderer David Naya, 25, shot dead. Sixteen prisoners escaped and they are still on the run. The details of the breakout was reported by The National :   8 shot dead in mass breakout February 25, 2020 The National Main Stories   Article Views:  1 By ELIAS LARI and CLIFFORD FAIPARIK EIGHT inmates were shot dead, 28 were recaptured while 66 escaped during a mass breakout at Baisu Prison in Mt Hagen yesterday, an official says.

News that matters in Papua New Guinea   Asst Comm Northern End Peter Guiness (centre) appealed to Madang governor Peter Yama (left) to present himself to the police headquarters in Port Moresby and give his side of the story to clear himself Madang administrator arrested, charged in connection with ongoing Yali-Yama feud PORT MORESBY:  To date, three persons, including Madang administrator Joe Kunda, have been arrested and charged with allegedly trying to bribe former governor James Yali to withdraw a case filed aginst governor Peter Yama. Kunda has been charged with four counts of bribery while police are also looking for his deputy, Paul Amera. Northern End Asst Comm Peter Guinness said the money used in the alleged bribery attempt were drawn from public coffers of of Madang. Details of the ongoing and protracted Yali-Yama feud were reported by The National : Top civil servant arrested February 20, 2020 The National

News that matters in Papua New Guinea     Two cop killers assassinated by rival tribesmen in Tari, four others killed in ongoing Kopija clan clashes in Hela PORT MORESBY:  Two men who killed a policeman about two years ago were assassinated by their rival tribesmen during a card gambling session that went awry on Tuesday (Feb 18, 2020) afternoon in Tari. One was armed with a factory-made pistol and the other an M-16 assault rifle. The one who was armed with an M-16 was shot dead, the other was slashed to death in the neck. Both cop killers, described by police as warlords, were brothers. And in another violence in Hela, four men were killed between Sunday and Monday (Feb 16 and 17, 2020) in an ongoing protracted Kopija clan clashes in Hela. PNG Cyber Monitor  reproduces below details of the killings as reported by The National : Warlords killed February 20, 2020 The National Main Stories   Article Views:  41 John

News that matters in Papua New Guinea Image for illustration only. For image text, go to  https://www.bbc.com/news/world-51235105  ( Coronavirus: A visual guide to the outbreak ) Coronavirus: Elderly, sick are most at risk PORT MORESBY:  The coronavirus or Covid-19 has gripped the world since January and a vaccine has yet to be found after 1,873 deaths and 72,430 cases or infections worldwide. However, the bulk of the infections and deaths are still confined to China and its epicentre - Wuhan city in Hubei. Health officials in China have on Tuesday (Feb 18, 2020) released the first details of Covid-19 cases in the biggest study since the outbreak in December. The following BBC report should serve as valuable information and feedback to Papua New Guineans who are still blessed with a Covid-19-free environment. PNG Cyber Monitor  reproduces below a BBC report as information, knowledge for the benefit of Papua New Guineans: Covid-19: Largest study suggests elder