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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: ABLE Home & Office 3PLY Face Mask 50pcs (K82.64); Dove and Dettol soap bar 100g (K6.95 each); Exit 7 hand gel sanitiser 30ml (K9.50); and Sneeze Guard/Reception Screen (K411.62). - As advertised in The National  on Monday March 29, 2021. Brian Bell Easter Shell-ebration: PowerMate 5.0KVA Diesel Genset (K3,000 save K850); PowerMate 2.0KVA Diesel Genset (K2,500 save K600); PowerMate 1.0KVA Petrol Genset 4-Stroke (K750 save K250); PowerMate 6KVA Diesel Genset electric start (K4,500 save K1,250); PowerMate 0.85KW Zoom Genset (K475 save K150); PowerMat

  News that matter in Papua New Guinea Image for illustration only. For image info, go to  https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/403129/human-rights-watch-presses-png-police-on-brutality Police violence in Port Moresby, one cop charged with murder PORT MORESBY:  Police Comm David Manning must be very upset this week to read news of two cases of police violence in the National Capital District. However, the policeman who shot dead a 28-year-old Gaire market seller in Central was charged with murder on Tuesday (March 30, 2021) afternoon after interviews and a crime scene reconstruction were conducted. Gaire villagers should be pleased that they decided to remain calm and cool to allow police to investigate and act to ensure justice. The other case is the assault of a 17-year-old boy who sought refuge in the Gerehu poilce station in Port Moresby. The boy, a nephew of Communications and Information Technology secretary Steven Matainaho, was allegedly bashed up by a baseball bat-

  News that matter in Papua New Guinea   Kokopo mayor Issidor Bonga - Loop PNG pic                                              Sir Leo Dion - Facebook pic Kokopo mayor, Sir Leo upset by armed robbers’ cold-blooded murder PORT MORESBY:  The cold blooded murder of a Chinese store trader in East New Britain (ENB)’s Kokopo on March 22 continues to upset the public. Kokopo city authority mayor Issidor Bonga and former ENB Governor and deputy prime minister Sir Leo Dion have come out with strong public criticisms over the killing by 10 armed robbers. PNG Cyber Monitor  reproduces below two news reports published by The National  on the criticisms by the two community leaders: Mayor appeals for information March 31, 2021 The National National By ROSELYN ELLISON KOKOPO city authority mayor Issidor Bonga is appealing to all ward members to help East New Britain (ENB) police to capture the robbers who shot dead an Asian store owner on March 22. “Please help the police with information on the i

  News that matter in Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea's National Pandemic Response Controller and Police Comm David Manning   Covid-19 fund abuses in PNG? PORT MORESBY:  Allegations of Coronavirus (Covid-19) fund abuses have surfaced and National Pandemic Response Controller and Police Comm David Manning is in an uncompromising mood. “I will not hesitate to conduct criminal investigations into allegations of provincial health authorities (PHAs) abusing funds allocated to fight the pandemic,” he warned. It is just unthinkable that Government allocations, read as people’s monies, for public health and to save lives could be siphoned off or stolen by anyone. Such sins are just unforgivable and the culprits cannot be let off, if they are found guilty. As the Covid-19 spike continue to mount in Papua New Guinea, the Government has also announced K1.745 billion for the Health Department to fight the pandemic. PNG Cyber Monito r reproduces below details of the shocking allegations as pu

  News that matter in Papua New Guinea A roadblock set up by Gaire villagers after the fatal shooting. - Facebook pix by Em-soso picels Mysterious police shooting kills Gaire market seller PORT MORESBY:  A policeman has been detained for investigations into the shooting of a 28-year-old man in Central’s Gaire Market on Friday (March 26, 2021) evening. Gaire villagers have demanded justice for Billy Iru who was shot dead in the head and National Capital District/Central ACP Anthony Wagambie Jr has managed to calm down tensions for CID investigators to probe how and why the shooting occurred.   Facebook pix by Em-soso picels Details of the case were published by The National : Cop held over shooting March 29, 2021 The National Main Stories One of Iru’s relatives breaking down at the site where he fell after he was shot. By MIRIAM ZARRIGA A POLICEMAN has been detained for investigations into the shooting of a 28-year-old man in Central’s Gaire market on Friday evening. And National Capita