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News that matter in Papua New Guinea Image for illustration only. For image info, go to https://www.unicef.org/protection/sexual-violence-against-children Child rapist jailed 15 years PORT MORESBY: A 35-year-old man was jailed 15 years by the National Court in Bomana on Monday (Aug 23, 2021) for raping his relative, a six-year-old girl, on Aug 12, 2017. Acting judge Camillus Sambua refused the rapist’s request for a partial suspension of the sentence because “the offence is serious, involving the violation of a young girl”. Details of the court proceedings and sentencing were published by The National :   15 years for raping girl, six August 25, 2021 The National Main Stories By ZEDAIAH KANAU A 35-YEAR-OLD man found guilty of raping his six-year-old female relative was jailed for 15 years with hard labour by the Bomana National Court on Monday. Acting judge Camillus Sambua jailed the Eastern Highlands man (n...

News that matter in Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea slams India for Covid-19 scandal PORT MORESBY: Four of the 114 passengers who arrived at Jackson International Airport from India on Thursday have tested positive for Coronavirus (Covid-19) and Papua New Guinea (PNG) Pademic Response Controller David Manning has asked for diplomatic action to be taken against India. And, yesterday, Prime Minister James Marape also revealed that several of the passengers had fled from their 21-day quarantine and that the authorities were in the midst of rounding them up. Manning, who is also PNG’s police commissioner, said the Indian High Commission (IHC) had undermined the trust of a friendly nation (PNG). “The IHC must respect PNG as a sovereign nation and not participate in in actions involving unscrupulous people and undermine public health and safety measures,” he added. The shocking and amazing news break was reported by The National :   ...

  News that matter in Papua New Guinea Cops charge PNG gaming board CEO with misappropriating K900,000 PORT MORESBY: Police have charged National Gaming Control Board (NGCB) chief executive officer Imelda Agon with conspiring with a former MP to misappropriate K900,000 allocated for a hospital in Madang. Details of the case were published by The National : NGCB boss charged with fraud August 24, 2021 The National Main Stories NATIONAL Gaming Control Board (NGCB) chief executive officer Imelda Agon has been charged with conspiring with a former MP to misappropriate K900,000 allocated for a hospital in Madang, police say. Police special investigation team leader Sgt Elijah Aron said Agon was charged with defrauding and abusing her office to divert the money allocated for the Yagaum Rural Hospital to the Madang district treasury operating account on December 28, 2012. It was part of the K1.2 million approved by the NGCB for the hospital. Agon, 49, from Tufa vil...

  News that matter in Papua New Guinea Despite ban, air travellers from India land in Papua New Guinea PORT MORESBY: The Papua New Guinea (PNG) Government had in April banned all flights from India to protect Papua New Guineans from the highly infectious Coronavirus (Covid-19) Delta variant. Despite the ban, 73 air passengers from India were allowed to disembark in Jackson International Airport on Thursday (Aug 19, 2021). Details of the shock arrival were reported by The National : ‘Illegal’ travellers from India August 24, 2021 The National Main Stories By MIRIAM ZARRIGA and PETER ESILA THE Papua New Guinea (PNG) Government is scrambling to determine how Garuda Indonesia Flight GA-7610 that stopped over at about 6pm at Jackson International Airport on Thursday ferried more than the number of approved passengers from India, a country ravaged by the highly infectious Coronavirus (Covid-19) Delta variant. Transport Minister William Samb told  Th...

  News that matter in Papua New Guinea   Image for illustration only. For image info, go to https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/dolls-are-placed-at-the-bolivar-square-during-a-news-photo/1229879522?adppopup=true Cop jailed 12 years for raping five-year-old girl PORT MORESBY:  A 46-year-old police constable was jailed 12 years with hard labour by the National Court in Waigani for repeatedly raping an eight-year-old girl since she was five in Port Moresby. Deatails of the court proceedings and sentencing were published by The National : Cop jailed 12yrs for rape August 23, 2021 The National Main Stories By ZEDAIAH KANAU A 46-year-old police constable was jailed 12 years with hard labour by the National Court in Waigani for repeatedly raping an eight-year-old girl since she was five in Port Moresby. Justice George Manuhu told John Mugi, now an ex-PC that he had dishonoured the oath he took to serve his country. “A PC, like judges, magistrates, lawyers, we took our ...

  News that matter in Papua New Guinea The bodies of the gang lay where they fell, they had built their makeshift shelter up a mountain on a plateau in the Makamaka local level government area, in Cape Vogel last week. The police team had to walk up the mountain to intercept the gang by blocking all access. However due to the shootout, seven managed to evade the police with seven killed. – Picture supplied Tommy Baker’s No.1 shot dead with six others PORT MORESBY:  Tommy Maeva Baker’s top lieutenant Michael “Mekere” Yawi was among the seven armed thugs shot dead in a gunfight with police on Tuesday (Aug 17, 2021). Mekere, who was Papua New Guinea’s most wanted notorious criminal Baker’s “operations commander”, had been on the wanted list for the murder of a police constable in 2016 and lawyer Michael Efi in 2019. Details of the police’s highly successful manhunt, launched after the Baker Gang attacked police police in Milne Bay’s Alotau and petrol bombed its water police barra...