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Papua New Guinea’s State legal system is facing major pressure, with the State now owing close to K500 million to plaintiffs and claimants due to poorly defended court matters and lack of coordination between government agencies and state lawyers.

The PNG Chiefs today announced in a statement, the appointment of Rhyse Martin as the club’s Football Operations Manager from 2027.

Over a thousand past and present students of Marianville, an all-girls Catholic Secondary school, will converge in Bomana this coming weekend to commemorate its milestone 60th anniversary. 

Milne Bay is the 7th province to sign an agreement with the National Youth Development Authority under their youth engagement initiative to be piloted by the Alotau Urban and Huhu Local Level Government.

The Kombolga and Minimbi tribes in Dei District have agreed to end weeks of tribal fighting and restore peace in their communities following tensions over the death of a young man from the Minimbi tribe.

Alotau District has paid the first installment for a K2.3milion 54hectares land portion at Hagita, where they plan to establish a new district headquarters and a Polytech College.

A Senior Constitutional Lawyer, Alois Jerewai, has warned that the Ombudsman Commission’s referral of Chief Justice Sir Gibbs Salika to the National Executive Council [NEC]breaches the constitutional rights of the Public Prosecutor.

Police have confirmed that 16 suspects involved in the recent violence at Maprik Secondary School have surrendered with the assistance of community leaders and the town mayor.

Two bouts providing cadet and youth boxers international exposure for the first time at home will headline PNG Boxing Union’s annual 2026 Kokoda Cup challenge in Port Moresby this Sunday.

The second PNG-Australia Approved Employers Expo officially opened at APEC Haus on Monday, highlighting the rapid growth and big future plans for the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility [PALM] scheme.