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Prime Minister James Marape has reaffirmed Papua New Guinea’s commitment to peace, partnership, and the full implementation of the Bougainville Peace Agreement.

For more than three years, the people of Nagamizuha near Goroka Town, Eastern Highlands used containers to fetch water from streams to meet their daily needs for drinking, cooking, and sanitation.

The annual Border Fair Trade Show between Papua New Guinea and Indonesia was held this week at the Wutung Border Post.

The Operation Open Heart Foundation has recorded 36 cases in Madang Province this year under its annual medical program.

The Provincial Police Commander for Madang, Acting Superintendent Robert Baim is once again warning drug peddlers that Madang is no safe place for their illegal activities.

Grade ten students who have completed their final examination this week, plus the grades twelve and eight who will be writing theirs in the next two weeks, are being warned to refrain from engaging in any unlawful activities.

Efforts to safeguard tuna stock in the Pacific will be discussed in the 9th Pacific Tuna Forum [PTF] starting next week, from October 14 to 15 in Nadi, Fiji.

The Bougainville House of Representatives will officially open its 5th Parliament this Friday, October 10, marking the start of a new political term for the region following the recent elections.

The New Porgera Limited [NPL] has reported massive losses caused by thousands of illegal miners entering its open pit mine, describing the situation as one of the company’s biggest operational challenges.

Prime Minister James Marape has described late Morobe Governor Luther Wenge as a true patriot, constitutional defender, and one of the last of Papua New Guinea’s first generation of nation-builders as he paid his final tribute yesterday at the State Funeral Service at Sir Ignatius Kilage Indoor Stadium in Lae.