Loop PNG’s 5@5

Loop 5@5 is a round up of the top Loop PNG stories making news.

​Village councilor reports deaths due to no medicine

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Over 20 people in a village in Central Province have died within the space of two years due to lack of medicine.

 

Polye challenges Bakani to facilitate debate

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Opposition leader Don Pomb Polye has challenged Central Bank Governor Loi Bakani to stage a debate between Prime Minister Peter O’Neill and him to talk on the country’s economy.

 

Sea lion grabs girl and pulls her into water

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Some tourists in British Columbia got a bit of a scare when a sea lion grabbed a little girl and dragged her into the water.

 

Unlisted candidates to run as independents

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All candidates not on the party listing supplied to the PNG Electoral Commission will run as independent candidates.

 

​PM: Sector no longer all boys’ club

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The public service in the country is no longer an all boys’ club, says Prime Minister Peter O’Neill.