Mul-Baiyer District

Mul-Baiyer Presents 2020 Acquittals

Secretary for Implementation and Rural Development, Ahi Vaki praised the district during the presentation of the District’s 2020 acquittal report to the department.

On Thursday 28th of October, the District Authority presented acquittals of its District Support Grants and District Service Improvement Project for the year 2020.

K2 million was rolled over from 2019 and K4 million for 2020.

Non-payment sees elderly man jailed

Deputy Chief Justice Sir Gibbs Salika of the Waigani National Court today sentenced Tom Rangip to serve an outstanding sentence of two years at the Bomana Correctional Institute.

Rangip, in his 60s, was sentenced on Feb 29 to three years’ imprisonment. However, he was given six months to repay all monies owed.

He appeared in Court with his lawyer to give an update on the progress of his repayment but it came before the attention of the court that no monies had been repaid yet.