Douglas Tomuriesa, Pope Francis and James Marape

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  Opposition Leader Douglas Tomuriesa said he is disappointed and embarrassed over the way His Holiness Pope Francis was treated by Prime Minister James Marape over the last three-days during the Papal visit, and the lack of courtesy and respect shown by the Prime Minister. He said the Prime Minister continuously declares PNG as a ‘Christian country’ and prides himself on being a religious individual but he was surprised when the Pope was continuously snubbed by the PM over the weekend since the Pope’s arrival on Friday. “The Pope is the head of the Catholic church, the largest Christian church in the world and he is also a head of state. “PNG not only being a Christian country, but a country that prides itself as a ‘friend to all, enemy to none’, the PM should be according the Pope with the highest level of respect,” Tomuriesa said. The Opposition Leader pointed out that on Friday, the Prime Minister did not welcome the Pope at the airport, a tradition he had accorded to many other wo
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Suspect involved in alleged killing dies

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A SUSPECT allegedly involved in the killing of a man from Hela at a settlement in Port Moresby three weeks ago has died, police say.
The man was arrested by police in Central and taken to the Port Moresby General Hospital by St John Ambulance officers on Tuesday afternoon.
He died yesterday.
Badili police station commander Inspector Obert Jerry said the man was wanted for a string of crime.
“(He) allegedly stabbed a security guard to death which triggered a bloody retaliation and a wave of skirmishes in some parts of the city between (people from) Hela and Goilala,” he said.
“He was also wanted for other murders.”
Inspector Jerry said two police teams from Port Moresby had traveled to the junction of Goilala and Kairuku Hiri where they accosted the man.
“(He allegedly) retaliated by swinging a bush knife at police which missed a driver.
“Policemen acted swiftly by shooting and capturing (him),” he said.
Officers at the Boroko Police Station sent an ambulance to bring the suspect from Central to Port Moresby.
He said the man’s mother and sister had also been charged with harbouring.

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